The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 21 May 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 East Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Consultant
Rank 73 83 79
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 11 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.865% 0.146% 0.295%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.949% 0.156% 0.317%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 3
Average daily rate £444 £500 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.25% +14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £465 £450
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.39 - £30.00
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1159 1278 1262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 91.19% 93.49% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 644 496
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £179 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 96 129
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.90 £34.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Functional Consultant
England

Functional Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Functional Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Functional Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Consultant within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicestershire - 5 £425 -
Northamptonshire - 2 £400 -
Derbyshire - 2 £488 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £463 -
Functional Consultant
England

Functional Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 11 (50.00%) ERP
2 10 (45.45%) Finance
3 7 (31.82%) SharePoint
3 7 (31.82%) Oracle
3 7 (31.82%) Resource Management
4 5 (22.73%) Oracle EBS R12
4 5 (22.73%) JDE World
4 5 (22.73%) RPG
4 5 (22.73%) JD Edwards
5 4 (18.18%) CRM
5 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 4 (18.18%) Java
5 4 (18.18%) .NET
5 4 (18.18%) SAP
5 4 (18.18%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (18.18%) Advertising
5 4 (18.18%) SAP IS-U
6 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
6 3 (13.64%) QA
6 3 (13.64%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (13.64%) Migration
6 3 (13.64%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (9.091%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (9.091%) COM
7 2 (9.091%) Oracle iProcurement
8 1 (4.545%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (4.545%) CIMA
8 1 (4.545%) E-business
8 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (4.545%) Oracle SCM

Functional Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 4 (18.18%) .NET
2 2 (9.091%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (31.82%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle EBS R12
1 5 (22.73%) JDE World
2 4 (18.18%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (18.18%) SAP IS-U
3 3 (13.64%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (9.091%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (9.091%) Oracle iProcurement
5 1 (4.545%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (4.545%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (4.545%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (4.545%) Oracle 11i
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (45.45%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Advertising
3 1 (4.545%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) ERP
2 7 (31.82%) Resource Management
3 4 (18.18%) CRM
4 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Migration
5 1 (4.545%) E-business
5 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.545%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) RPG
2 4 (18.18%) Java
3 1 (4.545%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) CIMA
1 1 (4.545%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Oracle
2 5 (22.73%) JD Edwards
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 4 (18.18%) SAP
4 1 (4.545%) Pegasus
4 1 (4.545%) Sage
Kettering
Keywords: Professional Services, SME, Functional Consultant, Subject Matter Expert, Implementation Consultant, Business Change Programmes, ERP Consultant, SharePoint, QL Reporting Services, PerformancePoint, BizTalk, HR systems, Sage HR, SnowdropKCS.My...
OCC Computing
Rate: To £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Kettering, Northamptonshire
Keywords: Professional Services, SME, Functional Consultant, Subject Matter Expert, Implementation Consultant, Business Change Programmes, ERP Consultant, SharePoint, QL Reporting Services, PerformancePoint, BizTalk, HR systems, Sage HR, SnowdropKCS... My...
OCC
Rate: To £400 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013