Functional Consultant Contracts in the North West

Functional Consultant
England > North West

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in the North West is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 133 161
Rank change year-on-year +9 +28 -27
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 11 18 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.40% 0.59% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.62% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 12
10th Percentile - - £429
25th Percentile £513 £463 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £563 - £598
90th Percentile £588 £590 £631
England median daily rate £585 £543 £575
% change year-on-year +7.83% -5.65% +9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,592 2,892 3,920
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 94.91% 96.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,638 2,052 2,861
10th Percentile £272 £300 £213
25th Percentile £385 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £586 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 130 164
10th Percentile £11.13 £14.52 £11.83
25th Percentile £14.09 £18.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £32.90 £29.65 £24.10
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +23.03% +33.89%
75th Percentile £48.00 £44.92 £52.60
90th Percentile £70.96 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in the North West

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in the North West

Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Consultant in the North West

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cheshire - 7 £525 - 1
Lancashire +9 2 £580 +16.00% 1
Manchester +8 2 £538 +13.16% 4
Functional Consultant
England

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 2 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 North West region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (72.73%) SAP
3 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (63.64%) Business Transformation
4 6 (54.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (54.55%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (54.55%) Life Science
4 6 (54.55%) Ariba
5 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
5 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 3 (27.27%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Finance
5 3 (27.27%) Migration
5 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Data Migration
5 3 (27.27%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (27.27%) User Stories
5 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (18.18%) Cost Management
6 2 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
6 2 (18.18%) Inventory Management
6 2 (18.18%) Marketing
6 2 (18.18%) Logistics
6 2 (18.18%) Supply Chain Management
6 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
6 2 (18.18%) Service Management
7 1 (9.09%) EAM
7 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (9.09%) ERP
7 1 (9.09%) PLM

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (54.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Business Transformation
1 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Data Migration
2 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
2 3 (27.27%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) User Stories
3 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
3 2 (18.18%) Cost Management
3 2 (18.18%) Inventory Management
3 2 (18.18%) Logistics
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management
3 2 (18.18%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (9.09%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (9.09%) Expense Management
4 1 (9.09%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Supply Chain Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) SAP
2 6 (54.55%) Ariba
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft