Implementation Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Implementation Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Implementation Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, 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 287 338 458
Rank change year-on-year +51 +120 +160
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Engineer 17 7 19
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.046% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.049% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 9
10th Percentile £490 £262 £423
25th Percentile £498 £303 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £478 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -6.83% +36.67%
75th Percentile £515 £533 £528
90th Percentile £537 £541 £610
UK median daily rate £510 £400 £485
% change year-on-year +27.50% -17.53% +21.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63.75 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - -
75th Percentile £71.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £71.25 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Implementation Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Implementation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Implementation Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Implementation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Implementation Engineer.

Implementation Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Implementation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Implementation Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Implementation Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Implementation Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Implementation Engineer.

Implementation Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Implementation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Implementation Engineer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Implementation Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (47.06%) VPN
1 8 (47.06%) Migration
1 8 (47.06%) Multicast
2 7 (41.18%) MPLS
2 7 (41.18%) OSPF
2 7 (41.18%) BGP
2 7 (41.18%) Firewall
3 6 (35.29%) Cisco
3 6 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (29.41%) IPv6
4 5 (29.41%) CCIE
4 5 (29.41%) Python
4 5 (29.41%) Broadband
4 5 (29.41%) Nokia
4 5 (29.41%) ZABBIX
4 5 (29.41%) SolarWinds
4 5 (29.41%) GPON
4 5 (29.41%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (29.41%) CCIE Service Provider
4 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
4 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
5 4 (23.53%) Performance Monitoring
5 4 (23.53%) ITIL
6 3 (17.65%) Validation
6 3 (17.65%) ITSM
6 3 (17.65%) Finance
6 3 (17.65%) Azure
6 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
6 3 (17.65%) Ansible
6 3 (17.65%) Bash

Implementation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (5.88%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Nutanix
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) Multicast
1 8 (47.06%) VPN
2 7 (41.18%) BGP
2 7 (41.18%) Firewall
2 7 (41.18%) MPLS
2 7 (41.18%) OSPF
3 5 (29.41%) Broadband
3 5 (29.41%) GPON
3 5 (29.41%) IPv6
4 2 (11.76%) WAN
5 1 (5.88%) BIG-IP
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (5.88%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (5.88%) LAN
5 1 (5.88%) Network Security
5 1 (5.88%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Cypress.io
1 1 (5.88%) GitLab
1 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
1 1 (5.88%) REST Assured
1 1 (5.88%) SoapUI
1 1 (5.88%) Sonatype Nexus
1 1 (5.88%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Automotive
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) OAuth
1 1 (5.88%) OAuth2
1 1 (5.88%) OpenID
1 1 (5.88%) Playwright
1 1 (5.88%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
1 2 (11.76%) Replication
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
3 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 4 (23.53%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (17.65%) ITSM
4 3 (17.65%) Observability
4 3 (17.65%) Service-Level Objective
4 3 (17.65%) Validation
5 2 (11.76%) CI/CD
5 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
5 2 (11.76%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (11.76%) Microservices
5 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Runbook
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.88%) Containerisation
6 1 (5.88%) Digital Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
6 1 (5.88%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) Python
2 3 (17.65%) Bash
2 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.88%) Java
3 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (29.41%) CCIE
2 5 (29.41%) CCIE Service Provider
3 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) CCNP
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.88%) QA
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Docker
1 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) ZABBIX
2 3 (17.65%) Ansible
3 2 (11.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (5.88%) Grafana
4 1 (5.88%) Prometheus
4 1 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Cisco
2 5 (29.41%) Nokia
2 5 (29.41%) SolarWinds
3 2 (11.76%) Splunk
3 2 (11.76%) Veeam
4 1 (5.88%) AppDynamics
4 1 (5.88%) Dynatrace
4 1 (5.88%) F5
4 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.88%) Hitachi
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.88%) Okta
4 1 (5.88%) SAP
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow