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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 460 431 476
Rank change year-on-year -29 +45 -84
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 292 251 482
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.56% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.61% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 207 158 352
10th Percentile £41,585 £47,471 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £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 £72,500
90th Percentile £104,500 £97,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +0.84% +1.28%

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 67,964 41,274 88,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.59% 81.93%
Number of salaries quoted 46,731 22,044 62,765
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,525
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -58 264 £72,500 +11.54% 127
UK excluding London -18 156 £67,500 +12.50% 80
Work from Home +15 111 £70,000 +3.99% 60
London -47 104 £75,000 +11.11% 58
North of England +4 52 £73,500 +33.64% 29
South East -12 41 £57,303 -4.50% 23
North West +20 26 £73,500 +13.08% 16
Yorkshire -20 23 £82,500 +135.71% 11
East of England -6 20 £59,450 -15.07% 10
South West -57 20 £62,500 -3.29% 9
Midlands -26 19 £75,000 +39.70% 7
West Midlands -38 14 £75,000 +39.70% 4
East Midlands -20 4 £72,500 - 3
North East -43 3 £77,500 +40.91% 2
Wales -43 2 £55,395 -7.68% 1
Scotland +1 1 £33,000 -30.22% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

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 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.40%) Confluence
3 6 (2.05%) IIS
4 4 (1.37%) CICS
5 3 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.03%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.68%) Apache
6 2 (0.68%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.34%) CMS
7 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (4.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.37%) Windchill
5 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (3.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.68%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 119 (40.75%) Azure
2 75 (25.68%) Azure DevOps
3 54 (18.49%) Power Platform
4 36 (12.33%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (8.22%) Entra ID
5 24 (8.22%) SaaS
6 23 (7.88%) AWS
7 22 (7.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 21 (7.19%) GitHub
9 19 (6.51%) Power Automate
10 16 (5.48%) PowerApps
11 14 (4.79%) Boomi
11 14 (4.79%) GCP
12 12 (4.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 12 (4.11%) Serverless
13 10 (3.42%) Azure Key Vault
13 10 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (3.08%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (3.08%) Azure Functions
14 9 (3.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.37%) WinSCP
2 1 (0.34%) Broadband
2 1 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.34%) DNS
2 1 (0.34%) Firewall
2 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.30%) Power BI
2 14 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (4.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (3.77%) Relational Database
3 11 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 10 (3.42%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.08%) Spark SQL
6 5 (1.71%) Metadata
6 5 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.37%) Db2
7 4 (1.37%) MySQL
7 4 (1.37%) Tableau
8 3 (1.03%) Big Data
8 3 (1.03%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.03%) Looker
9 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.68%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.68%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 41 (14.04%) JIRA
2 22 (7.53%) Git
3 13 (4.45%) Eclipse
4 12 (4.11%) GitLab
5 9 (3.08%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.37%) ChangeMan
6 4 (1.37%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.68%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.68%) Postman
7 2 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.34%) git-flow
8 1 (0.34%) JMeter
8 1 (0.34%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 117 (40.07%) Social Skills
2 92 (31.51%) Finance
3 45 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.85%) Law
5 19 (6.51%) Marketing
6 16 (5.48%) Banking
7 15 (5.14%) Influencing Skills
7 15 (5.14%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.14%) Retail
8 12 (4.11%) Legal
9 11 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.77%) Local Government
10 9 (3.08%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.40%) Legal Technology
12 6 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.37%) Environmental Health
13 4 (1.37%) Military
14 3 (1.03%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.68%) Billing
Job Titles
1 54 (18.49%) Lead
2 52 (17.81%) Senior
3 39 (13.36%) Developer
4 29 (9.93%) Senior Developer
5 25 (8.56%) Analyst
6 22 (7.53%) Administrator
7 21 (7.19%) Consultant
8 16 (5.48%) Release Manager
8 16 (5.48%) Systems Administrator
