Functional Consultant Contracts in the South East

Functional Consultant
England > South East

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in the South East is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 180 231
Rank change year-on-year +23 +51 -35
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 42 35 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.76% 0.61% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.64% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 29 26
10th Percentile £478 £500 £513
25th Percentile £518 £558 £554
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £586 £650
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% -9.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £638 £685 -
90th Percentile £688 £692 £666
England median daily rate £563 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +6.02%
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 - -
England median hourly rate £58.72 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,125 5,457 7,463
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 94.71% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,092 3,816 5,052
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £494
Median % change year-on-year - +1.27% +9.72%
75th Percentile £619 £610 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £671
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 481 239 337
10th Percentile £12.78 £17.11 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.14 £15.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.95
90th Percentile £76.99 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Thames Valley +12 31 £625 +6.66% 4
Berkshire +2 26 £625 +4.95% 1
West Sussex +13 9 £518 +3.60%
Buckinghamshire +28 3 - - 1
Oxfordshire +6 2 £463 -11.90% 2
Hampshire +3 2 £615 -
Surrey +14 1 £530 -30.49% 1
Functional Consultant
England

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 South East region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 29 (69.05%) Social Skills
2 21 (50.00%) Oracle
2 21 (50.00%) Finance
3 19 (45.24%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (38.10%) Oracle EBS R12
4 16 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (30.95%) SAP
6 12 (28.57%) E-business
6 12 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
6 12 (28.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (26.19%) Public Sector
8 10 (23.81%) Azure
9 9 (21.43%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 9 (21.43%) SAP BRIM
9 9 (21.43%) SAP Hybris
9 9 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
9 9 (21.43%) Oracle EBS
9 9 (21.43%) Telecoms
9 9 (21.43%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (21.43%) Agile
9 9 (21.43%) Billing
9 9 (21.43%) SAP PSCD
9 9 (21.43%) Revenue Management
10 8 (19.05%) Project Delivery
10 8 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (19.05%) DevOps
11 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
11 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
11 7 (16.67%) Maximo
12 4 (9.52%) Product Backlog

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 16 (38.10%) Oracle EBS R12
2 12 (28.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (21.43%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (21.43%) SAP BRIM
3 9 (21.43%) SAP Hybris
3 9 (21.43%) SAP PSCD
4 7 (16.67%) Maximo
5 3 (7.14%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (7.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (4.76%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (4.76%) SAP PLM
7 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (2.38%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (2.38%) SAP CO
7 1 (2.38%) SAP FI
7 1 (2.38%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (2.38%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (23.81%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.38%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (21.43%) Oracle Forms
General
1 29 (69.05%) Social Skills
2 21 (50.00%) Finance
3 19 (45.24%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (26.19%) Public Sector
5 9 (21.43%) Billing
5 9 (21.43%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.38%) Law
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Marketing
6 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (7.14%) Visualforce
2 1 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (28.57%) E-business
2 12 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (21.43%) Agile
3 9 (21.43%) Revenue Management
3 9 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (19.05%) DevOps
4 8 (19.05%) Project Delivery
5 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
5 4 (9.52%) Logistics
5 4 (9.52%) Product Backlog
6 3 (7.14%) Functional Testing
6 3 (7.14%) Workflow
7 2 (4.76%) Business Process Mapping
7 2 (4.76%) Cash Management
7 2 (4.76%) PLM
7 2 (4.76%) Process Management
7 2 (4.76%) Regression Testing
7 2 (4.76%) Security Patching
7 2 (4.76%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) PL/SQL
1 2 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.38%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 21 (50.00%) Oracle
2 13 (30.95%) SAP
3 3 (7.14%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.38%) IBM