Implementation Consultant Contracts

Implementation Consultant
UK

The median Implementation Consultant daily rate in the UK is £525, 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 479 543 695
Rank change year-on-year +64 +152 +126
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Consultant 41 39 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.090% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.096% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 12
10th Percentile £425 £433 £403
25th Percentile £500 £488 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £575 £713 £601
90th Percentile £650 £835 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £72.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Implementation Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Implementation Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Consultant in the UK

Implementation Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Implementation Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Implementation Consultant in the UK

Implementation Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Consultant in the UK

Implementation Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Implementation Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Consultant in the UK

Implementation Consultant
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Implementation Consultant within the UK 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
England +67 34 £525 -4.55% 67
Work from Home +45 24 £523 -0.43% 45
UK excluding London +69 18 £525 - 32
London +40 14 £600 -17.24% 33
South East +53 9 £475 -5.00% 7
North of England +24 6 £525 - 6
Yorkshire +11 4 £525 - 3
Midlands +21 3 £500 +16.28% 13
West Midlands +15 2 £500 - 7
North East - 2 £425 -
East Midlands +8 1 - - 4

Implementation Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Implementation Consultant 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 featuring Implementation Consultant in the job title.

1 17 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Finance
3 12 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (21.95%) ERP
5 8 (19.51%) SAP
5 8 (19.51%) Migration
6 7 (17.07%) Infor LN
6 7 (17.07%) Infor
7 6 (14.63%) ServiceNow
8 5 (12.20%) Translating Business Requirements
8 5 (12.20%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (12.20%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
8 5 (12.20%) Data Migration
9 4 (9.76%) CMDB
9 4 (9.76%) SQL
9 4 (9.76%) Oracle
9 4 (9.76%) Configuration Management
10 3 (7.32%) Firewall
10 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
10 3 (7.32%) Wireless
10 3 (7.32%) Cisco
10 3 (7.32%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (7.32%) Validation
10 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (7.32%) SAP Basis
10 3 (7.32%) SAP S/4HANA
10 3 (7.32%) Project Delivery
10 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement

Implementation Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Infor LN
2 3 (7.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (4.88%) Actimize
4 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (2.44%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 1 (2.44%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (2.44%) SAP CO
4 1 (2.44%) SAP EWM
4 1 (2.44%) SAP FI
4 1 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (2.44%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.44%) SAP PS
4 1 (2.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Azure
1 2 (4.88%) SaaS
2 1 (2.44%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) Firewall
1 3 (7.32%) Wireless
2 2 (4.88%) IPsec
2 2 (4.88%) LAN
2 2 (4.88%) MPLS
2 2 (4.88%) SSL
2 2 (4.88%) Unified Communications
2 2 (4.88%) VPN
2 2 (4.88%) WAN
3 1 (2.44%) BGP
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.44%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.88%) DataStage
1 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) Data Mart
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) Ant
General
1 17 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Finance
3 5 (12.20%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.44%) Front Office
6 1 (2.44%) Law
6 1 (2.44%) Local Government
6 1 (2.44%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) SAP Basis
2 2 (4.88%) Web Services
3 1 (2.44%) Node.js
3 1 (2.44%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) CMDB
2 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.88%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.44%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.44%) Derivative
4 1 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.44%) Fixed Income
4 1 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.44%) Market Risk
4 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
1 2 (4.88%) Unix
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (21.95%) ERP
3 8 (19.51%) Migration
4 5 (12.20%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (12.20%) Data Migration
4 5 (12.20%) Requirements Gathering
4 5 (12.20%) Translating Business Requirements
5 4 (9.76%) Configuration Management
6 3 (7.32%) Project Delivery
6 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.32%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (7.32%) Validation
7 2 (4.88%) Business Case
7 2 (4.88%) Containerisation
7 2 (4.88%) Data Validation
7 2 (4.88%) ETL Development
7 2 (4.88%) Investment Management
7 2 (4.88%) Load Balancing
7 2 (4.88%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) SQL
2 2 (4.88%) Groovy
2 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.44%) ABAP
3 1 (2.44%) Bash
3 1 (2.44%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) PeopleCode
3 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.44%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (4.88%) Degree
1 2 (4.88%) PMI Certification
1 2 (4.88%) PMP
2 1 (2.44%) CCIE
2 1 (2.44%) CCIE Wireless
2 1 (2.44%) CCNP
2 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) SAP Certification
2 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Basel II
1 1 (2.44%) Basel III
1 1 (2.44%) IFRS
1 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Control-M
1 1 (2.44%) Grafana
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) SAP
2 7 (17.07%) Infor
3 6 (14.63%) ServiceNow
4 4 (9.76%) Oracle
5 3 (7.32%) Cisco
6 2 (4.88%) F5
6 2 (4.88%) Informatica
7 1 (2.44%) AppDynamics
7 1 (2.44%) Ariba
7 1 (2.44%) Calypso
7 1 (2.44%) Charles River
7 1 (2.44%) Dynatrace
7 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.44%) Kofax
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.44%) Murex
7 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.44%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (2.44%) ReadSoft
7 1 (2.44%) Workday