Service Transition Manager Contracts in England

Service Transition Manager
UK > England

The median Service Transition Manager daily rate in England is £554, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 487 571
Rank change year-on-year +36 +84 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Service Transition Manager 28 59 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.17% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 47 47
10th Percentile £425 £461 £388
25th Percentile £513 £508 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.51% +7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £604 £622
90th Percentile £675 £685 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.02 - -
Median hourly rate £48.46 - -
75th Percentile £51.90 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £48.46 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,424 33,720 45,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.73% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,926 22,354 32,457
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 908 2,424 1,347
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +95.65%
75th Percentile £63.38 £61.30 £65.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.20
UK median hourly rate £28.18 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.79% -18.89% +87.50%

Service Transition Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Service Transition Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Service Transition Manager in England

Service Transition Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Transition Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Service Transition Manager in England

Service Transition Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Transition Manager in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Transition Manager in England

Service Transition Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Transition Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Service Transition Manager in England

Service Transition Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Transition Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +5 9 £600 +10.09% 3
South West +39 5 £554 -6.89% 2
North of England +19 4 £525 -6.67%
South East +43 3 £538 -4.44% 7
North West +10 3 £525 -
East of England +24 1 - - 1
Yorkshire +13 1 - -
Service Transition Manager
UK

Service Transition Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Service Transition Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Service Transition Manager in the job title.

1 18 (64.29%) ITIL
2 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 10 (35.71%) Service Management
4 8 (28.57%) Project Management
4 8 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
6 6 (21.43%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
7 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
7 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
7 5 (17.86%) Transition Management
8 4 (14.29%) Service Design
8 4 (14.29%) Waterfall
8 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
8 4 (14.29%) ITSM
8 4 (14.29%) Matrix Management
8 4 (14.29%) Agile
9 3 (10.71%) Service Catalogue
9 3 (10.71%) Change Management
9 3 (10.71%) Finance
9 3 (10.71%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
10 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
10 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills

Service Transition Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) OCI
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Aviation
5 1 (3.57%) Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Local Government
5 1 (3.57%) Military
5 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.57%) CMDB
2 1 (3.57%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (64.29%) ITIL
2 10 (35.71%) Service Management
3 8 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
3 8 (28.57%) Project Management
4 7 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (21.43%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
6 5 (17.86%) Transition Management
7 4 (14.29%) Agile
7 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (14.29%) ITSM
7 4 (14.29%) Matrix Management
7 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (14.29%) Service Design
7 4 (14.29%) Waterfall
8 3 (10.71%) Change Management
8 3 (10.71%) Service Catalogue
9 2 (7.14%) Service Migration
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) PMO
1 1 (3.57%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.14%) Oracle
4 1 (3.57%) Freshdesk
4 1 (3.57%) SAP