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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 465 402 375
Rank change year-on-year -63 -27 -20
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 191 326 469
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.62% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.68% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 129 199 351
10th Percentile £26,250 £50,400 £40,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,750 £86,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £58,675
% change year-on-year -12.50% +2.26% +6.68%

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 50,302 48,021 60,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.24% 91.22% 88.90%
Number of salaries quoted 29,664 23,067 46,526
10th Percentile £28,675 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 26 January 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 26 January 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 -58 178 £67,500 +12.50% 131
London +1 96 £72,500 +15.08% 27
UK excluding London -74 85 £52,500 -12.50% 119
Work from Home +25 75 £59,450 -0.92% 70
South East +23 26 £27,500 -54.17% 33
Midlands -29 19 £70,000 +25.00% 22
West Midlands -12 17 £70,000 +21.74% 13
South West -11 14 £62,500 -3.29% 14
North of England -9 12 £60,000 +14.29% 24
East of England +14 7 £59,450 -10.26% 18
North West +15 6 £60,000 - 14
Scotland -8 5 £22,129 -53.21% 4
Yorkshire -20 5 £60,000 +14.29% 8
Wales +8 3 £48,500 - 6
East Midlands -17 2 £70,000 +75.00% 8
North East - 1 £82,500 - 3

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 17 (8.90%) WebSphere
2 16 (8.38%) Tomcat
2 16 (8.38%) WebSphere Application Server
3 12 (6.28%) Apache Spark
4 9 (4.71%) Confluence
5 5 (2.62%) CMS
6 4 (2.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (2.09%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.57%) Apache
8 2 (1.05%) IIS
9 1 (0.52%) HCL Notes
9 1 (0.52%) JBoss
9 1 (0.52%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (9.42%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (6.81%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.52%) Maya
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.57%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.57%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.05%) Endur
4 2 (1.05%) EuroRunner
4 2 (1.05%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.05%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.05%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.05%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 56 (29.32%) Azure
2 44 (23.04%) AWS
3 27 (14.14%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (6.81%) GCP
5 12 (6.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 10 (5.24%) Amazon EMR
6 10 (5.24%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 9 (4.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (4.71%) Power Platform
7 9 (4.71%) Serverless
8 8 (4.19%) Amazon S3
8 8 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (4.19%) SaaS
9 6 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (3.14%) Amazon ECR
9 6 (3.14%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (3.14%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.14%) Route 53
9 6 (3.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (2.62%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.38%) SSL
2 6 (3.14%) WinSCP
3 1 (0.52%) HTTP
3 1 (0.52%) Internet
3 1 (0.52%) Intranet
3 1 (0.52%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (13.61%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (13.09%) SQL Server
3 23 (12.04%) Relational Database
4 16 (8.38%) DB2
5 14 (7.33%) MongoDB
5 14 (7.33%) NoSQL
6 13 (6.81%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (6.81%) DynamoDB
7 12 (6.28%) MySQL
8 11 (5.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (5.24%) Apache Cassandra
9 10 (5.24%) Big Data
9 10 (5.24%) DataStage
9 10 (5.24%) Hadoop
9 10 (5.24%) Neo4j
9 10 (5.24%) Pentaho
9 10 (5.24%) RDBMS
10 6 (3.14%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (2.62%) Metadata
12 4 (2.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (10.47%) JIRA
2 13 (6.81%) Git
3 7 (3.66%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.05%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.05%) JMeter
4 2 (1.05%) LoadRunner
4 2 (1.05%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.52%) Ant
5 1 (0.52%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.52%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.52%) Maven
5 1 (0.52%) NUnit
5 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.52%) Subversion
5 1 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 82 (42.93%) Finance
1 82 (42.93%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.94%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (15.71%) Banking
4 19 (9.95%) Law
5 18 (9.42%) Investment Banking
6 8 (4.19%) Front Office
7 7 (3.66%) Marketing
8 6 (3.14%) Retail
9 5 (2.62%) Legal
10 4 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.09%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.57%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.05%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (1.05%) Local Government
