Project Implementation Manager Contracts

Project Implementation Manager
UK

The median Project Implementation Manager daily rate in the UK is £535, 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 498 555 678
Rank change year-on-year +57 +123 +89
Contract jobs requiring a Project Implementation Manager 22 27 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.075% 0.062% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.067% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 23 33
10th Percentile £454 £394 £460
25th Percentile £500 £428 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £688 £688
90th Percentile £704 £710 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +26.06% -17.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £34.21 - -
25th Percentile £37.88 - -
Median hourly rate £44.63 - £75.00
75th Percentile £52.00 - -
90th Percentile £56.05 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.63 - £75.00

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%

Project Implementation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Implementation Manager in the UK

Project Implementation Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Project Implementation Manager in the UK

Project Implementation Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Implementation Manager in the UK

Project Implementation Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Implementation Manager in the UK

Project Implementation Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Implementation Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Implementation Manager in the UK

Project Implementation Manager
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 Project Implementation Manager 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 +52 22 £535 -6.96% 5
London +39 13 £550 -18.52% 4
UK excluding London +58 9 £520 +26.06% 1
Work from Home +32 7 £500 +5.26% 4
South East +48 4 £544 -1.14% 1
North of England +14 3 £500 +21.21%
Yorkshire +9 2 £500 -
South West +46 1 £520 -
Midlands +20 1 £588 +11.90%
West Midlands +12 1 £588 +11.90%
North West +11 1 - -

Project Implementation Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Implementation Manager 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 Project Implementation Manager in the job title.

1 17 (77.27%) Project Management
2 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (40.91%) Finance
5 8 (36.36%) Agile
6 7 (31.82%) PRINCE2
6 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (22.73%) Change Management
8 5 (22.73%) PMP
8 5 (22.73%) PMI Certification
9 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
9 4 (18.18%) Oracle
9 4 (18.18%) Project Planning
9 4 (18.18%) Scrum
9 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
9 4 (18.18%) Business Case
10 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
10 3 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
10 3 (13.64%) Programme Management
10 3 (13.64%) Legal
10 3 (13.64%) Degree
10 3 (13.64%) JIRA
10 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (13.64%) SAP
10 3 (13.64%) ITIL
10 3 (13.64%) Azure
10 3 (13.64%) SDLC
11 2 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance

Project Implementation Manager 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 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (4.55%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) LAN
1 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.55%) WAN
1 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
2 2 (9.09%) Git
2 2 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 9 (40.91%) Finance
3 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 3 (13.64%) Legal
6 2 (9.09%) Banking
6 2 (9.09%) Local Government
6 2 (9.09%) Marketing
6 2 (9.09%) Retail
6 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
7 1 (4.55%) Agriculture
7 1 (4.55%) Electronics
7 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) ADO
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.55%) EPoS
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) Reinsurance
2 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Unix
2 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Project Management
2 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (36.36%) Agile
4 7 (31.82%) PRINCE2
4 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (22.73%) Change Management
5 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (18.18%) Business Case
6 4 (18.18%) Project Planning
6 4 (18.18%) Scrum
7 3 (13.64%) ITIL
7 3 (13.64%) Programme Management
7 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
7 3 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (13.64%) SDLC
8 2 (9.09%) Budget Control
8 2 (9.09%) Data Engineering
8 2 (9.09%) DevOps
8 2 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
8 2 (9.09%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) PL/SQL
1 2 (9.09%) Shell Script
1 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) PMI Certification
1 5 (22.73%) PMP
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) APMP
3 1 (4.55%) CISSP
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) GDPR
1 2 (9.09%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle
2 3 (13.64%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) Avaloq
3 2 (9.09%) Databricks
3 2 (9.09%) Workday
4 1 (4.55%) Adobe
4 1 (4.55%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.55%) Dynatrace
4 1 (4.55%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) Planview
4 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow