Implementation Consultant Contracts

Implementation Consultant
UK

The median Implementation Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 690 821
Rank change year-on-year +129 +131 -194
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Consultant 39 23 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.089% 0.039% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.041% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 18
10th Percentile £433 £403 £434
25th Percentile £488 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +21.05%
75th Percentile £713 £601 £740
90th Percentile £835 £668 £774
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £70.50 - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile £74.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,448 56,471 84,729
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,348 39,474 59,497
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,658 1,569 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.94
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%

Implementation Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Consultant in the UK

Implementation Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Implementation Consultant in the UK

Implementation Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Consultant over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Consultant in the UK

Implementation Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Consultant in the UK

Implementation Consultant
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Implementation Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +113 24 £550 -4.35% 35
Work from Home +124 20 £525 -8.70% 18
London +110 12 £725 +20.83% 7
UK excluding London +72 12 £525 +2.44% 30
Midlands +28 4 £430 -4.44% 7
South West - 3 £550 - 5
East Midlands - 3 £430 - 5
Scotland - 2 - - 3
South East - 2 £500 - 8
North of England +28 1 - - 3
West Midlands +25 1 - - 2
Yorkshire +23 1 - - 2

Implementation Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Implementation Consultant 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 featuring Implementation Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (30.77%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Banking
3 8 (20.51%) Change Management
4 7 (17.95%) Oracle
4 7 (17.95%) Migration
4 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
5 5 (12.82%) Agile
5 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
6 4 (10.26%) Data Integration
6 4 (10.26%) Service Management
6 4 (10.26%) Data Management
6 4 (10.26%) JavaScript
6 4 (10.26%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (10.26%) ERP
6 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling
6 4 (10.26%) Project Management
6 4 (10.26%) Order Management
6 4 (10.26%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (7.69%) Data Collection
7 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
7 3 (7.69%) Adobe
7 3 (7.69%) SAP
7 3 (7.69%) Google
7 3 (7.69%) Retail
7 3 (7.69%) Asset Management
7 3 (7.69%) Google Analytics
7 3 (7.69%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (7.69%) Business Transformation

Implementation Consultant 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (5.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (5.13%) NetSuite
2 2 (5.13%) SimCorp Dimension
3 1 (2.56%) NEC Housing
3 1 (2.56%) ResourceLink
3 1 (2.56%) SAP IBP
3 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) Adobe Analytics
1 3 (7.69%) Google Analytics
2 2 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.13%) GCP
2 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.13%) Taleo
3 1 (2.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.56%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) BigQuery
1 2 (5.13%) Looker
1 2 (5.13%) Power BI
1 2 (5.13%) Tableau
2 1 (2.56%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Postman
General
1 12 (30.77%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Banking
3 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
4 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Retail
6 2 (5.13%) Law
6 2 (5.13%) Marketing
7 1 (2.56%) Advertising
7 1 (2.56%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) CSS
1 2 (5.13%) HTML
1 2 (5.13%) jQuery
2 1 (2.56%) DOM
2 1 (2.56%) JSON
2 1 (2.56%) Node.js
2 1 (2.56%) Swagger
2 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.56%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Change Management
2 7 (17.95%) Migration
3 5 (12.82%) Agile
4 4 (10.26%) Data Integration
4 4 (10.26%) Data Management
4 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling
4 4 (10.26%) ERP
4 4 (10.26%) Order Management
4 4 (10.26%) Project Management
4 4 (10.26%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (10.26%) Service Management
5 3 (7.69%) Analytics
5 3 (7.69%) Asset Management
5 3 (7.69%) Business Transformation
5 3 (7.69%) Data Collection
5 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (7.69%) Tag Management
5 3 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (5.13%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (5.13%) Performance Measurement
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.13%) ABAP
3 1 (2.56%) Python
3 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) QA
1 2 (5.13%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) GDPR
2 1 (2.56%) GxP
2 1 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Oracle
2 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.69%) Adobe
3 3 (7.69%) Google
3 3 (7.69%) iManage
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.69%) SAP
4 2 (5.13%) Monetate
4 2 (5.13%) Optimizely
4 2 (5.13%) Sage
4 2 (5.13%) SimCorp
4 2 (5.13%) Tealium
5 1 (2.56%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.56%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.56%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.56%) NEC
5 1 (2.56%) Northgate
5 1 (2.56%) Omniture
5 1 (2.56%) OneTrust
5 1 (2.56%) Salesforce