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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 421 473
Rank change year-on-year -69 +52 -85
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 241 247 470
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.57% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.61% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 160 167 343
10th Percentile £50,975 £48,650 £36,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £53,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% - -
75th Percentile £87,125 £75,000 £72,466
90th Percentile £112,750 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +0.84% +6.10%

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 67,307 40,602 82,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.25% 93.30% 85.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42,652 22,587 59,697
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,450 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,446 £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 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Top 15 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 9 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 -51 216 £72,500 +16.00% 108
UK excluding London -57 120 £70,000 +16.67% 79
London -50 91 £75,000 +15.38% 43
Work from Home +5 80 £72,500 +15.08% 75
North of England -35 44 £73,500 +33.64% 21
South East -27 25 £60,000 - 29
North West -7 21 £73,500 +5.00% 14
Yorkshire -38 20 £82,500 +135.71% 6
East of England +5 19 £59,450 -15.07% 7
Midlands -61 16 £75,000 +39.70% 8
South West -53 15 £62,500 -3.29% 9
West Midlands -56 13 £70,000 +30.38% 3
North East -44 3 £77,500 +40.91% 1
East Midlands -26 2 £75,000 +87.50% 5
Northern Ireland - 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 (4.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.73%) Confluence
3 6 (2.49%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.66%) IIS
5 3 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.83%) Apache
6 2 (0.83%) CICS
6 2 (0.83%) CMS
7 1 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.41%) Maya
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Smart View
2 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (3.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.24%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.83%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.83%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.83%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.83%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.83%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.41%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 104 (43.15%) Azure
2 64 (26.56%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (16.60%) Power Platform
4 27 (11.20%) Dynamics 365
5 24 (9.96%) Entra ID
6 23 (9.54%) AWS
7 17 (7.05%) GitHub
8 16 (6.64%) Azure Logic Apps
8 16 (6.64%) GCP
9 14 (5.81%) Boomi
9 14 (5.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 13 (5.39%) SaaS
11 12 (4.98%) Power Automate
11 12 (4.98%) PowerApps
12 10 (4.15%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (4.15%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 10 (4.15%) Serverless
13 8 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (3.32%) Azure Functions
13 8 (3.32%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.49%) WinSCP
2 1 (0.41%) Broadband
2 1 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.37%) Power BI
2 16 (6.64%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (5.81%) Relational Database
4 12 (4.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (4.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (3.32%) Spark SQL
6 8 (3.32%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.90%) Big Data
8 6 (2.49%) Metadata
8 6 (2.49%) MySQL
8 6 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (2.07%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (2.07%) DataStage
9 5 (2.07%) DynamoDB
9 5 (2.07%) Hadoop
9 5 (2.07%) MongoDB
9 5 (2.07%) Neo4j
9 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
9 5 (2.07%) Pentaho
9 5 (2.07%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 36 (14.94%) JIRA
2 20 (8.30%) Git
3 10 (4.15%) Eclipse
4 7 (2.90%) GitLab
5 6 (2.49%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.24%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.83%) ChangeMan
7 2 (0.83%) Subversion
7 2 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.41%) JMeter
8 1 (0.41%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.41%) Postman
8 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.41%) Selenium
8 1 (0.41%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 92 (38.17%) Social Skills
2 80 (33.20%) Finance
3 41 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.96%) Law
5 21 (8.71%) Marketing
6 16 (6.64%) Banking
7 13 (5.39%) Retail
8 12 (4.98%) Legal
9 11 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.32%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.49%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.66%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.24%) Games
15 2 (0.83%) Front Office
15 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.41%) Automotive
16 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.41%) Military
