Release Management Jobs

Release Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Release Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Release Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 416 396
Rank change year-on-year +124 -20 +40
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 498 536 925
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 0.58% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.67% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 174 368 579
10th Percentile £48,150 £36,250 £41,150
25th Percentile £53,688 £52,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,778 £87,500 £94,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,564 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.83% +8.18% -

All Process and 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 47,277 80,571 105,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.52% 86.76% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 25,823 58,144 61,428
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,404 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.26% +3.81%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Release Management.

Salary trend for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Management over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

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 3 April 2025. 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 +111 420 £64,627 +3.40% 253
UK excluding London +145 364 £63,564 +6.83% 134
London +71 119 £65,000 - 145
South East +101 99 £60,000 +1.69% 33
Work from Home +31 92 £64,814 +3.70% 110
Midlands +46 66 £53,688 -14.10% 21
South West +118 55 £69,000 +2.22% 18
North of England +70 52 £65,000 +13.04% 33
Scotland +127 51 £47,292 -24.33% 13
West Midlands +9 40 £53,688 -17.40% 13
East of England +74 30 £70,000 +48.88% 12
Yorkshire +94 28 £35,000 -45.10% 15
East Midlands +58 26 £40,000 - 7
North West +2 22 £75,000 +33.33% 16
Wales +26 11 - - 3
North East +45 2 £55,000 +15.79% 2

