Release Train Job Trends

Release Train
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Release Train skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 672 693
Rank change year-on-year +35 +21 +245
Permanent jobs citing Release Train 14 39 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.071% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.029% 0.078% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £80,625 - £68,750
25th Percentile £81,563 - £73,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 - £80,000
75th Percentile £86,563 - £95,000
90th Percentile £87,875 - £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £87,500 - £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +22.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Release Train 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 48,455 49,716 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.91% 90.02% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,359 24,660 35,854
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £36,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%

Release Train
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Release Train relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Release Train job vacancy trend in the UK

Release Train
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Release Train.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Release Train

Release Train
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Release Train within the UK over the 6 months to 1 January 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
UK excluding London +35 10 £87,500 - 8
Work from Home +47 9 - - 6
England +81 8 £83,750 - 10
Scotland -19 6 - -
London +33 4 £80,000 - 3
North of England +26 2 - - 1
North West - 2 - -
West Midlands - 1 £87,500 - 4
Midlands - 1 £87,500 - 4
East of England - 1 - -

Release Train
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 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Miro
1 1 (7.14%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 9 (64.29%) Games
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
1 9 (64.29%) Telecoms
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Architect
2 5 (35.71%) Systems Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Principal Architect
4 3 (21.43%) Release Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Release Train Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Lead
5 2 (14.29%) Lead Architect
5 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (7.14%) Chief Architect
6 1 (7.14%) Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (7.14%) Principal Solutions Architect
6 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
6 1 (7.14%) Senior
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Technology Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Software Architect
6 1 (7.14%) Technology Architect
6 1 (7.14%) Technology Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
2 9 (64.29%) CRM
2 9 (64.29%) Customer Engagement
2 9 (64.29%) Customer Experience
2 9 (64.29%) IT Strategy
2 9 (64.29%) Line Management
2 9 (64.29%) Roadmaps
2 9 (64.29%) Software Engineering
2 9 (64.29%) Strategic Thinking
2 9 (64.29%) Technology Roadmap
2 9 (64.29%) Technology Strategy
3 4 (28.57%) Scrum
4 3 (21.43%) Coaching
4 3 (21.43%) Conflict Resolution
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (14.29%) Servant Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Bloomberg