Implementation Specialist Contracts

Implementation Specialist
UK

The median Implementation Specialist daily rate in the UK is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 703 836
Rank change year-on-year +166 +133 -162
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Specialist 54 15 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.025% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.027% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 10 13
10th Percentile £225 £315 £290
25th Percentile £281 £419 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £484 £375
Median % change year-on-year -27.72% +29.13% -16.67%
75th Percentile £500 £563 £519
90th Percentile £565 £646 £565
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £419
% change year-on-year +11.11% +7.46% +15.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

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 4 May 2024.

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 13 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 4 May 2024. 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 +145 47 £368 -24.11% 14
Work from Home +151 25 £300 -42.14% 9
London +121 25 £300 -45.45% 5
UK excluding London +81 24 £500 +11.11% 7
North of England - 10 £506 - 3
South East +24 5 £590 +78.75% 2
Yorkshire - 5 - - 1
North West - 5 £506 - 2
East of England - 4 £300 - 1
Midlands +28 3 £500 +3.25% 1
East Midlands +22 3 £500 +3.25%
South West - 2 £646 -
Scotland - 2 £275 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 25 (46.30%) Linux
2 19 (35.19%) Windows
3 18 (33.33%) Migration
4 17 (31.48%) Replication
4 17 (31.48%) Unix
4 17 (31.48%) Active Directory
4 17 (31.48%) Security Cleared
4 17 (31.48%) Isilon
5 16 (29.63%) PaaS
5 16 (29.63%) Capacity Management
5 16 (29.63%) Hadoop
5 16 (29.63%) FTP
5 16 (29.63%) NFS
5 16 (29.63%) LDAP
5 16 (29.63%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (29.63%) HDFS
6 14 (25.93%) Finance
6 14 (25.93%) DV Cleared
7 12 (22.22%) Public Sector
8 10 (18.52%) Dell
9 7 (12.96%) SAP
10 6 (11.11%) Manufacturing
10 6 (11.11%) Marketing
10 6 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
10 6 (11.11%) Electronics
10 6 (11.11%) Telecoms
10 6 (11.11%) Programme Management
10 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (9.26%) SQL
11 5 (9.26%) Project Management

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.85%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 16 (29.63%) PaaS
2 1 (1.85%) AWS
2 1 (1.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (29.63%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (29.63%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (1.85%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (25.93%) Finance
2 12 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 6 (11.11%) Electronics
3 6 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 6 (11.11%) Marketing
3 6 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 5 (9.26%) Social Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Law
6 2 (3.70%) Advertising
6 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Automotive
7 1 (1.85%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (29.63%) LDAP
2 1 (1.85%) HTML
2 1 (1.85%) HTML5
2 1 (1.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (31.48%) Replication
2 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.70%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.85%) CMDB
3 1 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (46.30%) Linux
2 19 (35.19%) Windows
3 17 (31.48%) Unix
4 1 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) Migration
2 16 (29.63%) Capacity Management
2 16 (29.63%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (11.11%) Programme Management
4 5 (9.26%) Project Management
5 4 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (5.56%) Time Management
7 2 (3.70%) Customer Service
7 2 (3.70%) Data Protection
7 2 (3.70%) Decision-Making
7 2 (3.70%) Document Management
7 2 (3.70%) Housing Management
7 2 (3.70%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (1.85%) Analytics
8 1 (1.85%) Logistics
8 1 (1.85%) Software Testing
8 1 (1.85%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) SQL
2 2 (3.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 14 (25.93%) DV Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 17 (31.48%) Active Directory
2 16 (29.63%) HDFS
2 16 (29.63%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (5.56%) VxRail
2 2 (3.70%) Avamar
Vendors
1 17 (31.48%) Isilon
2 10 (18.52%) Dell
3 7 (12.96%) SAP
4 4 (7.41%) Oracle
5 3 (5.56%) CyberArk
5 3 (5.56%) iManage
6 2 (3.70%) NEC
6 2 (3.70%) Northgate
6 2 (3.70%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.85%) Sage
7 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow