Functional Consultant Contracts in England

Functional Consultant
UK > England

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 489 569
Rank change year-on-year +172 +80 -92
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 229 174 211
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.34% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.36% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 105 118
10th Percentile £446 £463 £413
25th Percentile £506 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £647
90th Percentile £688 £688 £677
UK median daily rate £579 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +0.70% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £53.69 - -
25th Percentile £54.88 - -
Median hourly rate £58.72 - -
75th Percentile £61.53 - -
90th Percentile £62.09 - -
UK median hourly rate £58.72 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,271 47,824 67,952
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.61% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,751 33,955 48,268
10th Percentile £275 £312 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,422 1,902
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.71 £48.70
90th Percentile £72.54 £77.00 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +148 127 £575 - 13
South East +32 42 £600 +2.39% 5
North of England +27 22 £525 +5.00% 5
East of England +30 16 £525 +23.53% 4
North West +14 13 £525 +5.00% 3
Midlands +16 11 £563 +7.14% 8
West Midlands +25 7 £575 +4.55% 8
Yorkshire +16 6 £450 -10.00% 1
North East +21 4 £400 -25.23% 1
South West +22 2 £500 -29.82%
East Midlands +14 1 £525 -
Functional Consultant
UK

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 England region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 97 (42.36%) Finance
2 96 (41.92%) Social Skills
3 85 (37.12%) SAP
4 55 (24.02%) Oracle
4 55 (24.02%) Dynamics 365
5 54 (23.58%) Microsoft
6 44 (19.21%) Analytical Skills
7 36 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (15.72%) SAP S/4HANA
8 29 (12.66%) Azure
8 29 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (11.79%) Agile
10 26 (11.35%) Logistics
10 26 (11.35%) DevOps
10 26 (11.35%) Public Sector
11 25 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (10.04%) CRM
13 22 (9.61%) Migration
13 22 (9.61%) Oracle EBS
13 22 (9.61%) Oracle EBS R12
13 22 (9.61%) Requirements Gathering
13 22 (9.61%) Power Platform
14 20 (8.73%) Procure-to-Pay
14 20 (8.73%) Data Migration
15 19 (8.30%) Customer Service
16 18 (7.86%) Security Cleared
16 18 (7.86%) Degree
16 18 (7.86%) ABAP
17 17 (7.42%) E-business
17 17 (7.42%) SC Cleared

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 36 (15.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (9.61%) Oracle EBS
2 22 (9.61%) Oracle EBS R12
3 16 (6.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (6.99%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (5.68%) SAP MDG
5 12 (5.24%) Maximo
6 11 (4.80%) Oracle Payables
6 11 (4.80%) SAP SD
7 10 (4.37%) Oracle Receivables
8 9 (3.93%) SAP BRIM
8 9 (3.93%) SAP Hybris
8 9 (3.93%) SAP PSCD
9 8 (3.49%) Oracle Cash Management
10 7 (3.06%) Dynamics AX
11 6 (2.62%) Sage 200
11 6 (2.62%) Sage 50
12 5 (2.18%) SAP PLM
13 4 (1.75%) Oracle General Ledger
13 4 (1.75%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 55 (24.02%) Dynamics 365
2 29 (12.66%) Azure
3 25 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (9.61%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.55%) Power Automate
6 12 (5.24%) OCI
7 9 (3.93%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 6 (2.62%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.87%) SaaS
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.44%) Oracle CX
11 1 (0.44%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.99%) Power BI
2 13 (5.68%) Data Lake
3 5 (2.18%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.31%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.44%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.44%) Siebel EIM
6 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.93%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.87%) JIRA
General
1 97 (42.36%) Finance
2 96 (41.92%) Social Skills
3 44 (19.21%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (11.35%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.11%) Retail
6 13 (5.68%) Billing
7 11 (4.80%) Marketing
8 10 (4.37%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.93%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.49%) General Ledger
10 8 (3.49%) Law
10 8 (3.49%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (3.06%) Legal
11 7 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Banking
12 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.44%) French Language
13 1 (0.44%) Front Office
13 1 (0.44%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (2.18%) Middleware
3 5 (2.18%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (1.75%) SAP ALE
4 4 (1.75%) Web Services
5 3 (1.31%) IDoc
5 3 (1.31%) Visualforce
5 3 (1.31%) Web Dynpro
6 2 (0.87%) EDI
7 1 (0.44%) ADO
7 1 (0.44%) BAPI
7 1 (0.44%) WebCenter
7 1 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.49%) Life Science
1 8 (3.49%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.06%) Data Structures
3 6 (2.62%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (2.18%) Replication
5 3 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.87%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.87%) Solar Panel
7 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.44%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.44%) FMCG
7 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.44%) Tandem
7 1 (0.44%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (11.79%) Agile
4 26 (11.35%) DevOps
4 26 (11.35%) Logistics
5 23 (10.04%) CRM
6 22 (9.61%) Migration
6 22 (9.61%) Requirements Gathering
7 20 (8.73%) Data Migration
7 20 (8.73%) Procure-to-Pay
8 19 (8.30%) Customer Service
9 17 (7.42%) E-business
9 17 (7.42%) User Acceptance Testing
10 16 (6.99%) Accounts Payable
10 16 (6.99%) Data Modelling
10 16 (6.99%) Project Delivery
10 16 (6.99%) User Stories
10 16 (6.99%) Workshop Facilitation
11 15 (6.55%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (6.11%) Accounts Receivable
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.86%) ABAP
2 4 (1.75%) SQL
3 3 (1.31%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (7.86%) Degree
1 18 (7.86%) Security Cleared
2 17 (7.42%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.87%) PMP
7 1 (0.44%) CBAP
7 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.44%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.44%) Siebel Certification
7 1 (0.44%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.31%) QA
2 2 (0.87%) GDPR
3 1 (0.44%) ITGC
3 1 (0.44%) PMO
3 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (0.87%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 85 (37.12%) SAP
2 55 (24.02%) Oracle
3 54 (23.58%) Microsoft
4 8 (3.49%) Ariba
4 8 (3.49%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.62%) Sage
6 2 (0.87%) Conga
6 2 (0.87%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.44%) CA
7 1 (0.44%) Cadence
7 1 (0.44%) Cognos
7 1 (0.44%) Concur
7 1 (0.44%) IBM
7 1 (0.44%) IFS
7 1 (0.44%) JDA
7 1 (0.44%) Kronos
7 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.44%) Siebel