Release Management Jobs

Release Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Release Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Release Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 451 391 443
Rank change year-on-year -60 +52 -41
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 561 789 1,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.85% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.89% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 350 472 748
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,040 £39,925
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,125 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,625 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Release Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Release Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Release Management.

Salary trend for Release Management in the UK

Release Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Release Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

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 9 June 2024. 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 -67 468 £62,000 -0.80% 92
UK excluding London -74 425 £59,500 +3.48% 62
Work from Home -4 265 £60,000 -4.00% 49
South East -21 124 £59,000 -9.23% 26
London -39 122 £65,000 -1.89% 33
Midlands -10 91 £65,000 +30.00% 16
North of England -64 77 £52,500 -12.50% 6
West Midlands 0 70 £75,000 +50.00% 13
North West -26 61 £55,000 -3.79% 2
South West -17 41 £67,500 -6.90% 2
Wales +24 37 £55,000 +22.22% 3
Scotland -48 30 £56,807 +3.29% 3
East Midlands -21 21 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Yorkshire -3 16 £39,439 -34.27% 3
East of England -40 13 £68,500 +24.55% 5
Northern Ireland +22 9 £70,000 - 1
Isle of Man - 3 - -

Release Management
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 63 (11.23%) Apache
2 44 (7.84%) WebLogic
3 42 (7.49%) Oracle Service Bus
4 23 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (2.32%) Confluence
6 9 (1.60%) CMS
6 9 (1.60%) IIS
7 6 (1.07%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.89%) nginx
8 5 (0.89%) NServiceBus
9 4 (0.71%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.71%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.36%) GlassFish
10 2 (0.36%) JCAPS
10 2 (0.36%) Liferay
10 2 (0.36%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.36%) SAS
10 2 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 70 (12.48%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 43 (7.66%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 45 (8.02%) Remedy ITSM
2 22 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (3.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 18 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (2.32%) Infor SunSystems
4 13 (2.32%) iTrent
5 10 (1.78%) PlanetPress Connect
6 3 (0.53%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 3 (0.53%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.36%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.18%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 172 (30.66%) Azure
2 57 (10.16%) Amazon S3
2 57 (10.16%) AWS
2 57 (10.16%) Azure DevOps
3 53 (9.45%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (8.38%) Power Platform
5 43 (7.66%) SaaS
6 34 (6.06%) Entra ID
7 29 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (4.99%) Azure Monitor
9 23 (4.10%) PowerApps
10 22 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
11 21 (3.74%) PaaS
12 19 (3.39%) Power Automate
13 18 (3.21%) Azure Storage
14 17 (3.03%) IaaS
15 16 (2.85%) GitHub
16 13 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
17 12 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
18 10 (1.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 86 (15.33%) Firewall
2 59 (10.52%) Internet
2 59 (10.52%) VPN
3 54 (9.63%) IPsec
3 54 (9.63%) SNMP
4 33 (5.88%) DNS
5 31 (5.53%) DHCP
6 15 (2.67%) WAN
7 14 (2.50%) LAN
8 13 (2.32%) SD-WAN
9 7 (1.25%) BGP
9 7 (1.25%) EIGRP
9 7 (1.25%) HSRP
9 7 (1.25%) MPLS
9 7 (1.25%) OSPF
9 7 (1.25%) Spanning Tree
9 7 (1.25%) VoIP
9 7 (1.25%) VRRP
9 7 (1.25%) Wireless
9 7 (1.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (10.52%) SQL Server
2 57 (10.16%) Elasticsearch
3 54 (9.63%) MongoDB
4 49 (8.73%) Oracle Database
5 42 (7.49%) Oracle Database 10g
5 42 (7.49%) Oracle Database 11g
5 42 (7.49%) VLDB
6 37 (6.60%) Power BI
7 31 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (4.99%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (3.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (2.85%) Data Lake
11 13 (2.32%) BusinessObjects
11 13 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (2.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (2.14%) Relational Database
13 10 (1.78%) NoSQL
14 8 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.89%) Delta Lake
16 4 (0.71%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 41 (7.31%) JIRA
2 22 (3.92%) Git
3 16 (2.85%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.85%) TeamCity
4 13 (2.32%) SonarQube
5 10 (1.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 9 (1.60%) JUnit
6 9 (1.60%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (1.43%) GitLab
7 8 (1.43%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.25%) AdminStudio
8 7 (1.25%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.25%) InstallShield
8 7 (1.25%) MSI
8 7 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
8 7 (1.25%) Selenium
9 6 (1.07%) Maven
9 6 (1.07%) RStudio
10 5 (0.89%) Subversion
11 4 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 169 (30.12%) Finance
2 142 (25.31%) Social Skills
3 79 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (6.42%) Retail
5 29 (5.17%) Marketing
6 28 (4.99%) Legal
7 18 (3.21%) Aerospace
8 16 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (2.67%) Law
10 14 (2.50%) Back Office
10 14 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.96%) Banking
