Senior Design and Transition Manager
The advert says the job needs UK security clearance:
“Security Clearance: Active eDV clearance or eligibility to obtain enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV).”
SC clearance usually needs five years of living in the UK, and DV clearance usually needs ten. If you have lived here that long, for example on a Student and then a Graduate visa, you may be able to get it. Most people applying from outside the UK cannot, so the highest likelihood we give this job is Unlikely. Ask SOPRA STERIA SERVICES LIMITED whether they would sponsor you.
Unlikely
Sponsorship likelihood
The advert asks for security clearance
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2133 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 57% sure that is the right code. SOPRA STERIA SERVICES LIMITED is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Unlikely 2133 (IT business analysts, architects and systems designers) · 57% match
- Unlikely 2131 (IT project managers) · 16% match
- Unlikely 2431 (Management consultants and business analysts) · 13% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers Most likely code | £38,400 | £43,900 | £49,400 | £54,900 |
2131 IT project managers Also possible | £40,700 | £46,600 | £52,400 | £58,200 |
2431 Management consultants and business analysts Also possible | £35,100 | £40,200 | £45,200 | £50,200 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Are you a Service Design, and Transition Manager looking for a new challenge?
We work on some of the UK's most critical Defence and National Security programmes, delivering technology solutions and services that support those responsible for keeping our country safe.
This is an opportunity for someone with a strong background in IT Service Management, Service Delivery or Service Design and Transition, who enjoys working with different teams, improving processes and ensuring new and changing IT services are successfully introduced into live operations.
You'll have the opportunity to influence how services are delivered, challenge existing processes, identify improvements and help shape the way our teams work. You'll be joining a collaborative team supporting meaningful technology programmes within National Security, where the work you do has a genuine purpose and impact.
Location: Gloucestershire – Hybrid working, with occasional travel to other UK sites.
Security Clearance: Active eDV clearance or eligibility to obtain enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV).
What you'll be doing:
- Support the design and transition of new and changing IT services, ensuring they are operationally ready, meet business requirements and can be effectively supported once live.
- Work closely with Project Managers and delivery teams to ensure service management activities, documentation and requirements are completed correctly and progress through the appropriate delivery and governance gates.
- Review existing IT service management processes, identify opportunities for improvement and work with colleagues to map, document and implement more efficient ways of working.
- Review service proposals, business cases and supporting documentation, working with technical, operational and commercial teams to understand resource requirements, service costs and support models.
What you'll bring:
- A strong background working within an IT environment, with experience in Service Delivery, IT Service Management, Service Design or Service Transition, and an understanding of how IT services are delivered and supported.
- Good working knowledge of ITIL v3 or v4, with an understanding of service management processes, governance, continual service improvement and best practice. ITIL certification would be advantageous.
- Experience working alongside Project Managers or delivery teams, with an understanding of project lifecycles, delivery governance and methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall.
- Experience reviewing, mapping and documenting IT service processes, with the ability to identify gaps, challenge existing ways of working and recommend practical improvements.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders, facilitate discussions, share knowledge and influence decisions.
- An understanding of IT service costs, resource planning, operational risk and security considerations, ideally gained within a complex, regulated or secure IT environment.
If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Gloucestershire
Security Clearance Level: Active eDV clearance or eligibility to obtain enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV)
Internal Recruiter: Josh
Salary: Competitive, based on experience
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, which can also be taken as cash, 25
days’ holiday, with the option to purchase up to an additional 10 days per
year, AXA medical insurance, 6% pension contribution and life assurance at 4x
salary
If you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.
Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?
Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.
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Where this offer sits in the market
IT business analysts, architects and systems designers (SOC 2133) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~187k in sample- Middle half £45,136–79,976
- Median £60,216
- Going rate £54,900
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £38,400–49,400
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. SOPRA STERIA SERVICES LIMITED holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2133 going rate of £54,900. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.