The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Consultant
Rank 197 204 228
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +24
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 18 10 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.261% 0.131% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.282% 0.144% 0.109%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 3
Average daily rate £419 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.88% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £420 £365
10% offered a daily rate of more than £610 £610 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £475 £450
% change year-on-year
-2.63% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.39 - £30.00
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6373 6957 9193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.48% 91.43% 91.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4718 5070 6689
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £285 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £619 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 166 220
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.30 £42.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Functional Consultant
London

Functional Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Functional Consultant across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Functional Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Functional Consultant across the City of London region.

City of London Functional Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Functional Consultant across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

City of London Functional Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Functional Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Functional Consultant across the City of London region.

City of London Functional Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Functional Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Functional Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Functional Consultant in their job title.

1 14 (42.42%) Oracle
2 12 (36.36%) Finance
3 10 (30.30%) SAP
4 9 (27.27%) Oracle EBS R12
5 8 (24.24%) Data Migration
5 8 (24.24%) Migration
6 6 (18.18%) SQL
6 6 (18.18%) General Ledger
7 5 (15.15%) Marketing
7 5 (15.15%) SAP PP
8 4 (12.12%) Workflow
8 4 (12.12%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
9 3 (9.091%) Banking
9 3 (9.091%) Logistics
9 3 (9.091%) FMCG
9 3 (9.091%) Oracle 11i
9 3 (9.091%) CRM
9 3 (9.091%) Siebel
9 3 (9.091%) PL/SQL
9 3 (9.091%) CTI
9 3 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (9.091%) E-business
9 3 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (9.091%) Manufacturing
9 3 (9.091%) Validation
10 2 (6.061%) SAP CO
10 2 (6.061%) Change Management
10 2 (6.061%) Automotive

Functional Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Functional Consultant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Functional Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.061%) JSP
1 2 (6.061%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 9 (27.27%) Oracle EBS R12
2 5 (15.15%) SAP PP
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (9.091%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (6.061%) SAP CO
5 2 (6.061%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (6.061%) SAP FI
5 2 (6.061%) Oracle iProcurement
5 2 (6.061%) SAP SCM
6 1 (3.030%) SAP FI-GL
6 1 (3.030%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (3.030%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (3.030%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (3.030%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (3.030%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (3.030%) Maximo
6 1 (3.030%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (3.030%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.091%) CTI
2 2 (6.061%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.061%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.030%) QlikView
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Oracle Forms
General
1 12 (36.36%) Finance
2 6 (18.18%) General Ledger
3 5 (15.15%) Marketing
4 3 (9.091%) Banking
4 3 (9.091%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.061%) Automotive
5 2 (6.061%) Retail
6 1 (3.030%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.030%) Law
6 1 (3.030%) Legal
6 1 (3.030%) Advertising
6 1 (3.030%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.091%) FMCG
2 1 (3.030%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Data Migration
1 8 (24.24%) Migration
2 4 (12.12%) Workflow
2 4 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
3 3 (9.091%) Logistics
3 3 (9.091%) CRM
3 3 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (9.091%) E-business
3 3 (9.091%) Validation
4 2 (6.061%) Change Management
4 2 (6.061%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (6.061%) Data Validation
4 2 (6.061%) Data Transformation
4 2 (6.061%) Data Analysis
5 1 (3.030%) Use Case
5 1 (3.030%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (3.030%) Integration Testing
5 1 (3.030%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.030%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) SQL
2 3 (9.091%) PL/SQL
3 2 (6.061%) Shell Script
3 2 (6.061%) Java
3 2 (6.061%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.030%) Degree
1 1 (3.030%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) Oracle
2 10 (30.30%) SAP
3 3 (9.091%) Siebel
4 2 (6.061%) IBM
5 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.030%) Hyperion
5 1 (3.030%) JDA
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