Transition Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Transition Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Transition Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 552 514
Rank change year-on-year +48 -38 +234
Permanent jobs requiring a Transition Manager 11 15 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.040% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.043% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 22
10th Percentile - £45,950 £41,450
25th Percentile - £47,500 £47,945
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £54,188 £57,500 £53,875
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,750 £64,000
UK median annual salary £56,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.18% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,904 34,869 29,181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.17% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,945 17,378 22,098
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Transition Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Transition Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Transition Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Transition Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Transition Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Transition Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Transition Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Transition Manager in the UK excluding London

Transition Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Transition Manager within the UK excluding London 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +18 9 £45,000 -18.18% 3
North West +30 7 £48,000 -12.73% 1
North East +10 2 £45,000 -
West Midlands +22 1 - -
Midlands +19 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 2
Transition Manager
UK

Transition Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Transition Manager in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Service Design
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) ITSM
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (27.27%) Service Management
4 2 (18.18%) Azure
4 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
4 2 (18.18%) Proactive Management
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Six Sigma
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Transition Management
4 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Change Management
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 1 (9.09%) IaaS
5 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management

Transition Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) IaaS
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Service Design
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) ITSM
3 3 (27.27%) Service Management
4 2 (18.18%) Proactive Management
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Six Sigma
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (18.18%) Transition Management
4 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (9.09%) Change Management
5 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) Test Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow