Implementation Specialist Contracts in the UK excluding London

Implementation Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Implementation Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £590, 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 328 375 452
Rank change year-on-year +47 +77 +52
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Specialist 8 24 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.12% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.12% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 8
10th Percentile £490 £263 £311
25th Percentile £531 £300 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £500 £442
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% +13.19% +0.97%
75th Percentile £825 £550 £528
90th Percentile - £615 £561
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
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 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Specialist in the UK excluding London

Implementation Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Implementation Specialist in the UK excluding London

Implementation Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Specialist in the UK excluding London

Implementation Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Specialist in the UK excluding London

Implementation Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London 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
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 - - 42
North West +13 1 £538 +6.33% 15
Scotland +12 1 - - 7
Yorkshire +4 1 £475 - 14
Northern Ireland - 1 £590 - 5
Implementation Specialist
UK

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

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 UK excluding London region featuring Implementation Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
2 2 (25.00%) System Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (12.50%) UX Design
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Equities
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Genesys
3 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (12.50%) OSPF
3 1 (12.50%) BGP
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management

Implementation Specialist 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 (12.50%) Chatbot
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) BGP
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) OSPF
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Equities
1 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
1 2 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Chat Support
2 1 (12.50%) Conversational UI
2 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (12.50%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Journey Map
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) ITSM
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Certification
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CCIE
2 1 (12.50%) CCIE Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) VxRail
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
2 1 (12.50%) Genesys
2 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) VMware