Transition Manager Contracts in Manchester

Transition Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Transition Manager daily rate in Manchester is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 June 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
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - 104
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Contract jobs requiring a Transition Manager 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.55% - 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £403 - -
25th Percentile £473 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.73%
75th Percentile £559 - £563
90th Percentile £599 - £615
North West median daily rate £525 £420 £475
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.58% -12.04%

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 845 1,388 1,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 95.46% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 948 1,263
10th Percentile £305 £313 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £491 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% -1.75% +2.56%
75th Percentile £544 £575 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
North West median daily rate £456 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -6.56% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 86 47
10th Percentile - £12.12 £14.49
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.36 £16.85
Median hourly rate £24.83 £28.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.89% +26.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £66.25 £62.50 £39.80
90th Percentile £78.38 £73.75 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £29.01 £32.90 £29.65
% change year-on-year -11.81% +10.94% +21.02%

Transition Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Transition Manager in Manchester

Transition Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Transition Manager in Manchester

Transition Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Transition Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Transition Manager in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 2025, 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 Manchester region featuring Transition Manager in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITSM
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Release Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Publishing
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management

Transition Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Publishing
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITSM
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Release Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow