Functional Consultant Contracts in England

Functional Consultant
UK > England

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in England is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 466 559
Rank change year-on-year +142 +93 -82
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 232 170 229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.36% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.38% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 98 130
10th Percentile £450 £450 £425
25th Percentile £505 £488 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £543 £575
Median % change year-on-year +10.60% -5.65% +9.52%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £691 £700
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.90 - -
Median hourly rate £55.80 - -
75th Percentile £58.70 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.80 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Functional Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
London +126 125 £600 +4.35% 19
South East +26 33 £613 +22.50% 4
Midlands +14 18 £550 +4.76% 17
East of England +16 15 £579 -3.50% 3
West Midlands +16 14 £550 +4.76% 15
North of England 0 14 £500 - 6
South West +10 11 £650 -8.77% 1
Yorkshire +12 7 £450 -10.00%
North West +5 7 £550 +10.00% 6
North East +5 1 £450 -13.04%
East Midlands +4 1 £525 - 2
South Coast - 1 - -
Functional Consultant
UK

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Functional Consultant 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 across the England region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 87 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 84 (36.21%) Finance
3 77 (33.19%) SAP
4 61 (26.29%) Oracle
5 56 (24.14%) Microsoft
6 52 (22.41%) Dynamics 365
7 41 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (15.95%) SAP S/4HANA
9 35 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (12.07%) Agile
10 28 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (12.07%) Azure
11 25 (10.78%) DevOps
12 24 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (10.34%) Logistics
13 23 (9.91%) Migration
13 23 (9.91%) CRM
14 22 (9.48%) Degree
14 22 (9.48%) Oracle EBS R12
14 22 (9.48%) Power Platform
14 22 (9.48%) Public Sector
15 21 (9.05%) Security Cleared
15 21 (9.05%) Oracle Fusion
15 21 (9.05%) Oracle EBS
16 20 (8.62%) ABAP
16 20 (8.62%) Customer Service
16 20 (8.62%) Procure-to-Pay
17 19 (8.19%) Requirements Gathering
18 18 (7.76%) ERP
18 18 (7.76%) Business Intelligence

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 37 (15.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (9.48%) Oracle EBS R12
3 21 (9.05%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (7.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 15 (6.47%) Dynamics CRM
6 12 (5.17%) Maximo
6 12 (5.17%) SAP MDG
7 11 (4.74%) Oracle Payables
7 11 (4.74%) Oracle Receivables
7 11 (4.74%) SAP SD
8 9 (3.88%) Oracle Cash Management
9 7 (3.02%) Dynamics AX
9 7 (3.02%) NetSuite
10 6 (2.59%) Sage 200
10 6 (2.59%) Sage 50
11 5 (2.16%) Oracle General Ledger
11 5 (2.16%) Oracle Payroll
12 4 (1.72%) SAP MM
12 4 (1.72%) SAP PLM
13 3 (1.29%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 52 (22.41%) Dynamics 365
2 28 (12.07%) Azure
3 24 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (9.48%) Power Platform
5 16 (6.90%) Power Automate
6 11 (4.74%) OCI
7 6 (2.59%) PowerApps
7 6 (2.59%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.29%) AWS
8 3 (1.29%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.86%) Oracle CX
9 2 (0.86%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 2 (0.86%) SaaS
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.43%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.90%) Power BI
2 13 (5.60%) Data Lake
3 7 (3.02%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.72%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.86%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.43%) Big Data
6 1 (0.43%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.31%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 87 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 84 (36.21%) Finance
3 41 (17.67%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.48%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.03%) Manufacturing
6 13 (5.60%) Retail
7 10 (4.31%) Legal
8 9 (3.88%) Marketing
9 8 (3.45%) General Ledger
10 7 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (3.02%) Law
10 7 (3.02%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.59%) Banking
11 6 (2.59%) Billing
12 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.86%) Automotive
13 2 (0.86%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.86%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.43%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.05%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (2.59%) Middleware
3 5 (2.16%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.72%) SAP ALE
4 4 (1.72%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (1.29%) EDI
5 3 (1.29%) IDoc
5 3 (1.29%) Visualforce
5 3 (1.29%) Web Dynpro
5 3 (1.29%) Web Services
6 2 (0.86%) WebCenter
7 1 (0.43%) ADO
7 1 (0.43%) BAPI
7 1 (0.43%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.02%) Data Structures
1 7 (3.02%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.59%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (2.16%) Replication
4 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.29%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.86%) FMCG
5 2 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.86%) Life Science
5 2 (0.86%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.86%) Solar Panel
6 1 (0.43%) CMDB
6 1 (0.43%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.43%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.43%) Tandem
6 1 (0.43%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (12.07%) Agile
2 28 (12.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (10.78%) DevOps
4 24 (10.34%) Logistics
5 23 (9.91%) CRM
5 23 (9.91%) Migration
6 20 (8.62%) Customer Service
6 20 (8.62%) Procure-to-Pay
7 19 (8.19%) Requirements Gathering
8 18 (7.76%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (7.76%) Data Migration
8 18 (7.76%) ERP
9 17 (7.33%) E-business
10 15 (6.47%) User Acceptance Testing
10 15 (6.47%) User Stories
11 14 (6.03%) Project Delivery
12 13 (5.60%) Data Modelling
12 13 (5.60%) Workshop Facilitation
13 10 (4.31%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.62%) ABAP
2 7 (3.02%) SQL
3 4 (1.72%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (9.48%) Degree
2 21 (9.05%) Security Cleared
3 14 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 12 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.86%) PMP
6 2 (0.86%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.43%) CBAP
7 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.86%) GDPR
1 2 (0.86%) QA
2 1 (0.43%) PMO
2 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (0.86%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 77 (33.19%) SAP
2 61 (26.29%) Oracle
3 56 (24.14%) Microsoft
4 9 (3.88%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.59%) Sage
6 4 (1.72%) Ariba
6 4 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.29%) Hyperion
7 3 (1.29%) JD Edwards
7 3 (1.29%) PeopleSoft
8 2 (0.86%) Conga
8 2 (0.86%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.43%) Cadence
9 1 (0.43%) IBM
9 1 (0.43%) IFS
9 1 (0.43%) JDA
9 1 (0.43%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.43%) Reuters
9 1 (0.43%) Syclo