Service Transition Manager Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Service Transition Manager
England > Midlands

The median Service Transition Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 122 124
Rank change year-on-year -32 +2 +75
Contract jobs requiring a Service Transition Manager 9 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.28% 0.31% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.33% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile £456 £527 £338
25th Percentile £494 £550 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.76% -18.00%
75th Percentile £588 £597 £531
90th Percentile £618 £613 £561
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - -0.05% +11.16%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,849 2,121 2,387
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.98% 92.90% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,800 1,340 1,639
10th Percentile £213 £206 £207
25th Percentile £380 £356 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +5.83% -3.54%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £663 £700 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 84 114
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.12 £14.60
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.05 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% +9.70% +19.66%
75th Percentile £25.39 £30.17 £34.50
90th Percentile £35.40 £48.13 £67.50
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.26% -23.71% +39.03%

Service Transition Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Service Transition Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Service Transition Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Service Transition Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Transition Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Transition Manager in the Midlands

Service Transition Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Transition Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Transition Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Service Transition Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
West Midlands -28 8 £534 -5.00%
East Midlands -15 1 £525 -
Service Transition Manager
England

Service Transition Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 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 Midlands region featuring Service Transition Manager in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Service Design
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (33.33%) Change Management
4 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) Service Management
5 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
6 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (11.11%) Active Listening
6 1 (11.11%) Coaching
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) DevOps
6 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (11.11%) ITSM
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) SAP
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) Transition Management

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

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) CMDB
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Service Design
3 3 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (22.22%) Service Management
5 1 (11.11%) Coaching
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (11.11%) ITSM
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Transition Management
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) SAP