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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 444 438 468
Rank change year-on-year -6 +30 -85
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 330 246 479
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.50% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.55% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 234 162 346
10th Percentile £41,075 £45,147 £39,125
25th Percentile £53,688 £53,097 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +2.88% -2.80%
75th Percentile £84,500 £77,500 £73,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £93,778 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -6.78% +0.43%

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 72,817 44,332 83,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 90.20% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50,259 24,803 58,175
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
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 15 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 15 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 -18 295 £70,000 +11.11% 182
UK excluding London -22 177 £65,000 +18.18% 156
Work from Home +35 141 £70,000 - 127
London -34 118 £83,000 +22.96% 62
North of England +6 59 £73,500 +33.64% 29
South East -17 45 £57,303 -4.50% 45
North West +13 31 £73,500 +17.60% 19
Yorkshire -11 26 £72,500 +63.84% 7
South West -61 23 £64,000 -1.26% 15
Midlands -43 22 £63,750 +18.74% 24
East of England -9 19 £59,450 -15.07% 18
West Midlands -46 15 £52,500 -2.21% 13
Scotland +20 6 £33,000 -30.22% 14
East Midlands -20 6 £70,000 - 10
Wales -54 2 £55,395 +14.22% 7
North East -60 2 £75,000 +114.29% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5

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 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 10 (3.03%) Confluence
3 5 (1.52%) IIS
4 4 (1.21%) Camunda
4 4 (1.21%) CICS
5 3 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.61%) Apache
6 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.61%) WordPress
7 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.30%) CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 21 (6.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.21%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.91%) Carpe Diem
3 3 (0.91%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.61%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.61%) 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%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.30%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.30%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 124 (37.58%) Azure
2 79 (23.94%) Azure DevOps
3 61 (18.48%) Power Platform
4 42 (12.73%) Dynamics 365
5 36 (10.91%) SaaS
6 27 (8.18%) AWS
7 26 (7.88%) Azure Logic Apps
8 25 (7.58%) GitHub
9 23 (6.97%) Power Automate
10 21 (6.36%) Entra ID
11 19 (5.76%) PowerApps
12 15 (4.55%) GCP
13 14 (4.24%) Boomi
13 14 (4.24%) Serverless
14 13 (3.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 10 (3.03%) Azure Functions
15 10 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
15 10 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
15 10 (3.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 9 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.21%) DNS
1 4 (1.21%) VPN
2 3 (0.91%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.61%) ATM
4 1 (0.30%) Broadband
4 1 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.30%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.52%) Power BI
2 20 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (3.94%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.73%) Spark SQL
6 9 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (2.12%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.82%) Tableau
9 5 (1.52%) Metadata
10 4 (1.21%) Db2
10 4 (1.21%) MySQL
11 3 (0.91%) Big Data
11 3 (0.91%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.91%) Looker
11 3 (0.91%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.91%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.61%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 53 (16.06%) JIRA
2 24 (7.27%) Git
3 14 (4.24%) GitLab
3 14 (4.24%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.12%) Eclipse
5 6 (1.82%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.21%) ChangeMan
6 4 (1.21%) JUnit
6 4 (1.21%) Mockito
7 2 (0.61%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.61%) Postman
8 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.30%) git-flow
8 1 (0.30%) mountebank
8 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.30%) Subversion
General
1 147 (44.55%) Social Skills
2 106 (32.12%) Finance
3 55 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.88%) Law
5 23 (6.97%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.36%) Banking
6 21 (6.36%) Marketing
6 21 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (5.15%) Legal
7 17 (5.15%) Retail
8 16 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (3.33%) Local Government
10 10 (3.03%) Investment Banking
10 10 (3.03%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.73%) Legal Technology
12 8 (2.42%) Military
13 7 (2.12%) Front Office
14 5 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.21%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 53 (16.06%) Lead
2 51 (15.45%) Senior
3 41 (12.42%) Developer
4 34 (10.30%) Analyst
5 28 (8.48%) Senior Developer
6 25 (7.58%) Administrator
7 22 (6.67%) Consultant
8 19 (5.76%) Systems Administrator
9 16 (4.85%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (4.85%) Release Manager
10 14 (4.24%) Applications Support
10 14 (4.24%) IT Manager
11 13 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (3.94%) Service Manager
11 13 (3.94%) Software Manager
11 13 (3.94%) Technical Leader
12 12 (3.64%) Architect
12 12 (3.64%) Management Consultant
12 12 (3.64%) Salesforce Developer
13 11 (3.33%) Programme Office Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (13.64%) REST
2 24 (7.27%) Middleware
3 22 (6.67%) SOAP
4 16 (4.85%) JSON
4 16 (4.85%) React
5 15 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
6 13 (3.94%) .NET
7 12 (3.64%) EDI
7 12 (3.64%) XML
8 9 (2.73%) ARM Templates
8 9 (2.73%) CSS
8 9 (2.73%) HTML
8 9 (2.73%) PySpark
9 6 (1.82%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (1.82%) Visualforce
10 5 (1.52%) OAuth
10 5 (1.52%) YAML
11 4 (1.21%) OpenID
11 4 (1.21%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.21%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.79%) Management Information System
2 27 (8.18%) Onboarding
3 26 (7.88%) Product Ownership
4 19 (5.76%) Data Structures
5 16 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (4.55%) Cloud Native
7 13 (3.94%) Enterprise Cloud
8 11 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.12%) Culture of Ownership
10 7 (2.12%) Podcast
11 6 (1.82%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.52%) CMDB
12 5 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.21%) Legacy Code
13 4 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.21%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.21%) VSAM
14 3 (0.91%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.91%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.55%) Linux
2 13 (3.94%) Windows
3 5 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.21%) zOS
5 3 (0.91%) Unix
6 2 (0.61%) Android
6 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (43.64%) DevOps
2 116 (35.15%) CI/CD
3 111 (33.64%) Agile
4 108 (32.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 95 (28.79%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (26.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 76 (23.03%) ITIL
8 72 (21.82%) Change Management
9 58 (17.58%) Roadmaps
10 51 (15.45%) Decision-Making
11 50 (15.15%) Incident Management
12 47 (14.24%) Scrum
13 43 (13.03%) Integration Patterns
14 42 (12.73%) ERP
15 41 (12.42%) AI
16 40 (12.12%) Test Automation
17 39 (11.82%) ITSM
18 37 (11.21%) Service Delivery
18 37 (11.21%) Technical Leadership
19 36 (10.91%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 85 (25.76%) SQL
2 39 (11.82%) Python
3 23 (6.97%) JavaScript
4 12 (3.64%) Apex Code
5 10 (3.03%) PowerShell
5 10 (3.03%) SOQL
6 9 (2.73%) SOSL
7 8 (2.42%) Java
8 6 (1.82%) C++
8 6 (1.82%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.52%) Bash
9 5 (1.52%) COBOL
9 5 (1.52%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.21%) C#
10 4 (1.21%) JCL
11 3 (0.91%) C
12 2 (0.61%) Go
12 2 (0.61%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.61%) PHP
12 2 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (15.45%) Degree
2 22 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 20 (6.06%) PMI Certification
4 19 (5.76%) SC Cleared
5 18 (5.45%) PMP
6 14 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.21%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.21%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.21%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.91%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.61%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.30%) CCSK
11 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (20.61%) QA
2 35 (10.61%) Data Quality
3 29 (8.79%) GDPR
4 22 (6.67%) PMO
5 15 (4.55%) Accessibility
6 13 (3.94%) GRC
7 12 (3.64%) TickIT
8 8 (2.42%) Def Stans
8 8 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (2.42%) SLA
9 5 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.21%) ISO 9000
10 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 4 (1.21%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.30%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 13 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.64%) Docker
3 5 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.91%) IAG
5 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.30%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.30%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 32 (9.70%) Terraform
2 17 (5.15%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.85%) Ansible
4 4 (1.21%) CA Endevor
4 4 (1.21%) Grafana
5 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.61%) Argo
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.61%) ZABBIX
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
7 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 88 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.91%) Salesforce
3 26 (7.88%) ServiceNow
4 15 (4.55%) SAP
5 14 (4.24%) Databricks
6 11 (3.33%) Oracle
7 9 (2.73%) Google
8 7 (2.12%) LogicMonitor
9 6 (1.82%) FIS
9 6 (1.82%) Intapp
9 6 (1.82%) SunGard
10 5 (1.52%) iManage
10 5 (1.52%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.52%) VMware
11 4 (1.21%) Dell
12 3 (0.91%) Aderant
12 3 (0.91%) Cisco
12 3 (0.91%) Concur
12 3 (0.91%) HP
12 3 (0.91%) MuleSoft