Implementation Manager Contracts in the South East

Implementation Manager
England > South East

The median Implementation Manager daily rate in the South East is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 August 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
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 186 206
Rank change year-on-year +38 +20 +58
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Manager 15 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £350 £505 £523
25th Percentile £425 £513 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile - £656 £684
90th Percentile - £705 £754
England median daily rate £550 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 5
10th Percentile £66.75 £66.00 £60.75
25th Percentile £74.06 £69.38 £67.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £75.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £71.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 3,159 4,566 5,413
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 91.95% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,044 2,783 3,707
10th Percentile £208 £250 £225
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £663 £697 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 379 238
10th Percentile £13.83 £15.96 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +134.25%
75th Percentile £58.72 £72.33 £64.41
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -43.73% +5.88% +66.67%

Implementation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Manager in the South East

Implementation Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Implementation Manager in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Implementation Manager in the South East

Implementation Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 5 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Manager in the South East

Implementation Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Implementation Manager in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Manager in the South East

Implementation Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Implementation Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 5 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Implementation Manager in the South East

Implementation Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Implementation Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Hampshire +31 8 - -
Thames Valley +20 4 £550 +4.76% 1
Berkshire +20 3 - - 1
Surrey +20 2 £550 -24.14%
West Sussex - 1 £300 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £550 -
Implementation Manager
England

Implementation Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 5 August 2025, Implementation Manager 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 South East region featuring Implementation Manager in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) Project Management
2 11 (73.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (66.67%) Finance
4 9 (60.00%) Agile
5 8 (53.33%) ERP
6 7 (46.67%) PRINCE2
6 7 (46.67%) PMP
6 7 (46.67%) Coaching
6 7 (46.67%) Impact Analysis
7 6 (40.00%) People Management
7 6 (40.00%) Project Governance
7 6 (40.00%) Degree
7 6 (40.00%) Time Management
8 4 (26.67%) PLM
8 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
8 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
8 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (20.00%) Legal
9 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
9 3 (20.00%) Order to Cash
9 3 (20.00%) Record to Report
9 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
9 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
10 2 (13.33%) PMO
10 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 2 (13.33%) Aviation
10 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
10 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
10 2 (13.33%) Marketing

Implementation Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 10 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
3 3 (20.00%) Legal
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
4 2 (13.33%) Aviation
4 2 (13.33%) Marketing
5 1 (6.67%) Agriculture
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Project Management
2 11 (73.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (60.00%) Agile
4 8 (53.33%) ERP
5 7 (46.67%) Coaching
5 7 (46.67%) Impact Analysis
5 7 (46.67%) PRINCE2
6 6 (40.00%) People Management
6 6 (40.00%) Project Governance
6 6 (40.00%) Time Management
7 4 (26.67%) PLM
7 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
7 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (20.00%) Order to Cash
8 3 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
8 3 (20.00%) Record to Report
9 2 (13.33%) Change Management
9 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
9 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) PMP
2 6 (40.00%) Degree
3 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) PMO
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Adobe
1 2 (13.33%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Dynatrace
2 1 (6.67%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft