Service Transition Manager Contracts in the South East

Service Transition Manager
England > South East

The median Service Transition Manager daily rate in the South East is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 178 197
Rank change year-on-year +36 +19 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Service Transition Manager 4 11 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.22% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 12
10th Percentile £444 £400 £358
25th Percentile £472 £505 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £563 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +15.38% +14.71%
75th Percentile £597 £581 £601
90th Percentile £621 £588 £726
England median daily rate £554 £556 £513
% change year-on-year -0.40% +8.54% +2.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 2,731 5,037 5,334
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 92.32% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,815 3,028 3,722
10th Percentile £227 £213 £220
25th Percentile £375 £400 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £601
90th Percentile £661 £688 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 484 234
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.20 £21.95
Median hourly rate £32.05 £47.50 £48.70
Median % change year-on-year -32.53% -2.46% +143.49%
75th Percentile £63.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.35 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.73% -17.97% +95.42%

Service Transition Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Transition Manager in the South East

Service Transition Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Transition Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Service Transition Manager in the South East

Service Transition Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Transition Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Transition Manager in the South East

Service Transition Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Hampshire +29 3 £538 -7.33% 3
Thames Valley +31 1 - - 3
Berkshire +29 1 - - 3
Service Transition Manager
England

Service Transition Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 20 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 South East region featuring Service Transition Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) SFIA
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Management
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (25.00%) BMC
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Aviation
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (25.00%) Transition Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Banking

Service Transition Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aviation
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Management
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (25.00%) SFIA
3 1 (25.00%) Transition Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) BMC
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft