Implementation Consultant Contracts in England

Implementation Consultant
UK > England

The median Implementation Consultant daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 518 637
Rank change year-on-year +67 +119 +118
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Consultant 34 24 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.065% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.070% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 10
10th Percentile £400 £422 £396
25th Percentile £481 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -1.50%
75th Percentile £588 £788 £600
90th Percentile £665 £859 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £72.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £72.50 -

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Implementation Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Consultant in England

Implementation Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Implementation Consultant in England

Implementation Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Consultant in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Consultant in England

Implementation Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Consultant in England

Implementation Consultant
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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +40 14 £600 -17.24% 33
South East +53 9 £475 -5.00% 7
North of England +24 6 £525 - 5
Yorkshire +11 4 £525 - 2
Midlands +21 3 £500 +16.28% 13
West Midlands +15 2 £500 - 7
North East - 2 £425 -
East Midlands +8 1 - - 4
Implementation Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 across the England region featuring Implementation Consultant in the job title.

1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 12 (35.29%) Finance
3 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (26.47%) ERP
5 8 (23.53%) Migration
6 7 (20.59%) Infor LN
6 7 (20.59%) Infor
7 5 (14.71%) Data Migration
7 5 (14.71%) SAP
7 5 (14.71%) Manufacturing
7 5 (14.71%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (14.71%) ServiceNow
7 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (14.71%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (11.76%) Configuration Management
8 4 (11.76%) SQL
8 4 (11.76%) Oracle
8 4 (11.76%) CMDB
9 3 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (8.82%) Validation
9 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (5.88%) SaaS
10 2 (5.88%) Technical Analysis
10 2 (5.88%) Business Case
10 2 (5.88%) ETL Development
10 2 (5.88%) Containerisation
10 2 (5.88%) Risk Management
10 2 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (5.88%) Firewall

Implementation Consultant 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 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Infor LN
2 2 (5.88%) Actimize
3 1 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (2.94%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (2.94%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (2.94%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.94%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.94%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.94%) SAP PP
3 1 (2.94%) SAP PS
3 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) SaaS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure
2 1 (2.94%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) Firewall
1 2 (5.88%) Wireless
2 1 (2.94%) BGP
2 1 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (2.94%) IPsec
2 1 (2.94%) LAN
2 1 (2.94%) MPLS
2 1 (2.94%) OSPF
2 1 (2.94%) SSL
2 1 (2.94%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.94%) VPN
2 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (5.88%) DataStage
1 2 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.94%) Data Mart
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.94%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Ant
General
1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 12 (35.29%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.94%) Front Office
5 1 (2.94%) Law
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
5 1 (2.94%) Local Government
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) Web Services
2 1 (2.94%) Node.js
2 1 (2.94%) SAP Basis
2 1 (2.94%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.94%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) CMDB
2 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.94%) Derivative
3 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.94%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.94%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
1 2 (5.88%) Unix
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (26.47%) ERP
3 8 (23.53%) Migration
4 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (14.71%) Data Migration
4 5 (14.71%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (14.71%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (11.76%) Configuration Management
6 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (8.82%) Validation
7 2 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (5.88%) Business Case
7 2 (5.88%) Containerisation
7 2 (5.88%) Data Validation
7 2 (5.88%) ETL Development
7 2 (5.88%) Investment Management
7 2 (5.88%) Project Management
7 2 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (5.88%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) Groovy
2 2 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.94%) ABAP
3 1 (2.94%) Java
3 1 (2.94%) PeopleCode
3 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) Degree
1 2 (5.88%) PMI Certification
1 2 (5.88%) PMP
2 1 (2.94%) CCIE
2 1 (2.94%) CCIE Wireless
2 1 (2.94%) CCNP
2 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.94%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) Basel II
1 1 (2.94%) Basel III
1 1 (2.94%) IFRS
1 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Control-M
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Infor
2 5 (14.71%) SAP
2 5 (14.71%) ServiceNow
3 4 (11.76%) Oracle
4 2 (5.88%) Cisco
4 2 (5.88%) Informatica
5 1 (2.94%) Ariba
5 1 (2.94%) Calypso
5 1 (2.94%) Charles River
5 1 (2.94%) Civica
5 1 (2.94%) F5
5 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.94%) Kofax
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.94%) Murex
5 1 (2.94%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.94%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (2.94%) ReadSoft