Release Management Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Release Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Release Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Release Management over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 350 339
Rank change year-on-year -36 -11 +78
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 87 266 363
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.47% 0.78% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.86% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 67 172 240
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,788 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,498 £52,500 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £60,000 £64,029
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% -6.29% +16.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,950 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% -1.60% +1.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,498 30,975 38,433
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.97% 90.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,196 23,429 26,704
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Release Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Release Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Release Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Release Management
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Release Management.

Release Management salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Release Management
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Release Management over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Release Management salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Release Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (10.34%) IIS
3 7 (8.05%) Confluence
4 5 (5.75%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.15%) Apache
5 1 (1.15%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.15%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (1.15%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (6.90%) Infor M3
2 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (48.28%) Azure
2 33 (37.93%) GitHub
3 27 (31.03%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (24.14%) SaaS
5 19 (21.84%) GitHub Actions
6 15 (17.24%) Power Platform
7 13 (14.94%) AWS
8 10 (11.49%) PaaS
9 8 (9.20%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (9.20%) IaaS
9 8 (9.20%) PowerApps
10 7 (8.05%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (6.90%) Datadog
11 6 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (6.90%) npm
11 6 (6.90%) Power Automate
12 5 (5.75%) Azure Functions
12 5 (5.75%) Serverless
13 3 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (3.45%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.45%) Firewall
2 2 (2.30%) SAN
2 2 (2.30%) WAN
3 1 (1.15%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (31.03%) SQL Server
2 9 (10.34%) Data Hub
2 9 (10.34%) SQL CLR
3 7 (8.05%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (6.90%) Data Lake
4 6 (6.90%) Power BI
5 5 (5.75%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (5.75%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.15%) Big Data
6 1 (1.15%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.15%) MySQL
6 1 (1.15%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (18.39%) SonarQube
2 9 (10.34%) Git
3 8 (9.20%) Selenium
4 7 (8.05%) JIRA
5 6 (6.90%) Jenkins
6 3 (3.45%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (1.15%) Artifactory
7 1 (1.15%) Crucible
7 1 (1.15%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.15%) JMeter
7 1 (1.15%) Locust
7 1 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (1.15%) Postman
7 1 (1.15%) Robot Framework
7 1 (1.15%) SpecFlow
7 1 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (1.15%) TeamCity
General
1 37 (42.53%) Finance
2 24 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 14 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.64%) Banking
5 10 (11.49%) Public Sector
6 9 (10.34%) Back Office
6 9 (10.34%) Retail
7 6 (6.90%) Manufacturing
8 5 (5.75%) Investment Banking
8 5 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Cantonese Language
11 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (1.15%) Legal
11 1 (1.15%) Police
Job Titles
1 25 (28.74%) DevOps Engineer
2 16 (18.39%) Analyst
3 11 (12.64%) Change and Release Manager
3 11 (12.64%) Change Manager
3 11 (12.64%) Release Manager
4 10 (11.49%) Developer
5 9 (10.34%) Head of Development
6 8 (9.20%) IT Change Manager
6 8 (9.20%) IT Manager
7 7 (8.05%) Support Analyst
8 6 (6.90%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 6 (6.90%) Release Engineer
9 5 (5.75%) Banking Analyst
9 5 (5.75%) Oracle Analyst
9 5 (5.75%) Oracle Support Analyst
9 5 (5.75%) SQL Analyst
9 5 (5.75%) SQL Support Analyst
9 5 (5.75%) Unix Analyst
9 5 (5.75%) Unix Support
9 5 (5.75%) Unix Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.24%) .NET
2 14 (16.09%) React
3 9 (10.34%) .NET Core
3 9 (10.34%) .NET Framework
3 9 (10.34%) Dapper ORM
3 9 (10.34%) Entity Framework
4 6 (6.90%) ARM Templates
4 6 (6.90%) Azure Blueprints
5 4 (4.60%) CSS
5 4 (4.60%) HTML
5 4 (4.60%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (2.30%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (2.30%) Middleware
7 2 (2.30%) Node.js
7 2 (2.30%) REST
7 2 (2.30%) RESTful
7 2 (2.30%) Web Services
7 2 (2.30%) XML
8 1 (1.15%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.09%) Management Information System
2 12 (13.79%) Cloud Native
3 9 (10.34%) Private Cloud
3 9 (10.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 8 (9.20%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.60%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.15%) Clustering
6 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.09%) Windows
2 12 (13.79%) Windows Server
3 10 (11.49%) Linux
4 9 (10.34%) Unix
5 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (58.62%) Agile
2 42 (48.28%) DevOps
3 26 (29.89%) CI/CD
4 20 (22.99%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (20.69%) DevSecOps
7 17 (19.54%) Change Management
8 15 (17.24%) Computer Science
8 15 (17.24%) Software Engineering
9 14 (16.09%) ITIL
10 13 (14.94%) Containerisation
10 13 (14.94%) Migration
10 13 (14.94%) Observability
10 13 (14.94%) Software Delivery
11 12 (13.79%) Build Automation
11 12 (13.79%) Intelligent Automation
11 12 (13.79%) Platform Engineering
11 12 (13.79%) Release Automation
11 12 (13.79%) Service Management
11 12 (13.79%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 34 (39.08%) SQL
2 16 (18.39%) Python
3 15 (17.24%) Java
3 15 (17.24%) PowerShell
4 14 (16.09%) T-SQL
5 13 (14.94%) C#
6 7 (8.05%) Bash
6 7 (8.05%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.60%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.30%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.15%) ActionScript
9 1 (1.15%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (1.15%) XPath
Qualifications
1 12 (13.79%) Degree
2 8 (9.20%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (4.60%) AWS Certification
4 4 (4.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 4 (4.60%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.60%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.15%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.15%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.79%) QA
2 6 (6.90%) GxP
2 6 (6.90%) NCSC
3 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.15%) GRC
3 1 (1.15%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (16.09%) Docker
2 12 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.15%) KVM
4 1 (1.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 15 (17.24%) Kubernetes
2 9 (10.34%) Terraform
3 7 (8.05%) Ansible
4 6 (6.90%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.15%) CFEngine
5 1 (1.15%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.15%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.15%) Puppet
5 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 13 (14.94%) Oracle
3 12 (13.79%) VMware
4 6 (6.90%) Infor
4 6 (6.90%) SAP
5 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.30%) Cisco
6 2 (2.30%) Trayport
7 1 (1.15%) AppDynamics
7 1 (1.15%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.15%) Databricks
7 1 (1.15%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.15%) IBM
7 1 (1.15%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (1.15%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.15%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (1.15%) Pega
7 1 (1.15%) SonicWALL
7 1 (1.15%) Splunk
7 1 (1.15%) WatchGuard