Service Transition Manager Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Service Transition Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Service Transition Manager daily rate in Manchester is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
17 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 80 97
Rank change year-on-year -10 +17 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Service Transition Manager 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.26% 0.28% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.29% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £388 - -
25th Percentile £468 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £640 - -
North West median daily rate £538 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +7.50% -16.67% +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,072 1,018 1,429
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 93.91% 93.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 707 615 1,035
10th Percentile £308 £313 £306
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 40 58
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.99 £15.42
25th Percentile £19.42 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +66.67% -36.76%
75th Percentile £37.25 £44.06 £53.75
90th Percentile £63.50 £65.00 £74.28
North West median hourly rate £30.99 £27.13 £35.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -22.50% +60.92%

Service Transition Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Service Transition Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Service Transition Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Transition Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Transition Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Service Transition Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Transition Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Transition Manager in Manchester

Service Transition Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Service Transition 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 Manchester region featuring Service Transition Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
2 2 (66.67%) Transition Management
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) SOAP

Service Transition Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Supplier Management
2 2 (66.67%) Transition Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Service Transition Manager jobs