Implementation Specialist Contracts

Implementation Specialist
UK

The median Implementation Specialist daily rate in the UK is £506, 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 504 527 701
Rank change year-on-year +23 +174 +136
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Specialist 16 55 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.13% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.14% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 45 11
10th Percentile - £225 £315
25th Percentile £463 £281 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +44.64% -22.22% +16.13%
75th Percentile £606 £500 £551
90th Percentile £825 £565 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £590 £500 £442
% change year-on-year +18.00% +13.19% +0.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £62.50 -

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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Specialist in the UK

Implementation Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Implementation Specialist in the UK

Implementation Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Specialist in the UK

Implementation Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Specialist in the UK

Implementation Specialist
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 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 +20 11 £563 +53.06% 148
UK excluding London +47 8 £590 +18.00% 158
London +16 4 £475 +58.33% 8
Midlands +22 3 £750 +50.00% 31
Work from Home +19 3 £588 +95.83% 147
East Midlands +10 3 £750 +50.00% 12
North of England +11 2 £506 +0.15% 33
South East +42 1 - - 41
North West +13 1 £538 +6.33% 15
Scotland +12 1 - - 7
Yorkshire +4 1 £475 - 14
Northern Ireland - 1 £590 - 5

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

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 featuring Implementation Specialist in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) ServiceNow
2 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 6 (37.50%) Project Management
2 6 (37.50%) Service Management
2 6 (37.50%) ITSM
3 5 (31.25%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (31.25%) Requirements Workshops
3 5 (31.25%) Service Delivery
3 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) CRM
4 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Product Backlog
5 2 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
5 2 (12.50%) SAP Certification
5 2 (12.50%) Agile
5 2 (12.50%) Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Finance
5 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 2 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (12.50%) System Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Workday
5 2 (12.50%) DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) Azure

Implementation Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Chatbot
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
1 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) BGP
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) OSPF
1 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Equities
2 1 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
1 6 (37.50%) ITSM
1 6 (37.50%) Project Management
1 6 (37.50%) Service Management
2 5 (31.25%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (31.25%) Requirements Workshops
2 5 (31.25%) Service Delivery
2 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (18.75%) CRM
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) Product Backlog
4 2 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
4 2 (12.50%) System Testing
5 1 (6.25%) Chat Support
5 1 (6.25%) Customer Journey Map
5 1 (6.25%) Order Management
5 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Certification
3 1 (6.25%) CCIE
3 1 (6.25%) CCIE Wireless
3 1 (6.25%) CCNP
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Avamar
1 1 (6.25%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (6.25%) VxRail
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) ServiceNow
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Workday
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
3 1 (6.25%) Genesys
3 1 (6.25%) IBM
3 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
3 1 (6.25%) VMware