Implementation Specialist Job Trends in England

Implementation Specialist
UK > England

The median Implementation Specialist salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 666 668
Rank change year-on-year +84 +2 +300
Permanent jobs requiring an Implementation Specialist 16 5 28
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.031% 0.010% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.011% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 24
10th Percentile £37,500 - -
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £47,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £61,000 - £70,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 47,440 44,776 47,116
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 92.73% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 29,933 23,492 36,893
10th Percentile £28,697 £33,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Implementation Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Implementation Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Implementation Specialist job vacancy trend in England

Implementation Specialist
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Implementation Specialist job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Implementation Specialist job vacancies in England

Implementation Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Implementation Specialist in England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Implementation Specialist in England

Implementation Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Implementation Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +51 7 £40,000 -11.11% 7
South East - 5 £50,000 - 4
North of England +22 3 £45,000 - 3
Yorkshire - 3 £45,000 - 3
Implementation Specialist
UK

Implementation Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Implementation Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Implementation Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (50.00%) SaaS
2 4 (25.00%) Bash
2 4 (25.00%) CentOS
2 4 (25.00%) High Availability
2 4 (25.00%) Linux
2 4 (25.00%) Perl
2 4 (25.00%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 3 (18.75%) SystmOne
4 2 (12.50%) Client Onboarding
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.25%) Agile
5 1 (6.25%) Ansible
5 1 (6.25%) AWS
5 1 (6.25%) Azure
5 1 (6.25%) Building Information Modelling
5 1 (6.25%) C#
5 1 (6.25%) CAD
5 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.25%) COBIT
5 1 (6.25%) Confluence
5 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
5 1 (6.25%) Dell
5 1 (6.25%) Dependency Management
5 1 (6.25%) Dynatrace
5 1 (6.25%) F5
5 1 (6.25%) Firewall

Implementation Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) GCP
2 1 (6.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 2 (12.50%) Health Technology
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Banking
2 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Law
2 1 (6.25%) Legal
2 1 (6.25%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Onboarding
2 4 (25.00%) Video on Demand
2 4 (25.00%) Video\Live Streaming
3 2 (12.50%) NHS
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (6.25%) IoT
4 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) CentOS
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) High Availability
2 2 (12.50%) Client Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.25%) Agile
3 1 (6.25%) Building Information Modelling
3 1 (6.25%) CAD
3 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
3 1 (6.25%) Dependency Management
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Management
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Response
3 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL
3 1 (6.25%) Migration
3 1 (6.25%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (6.25%) Runbook
3 1 (6.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Bash
1 4 (25.00%) Perl
1 4 (25.00%) Python
1 4 (25.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (6.25%) C#
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
1 1 (6.25%) Dell
1 1 (6.25%) Dynatrace
1 1 (6.25%) F5
1 1 (6.25%) HP
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle