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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 455 454
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 -72
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 334 242 448
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.49% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.55% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 237 158 332
10th Percentile £40,693 £42,825 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -2.44% -1.60%
75th Percentile £84,500 £78,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £94,894 £89,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -6.78% -1.67%

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 73,858 44,154 75,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.61% 89.93% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,064 24,939 51,848
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,599 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 23 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Top 17 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 23 July 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 -26 299 £70,000 +12.00% 139
UK excluding London -23 181 £65,000 +18.18% 98
Work from Home +33 139 £70,000 - 63
London -26 119 £85,000 +21.43% 55
North of England +12 65 £73,500 +35.48% 18
South East -10 48 £57,303 -4.50% 35
North West +21 33 £73,500 +17.60% 9
Yorkshire -6 29 £72,500 +63.84% 6
Midlands -41 23 £62,500 +16.41% 17
South West -57 20 £39,000 -31.27% 10
East of England +1 16 £59,450 -15.07% 12
West Midlands -46 16 £52,500 -2.21% 9
Scotland +24 6 £33,000 -40.51% 7
East Midlands -23 6 £70,000 - 8
North East -56 3 £72,500 +107.14% 3
Wales -54 2 £55,395 +14.22% 1
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 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (3.29%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.99%) Confluence
3 5 (1.50%) Camunda
3 5 (1.50%) IIS
4 4 (1.20%) CICS
5 3 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.60%) Apache
6 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.60%) WordPress
7 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 22 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 13 (3.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.90%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.90%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.60%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.60%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.60%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.30%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 125 (37.43%) Azure
2 78 (23.35%) Azure DevOps
3 63 (18.86%) Power Platform
4 43 (12.87%) Dynamics 365
5 38 (11.38%) SaaS
6 29 (8.68%) AWS
7 27 (8.08%) GitHub
8 26 (7.78%) Azure Logic Apps
9 24 (7.19%) Power Automate
10 21 (6.29%) Entra ID
11 20 (5.99%) PowerApps
12 15 (4.49%) GCP
12 15 (4.49%) Serverless
13 14 (4.19%) Boomi
14 11 (3.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 10 (2.99%) Azure Functions
15 10 (2.99%) Azure Key Vault
15 10 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (2.69%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.50%) ATM
1 5 (1.50%) DNS
1 5 (1.50%) VPN
2 4 (1.20%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.30%) Broadband
3 1 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.30%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.68%) Power BI
2 21 (6.29%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (2.69%) Spark SQL
5 9 (2.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.80%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.80%) Tableau
7 4 (1.20%) Db2
7 4 (1.20%) Metadata
7 4 (1.20%) MySQL
7 4 (1.20%) SAP BW
8 3 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.90%) Big Data
8 3 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.90%) Looker
8 3 (0.90%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.90%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 53 (15.87%) JIRA
2 27 (8.08%) Git
3 15 (4.49%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.19%) GitLab
5 6 (1.80%) Eclipse
5 6 (1.80%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.50%) JUnit
6 5 (1.50%) Mockito
7 4 (1.20%) ChangeMan
8 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.60%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.60%) Postman
9 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.30%) git-flow
9 1 (0.30%) mountebank
9 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.30%) Terragrunt
General
1 152 (45.51%) Social Skills
2 112 (33.53%) Finance
3 61 (18.26%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.78%) Law
5 24 (7.19%) Banking
5 24 (7.19%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.89%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (5.99%) Marketing
8 18 (5.39%) Legal
8 18 (5.39%) Retail
9 16 (4.79%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (4.19%) Investment Banking
11 11 (3.29%) Front Office
11 11 (3.29%) Local Government
12 10 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (2.99%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.69%) Legal Technology
14 8 (2.40%) Military
15 7 (2.10%) Financial Institution
16 4 (1.20%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 52 (15.57%) Lead
2 48 (14.37%) Senior
3 38 (11.38%) Analyst
3 38 (11.38%) Developer
4 25 (7.49%) Senior Developer
5 24 (7.19%) Administrator
5 24 (7.19%) Consultant
6 19 (5.69%) Systems Administrator
7 16 (4.79%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (4.49%) Release Manager
9 14 (4.19%) Applications Support
9 14 (4.19%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (4.19%) Service Manager
10 13 (3.89%) IT Manager
11 12 (3.59%) Management Consultant
11 12 (3.59%) Software Manager
11 12 (3.59%) Support Analyst
11 12 (3.59%) Technical Leader
12 11 (3.29%) Architect
12 11 (3.29%) Programme Office Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (14.07%) REST
2 24 (7.19%) Middleware
3 22 (6.59%) SOAP
4 16 (4.79%) JSON
5 14 (4.19%) Lightning Web Components
5 14 (4.19%) React
6 12 (3.59%) EDI
6 12 (3.59%) XML
7 11 (3.29%) .NET
8 9 (2.69%) ARM Templates
8 9 (2.69%) CSS
8 9 (2.69%) HTML
8 9 (2.69%) PySpark
9 8 (2.40%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (1.80%) Visualforce
11 5 (1.50%) JPA
11 5 (1.50%) OAuth
11 5 (1.50%) OpenID
11 5 (1.50%) Spring
11 5 (1.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.68%) Management Information System
2 27 (8.08%) Onboarding
3 24 (7.19%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.09%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.09%) Data Structures
4 17 (5.09%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.89%) Enterprise Cloud
6 12 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (2.40%) Fixed Income
8 7 (2.10%) Culture of Ownership
8 7 (2.10%) Podcast
9 5 (1.50%) CMDB
9 5 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.20%) Legacy Code
10 4 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.20%) VSAM
11 3 (0.90%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.90%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.69%) Linux
2 14 (4.19%) Windows
3 6 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.20%) Unix
4 4 (1.20%) zOS
5 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (42.81%) DevOps
2 119 (35.63%) CI/CD
3 112 (33.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 109 (32.63%) Agile
5 98 (29.34%) Problem-Solving
6 88 (26.35%) Stakeholder Management
7 82 (24.55%) ITIL
8 75 (22.46%) Change Management
9 54 (16.17%) Decision-Making
9 54 (16.17%) Roadmaps
10 50 (14.97%) Incident Management
11 48 (14.37%) Scrum
12 43 (12.87%) ERP
12 43 (12.87%) Integration Patterns
13 41 (12.28%) AI
13 41 (12.28%) Test Automation
14 38 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
14 38 (11.38%) ITSM
14 38 (11.38%) Observability
15 37 (11.08%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 87 (26.05%) SQL
2 43 (12.87%) Python
3 24 (7.19%) JavaScript
4 11 (3.29%) Apex Code
5 10 (2.99%) Java
5 10 (2.99%) PowerShell
5 10 (2.99%) SOQL
6 9 (2.69%) SOSL
7 8 (2.40%) C++
8 7 (2.10%) COBOL
9 6 (1.80%) Bash
9 6 (1.80%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.50%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.20%) C#
11 4 (1.20%) JCL
12 3 (0.90%) C
12 3 (0.90%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.60%) Perl
13 2 (0.60%) PHP
Qualifications
1 50 (14.97%) Degree
2 23 (6.89%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.99%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.69%) PMI Certification
5 17 (5.09%) PMP
6 14 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.20%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.20%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.30%) CCSK
10 1 (0.30%) CRISC
10 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (18.56%) QA
2 36 (10.78%) Data Quality
3 29 (8.68%) GDPR
4 22 (6.59%) PMO
5 13 (3.89%) Accessibility
5 13 (3.89%) GRC
6 12 (3.59%) TickIT
7 9 (2.69%) SLA
8 8 (2.40%) Def Stans
8 8 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (1.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.20%) ISO 9000
10 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 4 (1.20%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.90%) ISO 8583
12 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (3.89%) Active Directory
1 13 (3.89%) Docker
2 5 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.90%) IAG
4 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) Firmware
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.30%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 34 (10.18%) Terraform
2 16 (4.79%) Ansible
3 15 (4.49%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.20%) CA Endevor
4 4 (1.20%) Grafana
5 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.60%) Argo
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.60%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.30%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.30%) Packer
7 1 (0.30%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.30%) SCCM
7 1 (0.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 90 (26.95%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.28%) Salesforce
3 24 (7.19%) ServiceNow
4 16 (4.79%) SAP
5 14 (4.19%) Databricks
6 11 (3.29%) Oracle
7 9 (2.69%) Google
8 8 (2.40%) FIS
8 8 (2.40%) SunGard
9 7 (2.10%) LogicMonitor
9 7 (2.10%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.80%) Intapp
11 5 (1.50%) HP
11 5 (1.50%) iManage
11 5 (1.50%) VMware
12 4 (1.20%) Dell
12 4 (1.20%) VocaLink
13 3 (0.90%) Aderant
13 3 (0.90%) Cisco
13 3 (0.90%) MuleSoft