Service Transition Manager Contracts in England

Service Transition Manager
UK > England

The median Service Transition Manager daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 485 599
Rank change year-on-year +32 +114 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Service Transition Manager 61 104 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.26% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.28% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 71 122
10th Percentile £480 £413 £361
25th Percentile £513 £481 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% +9.59%
75th Percentile £603 £625 £600
90th Percentile £632 £675 £669
UK median daily rate £550 £545 £500
% change year-on-year +0.92% +9.00% +8.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

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

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Service Transition Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Transition Manager in England

Service Transition Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Transition Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Service Transition Manager in England

Service Transition Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Transition Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Transition Manager in England

Service Transition Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Transition Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Service Transition Manager in England

Service Transition Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
London +44 35 £538 +2.38% 1
Midlands +2 10 £550 +7.32% 2
South East +28 8 £563 -2.17%
West Midlands +7 8 £563 +87.50% 2
North of England +20 3 £500 +2.04%
North West +23 2 £500 -14.89%
East Midlands -2 2 £525 +2.44%
South West +15 1 £525 -12.13%
Yorkshire +10 1 £550 +12.24%
Service Transition Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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 England region featuring Service Transition Manager in the job title.

1 40 (65.57%) ITIL
2 33 (54.10%) Service Management
3 31 (50.82%) Service Design
4 28 (45.90%) Security Cleared
5 26 (42.62%) SC Cleared
6 19 (31.15%) Social Skills
7 16 (26.23%) Project Management
8 15 (24.59%) Onboarding
9 14 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (19.67%) Public Sector
11 11 (18.03%) Acceptance Criteria
11 11 (18.03%) Risk Management
11 11 (18.03%) Finance
12 9 (14.75%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (14.75%) Transition Management
13 7 (11.48%) Agile
13 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 6 (9.84%) ITSM
14 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
14 6 (9.84%) Project Delivery
14 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
15 5 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
15 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
15 5 (8.20%) Azure
16 4 (6.56%) Incident Management
16 4 (6.56%) Change Management
16 4 (6.56%) ServiceNow
16 4 (6.56%) Knowledge Transfer
17 3 (4.92%) Impact Assessments
17 3 (4.92%) Programme Delivery

Service Transition Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.20%) Azure
2 1 (1.64%) Azure Stack
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (1.64%) PaaS
2 1 (1.64%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 19 (31.15%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.67%) Public Sector
3 11 (18.03%) Finance
4 6 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Cantonese Language
5 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.64%) Law
6 1 (1.64%) Military
6 1 (1.64%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.64%) NHS
4 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Shadow IT
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Windows
2 1 (1.64%) Android
2 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (65.57%) ITIL
2 33 (54.10%) Service Management
3 31 (50.82%) Service Design
4 16 (26.23%) Project Management
5 14 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (18.03%) Acceptance Criteria
6 11 (18.03%) Risk Management
7 9 (14.75%) Transition Management
8 7 (11.48%) Agile
8 7 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (9.84%) ITSM
9 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.84%) Project Delivery
10 5 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
11 4 (6.56%) Change Management
11 4 (6.56%) Incident Management
11 4 (6.56%) Knowledge Transfer
12 3 (4.92%) Impact Assessments
12 3 (4.92%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 28 (45.90%) Security Cleared
2 26 (42.62%) SC Cleared
3 9 (14.75%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.28%) Degree
4 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (6.56%) ServiceNow
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.28%) SAP
4 1 (1.64%) Citrix
4 1 (1.64%) Netskope