Implementation Manager Contracts

Implementation Manager
UK

The median Implementation Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 575 647
Rank change year-on-year +54 +72 -67
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Manager 55 109 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.20% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 70 153
10th Percentile £394 £396 £376
25th Percentile £500 £463 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £531
Median % change year-on-year - +3.59% +8.36%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £511 £534 £491
% change year-on-year -4.26% +8.76% +14.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £60.75 -
25th Percentile £66.50 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £68.00 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% - -
75th Percentile £69.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Implementation Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Manager in the UK

Implementation Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Implementation Manager in the UK

Implementation Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Manager over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Manager in the UK

Implementation Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Manager in the UK

Implementation Manager
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Implementation Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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 +70 48 £550 - 41
Work from Home +102 31 £545 -3.54% 25
London +85 25 £644 +3.00% 9
UK excluding London +25 23 £511 -4.26% 34
North of England +30 11 £413 -26.67% 10
North West +26 11 £413 -21.43% 4
West Midlands +25 5 £500 -4.76% 5
Midlands +19 5 £500 -4.76% 6
Scotland +30 2 £523 -9.13% 2
South West +8 2 £600 +11.63% 6
South East +4 2 £550 -19.41% 8
East of England -1 1 £375 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 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 Implementation Manager in the job title.

1 14 (25.45%) Finance
1 14 (25.45%) Project Management
2 13 (23.64%) Social Skills
3 10 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (16.36%) ERP
5 8 (14.55%) Agile
6 7 (12.73%) SAP
7 6 (10.91%) Sage
7 6 (10.91%) Manufacturing
7 6 (10.91%) Workflow
7 6 (10.91%) Marketing
7 6 (10.91%) Target Operating Model
7 6 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (9.09%) Project Delivery
8 5 (9.09%) Programme Management
9 4 (7.27%) Management Information System
9 4 (7.27%) Salesforce
9 4 (7.27%) Change Management
9 4 (7.27%) Retail
9 4 (7.27%) Digital Marketing
9 4 (7.27%) JIRA
9 4 (7.27%) Local Government
9 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (7.27%) ServiceNow
10 3 (5.45%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (5.45%) Change Control
10 3 (5.45%) SaaS
10 3 (5.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (5.45%) Software Delivery
10 3 (5.45%) SAP Implementation

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 (1.82%) Appian
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Temenos T24
2 1 (1.82%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.82%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (1.82%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.45%) SaaS
2 2 (3.64%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.82%) Oracle CX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) Internet
2 1 (1.82%) Firewall
2 1 (1.82%) Network Security
2 1 (1.82%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (7.27%) JIRA
General
1 14 (25.45%) Finance
2 13 (23.64%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (10.91%) Manufacturing
3 6 (10.91%) Marketing
4 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.27%) Local Government
4 4 (7.27%) Retail
5 3 (5.45%) Banking
6 2 (3.64%) Electronics
6 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.64%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Law
7 1 (1.82%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.27%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.45%) Project Management
2 10 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (16.36%) ERP
4 8 (14.55%) Agile
5 6 (10.91%) Target Operating Model
5 6 (10.91%) Workflow
6 5 (9.09%) Programme Management
6 5 (9.09%) Project Delivery
7 4 (7.27%) Change Management
7 4 (7.27%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (5.45%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (5.45%) Change Control
8 3 (5.45%) CRM
8 3 (5.45%) Migration
8 3 (5.45%) PRINCE2
8 3 (5.45%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.45%) Risk Management
8 3 (5.45%) SAP Implementation
8 3 (5.45%) Software Delivery
8 3 (5.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (1.82%) Degree
1 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
1 1 (1.82%) PMP
1 1 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.64%) GRC
1 2 (3.64%) PMO
2 1 (1.82%) GDPR
2 1 (1.82%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (12.73%) SAP
2 6 (10.91%) Sage
3 4 (7.27%) Salesforce
3 4 (7.27%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.64%) Oracle
4 2 (3.64%) Temenos
5 1 (1.82%) Charles River
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco
5 1 (1.82%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.82%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.82%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.82%) Pega
5 1 (1.82%) Zscaler