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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 428 377
Rank change year-on-year +12 -51 +55
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 298 560 914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.57% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.66% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 170 353 530
10th Percentile £48,450 £36,250 £41,950
25th Percentile £53,688 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,499 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year 0.00% - +1.30%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -2.65%

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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +31 283 £62,500 - 182
UK excluding London +10 176 £60,000 +0.84% 122
London +102 117 £65,000 - 79
Work from Home +29 90 £63,000 +0.80% 120
South East +48 46 £60,000 +1.69% 35
Midlands +35 45 £53,688 -14.10% 21
North of England +50 42 £55,000 - 28
West Midlands +20 39 £53,688 -28.42% 14
North West +2 32 £70,000 +27.27% 19
South West +86 24 £64,627 -4.26% 14
Scotland +100 9 £47,292 -24.33% 4
East of England +54 9 £70,000 +2.19% 18
Yorkshire +69 8 £35,000 +7.69% 6
East Midlands +33 6 £40,000 - 6
North East - 2 £55,000 - 3
Wales +10 1 - - 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 22 (7.38%) Confluence
1 22 (7.38%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.68%) IIS
4 4 (1.34%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.67%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) Moodle
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.34%) SAS
6 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (7.72%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.35%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (5.37%) SAP ERP
1 16 (5.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (4.03%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 7 (2.35%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (2.01%) Infor M3
5 3 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (1.01%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.34%) Endur
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.34%) PlanetPress Connect
7 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 95 (31.88%) Azure
2 53 (17.79%) Azure DevOps
3 48 (16.11%) SaaS
4 41 (13.76%) GitHub
5 30 (10.07%) GitHub Actions
5 30 (10.07%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (9.40%) AWS
6 28 (9.40%) Power Platform
7 26 (8.72%) PaaS
8 24 (8.05%) Power Automate
9 22 (7.38%) OCI
10 21 (7.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 19 (6.38%) PowerApps
12 18 (6.04%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (4.70%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (4.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (4.36%) Serverless
15 12 (4.03%) Azure Functions
15 12 (4.03%) Datadog
15 12 (4.03%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.68%) Firewall
1 5 (1.68%) Network Security
2 2 (0.67%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (0.67%) SAN
2 2 (0.67%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.67%) VPN
2 2 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.34%) BGP
3 1 (0.34%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.34%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.34%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.34%) IPsec
3 1 (0.34%) Junos
3 1 (0.34%) OpenScape
3 1 (0.34%) OSPF
3 1 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.34%) SSH
3 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (14.43%) SQL Server
2 15 (5.03%) Relational Database
3 13 (4.36%) Oracle Reports
4 12 (4.03%) Power BI
5 11 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.02%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.34%) Big Data
7 4 (1.34%) Data Hub
7 4 (1.34%) Delta Lake
7 4 (1.34%) SQL CLR
8 3 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.34%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.34%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (10.74%) JIRA
2 28 (9.40%) Git
3 22 (7.38%) Selenium
4 19 (6.38%) SonarQube
5 17 (5.70%) Jenkins
6 10 (3.36%) Postman
6 10 (3.36%) Visual Studio
7 4 (1.34%) FitNesse
7 4 (1.34%) JMeter
7 4 (1.34%) Locust
7 4 (1.34%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (1.34%) Robot Framework
7 4 (1.34%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.34%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (1.01%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.67%) Appium
9 2 (0.67%) Crucible
9 2 (0.67%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.67%) Xcode
General
1 111 (37.25%) Finance
2 79 (26.51%) Social Skills
3 28 (9.40%) Marketing
4 27 (9.06%) Law
5 26 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (8.39%) Public Sector
7 22 (7.38%) Manufacturing
8 21 (7.05%) Banking
9 19 (6.38%) Police
10 15 (5.03%) Retail
11 9 (3.02%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.35%) Back Office
13 6 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (2.01%) Local Government
13 6 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.67%) Front Office
14 2 (0.67%) Legal
14 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (12.75%) DevOps Engineer
2 34 (11.41%) Analyst
3 28 (9.40%) Developer
4 27 (9.06%) Configuration Management Engineer
4 27 (9.06%) Principal Engineer
4 27 (9.06%) SCM Engineer
5 26 (8.72%) Architect
6 24 (8.05%) Senior
7 21 (7.05%) Enterprise Architect
7 21 (7.05%) Salesforce Architect
8 17 (5.70%) Support Analyst
9 16 (5.37%) SAP Manager
10 15 (5.03%) IT Manager
10 15 (5.03%) Lead
11 14 (4.70%) Release Manager
12 12 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (4.03%) Oracle Specialist
13 9 (3.02%) Applications Support
13 9 (3.02%) Change and Release Manager
13 9 (3.02%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (12.08%) .NET
2 28 (9.40%) REST
3 26 (8.72%) Middleware
4 23 (7.72%) SOAP
5 21 (7.05%) Lightning Web Components
6 16 (5.37%) SAP Fiori
7 13 (4.36%) .NET Framework
8 12 (4.03%) React
8 12 (4.03%) XML
9 9 (3.02%) ARM Templates
9 9 (3.02%) CSS
9 9 (3.02%) HTML
10 8 (2.68%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.68%) Azure Blueprints
10 8 (2.68%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (2.35%) Entity Framework
11 7 (2.35%) Web Services
12 6 (2.01%) JSON
13 5 (1.68%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (1.68%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.07%) Management Information System
2 25 (8.39%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (6.38%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.03%) Blockchain
4 12 (4.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.36%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.02%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.35%) Private Cloud
7 7 (2.35%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.01%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.68%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.34%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 3 (1.01%) Enterprise Storage
11 3 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.67%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.67%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.34%) Data Fabric
13 1 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.38%) Linux
2 19 (6.38%) Unix
3 17 (5.70%) Windows
4 8 (2.68%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.34%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.01%) Android
6 3 (1.01%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (41.95%) Agile
2 109 (36.58%) DevOps
3 85 (28.52%) CI/CD
4 69 (23.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (19.80%) Change Management
6 57 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 55 (18.46%) ITIL
8 48 (16.11%) Computer Science
9 45 (15.10%) Configuration Management
10 39 (13.09%) Waterfall
11 37 (12.42%) Roadmaps
12 36 (12.08%) ERP
13 33 (11.07%) Coaching
13 33 (11.07%) Test Automation
14 32 (10.74%) Project Management
15 31 (10.40%) Data Modelling
15 31 (10.40%) Software Delivery
16 30 (10.07%) User Experience
17 29 (9.73%) Incident Management
17 29 (9.73%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 57 (19.13%) SQL
2 32 (10.74%) C#
3 25 (8.39%) Java
4 24 (8.05%) T-SQL
5 21 (7.05%) Apex Code
6 19 (6.38%) Python
7 16 (5.37%) ABAP
7 16 (5.37%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.36%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.02%) JavaScript
10 8 (2.68%) Bash
11 3 (1.01%) C++
11 3 (1.01%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.01%) R
11 3 (1.01%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.67%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.67%) Swift
13 1 (0.34%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.34%) Dart
Qualifications
1 70 (23.49%) Degree
2 27 (9.06%) Chartered Engineer
2 27 (9.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (8.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (7.05%) Master's Degree
5 20 (6.71%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.35%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.68%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 5 (1.68%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.68%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.68%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.01%) CCSK
9 3 (1.01%) CCSP
9 3 (1.01%) CISA
10 1 (0.34%) CCNA
10 1 (0.34%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.41%) QA
2 23 (7.72%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.68%) NCSC
4 6 (2.01%) GxP
5 4 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.67%) PMO
7 1 (0.34%) GRC
7 1 (0.34%) ITGC
System Software
1 26 (8.72%) Docker
2 12 (4.03%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.34%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.01%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (9.06%) Kubernetes
2 23 (7.72%) Terraform
3 15 (5.03%) Ansible
4 6 (2.01%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.01%) Control-M
6 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 66 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 48 (16.11%) Oracle
3 27 (9.06%) Micro Focus
3 27 (9.06%) Salesforce
4 22 (7.38%) SAP
5 21 (7.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 16 (5.37%) IBM
7 14 (4.70%) Databricks
7 14 (4.70%) VMware
8 13 (4.36%) Red Hat
9 12 (4.03%) PeopleSoft
10 6 (2.01%) Infor
11 5 (1.68%) Dell
12 4 (1.34%) Cisco
12 4 (1.34%) Citrix
12 4 (1.34%) Google
13 3 (1.01%) Atlassian
13 3 (1.01%) Isilon
13 3 (1.01%) ServiceNow
13 3 (1.01%) Trayport