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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 372 438
Rank change year-on-year -75 +66 -47
Permanent jobs citing Release Management 545 877 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.87% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.91% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 341 509 756
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £47,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,970 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,500 £57,164 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.09% +3.93% -

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 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -62 447 £62,500 - 97
UK excluding London -62 414 £59,500 +4.09% 54
Work from Home +2 273 £62,500 -2.39% 51
London -14 120 £65,000 -7.14% 46
South East -22 104 £59,000 -5.22% 16
Midlands +2 90 £62,500 +27.55% 17
North of England -45 76 £55,000 -8.33% 4
West Midlands +18 67 £75,000 +50.00% 10
North West -16 62 £55,000 -2.22% 3
South West -18 45 £67,500 +3.85% 4
Scotland -27 38 £62,500 -16.67% 5
Wales +26 37 £55,000 +22.22% 1
East Midlands +1 23 £40,000 -5.88% 7
Yorkshire 0 14 £32,500 -45.83% 1
East of England -15 12 £68,500 +24.55% 6
Northern Ireland +27 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 (11.56%) Apache
2 45 (8.26%) WebLogic
3 43 (7.89%) Oracle Service Bus
4 20 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (1.83%) IIS
6 9 (1.65%) Confluence
7 8 (1.47%) CMS
7 8 (1.47%) SharePoint
8 7 (1.28%) nginx
9 5 (0.92%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.73%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.55%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.37%) GlassFish
12 2 (0.37%) JCAPS
12 2 (0.37%) Liferay
12 2 (0.37%) Magnolia
12 2 (0.37%) SAS
12 2 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
13 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 67 (12.29%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (10.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (8.07%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 46 (8.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 30 (5.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (3.67%) PlanetPress Connect
4 17 (3.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 17 (3.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (2.39%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (2.39%) iTrent
6 3 (0.55%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 3 (0.55%) PeopleSoft HCM
7 2 (0.37%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 170 (31.19%) Azure
2 57 (10.46%) Amazon S3
3 56 (10.28%) AWS
4 55 (10.09%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (9.54%) Microsoft 365
6 42 (7.71%) SaaS
7 39 (7.16%) Power Platform
8 30 (5.50%) Entra ID
9 24 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
10 23 (4.22%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (4.04%) Azure Data Factory
12 21 (3.85%) PaaS
13 19 (3.49%) Power Automate
14 18 (3.30%) PowerApps
15 16 (2.94%) GitHub
15 16 (2.94%) IaaS
16 15 (2.75%) Azure Storage
17 13 (2.39%) GCP
17 13 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
18 11 (2.02%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 86 (15.78%) Firewall
2 60 (11.01%) VPN
3 59 (10.83%) Internet
4 54 (9.91%) IPsec
4 54 (9.91%) SNMP
5 29 (5.32%) DNS
6 26 (4.77%) DHCP
7 15 (2.75%) WAN
8 14 (2.57%) LAN
9 13 (2.39%) SD-WAN
10 7 (1.28%) BGP
10 7 (1.28%) EIGRP
10 7 (1.28%) HSRP
10 7 (1.28%) MPLS
10 7 (1.28%) OSPF
10 7 (1.28%) Spanning Tree
10 7 (1.28%) VoIP
10 7 (1.28%) VRRP
10 7 (1.28%) Wireless
10 7 (1.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (12.66%) SQL Server
2 57 (10.46%) Elasticsearch
3 54 (9.91%) MongoDB
4 50 (9.17%) Oracle Database
5 43 (7.89%) Oracle Database 10g
5 43 (7.89%) Oracle Database 11g
5 43 (7.89%) VLDB
6 41 (7.52%) Data Warehouse
7 35 (6.42%) Power BI
8 27 (4.95%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (4.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (2.94%) Data Lake
11 13 (2.39%) BusinessObjects
12 12 (2.20%) NoSQL
12 12 (2.20%) Relational Database
13 11 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
14 9 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 5 (0.92%) Delta Lake
16 4 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
16 4 (0.73%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 53 (9.72%) JIRA
2 21 (3.85%) Git
3 20 (3.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 17 (3.12%) Jenkins
5 14 (2.57%) TeamCity
6 13 (2.39%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.83%) GitLab
8 9 (1.65%) Selenium
9 8 (1.47%) JUnit
9 8 (1.47%) Maven
10 7 (1.28%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.28%) Visual Studio
11 6 (1.10%) Octopus Deploy
11 6 (1.10%) RStudio
12 5 (0.92%) Subversion
13 4 (0.73%) AdminStudio
13 4 (0.73%) InstallShield
13 4 (0.73%) MSI
13 4 (0.73%) TestNG
14 3 (0.55%) IntelliJ
General
1 176 (32.29%) Finance
2 126 (23.12%) Social Skills
3 80 (14.68%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (6.61%) Retail
5 34 (6.24%) Marketing
6 28 (5.14%) Legal
7 21 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.49%) Law
9 16 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.39%) Aerospace
10 13 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.20%) Back Office
12 10 (1.83%) Banking
13 8 (1.47%) Electronics
13 8 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.92%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.73%) Local Government
15 4 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 96 (17.61%) Analyst
2 81 (14.86%) Applications Support
3 70 (12.84%) Applications Support Analyst
3 70 (12.84%) Support Analyst
4 68 (12.48%) Consultant
5 67 (12.29%) Senior
6 56 (10.28%) Lead
7 54 (9.91%) NetApp Consultant
