Transition Manager Jobs

Transition Manager
UK

The median Transition Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 864 929
Rank change year-on-year +167 +65 +189
Permanent jobs requiring a Transition Manager 14 31 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.031% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.033% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 12 19 42
10th Percentile £51,323 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,369 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -15.32%
75th Percentile £77,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,400 £82,500 £68,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -14.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Transition Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Transition Manager in the UK

Transition Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Transition Manager.

Salary trend for Transition Manager in the UK

Transition Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Transition Manager over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Transition Manager in the UK

Transition Manager
Top 9 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +136 14 £55,000 - 32
UK excluding London +175 8 £55,000 - 21
North of England +53 6 £55,000 -15.38% 5
North West +10 6 £55,000 -15.38% 2
London +101 5 £72,500 - 9
Work from Home +120 3 £52,500 -4.55% 8
South East +100 1 - - 12
Midlands +56 1 £52,500 +5.00% 2
West Midlands +51 1 £52,500 +8.31% 2

Transition Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Transition Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring Transition Manager in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) ITIL
2 10 (71.43%) Service Management
3 9 (64.29%) ITSM
4 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (42.86%) Transition Management
5 6 (42.86%) Service Design
6 5 (35.71%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (35.71%) MS Visio
6 5 (35.71%) Six Sigma
6 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (35.71%) Proactive Management
7 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
8 3 (21.43%) DevOps
8 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
8 3 (21.43%) Agile
8 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
9 2 (14.29%) Project Management
9 2 (14.29%) PMP
9 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
9 2 (14.29%) Migration
9 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
9 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
9 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
9 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
9 2 (14.29%) Dependency Management
9 2 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
9 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving

Transition Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (35.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Advertising
3 1 (7.14%) Automotive
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
1 1 (7.14%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) ITIL
2 10 (71.43%) Service Management
3 9 (64.29%) ITSM
4 6 (42.86%) Service Design
4 6 (42.86%) Transition Management
5 5 (35.71%) Proactive Management
5 5 (35.71%) Six Sigma
5 5 (35.71%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (21.43%) Agile
7 3 (21.43%) DevOps
7 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
7 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
8 2 (14.29%) Dependency Management
8 2 (14.29%) Migration
8 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
8 2 (14.29%) Project Management
8 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
8 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 2 (14.29%) PMP
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow