The first table below looks at the demand for the Transition Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Transition Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transition Manager
Rank 473 508 517
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Transition Manager 68 71 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.139% 0.124% 0.117%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.151% 0.134% 0.127%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 33 38
Average daily rate £423 £450 £389
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.11% +15.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £333 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £574 £525 £504
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £450 £363
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +24.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
45063 52855 57510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.16% 92.46% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25972 29220 31540
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2142 2525 2941
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.77 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Transition Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Transition Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Transition Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Transition Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Transition Manager within the UK.

Transition Manager Daily Rate Trend

Transition Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Transition Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Transition Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Transition Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Transition Manager within the UK.

Transition Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Transition Manager
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Transition Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +27 63 £415 -5.68% 12
London +25 31 £425 -2.29% 4
South East +35 16 £350 -
North West +7 7 £375 -13.79% 2
Cheshire - 5 £375 - 2
West Midlands +12 4 £550 -12.00% 3
City of London -7 4 £475 -1.04% 2
Uxbridge - 3 £430 -
Harrow - 3 £400 -
South West +19 2 £525 - 1
Middlesex +6 2 £411 +9.66%
Yorkshire +1 2 £350 -4.10% 1
West Yorkshire 0 2 £350 -4.10% 1
Canary Wharf - 2 £563 -
Coventry - 2 £550 - 2
Leeds -2 1 £350 -4.10% 1
Knutsford - 1 £375 - 2
Daventry - - - -
Newcastle upon Tyne - - - -
Peterborough - - - -
Reading - - - -
Sheffield - - - -
Swindon - - - - 1
Leicester - - - - 1
Leicestershire - - - - 1
Warrington - - - -
Berkshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
East of England - - - -
Tyne and Wear - - - -

Transition Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Transition Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Transition Manager in their job title.

1 105 (59.66%) ITIL
2 71 (40.34%) Project Management
3 45 (25.57%) Service Management
3 45 (25.57%) PRINCE2
4 40 (22.73%) Service Delivery
4 40 (22.73%) Finance
5 30 (17.05%) Telecoms
6 28 (15.91%) Transition Management
7 24 (13.64%) ITIL V3
7 24 (13.64%) Change Management
7 24 (13.64%) PRINCE
8 20 (11.36%) GAP Analysis
9 19 (10.80%) 2G
9 19 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (10.80%) 3G
9 19 (10.80%) 4G
10 17 (9.659%) SAP
11 15 (8.523%) Release Management
12 14 (7.955%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (6.818%) Configuration Management
13 12 (6.818%) SLA
13 12 (6.818%) Migration
14 11 (6.250%) Oracle
14 11 (6.250%) Performance Management
15 10 (5.682%) MS Project
15 10 (5.682%) Programme Management
15 10 (5.682%) QA
15 10 (5.682%) Degree
16 9 (5.114%) ITSM
16 9 (5.114%) UNIX

Transition Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Transition Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Transition Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.705%) .NET
2 2 (1.136%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.568%) MS Exchange
1 1 (0.568%) Documentum
1 1 (0.568%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.568%) Lync
Applications
1 10 (5.682%) MS Project
2 9 (5.114%) MS Excel
3 7 (3.977%) MS Office
4 2 (1.136%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.841%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (1.705%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.136%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.568%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.568%) Endur
4 1 (0.568%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.80%) 2G
1 19 (10.80%) 3G
1 19 (10.80%) 4G
2 4 (2.273%) LAN
3 2 (1.136%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.568%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.568%) VoIP
4 1 (0.568%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.409%) Oracle 9i
1 6 (3.409%) Oracle 10g
1 6 (3.409%) SQLPlus
2 2 (1.136%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.568%) SAP BI
General
1 40 (22.73%) Finance
2 30 (17.05%) Telecoms
3 8 (4.545%) Retail
4 6 (3.409%) Banking
5 3 (1.705%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.705%) Games
6 2 (1.136%) Back Office
7 1 (0.568%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.568%) Marketing
7 1 (0.568%) German Language
7 1 (0.568%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.977%) Management Information System
1 7 (3.977%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (2.273%) NHS
3 3 (1.705%) FMCG
3 3 (1.705%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (1.136%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.136%) Open Source
4 2 (1.136%) EPoS
4 2 (1.136%) PMI
5 1 (0.568%) Spread Betting
5 1 (0.568%) CMDB
5 1 (0.568%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.568%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.568%) Online Games
5 1 (0.568%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.568%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.114%) UNIX
2 6 (3.409%) Solaris
2 6 (3.409%) Linux
3 1 (0.568%) Windows
3 1 (0.568%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (59.66%) ITIL
2 71 (40.34%) Project Management
3 45 (25.57%) Service Management
3 45 (25.57%) PRINCE2
4 40 (22.73%) Service Delivery
5 28 (15.91%) Transition Management
6 24 (13.64%) ITIL V3
6 24 (13.64%) Change Management
6 24 (13.64%) PRINCE
7 20 (11.36%) GAP Analysis
8 19 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (8.523%) Release Management
10 12 (6.818%) Configuration Management
10 12 (6.818%) Migration
11 11 (6.250%) Performance Management
12 10 (5.682%) Programme Management
13 9 (5.114%) ITSM
13 9 (5.114%) User Acceptance Testing
14 7 (3.977%) Matrix Management
14 7 (3.977%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.545%) Java
2 6 (3.409%) PL/SQL
2 6 (3.409%) SQL
3 3 (1.705%) PHP
4 1 (0.568%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (7.955%) ITIL Certification
2 10 (5.682%) Degree
3 7 (3.977%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 7 (3.977%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.841%) CIMA
4 5 (2.841%) PMP
4 5 (2.841%) ACCA
4 5 (2.841%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.273%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.273%) ISEB
6 3 (1.705%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.136%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.568%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (0.568%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.818%) SLA
2 10 (5.682%) QA
System Software
1 9 (5.114%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (9.659%) SAP
2 11 (6.250%) Oracle
3 3 (1.705%) Citrix
3 3 (1.705%) TIBCO
4 2 (1.136%) Remedy
4 2 (1.136%) AppSense
5 1 (0.568%) Huawei
5 1 (0.568%) VMware
5 1 (0.568%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.568%) Ericsson
5 1 (0.568%) OpenLink
5 1 (0.568%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (0.568%) ServiceNow
Glasgow, Scotland
Transition Project Manager / Business Transition / Staff Transition / Stakeholder Management / 9 Month Fixed Term Contract / Located in Glasgow / Start ASAP / £52,000 pro rata Capita have an exciting opportunity...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £50000 - £52000 per annum + Paid Pro Rata
Posted: 19 June 2013
London
The successful candidate will be responsible for:*Development of the 'As-Is' (current state) assessment report; *Lead engagement with the user organisations with a view to ensuring business...
Sand Resources
Rate: £350 - £490 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
London
The IT Consultant will come from a technical background and must be up to date with the latest Infrastructure technologies as some of the key projects going forward...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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