Functional Analyst Contracts

Functional Analyst
UK

The median Functional Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500 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 538 644 812
Rank change year-on-year +106 +168 -141
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Analyst 41 40 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.095% 0.071% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.075% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 29 15
10th Percentile £408 £374 £433
25th Percentile £426 £413 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.15%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £563
90th Percentile £643 £825 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +22.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Functional Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Analyst over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Analyst within the UK 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
England +87 24 £520 -2.35% 5
UK excluding London +47 20 £500 - 2
Work from Home +108 14 £475 - 1
London +96 12 £520 -30.67% 2
Scotland +43 6 £500 +17.65%
Northern Ireland - 5 - -
North of England +27 4 £460 -8.00%
South East +6 4 £625 +16.28%
North West +17 2 £500 -9.09%
North East +12 2 £408 +1.88%
South West +10 1 £450 -14.29% 2

Functional Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Functional Analyst 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 featuring Functional Analyst in the job title.

1 16 (39.02%) SAP
2 14 (34.15%) Finance
3 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
4 9 (21.95%) Agile
5 8 (19.51%) Business Analysis
5 8 (19.51%) Migration
5 8 (19.51%) Roadmaps
6 7 (17.07%) Banking
7 6 (14.63%) QA
7 6 (14.63%) Functional Testing
7 6 (14.63%) GAP Analysis
7 6 (14.63%) Oracle
7 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
7 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
7 6 (14.63%) Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (12.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (12.20%) SDLC
8 5 (12.20%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (12.20%) ERP
8 5 (12.20%) SQL
8 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (12.20%) ISTQB
9 4 (9.76%) Test Strategy
9 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
9 4 (9.76%) C#
9 4 (9.76%) Java
9 4 (9.76%) Data Modelling
9 4 (9.76%) ETL
9 4 (9.76%) Public Sector

Functional Analyst 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (7.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (4.88%) SAP ERP
3 2 (4.88%) SAP MM
4 1 (2.44%) Advent Geneva
4 1 (2.44%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (2.44%) Loan IQ
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (2.44%) SAP APO
4 1 (2.44%) SAP CO
4 1 (2.44%) SAP FI
4 1 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (2.44%) SAP IBP
4 1 (2.44%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.88%) IaaS
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.88%) PaaS
2 2 (4.88%) SaaS
3 1 (2.44%) OCI
3 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.44%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.44%) Power BI
1 1 (2.44%) SAP BW
1 1 (2.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
1 3 (7.32%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (4.88%) Cucumber
2 2 (4.88%) Cypress.io
2 2 (4.88%) Git
2 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.88%) Selenium
2 2 (4.88%) Subversion
2 2 (4.88%) TeamCity
2 2 (4.88%) WebDriver
General
1 14 (34.15%) Finance
2 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.07%) Banking
4 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.44%) Back Office
6 1 (2.44%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) .NET
2 1 (2.44%) EDI
2 1 (2.44%) IDoc
2 1 (2.44%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.44%) SAP XI
2 1 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Derivative
1 3 (7.32%) Equities
1 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.88%) Client/Server
2 2 (4.88%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.95%) Agile
2 8 (19.51%) Business Analysis
2 8 (19.51%) Migration
2 8 (19.51%) Roadmaps
3 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
3 6 (14.63%) Functional Testing
3 6 (14.63%) GAP Analysis
3 6 (14.63%) Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (12.20%) ERP
4 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.20%) SDLC
4 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (9.76%) Data Modelling
5 4 (9.76%) ETL
5 4 (9.76%) Product Backlog
5 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
5 4 (9.76%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (9.76%) Technology Transformation
5 4 (9.76%) Test Strategy
6 3 (7.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 4 (9.76%) C#
2 4 (9.76%) Java
3 2 (4.88%) ABAP
3 2 (4.88%) C++
3 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.88%) Shell Script
3 2 (4.88%) VBA
3 2 (4.88%) VBScript
4 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) ISTQB
2 3 (7.32%) ISEB
2 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.44%) ACCA
4 1 (2.44%) CIMA
4 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (2.44%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) QA
2 3 (7.32%) IFRS
3 1 (2.44%) Basel III
3 1 (2.44%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.44%) FINREP
3 1 (2.44%) IFRS 9
3 1 (2.44%) SLA
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) SAP
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) Oracle
3 3 (7.32%) Ariba
4 1 (2.44%) Advent
4 1 (2.44%) Concur
4 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.44%) VMware
4 1 (2.44%) Workday