12 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.52%) Back Office
13 1 (0.52%) Games
13 1 (0.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (19.37%) Analyst
2 34 (17.80%) Applications Support
2 34 (17.80%) Lead
3 28 (14.66%) Support Analyst
4 23 (12.04%) Senior
5 15 (7.85%) Linux Support
5 15 (7.85%) Technical Support
6 14 (7.33%) Applications Support Analyst
6 14 (7.33%) Developer
6 14 (7.33%) IT Analyst
7 13 (6.81%) IT Support
7 13 (6.81%) IT Support Analyst
7 13 (6.81%) Technical Analyst
7 13 (6.81%) Technical Support Analyst
8 11 (5.76%) Infrastructure Support
8 11 (5.76%) IT Manager
9 10 (5.24%) Principal Engineer
9 10 (5.24%) Service Manager
9 10 (5.24%) Unix Support
10 9 (4.71%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (13.09%) .NET
2 16 (8.38%) LAPP Stack
2 16 (8.38%) LDAP
2 16 (8.38%) WebSphere MQ
3 11 (5.76%) React
4 8 (4.19%) .NET Core
5 7 (3.66%) REST
6 4 (2.09%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.09%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.09%) CSS
6 4 (2.09%) HTML
7 3 (1.57%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (1.57%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (1.57%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.57%) OAuth
7 3 (1.57%) PySpark
8 2 (1.05%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.05%) Next.js
8 2 (1.05%) RESTful
8 2 (1.05%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (22.51%) Management Information System
2 20 (10.47%) Product Ownership
3 16 (8.38%) Linux Command Line
3 16 (8.38%) Onboarding
4 14 (7.33%) Data Structures
5 10 (5.24%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (5.24%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (5.24%) Reinsurance
6 7 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.14%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.09%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.57%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.57%) Derivative
10 3 (1.57%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.57%) Equities
11 2 (1.05%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (1.05%) Mobile App
11 2 (1.05%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (15.71%) Windows
2 20 (10.47%) Linux
3 17 (8.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 17 (8.90%) Unix
4 8 (4.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.52%) Android
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (34.03%) Agile
2 59 (30.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (27.75%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (26.70%) CI/CD
5 50 (26.18%) DevOps
6 48 (25.13%) ITIL
7 39 (20.42%) Change Management
8 37 (19.37%) Roadmaps
9 30 (15.71%) Service Management
9 30 (15.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (14.14%) Analytics
11 26 (13.61%) User Acceptance Testing
12 25 (13.09%) SDLC
13 24 (12.57%) Business Intelligence
14 22 (11.52%) ETL
15 21 (10.99%) Software Engineering
16 19 (9.95%) Collaborative Culture
17 18 (9.42%) AI
17 18 (9.42%) Data Modelling
17 18 (9.42%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (29.32%) SQL
2 40 (20.94%) Python
3 16 (8.38%) Java
4 12 (6.28%) C#
4 12 (6.28%) PowerShell
5 11 (5.76%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.14%) VB.NET
7 4 (2.09%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.57%) Bicep
9 2 (1.05%) Bash
9 2 (1.05%) PHP
9 2 (1.05%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.52%) ABAP
10 1 (0.52%) C++
10 1 (0.52%) Go
10 1 (0.52%) Groovy
10 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (15.71%) Degree
2 21 (10.99%) ITIL Certification
3 18 (9.42%) AWS Certification
4 6 (3.14%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.14%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.09%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.57%) MBA
7 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.05%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.05%) PMP
7 2 (1.05%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (17.28%) QA
2 23 (12.04%) SLA
3 6 (3.14%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.09%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.05%) GAAP
5 2 (1.05%) IFRS
5 2 (1.05%) PMO
5 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.52%) GDPR
6 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (5.76%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.62%) Terraform
3 3 (1.57%) Ansible
4 2 (1.05%) Grafana
4 2 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.52%) Argo
5 1 (0.52%) Control-M
5 1 (0.52%) Kibana
5 1 (0.52%) Podman
5 1 (0.52%) Puppet
5 1 (0.52%) SCCM
5 1 (0.52%) SCOM
Vendors
1 35 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 34 (17.80%) ServiceNow
3 25 (13.09%) Salesforce
4 21 (10.99%) Oracle
5 19 (9.95%) IBM
6 16 (8.38%) Red Hat
7 10 (5.24%) Informatica
7 10 (5.24%) Talend
8 5 (2.62%) Remedy
8 5 (2.62%) SAP
9 4 (2.09%) BMC
9 4 (2.09%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.57%) Databricks
11 2 (1.05%) Conga
11 2 (1.05%) Dell
11 2 (1.05%) ION Trading
11 2 (1.05%) JD Edwards
11 2 (1.05%) Trayport
12 1 (0.52%) Lotus
12 1 (0.52%) NEC