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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 387 456
Rank change year-on-year -130 +69 -75
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 211 261 500
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.63% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.68% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 140 172 364
10th Percentile £50,975 £46,239 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,300 £51,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,499 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% 0.00% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £115,250 £92,900 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +0.84% +8.18%

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 64,759 38,558 80,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.53% 92.98% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39,875 22,521 59,469
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.26%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -131 186 £72,500 +16.00% 110
UK excluding London -107 101 £70,000 +16.67% 90
London -33 83 £72,500 +15.08% 42
Work from Home -27 67 £72,500 +15.54% 74
North of England -49 32 £73,500 +33.64% 20
South East -61 22 £57,303 -4.50% 27
Midlands -65 17 £75,000 +39.70% 11
North West -28 15 £73,500 +5.00% 13
Yorkshire -44 14 £72,500 +107.14% 5
South West -66 14 £62,500 -9.42% 10
East of England -25 13 £59,450 -15.07% 6
West Midlands -38 12 £75,000 +39.70% 5
East Midlands -51 4 £75,000 +87.50% 6
North East -32 3 £77,500 +40.91% 2
Scotland -24 2 - - 6
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 9 (4.27%) Confluence
2 7 (3.32%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.42%) CMS
4 3 (1.42%) IIS
5 2 (0.95%) Apache
5 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.95%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.95%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.95%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Maya
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.90%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (1.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.42%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.95%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.95%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.95%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.95%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.47%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (41.23%) Azure
2 53 (25.12%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (13.27%) AWS
4 27 (12.80%) Power Platform
5 20 (9.48%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (7.58%) Entra ID
6 16 (7.58%) GCP
7 13 (6.16%) GitHub
7 13 (6.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 12 (5.69%) SaaS
9 10 (4.74%) Boomi
10 9 (4.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 8 (3.79%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (3.79%) Serverless
12 7 (3.32%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (3.32%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (3.32%) Cloudflare
12 7 (3.32%) Vercel
13 6 (2.84%) Amazon EMR
13 6 (2.84%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.84%) WinSCP
2 2 (0.95%) SSL
3 1 (0.47%) Broadband
3 1 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.47%) HTTP
3 1 (0.47%) Intranet
3 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.00%) Power BI
2 14 (6.64%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (6.64%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (3.79%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.32%) Big Data
5 7 (3.32%) Metadata
5 7 (3.32%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.37%) Apache Cassandra
6 5 (2.37%) DataStage
6 5 (2.37%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.37%) Hadoop
6 5 (2.37%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.37%) MySQL
6 5 (2.37%) Neo4j
6 5 (2.37%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.37%) Pentaho
6 5 (2.37%) RDBMS
6 5 (2.37%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 31 (14.69%) JIRA
2 17 (8.06%) Git
3 9 (4.27%) Eclipse
4 6 (2.84%) GitLab
4 6 (2.84%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.95%) Subversion
5 2 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.47%) JMeter
6 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.47%) NUnit
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.47%) Postman
6 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.47%) Selenium
6 1 (0.47%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 85 (40.28%) Social Skills
2 66 (31.28%) Finance
3 32 (15.17%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.43%) Law
5 17 (8.06%) Banking
6 16 (7.58%) Marketing
7 13 (6.16%) Legal
8 10 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (4.27%) Retail
10 7 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.32%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.37%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.90%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.42%) Games
14 2 (0.95%) Front Office
14 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.47%) Billing