Release Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (5.02%) Confluence
2 21 (4.22%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.80%) Apache
5 3 (0.60%) nginx
6 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.40%) IIS
6 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.20%) Moodle
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.41%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.41%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 7 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.20%) Infor M3
4 3 (0.60%) PlanetPress Connect
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.20%) Endur
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 93 (18.67%) Azure
2 55 (11.04%) Azure DevOps
3 50 (10.04%) SaaS
4 41 (8.23%) GitHub
5 35 (7.03%) PaaS
6 31 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
7 27 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
8 25 (5.02%) AWS
9 23 (4.62%) OCI
10 22 (4.42%) Power Platform
10 22 (4.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 21 (4.22%) IaaS
12 16 (3.21%) Azure Data Factory
12 16 (3.21%) Power Automate
13 14 (2.81%) Azure Logic Apps
14 13 (2.61%) Serverless
15 12 (2.41%) Azure Functions
15 12 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (2.41%) IBM Cloud
15 12 (2.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.61%) Firewall
2 3 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (0.60%) Network Security
2 3 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.60%) SAN
2 3 (0.60%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.60%) VPN
2 3 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.40%) Junos
4 1 (0.20%) BGP
4 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.20%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.20%) IPsec
4 1 (0.20%) OpenScape
4 1 (0.20%) OSPF
4 1 (0.20%) SSH
4 1 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.03%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.41%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.41%) Power BI
4 11 (2.21%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (1.81%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.40%) Big Data
7 2 (0.40%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.40%) Metadata
7 2 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.40%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.20%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (7.03%) JIRA
2 31 (6.22%) Git
3 21 (4.22%) SonarQube
4 20 (4.02%) Selenium
5 17 (3.41%) Jenkins
6 10 (2.01%) Visual Studio
7 8 (1.61%) Postman
8 6 (1.20%) Xcode
9 5 (1.00%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.80%) FitNesse
10 4 (0.80%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.40%) Appium
12 2 (0.40%) Locust
12 2 (0.40%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.40%) SpecFlow
General
1 108 (21.69%) Aerospace
1 108 (21.69%) Automotive
2 89 (17.87%) Finance
3 84 (16.87%) Social Skills
4 30 (6.02%) Marketing
5 28 (5.62%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.42%) Law
7 25 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (4.42%) Banking
9 17 (3.41%) Police
10 12 (2.41%) Retail
11 10 (2.01%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.20%) Local Government
13 6 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.80%) Front Office
15 3 (0.60%) Back Office
16 2 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (26.71%) Configuration Management Engineer
1 133 (26.71%) Principal Engineer
1 133 (26.71%) SCM Engineer
2 105 (21.08%) Engineering Manager
3 38 (7.63%) Analyst
3 38 (7.63%) DevOps Engineer
4 26 (5.22%) Architect
5 25 (5.02%) Developer
6 21 (4.22%) Enterprise Architect
6 21 (4.22%) Salesforce Architect
7 20 (4.02%) Senior
8 18 (3.61%) Release Manager
9 17 (3.41%) Lead
9 17 (3.41%) Support Analyst
10 13 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (2.41%) IT Manager
11 12 (2.41%) Oracle Specialist
12 10 (2.01%) Applications Support
13 9 (1.81%) Product Manager
13 9 (1.81%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.62%) REST
2 27 (5.42%) .NET
3 24 (4.82%) Middleware
4 23 (4.62%) SOAP
5 21 (4.22%) Lightning Web Components
6 13 (2.61%) ARM Templates
7 12 (2.41%) Azure Blueprints
8 11 (2.21%) XML
9 10 (2.01%) .NET Framework
10 9 (1.81%) AngularJS
10 9 (1.81%) React
10 9 (1.81%) RESTful
11 7 (1.41%) CSS
11 7 (1.41%) HTML
12 6 (1.20%) JSON
12 6 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (1.20%) Web Services
13 5 (1.00%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (1.00%) Bootstrap
13 5 (1.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.63%) Management Information System
2 25 (5.02%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (3.21%) Cloud Native
4 14 (2.81%) Onboarding
5 12 (2.41%) Blockchain
5 12 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (2.21%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.01%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.41%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.20%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.00%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.60%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.40%) Low-Code
13 2 (0.40%) Market Risk
13 2 (0.40%) Public Cloud
14 1 (0.20%) Analytical Mindset
14 1 (0.20%) Data Fabric
14 1 (0.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.82%) Linux
2 19 (3.82%) Unix
3 15 (3.01%) Windows
4 8 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.60%) Android
6 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (51.81%) Configuration Management
2 246 (49.40%) Coaching
3 175 (35.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 145 (29.12%) Waterfall
5 133 (26.71%) Mathematics
5 133 (26.71%) Physics
6 117 (23.49%) Agile
7 111 (22.29%) DevOps
8 82 (16.47%) CI/CD
9 62 (12.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 48 (9.64%) Computer Science
11 45 (9.04%) Roadmaps
12 39 (7.83%) Change Management
12 39 (7.83%) ITIL
13 38 (7.63%) Project Management
13 38 (7.63%) Test Automation
14 31 (6.22%) Data Modelling
14 31 (6.22%) Microservices
14 31 (6.22%) Problem-Solving
15 28 (5.62%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 48 (9.64%) SQL
2 24 (4.82%) T-SQL
3 23 (4.62%) C#
4 21 (4.22%) Apex Code
5 18 (3.61%) Java
6 16 (3.21%) PowerShell
6 16 (3.21%) Python
7 10 (2.01%) Bash
7 10 (2.01%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.61%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.20%) Swift
10 4 (0.80%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.60%) C++
12 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.40%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.20%) C
13 1 (0.20%) Dart
13 1 (0.20%) XPath
Qualifications
1 284 (57.03%) Degree
2 238 (47.79%) Chartered Engineer
3 27 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (5.02%) Security Cleared
5 21 (4.22%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.80%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.40%) CCNA
10 2 (0.40%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.20%) CCNP
11 1 (0.20%) MCSA
11 1 (0.20%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.62%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.42%) QA
3 12 (2.41%) NCSC
4 6 (1.20%) GxP
5 4 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.60%) PMO
7 2 (0.40%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) ITGC
System Software
1 31 (6.22%) Docker
2 18 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.00%) Firmware
4 5 (1.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 34 (6.83%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.22%) Terraform
3 22 (4.42%) Ansible
4 6 (1.20%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.60%) Control-M
5 3 (0.60%) VxRail
6 1 (0.20%) Consul
6 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 133 (26.71%) Micro Focus
2 59 (11.85%) Microsoft
3 45 (9.04%) Oracle
4 35 (7.03%) Salesforce
5 21 (4.22%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 16 (3.21%) IBM
7 15 (3.01%) Red Hat
8 12 (2.41%) Databricks
8 12 (2.41%) PeopleSoft
9 7 (1.41%) VMware
10 6 (1.20%) Apple
10 6 (1.20%) Cisco
10 6 (1.20%) Infor
10 6 (1.20%) SAP
11 5 (1.00%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.00%) Dell
12 3 (0.60%) Aruba
12 3 (0.60%) Citrix
12 3 (0.60%) McAfee
12 3 (0.60%) Sophos