8 43 (7.89%) Oracle Analyst
8 43 (7.89%) Oracle Support Analyst
8 43 (7.89%) SQL Analyst
8 43 (7.89%) SQL Support Analyst
9 38 (6.97%) Developer
10 32 (5.87%) Release Manager
11 25 (4.59%) Architect
12 24 (4.40%) Senior Developer
13 22 (4.04%) Data Engineer
14 21 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
15 20 (3.67%) Active Directory Specialist
15 20 (3.67%) Azure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.91%) RabbitMQ
1 54 (9.91%) YAML
2 34 (6.24%) .NET
3 23 (4.22%) ARM Templates
4 20 (3.67%) React
5 16 (2.94%) Web Services
6 14 (2.57%) GraphQL
7 13 (2.39%) ASP.NET
7 13 (2.39%) REST
7 13 (2.39%) XML
8 11 (2.02%) CSS
8 11 (2.02%) HTML
8 11 (2.02%) JSON
9 9 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (1.65%) PySpark
10 8 (1.47%) .NET Framework
10 8 (1.47%) Azure Blueprints
10 8 (1.47%) Node.js
10 8 (1.47%) RESTful
11 7 (1.28%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.84%) Data Centre
2 37 (6.79%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.85%) PKI
4 18 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (2.57%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.57%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.39%) Client/Server
7 11 (2.02%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.02%) Public Cloud
8 10 (1.83%) Replication
9 9 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.47%) Analogue Electronics
10 8 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (1.47%) IoT
10 8 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.28%) Clustering
11 7 (1.28%) FMCG
11 7 (1.28%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.92%) CMDB
12 5 (0.92%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 160 (29.36%) Linux
2 115 (21.10%) Windows
3 56 (10.28%) Unix
4 54 (9.91%) Data ONTAP
5 43 (7.89%) Solaris
6 36 (6.61%) Windows Server
7 16 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.28%) Debian
8 7 (1.28%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.92%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.73%) VMS
10 4 (0.73%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.18%) AIX
11 1 (0.18%) CentOS
11 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (28.81%) Agile
2 144 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
3 135 (24.77%) ITIL
4 121 (22.20%) DevOps
5 118 (21.65%) Project Management
6 107 (19.63%) Actionable Insight
7 78 (14.31%) CI/CD
8 77 (14.13%) ITSM
9 66 (12.11%) Service Management
10 61 (11.19%) Incident Management
11 60 (11.01%) Project Planning
12 59 (10.83%) Change Management
13 57 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
13 57 (10.46%) Performance Tuning
14 56 (10.28%) Infrastructure Management
15 54 (9.91%) Business Intelligence
15 54 (9.91%) Storage Management
16 52 (9.54%) Analytics
17 49 (8.99%) Mentoring
17 49 (8.99%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 133 (24.40%) SQL
2 78 (14.31%) Python
3 60 (11.01%) C#
4 47 (8.62%) PowerShell
5 44 (8.07%) PL/SQL
6 31 (5.69%) T-SQL
7 29 (5.32%) VB
8 28 (5.14%) JavaScript
9 25 (4.59%) Java
10 20 (3.67%) TypeScript
10 20 (3.67%) VBScript
11 19 (3.49%) Bash
12 14 (2.57%) Bicep
13 12 (2.20%) Go
14 10 (1.83%) C
15 8 (1.47%) C++
16 7 (1.28%) PHP
17 6 (1.10%) R
18 5 (0.92%) Shell Script
19 4 (0.73%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 120 (22.02%) Degree
2 114 (20.92%) Security Cleared
3 83 (15.23%) SC Cleared
4 38 (6.97%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.30%) Azure Certification
7 16 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 14 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.65%) CISSP
10 8 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.28%) CCDP
11 7 (1.28%) CCIE
11 7 (1.28%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 7 (1.28%) CCNP
11 7 (1.28%) CISA
11 7 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.10%) APMP
12 6 (1.10%) ISEB
12 6 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.73%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (15.60%) SLA
2 41 (7.52%) QA
3 18 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.39%) PMO
5 11 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 8 (1.47%) NCSC
7 6 (1.10%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.92%) GDPR
9 4 (0.73%) NIST
10 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.18%) FISMA
12 1 (0.18%) HITRUST
12 1 (0.18%) IFRS
12 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 87 (15.96%) Docker
2 70 (12.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (8.62%) Active Directory
4 43 (7.89%) Oracle RAC
5 28 (5.14%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (4.22%) Firmware
7 19 (3.49%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (1.83%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.73%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.73%) vSphere
10 3 (0.55%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 124 (22.75%) Kubernetes
2 81 (14.86%) Ansible
3 55 (10.09%) vCenter Server
4 54 (9.91%) Prometheus
5 48 (8.81%) Terraform
6 43 (7.89%) Data Guard
6 43 (7.89%) Oracle RMAN
7 25 (4.59%) SCCM
8 22 (4.04%) SCOM
9 20 (3.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (3.30%) WSUS
11 16 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
12 11 (2.02%) Puppet
13 10 (1.83%) Progress Chef
14 9 (1.65%) Kibana
15 8 (1.47%) NetBackup
16 7 (1.28%) Rancher
17 6 (1.10%) Nessus
18 5 (0.92%) Argo
19 3 (0.55%) logstash
Vendors
1 148 (27.16%) Microsoft
2 90 (16.51%) VMware
3 57 (10.46%) Oracle
4 56 (10.28%) Red Hat
5 54 (9.91%) NetApp
5 54 (9.91%) Palo Alto
5 54 (9.91%) SolidFire
6 46 (8.44%) Remedy
7 44 (8.07%) Sun
8 34 (6.24%) SAP
9 20 (3.67%) FNZ
10 15 (2.75%) Databricks
10 15 (2.75%) ServiceNow
11 13 (2.39%) Infor
12 11 (2.02%) Cisco
12 11 (2.02%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.47%) Google
14 7 (1.28%) Atlassian
14 7 (1.28%) Citrix
14 7 (1.28%) McAfee