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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 399 419
Rank change year-on-year -119 +20 -39
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 168 276 497
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.63% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.67% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 112 177 371
10th Percentile £42,500 £49,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,175 £55,000 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,627 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.45% +3.40% -3.10%
75th Percentile £82,813 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £99,750 £100,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £63,564 £59,500
% change year-on-year -5.61% +6.83% +8.18%

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 56,840 41,126 73,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.06% 93.65% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 34,202 22,190 55,823
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £77,219 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £94,500
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 10 March 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 10 March 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 -95 154 £67,500 +3.85% 102
London -24 83 £72,500 +11.54% 37
UK excluding London -102 71 £60,000 -5.61% 72
Work from Home +2 59 £65,000 +0.58% 43
Midlands -49 18 £75,000 +30.43% 3
South West -38 15 £62,500 -9.42% 14
South East -31 14 £27,500 -54.17% 35
West Midlands -33 13 £75,000 +30.43% 2
North of England -47 11 £60,000 -11.11% 13
East of England +3 9 £59,450 -15.07% 8
Yorkshire -50 6 £60,000 +9.09% 3
North West -20 4 £60,000 -20.00% 10
Scotland -20 4 £22,129 -53.21% 1
East Midlands -28 4 £75,000 +87.50% 1
North East -22 1 £82,500 +50.00%

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 8 (4.76%) Apache Spark
1 8 (4.76%) Tomcat
1 8 (4.76%) WebSphere
1 8 (4.76%) WebSphere Application Server
2 7 (4.17%) Confluence
3 4 (2.38%) CMS
4 2 (1.19%) Apache
4 2 (1.19%) IIS
4 2 (1.19%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.60%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.60%) Maya
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.98%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.79%) Fidessa
3 3 (1.79%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.19%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.19%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.19%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.60%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.60%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (32.14%) Azure
2 30 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (16.07%) AWS
4 14 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 13 (7.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 11 (6.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 9 (5.36%) GCP
8 7 (4.17%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.57%) Amazon EMR
9 6 (3.57%) SaaS
10 5 (2.98%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.98%) dbt
10 5 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.98%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.98%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.98%) Serverless
11 4 (2.38%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.38%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 3 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.76%) SSL
2 6 (3.57%) WinSCP
3 1 (0.60%) Broadband
3 1 (0.60%) HTTP
3 1 (0.60%) Intranet
3 1 (0.60%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.12%) Relational Database
2 14 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (6.55%) SQL Server
4 9 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (5.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (4.76%) DB2
5 8 (4.76%) MongoDB
5 8 (4.76%) NoSQL
5 8 (4.76%) Power BI
6 7 (4.17%) DynamoDB
6 7 (4.17%) Metadata
7 6 (3.57%) Apache Cassandra
7 6 (3.57%) Big Data
7 6 (3.57%) DataStage
7 6 (3.57%) Hadoop
7 6 (3.57%) MySQL
7 6 (3.57%) Neo4j
7 6 (3.57%) Pentaho
7 6 (3.57%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 15 (8.93%) JIRA
2 14 (8.33%) Git
3 9 (5.36%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.60%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.60%) GitLab
4 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.60%) JMeter
4 1 (0.60%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.60%) NeoLoad
4 1 (0.60%) NUnit
4 1 (0.60%) Subversion
4 1 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 66 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 56 (33.33%) Finance
3 26 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (11.90%) Banking
5 16 (9.52%) Law
6 11 (6.55%) Investment Banking
7 7 (4.17%) Legal
7 7 (4.17%) Marketing
8 5 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.98%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.38%) Front Office
9 4 (2.38%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.19%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (1.19%) Games
10 2 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Back Office
11 1 (0.60%) Billing
11 1 (0.60%) Police
11 1 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (20.24%) Lead
2 28 (16.67%) Senior
3 22 (13.10%) Analyst
4 20 (11.90%) Applications Support
5 19 (11.31%) Developer
6 15 (8.93%) Support Analyst
7 10 (5.95%) Senior Developer
7 10 (5.95%) Technical Leader
8 9 (5.36%) Applications Support Analyst
8 9 (5.36%) IT Manager
8 9 (5.36%) Service Manager
8 9 (5.36%) Software Manager
9 8 (4.76%) IT Analyst
9 8 (4.76%) Linux Support
9 8 (4.76%) Salesforce Developer
10 7 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (4.17%) Senior Manager
11 6 (3.57%) Change Manager
11 6 (3.57%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (3.57%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (13.69%) .NET
2 10 (5.95%) React
3 9 (5.36%) .NET Core
4 8 (4.76%) LAPP Stack
4 8 (4.76%) LDAP
4 8 (4.76%) REST
4 8 (4.76%) WebSphere MQ
5 5 (2.98%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (2.38%) CSS
6 4 (2.38%) HTML
6 4 (2.38%) SOAP
7 3 (1.79%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (1.79%) HTML5 Canvas
7 3 (1.79%) Middleware
7 3 (1.79%) PySpark
7 3 (1.79%) Visualforce
8 2 (1.19%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.19%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.19%) OAuth
8 2 (1.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.10%) Management Information System
2 17 (10.12%) Product Ownership
3 13 (7.74%) Data Structures
4 12 (7.14%) Reinsurance
5 9 (5.36%) Onboarding
6 8 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.38%) Low-Code
9 4 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.79%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.79%) Derivative
10 3 (1.79%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.79%) Equities
10 3 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.79%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.19%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (1.19%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.50%) Windows
2 11 (6.55%) Linux
3 9 (5.36%) Unix
4 8 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (4.76%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.60%) Android
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (35.12%) Agile
1 59 (35.12%) DevOps
2 50 (29.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 46 (27.38%) ITIL
4 45 (26.79%) CI/CD
5 42 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (20.83%) Change Management
7 34 (20.24%) Roadmaps
8 30 (17.86%) Service Management
8 30 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (13.69%) ITSM
10 22 (13.10%) Incident Management
11 21 (12.50%) AI
11 21 (12.50%) SDLC
12 20 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (11.31%) ETL
13 19 (11.31%) Software Engineering
14 18 (10.71%) Data Modelling
14 18 (10.71%) Root Cause Analysis
15 17 (10.12%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 47 (27.98%) SQL
2 28 (16.67%) Python
3 13 (7.74%) PowerShell
4 12 (7.14%) Java
5 11 (6.55%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.76%) C#
7 7 (4.17%) Apex Code
8 6 (3.57%) VB.NET
9 3 (1.79%) Bicep
9 3 (1.79%) SOQL
10 2 (1.19%) SOSL
10 2 (1.19%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.60%) ABAP
11 1 (0.60%) Bash
11 1 (0.60%) Go
11 1 (0.60%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.60%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (13.10%) Degree
2 13 (7.74%) ITIL Certification
3 10 (5.95%) AWS Certification
4 5 (2.98%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.38%) DBS Check
5 4 (2.38%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.38%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.38%) PMP
6 3 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.79%) MBA
7 2 (1.19%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.60%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (18.45%) QA
2 11 (6.55%) SLA
3 9 (5.36%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.98%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.38%) PMO
6 3 (1.79%) GDPR
7 2 (1.19%) GAAP
7 2 (1.19%) IFRS
7 2 (1.19%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.60%) GRC
8 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.60%) NIST
8 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.60%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.38%) Docker
2 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (6.55%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.98%) Terraform
3 2 (1.19%) Ansible
3 2 (1.19%) Grafana
4 1 (0.60%) Argo
4 1 (0.60%) Control-M
4 1 (0.60%) Kibana
4 1 (0.60%) SCCM
4 1 (0.60%) SCOM
4 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (19.05%) ServiceNow
2 25 (14.88%) Microsoft
3 23 (13.69%) Salesforce
4 10 (5.95%) Oracle
5 9 (5.36%) IBM
6 8 (4.76%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.57%) Informatica
7 6 (3.57%) Talend
8 5 (2.98%) Databricks
8 5 (2.98%) Remedy
8 5 (2.98%) SAP
9 4 (2.38%) BMC
10 2 (1.19%) Intapp
10 2 (1.19%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.60%) Conga
11 1 (0.60%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.60%) NEC
11 1 (0.60%) Pardot
11 1 (0.60%) Thales
11 1 (0.60%) Workday