9 15 (5.14%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (5.14%) Software Manager
10 13 (4.45%) Applications Support
11 12 (4.11%) Architect
11 12 (4.11%) Data Engineer
11 12 (4.11%) Management Consultant
11 12 (4.11%) Salesforce Developer
12 11 (3.77%) Programme Management Office Consultant
12 11 (3.77%) Programme Office Consultant
12 11 (3.77%) Software Engineering Manager
12 11 (3.77%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.01%) REST
2 23 (7.88%) Middleware
2 23 (7.88%) SOAP
3 19 (6.51%) React
4 16 (5.48%) JSON
5 15 (5.14%) .NET
6 14 (4.79%) Lightning Web Components
7 12 (4.11%) EDI
7 12 (4.11%) XML
8 11 (3.77%) PySpark
9 9 (3.08%) ARM Templates
9 9 (3.08%) CSS
9 9 (3.08%) HTML
10 7 (2.40%) .NET Core
11 6 (2.05%) Visualforce
12 5 (1.71%) YAML
13 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET
13 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET Core
13 2 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
13 2 (0.68%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.56%) Product Ownership
2 24 (8.22%) Data Structures
3 21 (7.19%) Management Information System
3 21 (7.19%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.79%) Cloud Native
5 13 (4.45%) Enterprise Cloud
6 10 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.08%) Reinsurance
8 8 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.40%) Culture of Ownership
9 7 (2.40%) Podcast
10 5 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.37%) Legacy Code
11 4 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.37%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.37%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.37%) VSAM
12 3 (1.03%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.68%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.45%) Windows
2 8 (2.74%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.37%) Linux
3 4 (1.37%) zOS
4 3 (1.03%) Unix
5 2 (0.68%) Android
5 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (47.60%) DevOps
2 106 (36.30%) CI/CD
3 102 (34.93%) Agile
4 84 (28.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 75 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 61 (20.89%) ITIL
8 55 (18.84%) Roadmaps
9 51 (17.47%) Incident Management
10 49 (16.78%) Change Management
11 43 (14.73%) Decision-Making
12 42 (14.38%) Integration Patterns
12 42 (14.38%) Scrum
13 38 (13.01%) AI
14 36 (12.33%) ERP
15 35 (11.99%) Data Modelling
15 35 (11.99%) ITSM
15 35 (11.99%) Technical Leadership
16 34 (11.64%) Service Management
16 34 (11.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 88 (30.14%) SQL
2 33 (11.30%) Python
3 19 (6.51%) JavaScript
4 15 (5.14%) PowerShell
5 12 (4.11%) Apex Code
6 10 (3.42%) SOQL
7 9 (3.08%) SOSL
8 6 (2.05%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.37%) Bash
9 4 (1.37%) COBOL
9 4 (1.37%) Java
9 4 (1.37%) JCL
9 4 (1.37%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.37%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.34%) ABAP
11 1 (0.34%) C
11 1 (0.34%) Perl
11 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 45 (15.41%) Degree
2 16 (5.48%) PMI Certification
2 16 (5.48%) PMP
3 15 (5.14%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (4.11%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.71%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.71%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.03%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.03%) MBA
10 2 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.34%) CISA
11 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (24.32%) QA
2 29 (9.93%) Data Quality
3 26 (8.90%) GDPR
4 20 (6.85%) PMO
5 13 (4.45%) GRC
6 12 (4.11%) Accessibility
6 12 (4.11%) TickIT
7 5 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.71%) SLA
8 4 (1.37%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.37%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 4 (1.37%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.34%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (4.11%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.08%) Docker
3 4 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.03%) IAG
5 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.34%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 29 (9.93%) Terraform
2 18 (6.16%) Kubernetes
3 13 (4.45%) Ansible
4 4 (1.37%) CA Endevor
5 3 (1.03%) Grafana
6 2 (0.68%) Argo
6 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.34%) Packer
7 1 (0.34%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.34%) SCCM
7 1 (0.34%) SCOM
7 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 72 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.99%) Salesforce
3 33 (11.30%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.48%) Databricks
5 12 (4.11%) SAP
6 9 (3.08%) Oracle
7 6 (2.05%) LogicMonitor
8 5 (1.71%) Google
9 4 (1.37%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.37%) VMware
10 3 (1.03%) Concur
10 3 (1.03%) Dell
10 3 (1.03%) Intapp
11 2 (0.68%) Ariba
11 2 (0.68%) Cisco
11 2 (0.68%) Citrix
11 2 (0.68%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.68%) Infor
11 2 (0.68%) Isilon
11 2 (0.68%) Remedy