15 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.47%) Police
15 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (23.70%) Lead
2 40 (18.96%) Senior
3 26 (12.32%) Developer
4 21 (9.95%) Analyst
5 17 (8.06%) Senior Developer
6 16 (7.58%) Applications Support
7 14 (6.64%) Software Manager
8 13 (6.16%) Technical Leader
9 11 (5.21%) Engineering Manager
9 11 (5.21%) Software Engineering Manager
10 10 (4.74%) Data Engineer
11 9 (4.27%) Applications Support Analyst
11 9 (4.27%) Senior Manager
11 9 (4.27%) Service Manager
11 9 (4.27%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.79%) Architect
12 8 (3.79%) Consultant
13 7 (3.32%) Administrator
13 7 (3.32%) Development Manager
13 7 (3.32%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (10.90%) REST
2 21 (9.95%) .NET
3 15 (7.11%) React
4 12 (5.69%) Middleware
4 12 (5.69%) SOAP
5 11 (5.21%) CSS
5 11 (5.21%) HTML
5 11 (5.21%) JSON
6 8 (3.79%) .NET Core
6 8 (3.79%) EDI
6 8 (3.79%) PySpark
6 8 (3.79%) XML
7 7 (3.32%) ARM Templates
7 7 (3.32%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (1.42%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (1.42%) Visualforce
9 2 (0.95%) LAPP Stack
9 2 (0.95%) LDAP
9 2 (0.95%) Next.js
9 2 (0.95%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.00%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.64%) Data Structures
3 13 (6.16%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.16%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.69%) Reinsurance
5 11 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (4.74%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.74%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (3.32%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (3.32%) Podcast
8 6 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.90%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.90%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.42%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.95%) Augmented Reality
12 2 (0.95%) CMDB
12 2 (0.95%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.64%) Windows
2 8 (3.79%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.37%) Linux
4 3 (1.42%) Unix
5 2 (0.95%) Android
5 2 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (47.87%) DevOps
2 82 (38.86%) Agile
3 74 (35.07%) CI/CD
4 56 (26.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (22.27%) Roadmaps
7 45 (21.33%) ITIL
8 43 (20.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 42 (19.91%) Incident Management
10 35 (16.59%) AI
11 32 (15.17%) Scrum
11 32 (15.17%) Service Management
11 32 (15.17%) Test Automation
12 31 (14.69%) Change Management
13 28 (13.27%) Data Modelling
13 28 (13.27%) Software Engineering
14 27 (12.80%) ITSM
15 25 (11.85%) Observability
16 24 (11.37%) ERP
16 24 (11.37%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 65 (30.81%) SQL
2 34 (16.11%) Python
3 20 (9.48%) JavaScript
4 16 (7.58%) PowerShell
5 13 (6.16%) Java
6 7 (3.32%) C#
7 6 (2.84%) Apex Code
7 6 (2.84%) VB.NET
8 4 (1.90%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.42%) Bash
9 3 (1.42%) SOQL
10 2 (0.95%) Bicep
10 2 (0.95%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.95%) SOSL
11 1 (0.47%) ABAP
11 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.47%) Go
11 1 (0.47%) Perl
11 1 (0.47%) PHP
11 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (14.69%) Degree
2 12 (5.69%) PMI Certification
2 12 (5.69%) PMP
3 11 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (4.74%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.84%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.84%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.90%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.90%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.90%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.42%) MBA
8 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.47%) CCSK
9 1 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (17.06%) QA
2 14 (6.64%) Data Quality
3 13 (6.16%) GDPR
3 13 (6.16%) GRC
4 11 (5.21%) Accessibility
5 8 (3.79%) TickIT
6 7 (3.32%) PMO
7 5 (2.37%) SLA
8 4 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.90%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.95%) GAAP
10 2 (0.95%) IFRS
11 1 (0.47%) NIST
11 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (2.37%) Docker
2 4 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (8.53%) Terraform
2 14 (6.64%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.79%) Ansible
4 3 (1.42%) Grafana
5 2 (0.95%) SCCM
5 2 (0.95%) SCOM
6 1 (0.47%) Argo
6 1 (0.47%) Control-M
6 1 (0.47%) Kibana
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.47%) Packer
6 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (19.43%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.17%) ServiceNow
3 24 (11.37%) Salesforce
4 12 (5.69%) Databricks
4 12 (5.69%) Oracle
5 5 (2.37%) Informatica
5 5 (2.37%) SAP
5 5 (2.37%) Talend
6 4 (1.90%) LogicMonitor
6 4 (1.90%) Remedy
7 3 (1.42%) BMC
7 3 (1.42%) Google
7 3 (1.42%) IBM
7 3 (1.42%) Intapp
7 3 (1.42%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.95%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.95%) Infor
8 2 (0.95%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.95%) VMware
9 1 (0.47%) Dataiku