Transition Project Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Transition Project Manager
UK > England

The median Transition Project Manager daily rate in England is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 499 557
Rank change year-on-year -25 +58 +170
Contract jobs requiring a Transition Project Manager 9 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.029% 0.017% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.019% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 3
10th Percentile £600 £474 £428
25th Percentile £613 £491 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £713 £550 £531
90th Percentile £723 - £550
UK median daily rate £650 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +23.81% +5.00% -16.67%

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 28,706 26,921 34,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.92% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,309 16,785 23,966
10th Percentile £291 £300 £288
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,763 853 1,358
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.68 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.90 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Transition Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Transition Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Transition Project Manager job vacancy trend in England

Transition Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Transition Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Transition Project Manager job vacancies in England

Transition Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Transition Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Transition Project Manager in England

Transition Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Transition Project Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Transition Project Manager job vacancies in England

Transition Project 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 Transition Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 19 December 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 -9 6 £663 +20.45%
East of England - 2 £613 -
North of England - 1 £650 -
North West - 1 £650 -
Transition Project Manager
UK

Transition Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Transition Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Transition Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 3 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Service Management
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Batch Processing
5 1 (11.11%) BPR
5 1 (11.11%) Budgeting
5 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (11.11%) Confluence
5 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
5 1 (11.11%) Information Security
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Transition
5 1 (11.11%) IT Governance

Transition Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
4 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Migration
3 3 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 3 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Service Management
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (11.11%) Information Security
5 1 (11.11%) ITSM
5 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow