Functional Consultant Contracts with Work from Home Options

Functional Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Functional Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work 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 198 364 455
Rank change year-on-year +166 +91 -79
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 150 93 168
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 0.39% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 0.41% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 50 103
10th Percentile £461 £425 £500
25th Percentile £511 £478 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £506 £565
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -10.40% +2.73%
75th Percentile £647 £588 £619
90th Percentile £759 £638 £698
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +6.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Functional Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Functional Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Functional Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Functional Consultant.

Functional Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Functional Consultant over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Functional Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Functional Consultant.

Functional Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 55 (36.67%) Finance
2 53 (35.33%) Social Skills
3 47 (31.33%) SAP
4 42 (28.00%) Dynamics 365
5 38 (25.33%) Oracle
5 38 (25.33%) Microsoft
6 28 (18.67%) Agile
7 23 (15.33%) Azure
8 21 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 19 (12.67%) DevOps
9 19 (12.67%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (12.00%) SAP S/4HANA
10 18 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (12.00%) Public Sector
11 17 (11.33%) Power Platform
11 17 (11.33%) Degree
12 16 (10.67%) Logistics
12 16 (10.67%) Manufacturing
13 15 (10.00%) ERP
13 15 (10.00%) Security Cleared
13 15 (10.00%) Procure-to-Pay
14 14 (9.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
14 14 (9.33%) CRM
14 14 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (9.33%) Power Automate
15 13 (8.67%) Customer Service
15 13 (8.67%) Power BI
16 12 (8.00%) Oracle Fusion
16 12 (8.00%) Oracle EBS

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (2.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.33%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (12.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (9.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 12 (8.00%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (7.33%) Oracle EBS R12
5 9 (6.00%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (4.00%) Sage 200
6 6 (4.00%) Sage 50
6 6 (4.00%) SAP SD
7 5 (3.33%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (3.33%) Oracle Payroll
7 5 (3.33%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (3.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (2.67%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (2.67%) SAP MDG
9 3 (2.00%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (2.00%) Oracle Internet Expenses
9 3 (2.00%) Oracle iProcurement
9 3 (2.00%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 3 (2.00%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 42 (28.00%) Dynamics 365
2 23 (15.33%) Azure
3 19 (12.67%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (11.33%) Power Platform
5 14 (9.33%) Power Automate
6 11 (7.33%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (4.00%) PowerApps
8 5 (3.33%) OCI
9 3 (2.00%) AWS
9 3 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.33%) Oracle CX
10 2 (1.33%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 1 (0.67%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.67%) Power BI
2 10 (6.67%) Data Lake
3 3 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (0.67%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 9 (6.00%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle APEX
General
1 55 (36.67%) Finance
2 53 (35.33%) Social Skills
3 21 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 16 (10.67%) Manufacturing
6 12 (8.00%) Retail
7 6 (4.00%) Billing
7 6 (4.00%) General Ledger
7 6 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.00%) Marketing
8 5 (3.33%) Legal
9 4 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.67%) Law
10 3 (2.00%) Publishing
11 2 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.67%) Banking
12 1 (0.67%) Front Office
12 1 (0.67%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.67%) Middleware
3 3 (2.00%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.33%) IDoc
4 2 (1.33%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.33%) SAP ALE
4 2 (1.33%) Web Dynpro
4 2 (1.33%) WebCenter
5 1 (0.67%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.33%) Data Structures
1 5 (3.33%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.67%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.33%) FMCG
4 2 (1.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.33%) Replication
5 1 (0.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (18.67%) Agile
2 21 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (12.67%) DevOps
4 18 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (10.67%) Logistics
6 15 (10.00%) ERP
6 15 (10.00%) Procure-to-Pay
7 14 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (9.33%) CRM
8 13 (8.67%) Customer Service
9 11 (7.33%) User Stories
10 10 (6.67%) Migration
11 9 (6.00%) Requirements Workshops
11 9 (6.00%) Supply Chain Management
12 8 (5.33%) Data Migration
12 8 (5.33%) E-business
12 8 (5.33%) GAP Analysis
13 7 (4.67%) Accounts Receivable
13 7 (4.67%) Customer Engagement
13 7 (4.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.67%) ABAP
2 5 (3.33%) SQL
3 2 (1.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (11.33%) Degree
2 15 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.33%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.33%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.67%) CBAP
7 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.67%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.67%) PMP
7 1 (0.67%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.33%) QA
2 1 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 47 (31.33%) SAP
2 38 (25.33%) Microsoft
2 38 (25.33%) Oracle
3 8 (5.33%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.00%) Sage
5 3 (2.00%) Adobe
5 3 (2.00%) Hyperion
5 3 (2.00%) JD Edwards
5 3 (2.00%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.00%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (1.33%) Ariba
6 2 (1.33%) Conga
6 2 (1.33%) DocuSign
6 2 (1.33%) Workday
7 1 (0.67%) IBM
7 1 (0.67%) Reuters
7 1 (0.67%) ServiceNow