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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 386 451
Rank change year-on-year -118 +65 -76
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 212 266 496
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.64% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.69% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 141 178 364
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,092 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,322 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £85,000 £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 65,329 38,670 81,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.37% 92.92% 85.97%
Number of salaries quoted 40,301 22,594 59,579
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
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% -10.51%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.41%

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 18 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 18 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 -122 187 £72,500 +18.37% 106
UK excluding London -109 102 £70,000 +16.67% 80
London -28 83 £72,500 +15.54% 43
Work from Home -16 68 £72,500 +18.37% 64
North of England -49 33 £73,000 +32.73% 19
South East -56 23 £57,303 -4.50% 27
North West -22 16 £73,000 +4.29% 10
Midlands -64 16 £75,000 +39.70% 9
South West -57 14 £62,500 -9.42% 12
Yorkshire -58 14 £72,500 +107.14% 8
East of England -29 13 £59,450 -15.07% 3
West Midlands -53 11 £75,000 +39.70% 3
East Midlands -48 4 £75,000 +87.50% 6
North East -30 3 £77,500 +40.91% 1
Scotland -25 2 - - 6
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 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.42%) IIS
5 2 (0.94%) Apache
5 2 (0.94%) CMS
5 2 (0.94%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.94%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.94%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.94%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Maya
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.42%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.94%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.94%) Infor SunSystems
3 2 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.94%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.94%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.94%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.47%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (41.04%) Azure
2 54 (25.47%) Azure DevOps
3 28 (13.21%) AWS
4 27 (12.74%) Power Platform
5 21 (9.91%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (7.55%) Entra ID
6 16 (7.55%) GCP
7 14 (6.60%) GitHub
8 13 (6.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 12 (5.66%) SaaS
10 11 (5.19%) Boomi
11 9 (4.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 8 (3.77%) Serverless
13 7 (3.30%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (3.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (3.30%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (3.30%) Cloudflare
13 7 (3.30%) Vercel
14 6 (2.83%) Amazon EMR
14 6 (2.83%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.83%) WinSCP
2 2 (0.94%) 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 20 (9.43%) Power BI
2 14 (6.60%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (6.60%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (4.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (3.77%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.30%) Big Data
6 7 (3.30%) Metadata
6 7 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
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
7 5 (2.36%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 32 (15.09%) 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%) Atlassian Bamboo
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%) 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 33 (15.57%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.85%) Law
5 17 (8.02%) Banking
5 17 (8.02%) Marketing
6 13 (6.13%) Legal
7 10 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.72%) Retail
8 7 (3.30%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.30%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.36%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.89%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.42%) Games
12 2 (0.94%) Front Office
12 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Automotive
13 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Police
13 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (23.58%) Lead
2 41 (19.34%) Senior
3 26 (12.26%) Developer
4 21 (9.91%) Analyst
5 18 (8.49%) Senior Developer
6 16 (7.55%) Applications Support
7 14 (6.60%) Software Manager
8 13 (6.13%) Technical Leader
9 11 (5.19%) Engineering Manager
9 11 (5.19%) Software Engineering Manager
10 10 (4.72%) Data Engineer
11 9 (4.25%) Applications Support Analyst
11 9 (4.25%) Senior Manager
11 9 (4.25%) Service Manager
11 9 (4.25%) Support Analyst
12 8 (3.77%) Architect
12 8 (3.77%) Consultant
13 7 (3.30%) Administrator
13 7 (3.30%) Development Manager
13 7 (3.30%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.32%) REST
2 20 (9.43%) .NET
3 15 (7.08%) React
4 13 (6.13%) Middleware
4 13 (6.13%) SOAP
5 12 (5.66%) JSON
6 10 (4.72%) CSS
6 10 (4.72%) HTML
7 9 (4.25%) EDI
7 9 (4.25%) XML
8 8 (3.77%) .NET Core
8 8 (3.77%) PySpark
9 7 (3.30%) ARM Templates
9 7 (3.30%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (1.42%) Visualforce
11 2 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
11 2 (0.94%) Next.js
11 2 (0.94%) OAuth
11 2 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.94%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.96%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.60%) Data Structures
3 13 (6.13%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.13%) Onboarding
4 12 (5.66%) Reinsurance
5 11 (5.19%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (4.72%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.72%) Enterprise Cloud
7 7 (3.30%) Culture of Ownership
7 7 (3.30%) Podcast
8 6 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.89%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.89%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.94%) CMDB
12 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.60%) Windows
2 8 (3.77%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.36%) Linux
4 3 (1.42%) Unix
5 2 (0.94%) Android
5 2 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (48.11%) DevOps
2 82 (38.68%) Agile
3 74 (34.91%) CI/CD
4 55 (25.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (23.11%) Roadmaps
7 44 (20.75%) ITIL
7 44 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 43 (20.28%) Incident Management
9 36 (16.98%) AI
10 32 (15.09%) Change Management
10 32 (15.09%) Scrum
10 32 (15.09%) Service Management
10 32 (15.09%) Test Automation
11 28 (13.21%) Data Modelling
11 28 (13.21%) Software Engineering
12 26 (12.26%) ITSM
13 25 (11.79%) ERP
13 25 (11.79%) Observability
14 24 (11.32%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 66 (31.13%) SQL
2 34 (16.04%) Python
3 19 (8.96%) JavaScript
4 16 (7.55%) PowerShell
5 13 (6.13%) Java
6 6 (2.83%) Apex Code
6 6 (2.83%) C#
6 6 (2.83%) VB.NET
7 4 (1.89%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.42%) Bash
8 3 (1.42%) SOQL
9 2 (0.94%) Bicep
9 2 (0.94%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.94%) SOSL
10 1 (0.47%) ABAP
10 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.47%) Go
10 1 (0.47%) Groovy
10 1 (0.47%) Korn
10 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (15.09%) Degree
2 12 (5.66%) PMI Certification
2 12 (5.66%) PMP
3 11 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (5.19%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.30%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.36%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.89%) AWS Certification
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%) (ISC)2 CCSP
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%) CCSK
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.98%) QA
2 14 (6.60%) Data Quality
3 13 (6.13%) GDPR
3 13 (6.13%) GRC
4 11 (5.19%) Accessibility
5 9 (4.25%) TickIT
6 7 (3.30%) PMO
7 5 (2.36%) SLA
8 4 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.89%) SOC 2
9 3 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.94%) GAAP
10 2 (0.94%) IFRS
11 1 (0.47%) NIST
11 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (2.36%) Docker
2 4 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.47%) IAG
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (8.49%) Terraform
2 14 (6.60%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.77%) 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 41 (19.34%) Microsoft
2 31 (14.62%) ServiceNow
3 24 (11.32%) Salesforce
4 12 (5.66%) Databricks
4 12 (5.66%) Oracle
5 5 (2.36%) Informatica
5 5 (2.36%) SAP
5 5 (2.36%) Talend
6 4 (1.89%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (1.42%) Google
7 3 (1.42%) IBM
7 3 (1.42%) Intapp
7 3 (1.42%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.42%) Remedy
8 2 (0.94%) BMC
8 2 (0.94%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.94%) Infor
8 2 (0.94%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.94%) VMware
9 1 (0.47%) Dataiku