Implementation Specialist Contracts

Implementation Specialist
UK

The median Implementation Specialist daily rate in the UK is £334 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 707 809
Rank change year-on-year +175 +102 -148
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Specialist 54 15 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.025% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.026% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 11 16
10th Percentile £225 £315 £294
25th Percentile £281 £366 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £334 £450 £419
Median % change year-on-year -25.78% +7.46% -6.94%
75th Percentile £500 £551 £581
90th Percentile £565 £638 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £442 £475
% change year-on-year +13.19% -7.00% +28.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 - -

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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Implementation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Specialist in the UK

Implementation Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Implementation Specialist in the UK

Implementation Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Specialist over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Specialist in the UK

Implementation Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Specialist in the UK

Implementation Specialist
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 25 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 +154 47 £325 -27.78% 20
London +129 28 £300 -45.45% 7
Work from Home +148 26 £300 -42.14% 12
UK excluding London +82 21 £500 +13.19% 12
North of England - 7 £544 - 8
South East +14 5 £590 +78.75% 3
Yorkshire - 5 - - 1
East of England - 4 £300 -
Midlands +25 3 £500 +3.25% 1
East Midlands +17 3 £500 +3.25%
South West +23 2 £646 +115.33%
Scotland - 2 £275 -
North West - 2 £544 - 7

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 featuring Implementation Specialist in the job title.

1 26 (48.15%) Linux
2 19 (35.19%) Windows
2 19 (35.19%) Migration
3 17 (31.48%) Replication
3 17 (31.48%) Unix
3 17 (31.48%) Active Directory
3 17 (31.48%) Isilon
4 16 (29.63%) Capacity Management
4 16 (29.63%) HDFS
4 16 (29.63%) FTP
4 16 (29.63%) NFS
4 16 (29.63%) LDAP
4 16 (29.63%) Disaster Recovery
4 16 (29.63%) Hadoop
4 16 (29.63%) PaaS
5 14 (25.93%) DV Cleared
5 14 (25.93%) Security Cleared
5 14 (25.93%) Finance
6 11 (20.37%) Public Sector
7 10 (18.52%) Dell
8 7 (12.96%) Project Management
9 6 (11.11%) SAP
9 6 (11.11%) Social Skills
10 5 (9.26%) Electronics
10 5 (9.26%) Telecoms
10 5 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (9.26%) SQL
10 5 (9.26%) Programme Management
10 5 (9.26%) Manufacturing
10 5 (9.26%) Marketing

Implementation Specialist 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 (1.85%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.85%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 16 (29.63%) PaaS
2 1 (1.85%) AWS
2 1 (1.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (29.63%) FTP
2 1 (1.85%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (29.63%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (1.85%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (25.93%) Finance
2 11 (20.37%) Public Sector
3 6 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Electronics
4 5 (9.26%) Manufacturing
4 5 (9.26%) Marketing
4 5 (9.26%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Law
6 2 (3.70%) Advertising
6 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Automotive
7 1 (1.85%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (29.63%) LDAP
2 1 (1.85%) HTML
2 1 (1.85%) HTML5
2 1 (1.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (31.48%) Replication
2 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.70%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.85%) CCTV
3 1 (1.85%) CMDB
3 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 26 (48.15%) Linux
2 19 (35.19%) Windows
3 17 (31.48%) Unix
4 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.19%) Migration
2 16 (29.63%) Capacity Management
2 16 (29.63%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (12.96%) Project Management
4 5 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (9.26%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (9.26%) Programme Management
5 3 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (5.56%) Time Management
6 2 (3.70%) Customer Service
6 2 (3.70%) Data Protection
6 2 (3.70%) Decision-Making
6 2 (3.70%) Document Management
6 2 (3.70%) Housing Management
6 2 (3.70%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (3.70%) Risk Management
7 1 (1.85%) Configuration Management
7 1 (1.85%) Identity Management
7 1 (1.85%) Logistics
7 1 (1.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (25.93%) DV Cleared
1 14 (25.93%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 17 (31.48%) Active Directory
2 16 (29.63%) HDFS
2 16 (29.63%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (3.70%) Avamar
Vendors
1 17 (31.48%) Isilon
2 10 (18.52%) Dell
3 6 (11.11%) SAP
4 4 (7.41%) Oracle
5 3 (5.56%) CyberArk
5 3 (5.56%) iManage
6 2 (3.70%) NEC
6 2 (3.70%) Northgate
6 2 (3.70%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.85%) Sage
7 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow