The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 England 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 330 345 399
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +54
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 186 223 159
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.440% 0.417% 0.287%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.475% 0.450% 0.309%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 85 66
Average daily rate £463 £463 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £381 £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £566 £550 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £465 £450
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £51.39 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.39 - £30.00
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39141 49545 51375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.52% 92.60% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22991 28027 28527
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2036 2429 2720
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.17 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Functional Consultant
UK

Functional Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England 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 England region.

England Functional Consultant Hourly 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 England 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
London 0 79 £463 +2.77%
South East +14 34 £475 +2.15%
Yorkshire -7 14 £570 +20.00%
South West +23 13 £425 -5.55%
North West +12 13 £488 +0.46%
East Midlands +10 11 £444 -11.25%
West Midlands +12 6 £444 +10.93%
East of England +9 5 £350 -30.00%
North East +11 3 £513 +13.88%
Functional Consultant
UK

Functional Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 212 (54.92%) Oracle
2 145 (37.56%) Oracle EBS R12
3 127 (32.90%) Finance
4 115 (29.79%) SAP
5 85 (22.02%) Oracle EBS
6 57 (14.77%) CRM
7 47 (12.18%) ERP
8 46 (11.92%) SQL
9 43 (11.14%) Migration
10 37 (9.585%) Oracle Financials
11 35 (9.067%) Data Migration
12 29 (7.513%) Oracle 11i
13 27 (6.995%) Oracle Applications
14 24 (6.218%) Siebel
15 23 (5.959%) Manufacturing
16 21 (5.440%) Business Intelligence
16 21 (5.440%) Oracle BI EE
16 21 (5.440%) User Acceptance Testing
17 20 (5.181%) Oracle Payroll
18 19 (4.922%) Oracle HRMS
19 18 (4.663%) Retail
20 16 (4.145%) Logistics
20 16 (4.145%) General Ledger
20 16 (4.145%) SAP FI
20 16 (4.145%) Test Scripting
21 15 (3.886%) Security Cleared
21 15 (3.886%) Pegasus
21 15 (3.886%) Workflow
22 14 (3.627%) SAP CRM
22 14 (3.627%) Oracle CRM

Functional Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 12 (3.109%) Middleware
2 5 (1.295%) XML
2 5 (1.295%) .NET
3 4 (1.036%) EDI
4 3 (0.777%) Web Services
4 3 (0.777%) COM
4 3 (0.777%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.777%) JSystem
4 3 (0.777%) WebCenter
5 2 (0.518%) JSP
6 1 (0.259%) JMS
6 1 (0.259%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.259%) EJB
6 1 (0.259%) XSLT
6 1 (0.259%) CORBA
6 1 (0.259%) JRules
6 1 (0.259%) Spring
6 1 (0.259%) BAPI
6 1 (0.259%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.259%) SAP CO-PA
Application Platforms
1 13 (3.368%) Oracle Workflow
2 8 (2.073%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.813%) SAS
4 3 (0.777%) Oracle UPK
5 1 (0.259%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.259%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.259%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.259%) TIBCO EMS
5 1 (0.259%) LiveLink
Applications
1 1 (0.259%) MS Excel
1 1 (0.259%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 145 (37.56%) Oracle EBS R12
2 85 (22.02%) Oracle EBS
3 37 (9.585%) Oracle Financials
4 29 (7.513%) Oracle 11i
5 27 (6.995%) Oracle Applications
6 20 (5.181%) Oracle Payroll
7 19 (4.922%) Oracle HRMS
8 16 (4.145%) SAP FI
9 14 (3.627%) SAP CRM
9 14 (3.627%) Oracle CRM
10 13 (3.368%) SAP FI/CO
10 13 (3.368%) SAP CO
10 13 (3.368%) Oracle iProcurement
11 12 (3.109%) SAP ERP
11 12 (3.109%) Dynamics AX
12 10 (2.591%) SAP PP
13 9 (2.332%) SAP HR
13 9 (2.332%) SAP IS-U
13 9 (2.332%) Oracle ASCP
14 8 (2.073%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.073%) HTTP
2 7 (1.813%) CTI
3 2 (0.518%) PABX
3 2 (0.518%) Wireless
4 1 (0.259%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.440%) Oracle BI EE
2 14 (3.627%) Oracle 8/8i
3 12 (3.109%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (1.813%) Oracle 11g
5 6 (1.554%) TOAD
6 4 (1.036%) Essbase
6 4 (1.036%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.036%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.036%) SAP BI
7 3 (0.777%) Oracle Discoverer
8 2 (0.518%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (0.518%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.259%) DataStage
9 1 (0.259%) OLTP
9 1 (0.259%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.259%) Siebel EIM
9 1 (0.259%) MarkLogic
9 1 (0.259%) Big Data
9 1 (0.259%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.259%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 5 (1.295%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.518%) ProC
3 1 (0.259%) Ant
3 1 (0.259%) JUnit
3 1 (0.259%) Maven
3 1 (0.259%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.259%) EasyMock
3 1 (0.259%) jMock
General
1 127 (32.90%) Finance
2 23 (5.959%) Manufacturing
3 18 (4.663%) Retail
4 16 (4.145%) General Ledger
5 14 (3.627%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (3.109%) Marketing
7 11 (2.850%) Billing
8 7 (1.813%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.554%) Banking
9 6 (1.554%) Advertising
10 5 (1.295%) Local Government
11 4 (1.036%) Legal
12 3 (0.777%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.777%) Automotive
12 3 (0.777%) Publishing
13 2 (0.518%) Law
13 2 (0.518%) Back Office
14 1 (0.259%) Greek Language
14 1 (0.259%) Italian Language
14 1 (0.259%) Norwegian Language
Miscellaneous
1 11 (2.850%) FMCG
2 5 (1.295%) E-Learning
3 4 (1.036%) Computer Science
4 3 (0.777%) NHS
4 3 (0.777%) Mobile App
4 3 (0.777%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.518%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.259%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.259%) Physics
6 1 (0.259%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.259%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.777%) UNIX
2 2 (0.518%) Linux
3 1 (0.259%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (14.77%) CRM
2 47 (12.18%) ERP
3 43 (11.14%) Migration
4 35 (9.067%) Data Migration
5 21 (5.440%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (5.440%) User Acceptance Testing
6 16 (4.145%) Logistics
6 16 (4.145%) Test Scripting
7 15 (3.886%) Workflow
8 14 (3.627%) E-business
9 12 (3.109%) Project Management
10 10 (2.591%) Integration Testing
11 9 (2.332%) ETL
12 8 (2.073%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (2.073%) Validation
12 8 (2.073%) Resource Management
12 8 (2.073%) GAP Analysis
13 7 (1.813%) PRINCE2
13 7 (1.813%) Change Management
14 6 (1.554%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 46 (11.92%) SQL
2 14 (3.627%) PL/SQL
3 8 (2.073%) Java
4 5 (1.295%) RPG
5 4 (1.036%) VB
6 3 (0.777%) R
7 2 (0.518%) ABAP
7 2 (0.518%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.259%) XQuery
8 1 (0.259%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.259%) C
8 1 (0.259%) C#
8 1 (0.259%) C++
8 1 (0.259%) XPath
Qualifications
1 15 (3.886%) Security Cleared
2 12 (3.109%) SC Cleared
3 6 (1.554%) Degree
4 3 (0.777%) ISEB
4 3 (0.777%) SAP Certification
5 2 (0.518%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.518%) CCAB
6 1 (0.259%) CIMA
6 1 (0.259%) ACCA
6 1 (0.259%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.259%) CCA
6 1 (0.259%) Siebel Certification
6 1 (0.259%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.554%) QA
2 4 (1.036%) SLA
3 2 (0.518%) GAAP
4 1 (0.259%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.259%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.259%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 7 (1.813%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 212 (54.92%) Oracle
2 115 (29.79%) SAP
3 24 (6.218%) Siebel
4 15 (3.886%) Pegasus
5 11 (2.850%) Microsoft
5 11 (2.850%) Open Text
6 8 (2.073%) JDA
6 8 (2.073%) JD Edwards
6 8 (2.073%) Hyperion
7 7 (1.813%) Genesys
8 5 (1.295%) Informatica
8 5 (1.295%) HP
9 4 (1.036%) Primavera
10 3 (0.777%) Retek
10 3 (0.777%) IBM
10 3 (0.777%) PeopleSoft
11 2 (0.518%) CA
12 1 (0.259%) TIBCO
12 1 (0.259%) Sage
12 1 (0.259%) Business Objects
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £400 - £450 per day
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Rate: To £400 per day
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Rate: £350 per day
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Rate: £475 - £500 per day
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Rate: £450 - £475 per day
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