Transition Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Transition Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Transition Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 121 127
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +57
Contract jobs citing Transition Management 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.055% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £527 £550
25th Percentile £669 £539 £618
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £569 £760
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -25.16% +16.92%
75th Percentile £706 £589 £790
90th Percentile - £596 -
Central London median daily rate £688 £569 £760
% change year-on-year +20.88% -25.16% +44.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Transition Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,626 1,728 2,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.59% 92.01% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,141 1,052 1,547
10th Percentile £350 £372 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £765 £790 £800
Central London median daily rate £538 £575 £573
% change year-on-year -6.52% +0.44% -0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 10
10th Percentile £19.94 £14.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £38.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +46.67% -37.13%
75th Percentile £42.30 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £45.56 £137.50 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +27.27% -32.10%

Transition Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Transition Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Transition Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Transition Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Transition Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Transition Management

Transition Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA