Implementation Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Implementation Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Implementation Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 558 549
Rank change year-on-year +60 -9 +166
Permanent jobs requiring an Implementation Manager 18 15 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.043% 0.041% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.045% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 11
10th Percentile £51,500 - £39,750
25th Percentile £55,000 - £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £40,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% -36.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £56,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £74,000 £65,000 £95,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £43,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +56.98% -33.85% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,285 33,619 31,967
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 92.95% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23,298 16,416 24,168
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Implementation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Implementation Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Implementation Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Implementation Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Implementation Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Implementation Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Implementation Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Implementation Manager in the UK excluding London

Implementation Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Implementation Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Midlands +34 10 £71,250 +35.71% 3
West Midlands +33 9 £72,500 - 3
South West +6 4 £67,500 - 2
South East +24 2 £67,500 +68.75% 2
Wales - 2 £55,000 - 1
East Midlands -6 1 £40,000 -23.81%
Implementation Manager
UK

Implementation Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Implementation Manager 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 UK excluding London region featuring Implementation Manager in the job title.

1 7 (38.89%) Project Management
2 6 (33.33%) Change Management
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) Logistics
3 5 (27.78%) Oracle
3 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) AI
5 3 (16.67%) NetSuite
5 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 3 (16.67%) SAP
6 2 (11.11%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.11%) GDPR
6 2 (11.11%) Kronos
6 2 (11.11%) Project Governance
6 2 (11.11%) QA
6 2 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (11.11%) System Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
6 2 (11.11%) Workday
7 1 (5.56%) AI Transformation
7 1 (5.56%) Analytics
7 1 (5.56%) Asset Management
7 1 (5.56%) Autodesk
7 1 (5.56%) Business Case

Implementation Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) NetSuite
2 1 (5.56%) Odoo
2 1 (5.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.56%) ChatGPT
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) Tableau
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Law
3 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Back Office
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) PyTorch
1 1 (5.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (5.56%) FMCG
1 1 (5.56%) Hedge funds
1 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Project Management
2 6 (33.33%) Change Management
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) Logistics
3 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
3 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) AI
5 3 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 2 (11.11%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.11%) Project Governance
6 2 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 2 (11.11%) System Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
7 1 (5.56%) AI Transformation
7 1 (5.56%) Data Science
7 1 (5.56%) Impact Assessments
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) GDPR
1 2 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Oracle
2 3 (16.67%) SAP
3 2 (11.11%) Kronos
3 2 (11.11%) Workday
4 1 (5.56%) Autodesk
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.56%) NEC
4 1 (5.56%) OpenAI