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 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 805 912 1055
Rank change year-on-year +107 +143 -218
Permanent jobs requiring an Implementation Manager 102 48 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.048% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.053% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 80 40 106
10th Percentile £35,924 £46,950 £47,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £51,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £68,875 £77,188 £70,581
90th Percentile £94,375 £147,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £62,789 £56,925
% change year-on-year -28.33% +10.30% +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 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +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 19 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 19 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 +120 89 £52,500 -18.02% 39
UK excluding London +52 76 £45,000 -28.33% 32
Work from Home +88 54 £46,250 -28.85% 22
North of England +70 34 £41,500 -36.15% 9
London +96 20 £76,250 +12.96% 9
South West +9 20 £55,000 -8.33% 6
Yorkshire - 17 £45,750 - 5
North West +7 13 £45,000 -30.77% 4
West Midlands +22 9 £45,000 -10.00% 5
Midlands +8 9 £45,000 -10.00% 6
Wales +9 6 £41,250 -24.50%
North East +1 4 £36,131 -27.74%
East of England +1 3 £56,500 - 3
South East -5 3 £93,593 +139.98% 8
Scotland -70 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 (46.08%) Social Skills
2 45 (44.12%) Project Management
3 36 (35.29%) Agile
4 28 (27.45%) Finance
5 23 (22.55%) Project Delivery
6 22 (21.57%) Degree
7 20 (19.61%) Change Management
7 20 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (18.63%) Service Delivery
9 17 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 17 (16.67%) Coaching
9 17 (16.67%) Customer Experience
10 16 (15.69%) ServiceNow
11 14 (13.73%) Computer Science
11 14 (13.73%) Azure
12 13 (12.75%) Information Management
12 13 (12.75%) LIMS
12 13 (12.75%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (11.76%) Oracle
13 12 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
13 12 (11.76%) SaaS
14 11 (10.78%) PRINCE2
14 11 (10.78%) Workflow
15 10 (9.80%) SAP
15 10 (9.80%) User Acceptance Testing
16 9 (8.82%) Retail
16 9 (8.82%) SQL
16 9 (8.82%) 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 (6.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.96%) Confluence
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.88%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (5.88%) SAP PLM
1 6 (5.88%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.96%) Endur
3 1 (0.98%) BambooHR
3 1 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.98%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.98%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.73%) Azure
2 12 (11.76%) SaaS
3 8 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 7 (6.86%) AWS
5 6 (5.88%) GCP
6 1 (0.98%) Apple Pay
6 1 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.98%) Google Pay
6 1 (0.98%) Slack
6 1 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.98%) 5G
1 1 (0.98%) LTE
1 1 (0.98%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.84%) Power BI
2 6 (5.88%) Tableau
3 2 (1.96%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.96%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.98%) Looker
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 47 (46.08%) Social Skills
2 28 (27.45%) Finance
3 20 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.82%) Retail
5 8 (7.84%) Banking
5 8 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.84%) Law
6 7 (6.86%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.88%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.92%) Marketing
9 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.96%) Games
10 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.98%) Legal
11 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) CSS
1 6 (5.88%) HTML
2 2 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.75%) LIMS
2 5 (4.90%) PMI
3 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.96%) Swaptions
4 1 (0.98%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.98%) FMCG
4 1 (0.98%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (44.12%) Project Management
2 36 (35.29%) Agile
3 23 (22.55%) Project Delivery
4 20 (19.61%) Change Management
5 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (18.63%) Service Delivery
6 17 (16.67%) Coaching
6 17 (16.67%) Customer Experience
6 17 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 14 (13.73%) Computer Science
8 13 (12.75%) Collaborative Working
8 13 (12.75%) Information Management
9 12 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (10.78%) PRINCE2
10 11 (10.78%) Workflow
11 10 (9.80%) User Acceptance Testing
12 9 (8.82%) Budget Management
12 9 (8.82%) Business Transformation
13 8 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
14 7 (6.86%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.82%) SQL
2 8 (7.84%) C#
3 6 (5.88%) VBA
4 2 (1.96%) Java
4 2 (1.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (21.57%) Degree
2 9 (8.82%) DBS Check
3 6 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 6 (5.88%) Tableau Certification
4 3 (2.94%) APMP
4 3 (2.94%) ISEB
4 3 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.96%) PMP
6 1 (0.98%) CAPM
6 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.98%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.94%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.98%) PMO
2 1 (0.98%) QA
2 1 (0.98%) SLA
Vendors
1 16 (15.69%) ServiceNow
2 12 (11.76%) Oracle
3 10 (9.80%) SAP
4 6 (5.88%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.94%) Progress
5 3 (2.94%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.96%) Concur
6 2 (1.96%) Google
6 2 (1.96%) OpenLink
6 2 (1.96%) Sybase
6 2 (1.96%) TIBCO
6 2 (1.96%) Workday
7 1 (0.98%) Apple
7 1 (0.98%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.98%) Ceridian
7 1 (0.98%) Datix
7 1 (0.98%) FIS
7 1 (0.98%) Genesys