Implementation Specialist Contracts in England

Implementation Specialist
UK > England

The median Implementation Specialist daily rate in England is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 496 645 762
Rank change year-on-year +149 +117 -166
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Specialist 47 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.025% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.027% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 10 13
10th Percentile £225 £314 £288
25th Percentile £281 £419 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £484 £400
Median % change year-on-year -32.89% +21.06% -5.88%
75th Percentile £500 £563 £523
90th Percentile £563 £646 £659
UK median daily rate £334 £484 £419
% change year-on-year -31.03% +15.64% -6.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,494 48,433 68,665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,968 34,321 48,831
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,386 1,460 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £48.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.07
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Implementation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Implementation Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Specialist in England

Implementation Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Implementation Specialist in England.

Daily rate trend for Implementation Specialist in England

Implementation Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Specialist in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Specialist in England

Implementation Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Implementation Specialist in England.

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Specialist in England

Implementation Specialist
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 Implementation Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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 +131 28 £300 -45.45% 6
North of England - 7 £544 - 4
South East +17 5 £590 +23.53% 3
Yorkshire - 5 - - 1
East of England +19 4 £300 - 2
Midlands +34 3 £500 +3.25% 1
East Midlands +13 3 £500 +3.25%
South West +26 2 £646 +115.33%
North West - 2 £544 - 3
Implementation Specialist
UK

Implementation Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Implementation Specialist 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 Implementation Specialist in the job title.

1 23 (48.94%) Linux
2 16 (34.04%) Windows
2 16 (34.04%) Migration
3 14 (29.79%) Unix
3 14 (29.79%) Active Directory
3 14 (29.79%) Replication
3 14 (29.79%) DV Cleared
3 14 (29.79%) Security Cleared
3 14 (29.79%) Isilon
4 13 (27.66%) PaaS
4 13 (27.66%) Capacity Management
4 13 (27.66%) Hadoop
4 13 (27.66%) FTP
4 13 (27.66%) NFS
4 13 (27.66%) LDAP
4 13 (27.66%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (27.66%) HDFS
5 12 (25.53%) Finance
6 10 (21.28%) Public Sector
7 7 (14.89%) Project Management
7 7 (14.89%) Dell
8 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
9 4 (8.51%) Marketing
9 4 (8.51%) Programme Management
9 4 (8.51%) Digital Marketing
9 4 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (8.51%) SAP
9 4 (8.51%) SQL
9 4 (8.51%) Electronics
9 4 (8.51%) Telecoms

Implementation Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) iTrent
1 1 (2.13%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) PaaS
2 1 (2.13%) AWS
2 1 (2.13%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.66%) FTP
2 1 (2.13%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (27.66%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.13%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.13%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (2.13%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (25.53%) Finance
2 10 (21.28%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.51%) Electronics
4 4 (8.51%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.51%) Marketing
4 4 (8.51%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Law
6 2 (4.26%) Advertising
7 1 (2.13%) Automotive
7 1 (2.13%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (27.66%) LDAP
2 1 (2.13%) HTML
2 1 (2.13%) HTML5
2 1 (2.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (29.79%) Replication
2 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.13%) CCTV
3 1 (2.13%) CMDB
3 1 (2.13%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (48.94%) Linux
2 16 (34.04%) Windows
3 14 (29.79%) Unix
4 1 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.04%) Migration
2 13 (27.66%) Capacity Management
2 13 (27.66%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (14.89%) Project Management
4 4 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (8.51%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (8.51%) Programme Management
5 2 (4.26%) Document Management
5 2 (4.26%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (4.26%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.13%) Analytics
6 1 (2.13%) Customer Service
6 1 (2.13%) Cutover Planning
6 1 (2.13%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.13%) Data Governance
6 1 (2.13%) Housing Management
6 1 (2.13%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (2.13%) Mentoring
6 1 (2.13%) Runbook
6 1 (2.13%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) SQL
2 1 (2.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (29.79%) DV Cleared
1 14 (29.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 14 (29.79%) Active Directory
2 13 (27.66%) HDFS
2 13 (27.66%) NFS
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) Isilon
2 7 (14.89%) Dell
3 4 (8.51%) SAP
4 3 (6.38%) CyberArk
4 3 (6.38%) iManage
4 3 (6.38%) Oracle
5 2 (4.26%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.13%) NEC
6 1 (2.13%) Northgate
6 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow