Implementation Specialist Contract Job Trends in Stockport

Implementation Specialist
Manchester > Stockport

The median Implementation Specialist daily rate in Stockport is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stockport 7.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £250 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile £350 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £500 £538 £588
% change year-on-year -6.98% -8.51% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stockport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stockport. 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 Stockport with a recognized job title 8 14 16
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 61.54% 100.00% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 12
10th Percentile £201 £306 £302
25th Percentile £275 - £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -17.95% +30.00%
75th Percentile £600 £466 £577
90th Percentile £681 £500 £621
Manchester median daily rate £465 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +3.33% -9.09% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £11.38
25th Percentile - - £12.11
Median hourly rate - - £13.31
Median % change year-on-year - - -68.68%
75th Percentile - - £35.41
90th Percentile - - £48.66
Manchester median hourly rate £55.00 £30.25 £25.10
% change year-on-year +81.82% +20.54% -34.39%

Implementation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Implementation Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport.

Implementation Specialist job vacancy trend in Stockport

Implementation Specialist Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport

For the 6 months to 17 April 2026, Implementation Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Stockport region featuring Implementation Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Hudson
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

Implementation Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Hudson
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP