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 £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 374 419
Rank change year-on-year +38 +45 +86
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Specialist 7 23 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.11% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.12% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 8
10th Percentile £476 £300 -
25th Percentile £497 £425 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £330
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +51.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £577 £550 £536
90th Percentile £597 £620 £585
UK median daily rate £475 £368 £330
% change year-on-year +29.25% +11.36% -8.97%
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 11,956 19,149 21,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 92.41% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,594 11,598 14,941
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 855 2,392 1,083
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £17.95
Median hourly rate £26.28 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.30% -6.98% +115.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.40
UK median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.89% -16.67% +87.50%

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
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 31 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 +12 2 - - 3
North of England +9 2 £506 +1.25% 6
South East +41 1 - - 1
Yorkshire +9 1 £475 -5.00% 2
East Midlands +7 1 - - 1
North West +6 1 £538 +6.33% 4
West Midlands - 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £590 - 4
Implementation Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) Conversational UI
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Journey Map
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) Order Management
2 1 (14.29%) VxRail
2 1 (14.29%) Journey Map
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) OCI
2 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
2 1 (14.29%) Chat Support
2 1 (14.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (14.29%) CCIE Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (14.29%) UX Design
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (14.29%) Chatbot
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) OCI
1 1 (14.29%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) BGP
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) OSPF
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Front Office
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Equities
1 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Conversational UI
2 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Journey Map
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) ITSM
2 1 (14.29%) Journey Map
2 1 (14.29%) Order Management
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) UX Design
2 1 (14.29%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CCIE
2 1 (14.29%) CCIE Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco
1 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
1 1 (14.29%) Genesys
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 1 (14.29%) VMware