Release Train Job Trends

Release Train
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Release Train skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 744 717
Rank change year-on-year +85 -27 +360
Permanent jobs citing Release Train 15 38 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.051% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.062% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - £54,000 £59,225
25th Percentile - £56,250 £62,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £71,750
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -19.86% -10.31%
75th Percentile - £58,750 £81,563
90th Percentile - £82,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £57,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year - -16.06% -2.14%

All Process and 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 43,936 60,951 55,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.12% 81.72% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 24,309 33,164 42,298
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% -3.28% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%

Release Train
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Release Train as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Release Train 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 6 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 30 September 2025. 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 +111 12 £80,000 +39.13% 3
London +73 8 £80,000 -15.79%
UK excluding London +73 7 - - 3
North of England +15 4 - -
North West - 4 - -
Scotland -15 3 - -

Release Train
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
1 1 (6.67%) Miro
1 1 (6.67%) Stripe
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (33.33%) Banking
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Marketing
3 3 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (13.33%) Publishing
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Lead
2 3 (20.00%) Digital Product Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Lead Product Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Product Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Change Portfolio Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Portfolio Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Release Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Release Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Release Train Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (20.00%) Online Banking
2 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Private Cloud
3 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (46.67%) Creative Thinking
2 7 (46.67%) Customer Experience
2 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
2 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (40.00%) Coaching
4 5 (33.33%) Analytics
4 5 (33.33%) Journey Map
4 5 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 5 (33.33%) User Experience
5 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
5 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) Scrum
5 4 (26.67%) Validation
6 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
6 3 (20.00%) Line Management
6 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Arista
1 1 (6.67%) Bloomberg
1 1 (6.67%) Cisco