Project Implementation Manager Contracts

Project Implementation Manager
UK

The median Project Implementation Manager daily rate in the UK is £569, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 557 648
Rank change year-on-year +50 +91 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Project Implementation Manager 25 30 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.068% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.074% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 24 30
10th Percentile - £394 £447
25th Percentile £500 £483 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £588 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.19% +4.44% +1.81%
75th Percentile £653 £691 £669
90th Percentile £734 £738 £689
UK excluding London median daily rate £588 £469 £525
% change year-on-year +25.33% -10.71% +5.00%
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 27,507 40,753 52,440
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 92.91% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,670 26,124 36,544
10th Percentile £289 £280 £313
25th Percentile £402 £407 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,180 2,967 1,489
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.75 £16.37 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.45 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.80% -16.67% +76.47%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.01 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £76.99
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -37.13% -1.45% +102.95%

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 18 June 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 18 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Implementation Manager in the UK

Project Implementation Manager
Top 10 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 18 June 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 +68 24 £569 -3.19% 155
London +54 15 £550 -18.52% 23
UK excluding London +38 9 £588 +25.33% 143
Work from Home +28 9 £500 +21.21% 77
South East +54 4 £638 +15.91% 40
North of England +8 3 £500 +21.21% 28
Midlands +13 2 £669 +7.00% 27
West Midlands +4 2 £669 +7.00% 16
Yorkshire - 2 £500 - 13
North West +3 1 - - 14

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 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 16 (64.00%) Project Management
2 14 (56.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
4 12 (48.00%) Finance
5 8 (32.00%) Agile
6 7 (28.00%) Project Delivery
6 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (24.00%) Change Management
7 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
7 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (20.00%) Project Governance
8 5 (20.00%) SAP
8 5 (20.00%) PMP
8 5 (20.00%) PMI Certification
9 4 (16.00%) Retail
9 4 (16.00%) Legal
9 4 (16.00%) Scrum
9 4 (16.00%) Degree
9 4 (16.00%) Project Planning
9 4 (16.00%) PMO
9 4 (16.00%) Business Case
10 3 (12.00%) Workday
10 3 (12.00%) GDPR
10 3 (12.00%) SDLC
10 3 (12.00%) Azure
10 3 (12.00%) Matrix Management
10 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
10 3 (12.00%) Migration
10 3 (12.00%) ITIL

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 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) AWS
2 2 (8.00%) GCP
3 1 (4.00%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (4.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Git
1 2 (8.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (8.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (48.00%) Finance
3 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Legal
4 4 (16.00%) Retail
5 2 (8.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (8.00%) Marketing
5 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.00%) Agriculture
6 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Electronics
6 1 (4.00%) Local Government
6 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.00%) EPoS
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Reinsurance
2 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Unix
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) Project Management
2 14 (56.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (32.00%) Agile
4 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (28.00%) Project Delivery
5 6 (24.00%) Change Management
5 6 (24.00%) PRINCE2
6 5 (20.00%) Project Governance
6 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (16.00%) Business Case
7 4 (16.00%) Project Planning
7 4 (16.00%) Scrum
8 3 (12.00%) ITIL
8 3 (12.00%) Matrix Management
8 3 (12.00%) Migration
8 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
8 3 (12.00%) SDLC
9 2 (8.00%) Change Control
9 2 (8.00%) DevOps
9 2 (8.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (8.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 5 (20.00%) PMP
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) APMP
3 1 (4.00%) CISSP
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) PMO
2 3 (12.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) SAP
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle
2 3 (12.00%) Workday
3 2 (8.00%) Avaloq
3 2 (8.00%) Databricks
3 2 (8.00%) Planview
4 1 (4.00%) Adobe
4 1 (4.00%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.00%) Dynatrace
4 1 (4.00%) Google
4 1 (4.00%) Kronos
4 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow