Release Management Job Trends

Release Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Release Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 448 453
Rank change year-on-year +9 +5 -99
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 402 245 387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.37% 0.49% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.56% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 262 155 271
10th Percentile £40,750 £40,625 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,250 £52,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £56,745 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.36% -9.21% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £80,625
90th Percentile £107,500 £88,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £53,594 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.95% -10.68% +6.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Release Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80,423 44,076 65,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.05% 88.58% 80.81%
Number of salaries quoted 55,931 25,099 39,866
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%
75th Percentile £79,938 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year +15.79% -7.50% -5.93%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Release Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Release Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Release Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Release Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Release Management

Release Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Management over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Management within the UK over the 6 months to 3 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +1 341 £70,000 +21.74% 474
UK excluding London -7 243 £60,000 +11.95% 268
Work from Home +43 167 £70,000 +11.55% 197
London -34 128 £90,000 +24.14% 263
North of England +3 71 £73,000 +36.45% 72
South East -16 64 £58,652 +30.34% 70
North West +11 36 £73,500 +17.60% 51
Yorkshire -30 30 £77,500 +44.86% 15
Midlands -50 29 £52,500 -2.21% 37
Northern Ireland - 26 - - 12
South West -65 23 £54,000 -4.84% 27
East of England -19 19 £57,500 -6.12% 32
West Midlands -46 19 £52,500 -2.21% 25
East Midlands -13 10 £70,000 - 12
Scotland +19 9 £33,000 +1.54% 20
North East -58 5 £63,750 +82.14% 9
Wales -68 2 £55,395 +14.22% 4

Release Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 19 (4.73%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.99%) Confluence
3 11 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.24%) Camunda
5 4 (1.00%) CICS
5 4 (1.00%) IIS
6 3 (0.75%) Apache
6 3 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.75%) WordPress
7 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
8 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.00%) Windchill
5 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.75%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.75%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.50%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.50%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.50%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.50%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.50%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 149 (37.06%) Azure
2 89 (22.14%) Azure DevOps
3 72 (17.91%) Power Platform
4 54 (13.43%) Dynamics 365
5 42 (10.45%) SaaS
6 41 (10.20%) AWS
7 36 (8.96%) GitHub
8 29 (7.21%) Entra ID
9 28 (6.97%) PowerApps
10 27 (6.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 25 (6.22%) Power Automate
12 18 (4.48%) GCP
12 18 (4.48%) Serverless
13 17 (4.23%) Azure Key Vault
14 14 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (3.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 13 (3.23%) Boomi
16 12 (2.99%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 11 (2.74%) Azure Functions
18 10 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.74%) DNS
2 6 (1.49%) VPN
3 5 (1.24%) ATM
3 5 (1.24%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.75%) NAS
4 3 (0.75%) SAN
5 1 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.25%) DHCP
5 1 (0.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (11.69%) Power BI
2 26 (6.47%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 14 (3.48%) Data Lake
5 13 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.24%) Relational Database
6 9 (2.24%) Spark SQL
6 9 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.99%) Metadata
8 6 (1.49%) Tableau
9 5 (1.24%) Db2
10 4 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.00%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.00%) SAP BW
11 3 (0.75%) Looker
11 3 (0.75%) MySQL
11 3 (0.75%) NonStop SQL
11 3 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 57 (14.18%) JIRA
2 43 (10.70%) Git
3 17 (4.23%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.48%) GitLab
5 6 (1.49%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.24%) Eclipse
6 5 (1.24%) JUnit
6 5 (1.24%) Mockito
7 4 (1.00%) ChangeMan
8 3 (0.75%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.50%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.50%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.50%) Postman
9 2 (0.50%) Subversion
9 2 (0.50%) Terragrunt
10 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.25%) JMeter
10 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 199 (49.50%) Social Skills
2 145 (36.07%) Finance
3 97 (24.13%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.19%) Law
5 27 (6.72%) Banking
6 26 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (6.47%) Public Sector
7 24 (5.97%) Marketing
7 24 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
8 21 (5.22%) Retail
9 20 (4.98%) Legal
10 16 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (3.73%) Investment Banking
12 12 (2.99%) Front Office
12 12 (2.99%) Local Government
13 11 (2.74%) Legal Technology
14 10 (2.49%) Manufacturing
15 9 (2.24%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.99%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (17.16%) Senior
2 63 (15.67%) Analyst
3 54 (13.43%) Lead
4 45 (11.19%) Developer
5 39 (9.70%) Support Analyst
6 26 (6.47%) ITSM Analyst
6 26 (6.47%) Process Analyst
7 25 (6.22%) Consultant
8 24 (5.97%) Administrator
8 24 (5.97%) Senior Developer
9 19 (4.73%) Systems Administrator
10 18 (4.48%) Release Manager
11 17 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
13 15 (3.73%) IT Manager
13 15 (3.73%) Senior Analyst
13 15 (3.73%) Senior Support Analyst
13 15 (3.73%) Service Manager
14 14 (3.48%) Applications Support
14 14 (3.48%) Senior Process Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (12.44%) REST
2 36 (8.96%) Terraform
3 26 (6.47%) SOAP
4 25 (6.22%) Middleware
5 16 (3.98%) .NET
5 16 (3.98%) JSON
5 16 (3.98%) Lightning Web Components
6 13 (3.23%) React
7 12 (2.99%) EDI
7 12 (2.99%) XML
8 11 (2.74%) CSS
8 11 (2.74%) HTML
9 10 (2.49%) PySpark
10 9 (2.24%) ARM Templates
10 9 (2.24%) FIX Protocol
11 8 (1.99%) YAML
12 7 (1.74%) ASP.NET
13 6 (1.49%) Spring
13 6 (1.49%) Spring Boot
14 5 (1.24%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.44%) Management Information System
2 32 (7.96%) Onboarding
3 28 (6.97%) Product Ownership
4 24 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (5.47%) Cloud Native
6 15 (3.73%) Data Structures
7 13 (3.23%) Enterprise Cloud
8 12 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (2.24%) Fixed Income
11 7 (1.74%) Culture of Ownership
11 7 (1.74%) Podcast
12 6 (1.49%) Life Science
13 5 (1.24%) CMDB
13 5 (1.24%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.24%) Enterprise Storage
14 4 (1.00%) AI Agents
14 4 (1.00%) Legacy Code
14 4 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.22%) Linux
2 17 (4.23%) Windows
3 9 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.49%) Unix
5 4 (1.00%) zOS
6 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.25%) Android
7 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (42.04%) DevOps
2 159 (39.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 140 (34.83%) CI/CD
4 132 (32.84%) Agile
5 121 (30.10%) Problem-Solving
6 112 (27.86%) ITIL
7 103 (25.62%) Change Management
8 97 (24.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 76 (18.91%) Decision-Making
10 71 (17.66%) Project Delivery
11 65 (16.17%) Collaborative Working
11 65 (16.17%) ITSM
11 65 (16.17%) Service Management
12 64 (15.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 59 (14.68%) Root Cause Analysis
14 57 (14.18%) Roadmaps
15 54 (13.43%) ERP
15 54 (13.43%) Mentoring
15 54 (13.43%) Test Automation
16 50 (12.44%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 89 (22.14%) SQL
2 48 (11.94%) Python
3 26 (6.47%) JavaScript
4 17 (4.23%) C#
4 17 (4.23%) Java
5 14 (3.48%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.49%) Apex Code
6 10 (2.49%) C++
7 8 (1.99%) COBOL
7 8 (1.99%) SOQL
7 8 (1.99%) SOSL
8 7 (1.74%) Bash
8 7 (1.74%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.24%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.24%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.00%) JCL
11 3 (0.75%) C
11 3 (0.75%) Perl
11 3 (0.75%) PHP
12 2 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 79 (19.65%) Degree
2 37 (9.20%) Security Cleared
3 30 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (4.48%) PMI Certification
5 16 (3.98%) PMP
6 10 (2.49%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.49%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.75%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.25%) CCSK
12 1 (0.25%) CRISC
12 1 (0.25%) CSPO
12 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (18.16%) QA
2 39 (9.70%) Data Quality
3 30 (7.46%) GDPR
4 19 (4.73%) PMO
5 16 (3.98%) Accessibility
6 13 (3.23%) GRC
7 12 (2.99%) TickIT
8 10 (2.49%) SLA
9 9 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (1.99%) Def Stans
11 5 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (1.00%) ISO 9000
12 4 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 3 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.75%) ISO 8583
14 2 (0.50%) GxP
14 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 16 (3.98%) Docker
2 15 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.00%) Firmware
5 3 (0.75%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.75%) IAG
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.25%) Terminal Server
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (3.98%) Ansible
2 14 (3.48%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.00%) CA Endevor
3 4 (1.00%) Grafana
4 3 (0.75%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.50%) Argo
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.50%) SCCM
5 2 (0.50%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.25%) Packer
6 1 (0.25%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 110 (27.36%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.45%) Salesforce
3 22 (5.47%) ServiceNow
4 17 (4.23%) SAP
5 16 (3.98%) Databricks
5 16 (3.98%) Oracle
6 12 (2.99%) HP
7 10 (2.49%) Google
8 9 (2.24%) FIS
8 9 (2.24%) SunGard
8 9 (2.24%) VMware
9 7 (1.74%) LogicMonitor
9 7 (1.74%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.24%) iManage
10 5 (1.24%) Intapp
10 5 (1.24%) NetApp
11 4 (1.00%) Cisco
11 4 (1.00%) Dell
11 4 (1.00%) VocaLink
11 4 (1.00%) Workday