12 9 (1.60%) Electronics
13 7 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.89%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.89%) Local Government
16 4 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 89 (15.86%) Analyst
2 78 (13.90%) Senior
3 70 (12.48%) Applications Support
4 65 (11.59%) Consultant
5 60 (10.70%) Support Analyst
6 59 (10.52%) Applications Support Analyst
7 56 (9.98%) Lead
8 54 (9.63%) NetApp Consultant
9 45 (8.02%) Developer
10 42 (7.49%) Oracle Analyst
10 42 (7.49%) Oracle Support Analyst
10 42 (7.49%) SQL Analyst
10 42 (7.49%) SQL Support Analyst
11 34 (6.06%) Release Manager
12 30 (5.35%) Senior Developer
13 26 (4.63%) Architect
14 24 (4.28%) Active Directory Specialist
14 24 (4.28%) Azure Specialist
15 22 (3.92%) Applications Engineer
15 22 (3.92%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.63%) RabbitMQ
1 54 (9.63%) YAML
2 37 (6.60%) .NET
3 29 (5.17%) ARM Templates
4 22 (3.92%) React
5 18 (3.21%) REST
6 17 (3.03%) XML
7 16 (2.85%) Web Services
8 15 (2.67%) JSON
9 14 (2.50%) GraphQL
10 11 (1.96%) .NET Framework
10 11 (1.96%) ASP.NET
11 10 (1.78%) Azure Blueprints
11 10 (1.78%) HTML
12 9 (1.60%) AngularJS
12 9 (1.60%) PySpark
13 8 (1.43%) Apache NiFi
13 8 (1.43%) CSS
13 8 (1.43%) Spring
14 7 (1.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.30%) Data Centre
2 35 (6.24%) Management Information System
3 25 (4.46%) PKI
3 25 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (3.39%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.21%) Client/Server
6 13 (2.32%) Cloud Native
6 13 (2.32%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.78%) Replication
8 9 (1.60%) IoT
8 9 (1.60%) Public Cloud
9 8 (1.43%) Analogue Electronics
9 8 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
9 8 (1.43%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.25%) Clustering
10 7 (1.25%) FMCG
10 7 (1.25%) Shadow IT
11 6 (1.07%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.89%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 167 (29.77%) Linux
2 132 (23.53%) Windows
3 57 (10.16%) Unix
4 54 (9.63%) Data ONTAP
5 49 (8.73%) Windows Server
6 42 (7.49%) Solaris
7 24 (4.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 24 (4.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.14%) Windows 10
9 7 (1.25%) Debian
9 7 (1.25%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.25%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.71%) VMS
11 4 (0.71%) Windows NT
12 2 (0.36%) AIX
13 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (30.30%) Agile
2 145 (25.85%) Problem-Solving
3 135 (24.06%) ITIL
4 124 (22.10%) DevOps
5 117 (20.86%) Project Management
6 106 (18.89%) Actionable Insight
7 82 (14.62%) CI/CD
8 70 (12.48%) Service Management
9 68 (12.12%) ITSM
10 62 (11.05%) Incident Management
11 60 (10.70%) Project Planning
12 59 (10.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 57 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
13 57 (10.16%) Performance Tuning
14 56 (9.98%) Change Management
14 56 (9.98%) Infrastructure Management
15 55 (9.80%) Customer Service
16 54 (9.63%) Storage Management
17 51 (9.09%) Analytics
18 50 (8.91%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 142 (25.31%) SQL
2 79 (14.08%) Python
3 68 (12.12%) C#
4 53 (9.45%) PowerShell
5 43 (7.66%) PL/SQL
6 36 (6.42%) VB
7 31 (5.53%) T-SQL
8 28 (4.99%) Java
9 27 (4.81%) JavaScript
10 24 (4.28%) VBScript
11 22 (3.92%) TypeScript
12 18 (3.21%) Bicep
13 17 (3.03%) Bash
14 11 (1.96%) Go
15 10 (1.78%) C
16 9 (1.60%) C++
17 7 (1.25%) VB.NET
18 6 (1.07%) R
19 5 (0.89%) PHP
19 5 (0.89%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 126 (22.46%) Security Cleared
2 123 (21.93%) Degree
3 93 (16.58%) SC Cleared
4 54 (9.63%) DV Cleared
5 21 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 11 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.43%) CISSP
10 7 (1.25%) CCDP
10 7 (1.25%) CCIE
10 7 (1.25%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 7 (1.25%) CCNP
10 7 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.25%) ISEB
11 6 (1.07%) APMP
11 6 (1.07%) CISA
11 6 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (14.80%) SLA
2 50 (8.91%) QA
3 18 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.78%) NCSC
4 10 (1.78%) PMO
5 9 (1.60%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.07%) SOC 2
7 5 (0.89%) GDPR
8 3 (0.53%) NIST
9 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.18%) GxP
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 89 (15.86%) Docker
2 72 (12.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (10.34%) Active Directory
4 42 (7.49%) Oracle RAC
5 32 (5.70%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (4.81%) Firmware
7 21 (3.74%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.96%) Hyper-V
9 7 (1.25%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.53%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.36%) vSphere
12 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 127 (22.64%) Kubernetes
2 78 (13.90%) Ansible
3 55 (9.80%) vCenter Server
4 54 (9.63%) Prometheus
5 46 (8.20%) Terraform
6 42 (7.49%) Data Guard
6 42 (7.49%) Oracle RMAN
7 36 (6.42%) SCCM
8 29 (5.17%) WSUS
9 26 (4.63%) SCOM
10 24 (4.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 18 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (1.43%) NetBackup
12 8 (1.43%) Progress Chef
12 8 (1.43%) Puppet
13 7 (1.25%) Kibana
14 6 (1.07%) Nessus
15 4 (0.71%) Rancher
15 4 (0.71%) Sysprep
16 3 (0.53%) Argo
Vendors
1 152 (27.09%) Microsoft
2 94 (16.76%) VMware
3 57 (10.16%) Oracle
4 56 (9.98%) Red Hat
5 54 (9.63%) NetApp
5 54 (9.63%) Palo Alto
5 54 (9.63%) SolidFire
6 45 (8.02%) Remedy
7 44 (7.84%) Sun
8 34 (6.06%) SAP
9 16 (2.85%) ServiceNow
10 15 (2.67%) Databricks
11 13 (2.32%) Infor
12 12 (2.14%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.78%) FNZ
14 9 (1.60%) Atlassian
14 9 (1.60%) Cisco
15 8 (1.43%) Google
15 8 (1.43%) Sybase
16 7 (1.25%) McAfee