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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 476 428 481
Rank change year-on-year -48 +53 -95
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 251 237 461
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.54% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.58% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 166 159 335
10th Percentile £48,000 £48,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £64,627 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.18% +3.40% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £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 67,346 40,822 82,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.74% 93.29% 85.15%
Number of salaries quoted 43,359 22,211 59,550
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 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 16 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 -55 225 £72,500 +12.18% 115
UK excluding London -37 129 £70,000 +16.67% 77
London -42 91 £75,000 +11.11% 53
Work from Home +18 86 £70,000 +8.31% 209
North of England +3 46 £73,500 +33.64% 19
South East -24 28 £60,000 - 26
North West +17 22 £73,500 +13.08% 13
Yorkshire -37 21 £82,500 +135.71% 6
East of England +1 20 £59,450 -15.07% 7
South West -52 17 £62,500 -3.29% 7
Midlands -40 16 £75,000 +39.70% 13
West Midlands -53 13 £70,000 +30.38% 7
North East -38 3 £77,500 +40.91%
East Midlands -30 2 £75,000 +87.50% 6
Wales - 1 - - 2
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 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.59%) Confluence
3 6 (2.39%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.59%) IIS
5 3 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.20%) CICS
6 2 (0.80%) Apache
6 2 (0.80%) CMS
7 1 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.19%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.80%) Windchill
4 1 (0.40%) Maya
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 8 (3.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.80%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.40%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 111 (44.22%) Azure
2 69 (27.49%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (16.73%) Power Platform
4 27 (10.76%) Dynamics 365
5 25 (9.96%) Entra ID
6 24 (9.56%) AWS
7 19 (7.57%) GitHub
8 18 (7.17%) Azure Logic Apps
9 16 (6.37%) GCP
10 15 (5.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 14 (5.58%) Boomi
11 14 (5.58%) SaaS
12 13 (5.18%) Power Automate
12 13 (5.18%) PowerApps
13 12 (4.78%) Azure Monitor
14 11 (4.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 11 (4.38%) Serverless
15 9 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (3.59%) Azure Functions
15 9 (3.59%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.39%) WinSCP
2 1 (0.40%) Broadband
2 1 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.36%) Power BI
2 17 (6.77%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (5.98%) Relational Database
4 13 (5.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (3.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (3.59%) Spark SQL
6 9 (3.59%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.79%) Big Data
7 7 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (2.39%) Metadata
8 6 (2.39%) MySQL
9 5 (1.99%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (1.99%) DataStage
9 5 (1.99%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.99%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.99%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.99%) Neo4j
9 5 (1.99%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.99%) Pentaho
9 5 (1.99%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 38 (15.14%) JIRA
2 20 (7.97%) Git
3 11 (4.38%) Eclipse
4 8 (3.19%) GitLab
5 7 (2.79%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.20%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.20%) ChangeMan
7 2 (0.80%) Subversion
7 2 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.40%) JMeter
8 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.40%) Postman
8 1 (0.40%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.40%) Selenium
8 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
General
1 97 (38.65%) Social Skills
2 82 (32.67%) Finance
3 43 (17.13%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.56%) Law
5 21 (8.37%) Marketing
6 13 (5.18%) Banking
6 13 (5.18%) Legal
7 12 (4.78%) Retail
8 11 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.79%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.20%) Games
11 3 (1.20%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.80%) Environmental Health
12 2 (0.80%) Military
12 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Billing
13 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (22.31%) Lead
2 51 (20.32%) Senior
3 37 (14.74%) Developer
4 27 (10.76%) Senior Developer
5 22 (8.76%) Analyst
6 16 (6.37%) Administrator
7 14 (5.58%) Applications Support
7 14 (5.58%) Software Manager
8 13 (5.18%) Data Engineer
8 13 (5.18%) Technical Leader
9 12 (4.78%) Systems Administrator
10 11 (4.38%) Architect
10 11 (4.38%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (4.38%) Engineering Manager
10 11 (4.38%) Release Manager
10 11 (4.38%) Salesforce Developer
10 11 (4.38%) Software Engineering Manager
11 10 (3.98%) Applications Support Analyst
12 9 (3.59%) Senior Manager
12 9 (3.59%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (14.34%) REST
2 21 (8.37%) Middleware
2 21 (8.37%) SOAP
3 19 (7.57%) .NET
4 17 (6.77%) React
5 16 (6.37%) JSON
6 13 (5.18%) Lightning Web Components
7 12 (4.78%) EDI
7 12 (4.78%) PySpark
7 12 (4.78%) XML
8 11 (4.38%) ARM Templates
9 10 (3.98%) CSS
9 10 (3.98%) HTML
10 7 (2.79%) .NET Core
11 6 (2.39%) Visualforce
12 4 (1.59%) YAML
13 2 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
13 2 (0.80%) Swagger
14 1 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
14 1 (0.40%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.56%) Data Structures
2 23 (9.16%) Product Ownership
3 16 (6.37%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.18%) Enterprise Cloud
5 11 (4.38%) Cloud Native
5 11 (4.38%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.98%) Reinsurance
7 9 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.79%) Culture of Ownership
8 7 (2.79%) Podcast
9 6 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.59%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.59%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.20%) Legacy Code
12 3 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (1.20%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.20%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.18%) Windows
2 9 (3.59%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.20%) Linux
3 3 (1.20%) zOS
4 2 (0.80%) Android
4 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (50.60%) DevOps
2 98 (39.04%) CI/CD
3 96 (38.25%) Agile
4 71 (28.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 63 (25.10%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (22.71%) Roadmaps
7 55 (21.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 48 (19.12%) Incident Management
9 44 (17.53%) ITIL
10 39 (15.54%) Change Management
11 38 (15.14%) Data Modelling
11 38 (15.14%) Integration Patterns
11 38 (15.14%) Test Automation
12 35 (13.94%) AI
12 35 (13.94%) Scrum
13 31 (12.35%) Technical Leadership
14 30 (11.95%) ERP
14 30 (11.95%) Observability
14 30 (11.95%) Service Management
14 30 (11.95%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 85 (33.86%) SQL
2 37 (14.74%) Python
3 18 (7.17%) JavaScript
3 18 (7.17%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.38%) Apex Code
5 9 (3.59%) Java
5 9 (3.59%) SOQL
6 8 (3.19%) SOSL
7 7 (2.79%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.39%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.20%) Bash
9 3 (1.20%) C#
9 3 (1.20%) COBOL
9 3 (1.20%) JCL
10 2 (0.80%) Bicep
10 2 (0.80%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.40%) Groovy
11 1 (0.40%) Korn
11 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (15.14%) Degree
2 14 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (5.18%) PMI Certification
3 13 (5.18%) PMP
3 13 (5.18%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.59%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.99%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.99%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.20%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.20%) MBA
8 2 (0.80%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.40%) CCSK
9 1 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (18.73%) QA
2 25 (9.96%) Data Quality
3 21 (8.37%) GDPR
4 13 (5.18%) GRC
5 12 (4.78%) Accessibility
5 12 (4.78%) TickIT
6 9 (3.59%) PMO
7 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.59%) SLA
7 4 (1.59%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.80%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.80%) ISO 9000
8 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.40%) NIST
9 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (4.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.39%) Docker
3 3 (1.20%) IAG
3 3 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.40%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 26 (10.36%) Terraform
2 16 (6.37%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.59%) Ansible
4 5 (1.99%) Grafana
5 3 (1.20%) CA Endevor
6 2 (0.80%) Argo
6 2 (0.80%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.80%) SCCM
6 2 (0.80%) SCOM
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.40%) Packer
7 1 (0.40%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.35%) Salesforce
3 28 (11.16%) ServiceNow
4 16 (6.37%) Databricks
5 12 (4.78%) Oracle
6 9 (3.59%) SAP
7 5 (1.99%) Informatica
7 5 (1.99%) Talend
8 4 (1.59%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (1.59%) VMware
9 3 (1.20%) Google
9 3 (1.20%) Intapp
9 3 (1.20%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.20%) Remedy
10 2 (0.80%) Ariba
10 2 (0.80%) Citrix
10 2 (0.80%) Concur
10 2 (0.80%) Dell
10 2 (0.80%) Infor
10 2 (0.80%) Isilon