Software Release Manager Job Trends

Software Release Manager
UK

The median Software Release Manager salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 797 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Release Manager 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 106,506 44,266 74,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 89.67% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 73,200 26,014 44,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Software Release Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Release Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Software Release Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Software Release Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Software Release Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Software Release Manager job vacancies in the UK

Software Release Manager
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Release Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Scotland - 6 £100,000 - 3
UK excluding London - 6 £100,000 - 8

Software Release Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, Software Release Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Software Release Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Analytics
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) AI
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Databricks
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) Operational Stability
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Release Management
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 2 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering

Software Release Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (33.33%) Law
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Analytics
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) Operational Stability
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Release Management
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 2 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Storage Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Databricks