Transition Manager Job Trends in England

Transition Manager
UK > England

The median Transition Manager salary in England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 663 632
Rank change year-on-year +67 -31 +287
Permanent jobs requiring a Transition Manager 18 15 38
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.034% 0.031% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.033% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 32
10th Percentile - £46,100 £43,485
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,438 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £62,157 £73,125
90th Percentile - £81,875 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £50,625
% change year-on-year +13.64% +8.64% +1.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 47,793 45,221 45,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 92.75% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 30,115 23,851 35,458
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -3.21%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Transition Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Transition Manager job vacancy trend in England

Transition Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Transition Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Transition Manager job vacancies in England

Transition Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Transition Manager in England over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Transition Manager in England

Transition Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Transition Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +22 10 £45,000 -18.18% 1
North West +31 8 £51,000 -7.27%
London +62 6 £82,500 +3.13% 1
North East +4 2 £45,000 -
West Midlands +13 1 - -
Midlands +6 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 2
Transition Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 January 2026, Transition Manager 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Transition Manager in the job title.

1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 7 (38.89%) Service Management
3 6 (33.33%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 6 (33.33%) Project Management
4 5 (27.78%) Azure
5 4 (22.22%) DevOps
5 4 (22.22%) ITSM
5 4 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (22.22%) Service Design
6 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
6 3 (16.67%) PMP
6 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) SIAM
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (11.11%) AWS
7 2 (11.11%) Bloomberg
7 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
7 2 (11.11%) Business Strategy
7 2 (11.11%) Change Management
7 2 (11.11%) Client Onboarding
7 2 (11.11%) Confluence
7 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (11.11%) CQG

Transition Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) IaaS
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Spanish Language
4 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Distributed Architecture
1 2 (11.11%) Distributed Computing
1 2 (11.11%) Equities
1 2 (11.11%) Eurex
1 2 (11.11%) Fixed Income
1 2 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 7 (38.89%) Service Management
3 6 (33.33%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 6 (33.33%) Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) DevOps
4 4 (22.22%) ITSM
4 4 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
4 4 (22.22%) Service Design
5 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 3 (16.67%) SIAM
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) Client Onboarding
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) SDLC
6 2 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 3 (16.67%) PMP
1 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Bloomberg
2 2 (11.11%) CQG
2 2 (11.11%) ION Trading
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
2 2 (11.11%) Patsystems
2 2 (11.11%) Reuters
2 2 (11.11%) Trayport
3 1 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow