Implementation Specialist Contracts in England

Implementation Specialist
UK > England

The median Implementation Specialist daily rate in England is £563, 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 474 494 639
Rank change year-on-year +20 +145 +128
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Specialist 11 48 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.13% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.14% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 38 11
10th Percentile £463 £225 £315
25th Percentile £480 £281 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £368 £450
Median % change year-on-year +53.06% -18.33% +16.13%
75th Percentile £767 £500 £551
90th Percentile £825 £563 £638
UK median daily rate £506 £350 £450
% change year-on-year +44.64% -22.22% +16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £62.50 -

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 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 1 May 2025.

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 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 +16 4 £475 +58.33% 8
Midlands +22 3 £750 +50.00% 31
East Midlands +10 3 £750 +50.00% 12
North of England +11 2 £506 +0.15% 33
South East +42 1 - - 41
North West +13 1 £538 +6.33% 15
Yorkshire +4 1 £475 - 14
Implementation Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Service Management
2 3 (27.27%) ITSM
2 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
3 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
3 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Product Backlog
3 2 (18.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (18.18%) Requirements Workshops
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Workday
3 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) CRM
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Certification
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 2 (18.18%) Confluence
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (18.18%) JIRA
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Implementation
3 2 (18.18%) System Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection

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 2 (18.18%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) BGP
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) OSPF
1 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
1 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL
1 3 (27.27%) ITSM
1 3 (27.27%) Service Management
2 2 (18.18%) Agile
2 2 (18.18%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (18.18%) CRM
2 2 (18.18%) DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Product Backlog
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (18.18%) Requirements Workshops
2 2 (18.18%) SAP Implementation
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (18.18%) System Testing
3 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) SAP Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CCIE
3 1 (9.09%) CCIE Wireless
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Avamar
1 1 (9.09%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (9.09%) VxRail
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
2 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Workday
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 1 (9.09%) IBM
3 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
3 1 (9.09%) VMware