Implementation Manager
UK

The median Implementation Manager salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

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

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 796 926 1063
Rank change year-on-year +130 +137 -209
Permanent jobs requiring an Implementation Manager 100 49 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.049% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.053% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 78 41 107
10th Percentile £35,924 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £66,875 £76,250 £70,581
90th Percentile £95,625 £147,500 £78,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £63,078 £56,925
% change year-on-year -28.66% +10.81% +3.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Implementation Manager in the UK

Implementation Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Implementation Manager over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Implementation Manager in the UK

Implementation Manager
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +126 88 £52,500 -18.02% 40
UK excluding London +41 76 £45,000 -28.66% 33
Work from Home +96 53 £42,500 -34.62% 24
North of England +59 34 £41,500 -36.15% 9
South West -6 20 £55,000 -8.33% 6
London +121 19 £75,000 +11.11% 9
Yorkshire - 17 £45,750 - 6
North West +9 13 £45,000 -30.77% 3
West Midlands +14 9 £45,000 -10.00% 5
Midlands +12 9 £45,000 -10.00% 6
Wales +16 6 £41,250 -41.07%
North East -3 4 £36,131 -27.74%
South East +6 3 £93,593 +139.98% 8
East of England +5 3 £56,500 - 3
Scotland -53 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Implementation Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring Implementation Manager in the job title.

1 47 (47.00%) Social Skills
2 45 (45.00%) Project Management
3 36 (36.00%) Agile
4 28 (28.00%) Finance
5 22 (22.00%) Degree
5 22 (22.00%) Project Delivery
6 20 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (20.00%) Change Management
7 19 (19.00%) Service Delivery
7 19 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (17.00%) Customer Experience
9 16 (16.00%) Mentoring
9 16 (16.00%) Coaching
9 16 (16.00%) ServiceNow
10 14 (14.00%) Computer Science
10 14 (14.00%) Azure
11 13 (13.00%) Information Management
11 13 (13.00%) LIMS
11 13 (13.00%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (12.00%) Oracle
12 12 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
12 12 (12.00%) SaaS
13 11 (11.00%) PRINCE2
13 11 (11.00%) Workflow
14 10 (10.00%) SAP
14 10 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
15 9 (9.00%) Retail
15 9 (9.00%) SQL
15 9 (9.00%) DBS Check

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 7 (7.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.00%) Confluence
2 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.00%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (6.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (6.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (6.00%) SAP PLM
1 6 (6.00%) Teamcenter
2 2 (2.00%) Endur
3 1 (1.00%) BambooHR
3 1 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.00%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.00%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.00%) Azure
2 12 (12.00%) SaaS
3 8 (8.00%) Power Platform
4 7 (7.00%) AWS
5 6 (6.00%) GCP
6 1 (1.00%) Apple Pay
6 1 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.00%) Google Pay
6 1 (1.00%) Slack
6 1 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.00%) 5G
1 1 (1.00%) LTE
1 1 (1.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.00%) Power BI
2 6 (6.00%) Tableau
3 2 (2.00%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.00%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 47 (47.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (28.00%) Finance
3 20 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.00%) Retail
5 8 (8.00%) Banking
5 8 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (8.00%) Law
6 7 (7.00%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (6.00%) Investment Banking
8 4 (4.00%) Marketing
9 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.00%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.00%) Games
10 2 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.00%) Legal
11 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.00%) CSS
1 6 (6.00%) HTML
2 2 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.00%) LIMS
2 5 (5.00%) PMI
3 2 (2.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.00%) Swaptions
4 1 (1.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.00%) FMCG
4 1 (1.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (45.00%) Project Management
2 36 (36.00%) Agile
3 22 (22.00%) Project Delivery
4 20 (20.00%) Change Management
5 19 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (19.00%) Service Delivery
6 17 (17.00%) Customer Experience
7 16 (16.00%) Coaching
7 16 (16.00%) Mentoring
8 14 (14.00%) Computer Science
9 13 (13.00%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (13.00%) Information Management
10 12 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (11.00%) PRINCE2
11 11 (11.00%) Workflow
12 10 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
13 9 (9.00%) Budget Management
13 9 (9.00%) Business Transformation
14 8 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
15 7 (7.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.00%) SQL
2 8 (8.00%) C#
3 6 (6.00%) VBA
4 2 (2.00%) Java
4 2 (2.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (22.00%) Degree
2 9 (9.00%) DBS Check
3 6 (6.00%) PMI Certification
3 6 (6.00%) Tableau Certification
4 3 (3.00%) APMP
4 3 (3.00%) ISEB
4 3 (3.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.00%) PMP
6 1 (1.00%) CAPM
6 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.00%) PMO
2 1 (1.00%) QA
2 1 (1.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 16 (16.00%) ServiceNow
2 12 (12.00%) Oracle
3 10 (10.00%) SAP
4 6 (6.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.00%) Progress
5 3 (3.00%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.00%) Concur
6 2 (2.00%) Google
6 2 (2.00%) OpenLink
6 2 (2.00%) Sybase
6 2 (2.00%) TIBCO
6 2 (2.00%) Workday
7 1 (1.00%) Apple
7 1 (1.00%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.00%) Ceridian
7 1 (1.00%) Datix
7 1 (1.00%) FIS
7 1 (1.00%) Genesys