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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 425 478
Rank change year-on-year -62 +53 -85
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 264 235 465
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.55% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.59% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 174 153 338
10th Percentile £48,500 £48,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +5.69% -1.60%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £109,250 £99,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +0.84% +4.09%

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 68,715 39,643 83,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.91% 93.27% 84.01%
Number of salaries quoted 44,731 20,766 60,219
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,839 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,375 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% +6.14% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -9.09%

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 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Top 16 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 27 May 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 -47 238 £72,500 +11.54% 115
UK excluding London -32 138 £70,000 +16.67% 70
London -41 95 £73,750 +9.26% 60
Work from Home +23 92 £70,000 +8.31% 76
North of England +7 50 £73,500 +33.64% 15
South East -18 28 £60,000 - 24
North West +4 26 £73,500 +13.08% 10
East of England -13 21 £59,450 -15.07% 10
Yorkshire -24 21 £82,500 +135.71% 5
South West -57 20 £62,500 -3.29% 6
Midlands -45 17 £75,000 +39.70% 9
West Midlands -51 14 £72,500 +35.04% 6
North East -37 3 £77,500 +40.91%
East Midlands -34 2 £75,000 - 3
Wales -38 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 11 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.03%) Confluence
3 6 (2.27%) IIS
4 5 (1.89%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.52%) CICS
6 3 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.76%) Apache
7 2 (0.76%) CMS
8 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.52%) Windchill
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (3.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.76%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.38%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 117 (44.32%) Azure
2 72 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
3 50 (18.94%) Power Platform
4 29 (10.98%) Dynamics 365
5 26 (9.85%) Entra ID
6 23 (8.71%) AWS
7 21 (7.95%) GitHub
8 19 (7.20%) Azure Logic Apps
9 18 (6.82%) SaaS
10 16 (6.06%) GCP
10 16 (6.06%) Power Automate
10 16 (6.06%) PowerApps
11 14 (5.30%) Boomi
11 14 (5.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 12 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
12 12 (4.55%) Serverless
13 11 (4.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 10 (3.79%) Azure Key Vault
15 9 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (3.41%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.27%) WinSCP
2 1 (0.38%) Broadband
2 1 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.74%) Power BI
2 16 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (5.30%) Relational Database
4 13 (4.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (3.79%) SQL Server
5 10 (3.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (3.41%) Spark SQL
7 6 (2.27%) Big Data
7 6 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.89%) Metadata
8 5 (1.89%) MySQL
9 4 (1.52%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (1.52%) DB2
9 4 (1.52%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.52%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.52%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.52%) Neo4j
9 4 (1.52%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.52%) Pentaho
9 4 (1.52%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 37 (14.02%) JIRA
2 19 (7.20%) Git
3 11 (4.17%) Eclipse
4 10 (3.79%) GitLab
5 8 (3.03%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.52%) ChangeMan
7 2 (0.76%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.38%) JMeter
8 1 (0.38%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.38%) Postman
8 1 (0.38%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.38%) Selenium
8 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 102 (38.64%) Social Skills
2 88 (33.33%) Finance
3 44 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.71%) Law
5 20 (7.58%) Marketing
6 14 (5.30%) Banking
7 13 (4.92%) Legal
7 13 (4.92%) Retail
8 11 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (4.17%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.03%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.52%) Environmental Health
11 4 (1.52%) Military
12 2 (0.76%) Billing
12 2 (0.76%) Games
12 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (21.59%) Lead
2 51 (19.32%) Senior
3 39 (14.77%) Developer
4 29 (10.98%) Senior Developer
5 22 (8.33%) Analyst
6 19 (7.20%) Administrator
7 15 (5.68%) Systems Administrator
8 14 (5.30%) Release Manager
8 14 (5.30%) Software Manager
9 13 (4.92%) Applications Support
9 13 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
9 13 (4.92%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.92%) Technical Leader
10 12 (4.55%) Architect
10 12 (4.55%) Salesforce Developer
11 11 (4.17%) Engineering Manager
11 11 (4.17%) Software Engineering Manager
12 10 (3.79%) Consultant
12 10 (3.79%) Senior Salesforce Developer
13 9 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (13.64%) REST
2 22 (8.33%) Middleware
3 21 (7.95%) SOAP
4 19 (7.20%) .NET
5 17 (6.44%) React
6 16 (6.06%) JSON
7 13 (4.92%) Lightning Web Components
8 12 (4.55%) EDI
8 12 (4.55%) PySpark
8 12 (4.55%) XML
9 11 (4.17%) ARM Templates
10 10 (3.79%) CSS
10 10 (3.79%) HTML
11 7 (2.65%) .NET Core
12 6 (2.27%) Visualforce
13 5 (1.89%) YAML
14 2 (0.76%) Oracle Fusion
14 2 (0.76%) Swagger
15 1 (0.38%) Elastic Stack
15 1 (0.38%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.47%) Data Structures
1 25 (9.47%) Product Ownership
2 16 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.92%) Enterprise Cloud
4 12 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.41%) Reinsurance
6 8 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.65%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (2.65%) Podcast
8 6 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.52%) Legacy Code
9 4 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.52%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.52%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.52%) VSAM
10 3 (1.14%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.30%) Windows
2 10 (3.79%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.52%) zOS
4 2 (0.76%) Android
4 2 (0.76%) Linux
4 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.38%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (49.62%) DevOps
2 102 (38.64%) CI/CD
3 96 (36.36%) Agile
4 73 (27.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 62 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 54 (20.45%) Roadmaps
8 51 (19.32%) ITIL
9 49 (18.56%) Incident Management
10 41 (15.53%) Change Management
10 41 (15.53%) Integration Patterns
11 38 (14.39%) Data Modelling
12 37 (14.02%) AI
13 35 (13.26%) Scrum
13 35 (13.26%) Technical Leadership
13 35 (13.26%) Test Automation
14 31 (11.74%) ERP
14 31 (11.74%) ITSM
14 31 (11.74%) Service Management
14 31 (11.74%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 87 (32.95%) SQL
2 37 (14.02%) Python
3 18 (6.82%) PowerShell
4 17 (6.44%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.17%) Apex Code
6 10 (3.79%) SOQL
7 9 (3.41%) SOSL
8 7 (2.65%) Java
8 7 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.27%) VB.NET
10 4 (1.52%) COBOL
10 4 (1.52%) JCL
11 3 (1.14%) Bash
11 3 (1.14%) C#
12 2 (0.76%) Bicep
12 2 (0.76%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.38%) Go
13 1 (0.38%) Groovy
13 1 (0.38%) Korn
Qualifications
1 42 (15.91%) Degree
2 15 (5.68%) PMI Certification
2 15 (5.68%) PMP
2 15 (5.68%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.89%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.89%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.14%) MBA
9 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.38%) CISA
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (20.08%) QA
2 28 (10.61%) Data Quality
3 23 (8.71%) GDPR
4 13 (4.92%) GRC
5 12 (4.55%) Accessibility
5 12 (4.55%) TickIT
6 8 (3.03%) PMO
7 4 (1.52%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.52%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.52%) SLA
7 4 (1.52%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.76%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.65%) Docker
3 3 (1.14%) IAG
3 3 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.38%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 30 (11.36%) Terraform
2 17 (6.44%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.55%) Ansible
4 5 (1.89%) Grafana
5 4 (1.52%) CA Endevor
6 2 (0.76%) Argo
6 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.38%) Packer
7 1 (0.38%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.38%) SCCM
7 1 (0.38%) SCOM
7 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.88%) Salesforce
3 31 (11.74%) ServiceNow
4 17 (6.44%) Databricks
5 11 (4.17%) Oracle
6 10 (3.79%) SAP
7 5 (1.89%) Google
7 5 (1.89%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (1.52%) Informatica
8 4 (1.52%) Talend
9 3 (1.14%) Concur
9 3 (1.14%) Intapp
9 3 (1.14%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.14%) Remedy
9 3 (1.14%) VMware
10 2 (0.76%) Ariba
10 2 (0.76%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.76%) Infor
10 2 (0.76%) Isilon
10 2 (0.76%) Splunk