16 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (23.65%) Lead
2 47 (19.50%) Senior
3 35 (14.52%) Developer
4 25 (10.37%) Senior Developer
5 22 (9.13%) Analyst
6 15 (6.22%) Administrator
7 14 (5.81%) Applications Support
7 14 (5.81%) Software Manager
8 13 (5.39%) Technical Leader
9 12 (4.98%) Data Engineer
10 11 (4.56%) Architect
10 11 (4.56%) Engineering Manager
10 11 (4.56%) Software Engineering Manager
10 11 (4.56%) Systems Administrator
11 10 (4.15%) Applications Support Analyst
11 10 (4.15%) Release Manager
11 10 (4.15%) Salesforce Developer
12 9 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (3.73%) Consultant
12 9 (3.73%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (14.11%) REST
2 20 (8.30%) Middleware
2 20 (8.30%) SOAP
3 19 (7.88%) .NET
4 17 (7.05%) React
5 16 (6.64%) JSON
6 12 (4.98%) EDI
6 12 (4.98%) Lightning Web Components
6 12 (4.98%) XML
7 11 (4.56%) PySpark
8 10 (4.15%) ARM Templates
8 10 (4.15%) CSS
8 10 (4.15%) HTML
9 7 (2.90%) .NET Core
10 5 (2.07%) Visualforce
11 2 (0.83%) FIX Protocol
11 2 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.83%) Swagger
11 2 (0.83%) YAML
12 1 (0.41%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.54%) Data Structures
2 22 (9.13%) Product Ownership
3 13 (5.39%) Enterprise Cloud
3 13 (5.39%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.56%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (4.56%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.56%) Reinsurance
5 10 (4.15%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.90%) Culture of Ownership
6 7 (2.90%) Podcast
7 6 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.66%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.24%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.81%) Windows
2 9 (3.73%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.24%) Linux
4 2 (0.83%) Android
4 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (0.83%) zOS
5 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (49.79%) DevOps
2 91 (37.76%) CI/CD
3 90 (37.34%) Agile
4 66 (27.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 62 (25.73%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (22.82%) Roadmaps
7 51 (21.16%) Stakeholder Management
8 46 (19.09%) Incident Management
9 41 (17.01%) ITIL
10 37 (15.35%) AI
11 35 (14.52%) Change Management
11 35 (14.52%) Data Modelling
11 35 (14.52%) Test Automation
12 34 (14.11%) Integration Patterns
12 34 (14.11%) Scrum
13 32 (13.28%) ERP
14 31 (12.86%) Service Management
15 29 (12.03%) Software Engineering
15 29 (12.03%) Technical Leadership
16 28 (11.62%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 82 (34.02%) SQL
2 34 (14.11%) Python
3 18 (7.47%) JavaScript
4 17 (7.05%) PowerShell
5 11 (4.56%) Java
6 10 (4.15%) Apex Code
7 8 (3.32%) SOQL
8 7 (2.90%) SOSL
8 7 (2.90%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.49%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.24%) Bash
10 3 (1.24%) C#
11 2 (0.83%) Bicep
11 2 (0.83%) COBOL
11 2 (0.83%) JCL
11 2 (0.83%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.41%) Groovy
12 1 (0.41%) Korn
12 1 (0.41%) Perl
12 1 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (14.94%) Degree
2 13 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.98%) PMI Certification
3 12 (4.98%) PMP
3 12 (4.98%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.32%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.07%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.66%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.66%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.24%) MBA
8 2 (0.83%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.41%) CCSK
9 1 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (18.67%) QA
2 23 (9.54%) Data Quality
3 19 (7.88%) GDPR
4 13 (5.39%) GRC
5 12 (4.98%) TickIT
6 11 (4.56%) Accessibility
7 7 (2.90%) PMO
8 4 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.66%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.24%) SLA
10 2 (0.83%) GAAP
10 2 (0.83%) IFRS
10 2 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.41%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.41%) ISO 9000
11 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.41%) NIST
11 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (4.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.66%) Docker
3 3 (1.24%) IAG
3 3 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.41%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 21 (8.71%) Terraform
2 14 (5.81%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.90%) Ansible
4 3 (1.24%) Grafana
5 2 (0.83%) CA Endevor
5 2 (0.83%) SCCM
5 2 (0.83%) SCOM
6 1 (0.41%) Argo
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.41%) Packer
6 1 (0.41%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (21.99%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.03%) Salesforce
2 29 (12.03%) ServiceNow
3 15 (6.22%) Databricks
4 12 (4.98%) Oracle
5 9 (3.73%) SAP
6 5 (2.07%) Informatica
6 5 (2.07%) Talend
7 4 (1.66%) LogicMonitor
7 4 (1.66%) VMware
8 3 (1.24%) Google
8 3 (1.24%) Intapp
8 3 (1.24%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.24%) Remedy
9 2 (0.83%) BMC
9 2 (0.83%) Citrix
9 2 (0.83%) Dell
9 2 (0.83%) Infor
9 2 (0.83%) Isilon
10 1 (0.41%) Splunk