Implementation Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Implementation Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Implementation Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 374 418
Rank change year-on-year +37 +44 +42
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Project Manager 11 18 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.082% 0.084% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.091% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 14 16
10th Percentile £485 - £400
25th Percentile £500 £394 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.50% +3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £578
90th Percentile £704 £575 £599
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £34.21 - -
25th Percentile £37.88 - -
Median hourly rate £44.63 - £75.00
75th Percentile £52.00 - -
90th Percentile £56.05 - -
UK median hourly rate £44.63 - £75.00

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 12,318 19,824 21,487
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 92.48% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,722 11,789 14,889
10th Percentile £220 £213 £228
25th Percentile £363 £363 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 948 2,542 1,099
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.63 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.96 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -1.45% +102.95%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £27.45 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.80% -16.67% +76.47%

Implementation Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Implementation Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Implementation Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Implementation Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Project 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 Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 June 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 +55 5 £594 +7.95% 74
North of England +7 3 £500 +21.21% 43
Yorkshire +17 2 £500 - 20
Midlands +13 2 £669 +7.00% 41
West Midlands +4 2 £669 +7.00% 22
North West +3 1 - - 21
Wales - 1 £475 - 5
Implementation Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 2025, Implementation Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
2 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
4 5 (45.45%) Project Governance
5 4 (36.36%) Finance
5 4 (36.36%) SAP
5 4 (36.36%) PMO
6 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
6 3 (27.27%) Change Management
7 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
7 2 (18.18%) B2C
7 2 (18.18%) Adobe
7 2 (18.18%) Migration
7 2 (18.18%) Agile
7 2 (18.18%) Marketing
7 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
7 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
7 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
7 2 (18.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
7 2 (18.18%) Workday
7 2 (18.18%) GDPR
8 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (9.09%) Google
8 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working

Implementation Project 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 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe Analytics
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Agriculture
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
2 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (45.45%) Project Governance
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) B2C
5 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 2 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
5 2 (18.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) APMP
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) PMO
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Adobe
2 2 (18.18%) Workday
3 1 (9.09%) Dynatrace
3 1 (9.09%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow