Implementation Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Implementation Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Implementation Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 367 392
Rank change year-on-year +62 +25 +31
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Manager 35 24 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.12% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.13% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 31
10th Percentile £368 - £313
25th Percentile £413 £394 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -3.78% +9.70%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £599
90th Percentile £657 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile £51.35 - £60.75
25th Percentile £71.25 - £67.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £75.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £68.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +10.29% -9.33% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 11,891 18,751 21,824
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 92.48% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,557 11,466 15,208
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 856 2,268 1,112
10th Percentile £13.84 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.21 £15.74 £18.07
Median hourly rate £26.75 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.13% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.83 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.29% -18.89% +87.50%

Implementation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Implementation Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
South East +56 15 £500 -9.09% 12
North of England +12 8 £425 +3.03%
North West +11 7 £413 -
East of England +31 6 - - 1
Scotland +6 2 £640 +22.44% 1
Wales - 2 £525 -
South West +41 1 £658 +9.67%
Midlands +10 1 £588 +14.63% 5
West Midlands -1 1 £588 +14.63% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
Implementation Manager
UK

Implementation Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Implementation Manager in the job title.

1 18 (51.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (48.57%) Project Management
3 12 (34.29%) Degree
4 10 (28.57%) Finance
4 10 (28.57%) ERP
5 9 (25.71%) PRINCE2
5 9 (25.71%) Agile
6 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
7 7 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
7 7 (20.00%) Coaching
7 7 (20.00%) Time Management
7 7 (20.00%) Project Governance
7 7 (20.00%) PMP
7 7 (20.00%) Change Management
8 6 (17.14%) System Testing
8 6 (17.14%) People Management
9 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
9 5 (14.29%) Software Engineering
9 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
9 5 (14.29%) Manufacturing
9 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
9 5 (14.29%) Python
9 5 (14.29%) Java
9 5 (14.29%) Task Automation
9 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
10 4 (11.43%) SAP
10 4 (11.43%) Legal
10 4 (11.43%) PLM

Implementation Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (2.86%) SAP ERP
1 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.86%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 10 (28.57%) Finance
2 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 4 (11.43%) Legal
4 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.71%) Aviation
5 2 (5.71%) Local Government
5 2 (5.71%) Marketing
5 2 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.86%) Agriculture
6 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Banking
6 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.86%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) ADO
1 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.86%) EPoS
2 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (2.86%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (48.57%) Project Management
3 10 (28.57%) ERP
4 9 (25.71%) Agile
4 9 (25.71%) PRINCE2
5 8 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (20.00%) Change Management
6 7 (20.00%) Coaching
6 7 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
6 7 (20.00%) Project Governance
6 7 (20.00%) Time Management
7 6 (17.14%) People Management
7 6 (17.14%) System Testing
8 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
8 5 (14.29%) Software Engineering
8 5 (14.29%) Task Automation
9 4 (11.43%) PLM
9 4 (11.43%) Process Improvement
10 3 (8.57%) Order to Cash
10 3 (8.57%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.29%) Java
1 5 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Degree
2 7 (20.00%) PMP
3 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) PMO
2 2 (5.71%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) SAP
3 2 (5.71%) Adobe
3 2 (5.71%) Workday
4 1 (2.86%) Ariba
4 1 (2.86%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.86%) Google
4 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow