Service Transition Manager Contract Job Trends

Service Transition Manager
UK

The median Service Transition Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, 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 550 492 487
Rank change year-on-year -58 -5 +163
Contract jobs requiring a Service Transition Manager 41 49 105
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.16% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 41 78
10th Percentile £434 £500 £416
25th Percentile £463 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -0.05% +10.94%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £625
90th Percentile £624 £625 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +23.66%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 33,780 30,959 40,080
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 92.73% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,373 19,013 26,849
10th Percentile £300 £300 £281
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,964 958 1,543
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.24 £21.01 £19.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +38.46%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.49 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £46.18
% change year-on-year -20.81% -31.23% +77.62%

Service Transition Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Service Transition Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Service Transition Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Service Transition Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Service Transition Manager in the UK

Service Transition Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Service Transition Manager
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

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 UK 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
England -42 40 £550 - 5
UK excluding London -33 30 £550 +2.33% 4
North of England -42 11 £550 +10.00% 1
Midlands -32 9 £525 -6.67%
Work from Home -16 8 £500 -16.25%
West Midlands -28 8 £534 -5.00%
London -20 7 £575 +4.55%
South West +3 6 £600 +14.29% 2
North West -16 6 £538 +7.50% 1
Yorkshire -42 5 £550 -
South East -21 2 £475 -14.61%
East of England - 2 £550 - 1
East Midlands -15 1 £525 -

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

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 featuring Service Transition Manager in the job title.

1 26 (63.41%) ITIL
2 19 (46.34%) Service Design
3 16 (39.02%) Project Delivery
4 15 (36.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (34.15%) Service Management
6 13 (31.71%) Security Cleared
7 12 (29.27%) SC Cleared
7 12 (29.27%) Service Delivery
8 11 (26.83%) ITSM
8 11 (26.83%) ServiceNow
9 9 (21.95%) Change Management
9 9 (21.95%) Project Management
10 7 (17.07%) Acceptance Criteria
10 7 (17.07%) Knowledge Transfer
10 7 (17.07%) Release Management
10 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (14.63%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (14.63%) Migration
12 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
12 5 (12.20%) Risk Management
12 5 (12.20%) Supplier Management
12 5 (12.20%) Transition Management
13 4 (9.76%) Agile
13 4 (9.76%) DevOps
13 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
13 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
13 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
14 3 (7.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 3 (7.32%) Customer Service

Service Transition Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) SaaS
2 1 (2.44%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Finance
3 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) Retail
5 2 (4.88%) Military
5 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Law
6 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Publishing
6 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) CMDB
1 3 (7.32%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (63.41%) ITIL
2 19 (46.34%) Service Design
3 16 (39.02%) Project Delivery
4 15 (36.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (34.15%) Service Management
6 12 (29.27%) Service Delivery
7 11 (26.83%) ITSM
8 9 (21.95%) Change Management
8 9 (21.95%) Project Management
9 7 (17.07%) Acceptance Criteria
9 7 (17.07%) Knowledge Transfer
9 7 (17.07%) Release Management
9 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (14.63%) Migration
11 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (12.20%) Risk Management
11 5 (12.20%) Supplier Management
11 5 (12.20%) Transition Management
12 4 (9.76%) DevOps
12 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Security Cleared
2 12 (29.27%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
5 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.44%) GDPR
1 1 (2.44%) QA
1 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (26.83%) ServiceNow
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.88%) Remedy
3 2 (4.88%) SAP
4 1 (2.44%) BMC