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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 388 442
Rank change year-on-year -117 +54 -63
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 212 257 499
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.63% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.68% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 140 169 367
10th Percentile £48,500 £46,248 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,451 £53,688 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,750 £93,778 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +0.84% +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 63,393 38,022 79,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.08% 92.93% 86.08%
Number of salaries quoted 39,190 22,514 58,792
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,008
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% +7.38% -7.94%

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 April 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 10 April 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 -120 187 £72,500 +16.00% 92
UK excluding London -124 101 £70,000 +16.67% 71
London -40 85 £72,500 +11.54% 35
Work from Home -9 71 £72,500 +12.18% 39
North of England -58 30 £72,500 +31.82% 10
South East -49 23 £53,652 -10.58% 34
Midlands -74 18 £75,000 +39.70% 7
Yorkshire -46 14 £72,500 +107.14% 2
South West -54 14 £62,500 -9.42% 8
North West -30 13 £73,000 -2.67% 6
East of England -34 13 £59,450 -15.07% 7
West Midlands -41 13 £75,000 +39.70% 6
East Midlands -53 4 £75,000 +87.50% 1
North East -29 3 £77,500 +40.91% 2
Scotland -13 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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 9 (4.25%) Confluence
2 7 (3.30%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.89%) Tomcat
4 4 (1.89%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.89%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.42%) CMS
5 3 (1.42%) IIS
6 2 (0.94%) Apache
6 2 (0.94%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.47%) Maya
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (2.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.42%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.94%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.94%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.94%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.94%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.94%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.47%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 83 (39.15%) Azure
2 51 (24.06%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (13.68%) AWS
4 26 (12.26%) Power Platform
5 19 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (7.55%) Entra ID
7 15 (7.08%) GCP
8 14 (6.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 12 (5.66%) GitHub
9 12 (5.66%) SaaS
10 10 (4.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 9 (4.25%) Boomi
12 8 (3.77%) Serverless
13 7 (3.30%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (3.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (3.30%) Cloudflare
13 7 (3.30%) Vercel
14 6 (2.83%) Amazon EMR
14 6 (2.83%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (2.83%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.83%) WinSCP
2 4 (1.89%) SSL
3 1 (0.47%) Broadband
3 1 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.47%) HTTP
3 1 (0.47%) Intranet
3 1 (0.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.49%) Power BI
2 14 (6.60%) Relational Database
3 13 (6.13%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (4.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (4.25%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.30%) Big Data
6 7 (3.30%) Metadata
6 7 (3.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (2.36%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (2.36%) DataStage
7 5 (2.36%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.36%) Hadoop
7 5 (2.36%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.36%) MySQL
7 5 (2.36%) Neo4j
7 5 (2.36%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.36%) Pentaho
7 5 (2.36%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.89%) DB2
Development Applications
1 31 (14.62%) JIRA
2 17 (8.02%) Git
3 9 (4.25%) Eclipse
4 6 (2.83%) GitLab
4 6 (2.83%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.94%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.94%) Subversion
5 2 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.47%) JMeter
6 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.47%) NUnit
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.47%) Postman
6 1 (0.47%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.47%) Selenium
6 1 (0.47%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
General
1 86 (40.57%) Social Skills
2 67 (31.60%) Finance
3 32 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.38%) Law
5 19 (8.96%) Banking
6 15 (7.08%) Marketing
7 14 (6.60%) Legal
8 10 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.77%) Retail
10 7 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.83%) Investment Banking
11 6 (2.83%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.89%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.42%) Games
14 2 (0.94%) Front Office
14 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.47%) Police
15 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (22.64%) Lead
2 39 (18.40%) Senior
3 25 (11.79%) Developer
4 22 (10.38%) Analyst
5 18 (8.49%) Applications Support
6 16 (7.55%) Senior Developer
7 14 (6.60%) Software Manager
8 13 (6.13%) Technical Leader
9 11 (5.19%) Engineering Manager
9 11 (5.19%) Service Manager
9 11 (5.19%) Software Engineering Manager
10 10 (4.72%) Support Analyst
11 9 (4.25%) Applications Support Analyst
11 9 (4.25%) Data Engineer
11 9 (4.25%) Senior Manager
12 8 (3.77%) Administrator
12 8 (3.77%) Consultant
12 8 (3.77%) IT Manager
13 7 (3.30%) Architect
13 7 (3.30%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.91%) .NET
1 21 (9.91%) REST
2 15 (7.08%) React
3 11 (5.19%) CSS
3 11 (5.19%) HTML
3 11 (5.19%) Middleware
3 11 (5.19%) SOAP
4 10 (4.72%) JSON
5 8 (3.77%) .NET Core
6 7 (3.30%) EDI
6 7 (3.30%) Lightning Web Components
6 7 (3.30%) PySpark
6 7 (3.30%) XML
7 6 (2.83%) ARM Templates
8 4 (1.89%) LAPP Stack
8 4 (1.89%) LDAP
8 4 (1.89%) WebSphere MQ
9 3 (1.42%) HTML5 Canvas
9 3 (1.42%) Visualforce
10 2 (0.94%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.96%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.08%) Management Information System
3 14 (6.60%) Data Structures
3 14 (6.60%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.66%) Reinsurance
5 11 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (4.72%) Cloud Native
7 9 (4.25%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (3.30%) Culture of Ownership
8 7 (3.30%) Podcast
9 6 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.89%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.89%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.94%) Augmented Reality
13 2 (0.94%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.55%) Windows
2 8 (3.77%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.30%) Linux
4 5 (2.36%) Unix
5 4 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.94%) Android
6 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (46.70%) DevOps
2 82 (38.68%) Agile
3 71 (33.49%) CI/CD
4 56 (26.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (23.11%) ITIL
7 47 (22.17%) Roadmaps
8 43 (20.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 41 (19.34%) Incident Management
10 35 (16.51%) AI
10 35 (16.51%) Change Management
10 35 (16.51%) Service Management
11 33 (15.57%) Scrum
12 31 (14.62%) Test Automation
13 28 (13.21%) Software Engineering
14 27 (12.74%) ITSM
15 26 (12.26%) Data Modelling
16 24 (11.32%) Observability
17 23 (10.85%) ERP
17 23 (10.85%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 63 (29.72%) SQL
2 34 (16.04%) Python
3 20 (9.43%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.08%) PowerShell
5 13 (6.13%) Java
6 7 (3.30%) C#
7 6 (2.83%) Apex Code
7 6 (2.83%) VB.NET
8 4 (1.89%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.42%) SOQL
10 2 (0.94%) Bash
10 2 (0.94%) Bicep
10 2 (0.94%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.94%) SOSL
11 1 (0.47%) ABAP
11 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.47%) Go
11 1 (0.47%) Perl
11 1 (0.47%) PHP
11 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (15.09%) Degree
2 12 (5.66%) PMI Certification
2 12 (5.66%) PMP
3 10 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.72%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.25%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.83%) AWS Certification
5 6 (2.83%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.89%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.89%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.89%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.42%) MBA
8 2 (0.94%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (17.45%) QA
2 14 (6.60%) Data Quality
3 13 (6.13%) GRC
4 12 (5.66%) GDPR
5 11 (5.19%) Accessibility
6 7 (3.30%) PMO
6 7 (3.30%) SLA
6 7 (3.30%) TickIT
7 4 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.89%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.94%) GAAP
9 2 (0.94%) IFRS
10 1 (0.47%) NIST
10 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (2.36%) Docker
2 4 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (7.55%) Terraform
2 14 (6.60%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.30%) Ansible
4 3 (1.42%) Grafana
5 2 (0.94%) SCCM
5 2 (0.94%) SCOM
6 1 (0.47%) Argo
6 1 (0.47%) Control-M
6 1 (0.47%) Kibana
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.47%) Packer
6 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 34 (16.04%) ServiceNow
3 25 (11.79%) Salesforce
4 12 (5.66%) Oracle
5 11 (5.19%) Databricks
6 5 (2.36%) IBM
6 5 (2.36%) Informatica
6 5 (2.36%) Remedy
6 5 (2.36%) SAP
6 5 (2.36%) Talend
7 4 (1.89%) BMC
7 4 (1.89%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.42%) Intapp
8 3 (1.42%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (1.42%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.94%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.94%) Google
9 2 (0.94%) Infor
9 2 (0.94%) VMware
10 1 (0.47%) Triple Point