Functional Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

Functional Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 290 378 427
Rank change year-on-year +88 +49 -83
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 95 78 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.33% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.35% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 54 56
10th Percentile £450 £463 £438
25th Percentile £513 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £593
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -11.39% +12.86%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £650
90th Percentile £650 £685 -
UK median daily rate £577 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.91% - +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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,985 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,554 15,534 20,562
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.03 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.55 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £73.80 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in the UK excluding London

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in the UK excluding London

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Consultant in the UK excluding London

Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Consultant in the UK excluding London

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East +23 42 £603 +2.82% 6
North of England +20 20 £525 +5.00% 6
East of England +18 16 £538 +26.47% 8
Midlands +28 11 £563 +7.14% 14
North West +18 10 £525 +5.00% 3
Scotland +49 8 £550 +13.52% 1
West Midlands +24 7 £575 - 13
Yorkshire +24 7 £450 -10.00% 2
North East +17 4 £400 -25.23% 1
South West +20 3 £485 -31.93%
East Midlands +16 1 £525 - 1
Wales - 1 £550 -
Functional Consultant
UK

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 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 UK excluding London region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 49 (51.58%) Social Skills
2 33 (34.74%) Finance
2 33 (34.74%) SAP
3 30 (31.58%) Oracle
4 24 (25.26%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (17.89%) Dynamics 365
7 16 (16.84%) Agile
7 16 (16.84%) Oracle EBS R12
8 15 (15.79%) Azure
8 15 (15.79%) SAP S/4HANA
9 13 (13.68%) Microsoft
9 13 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (12.63%) E-business
10 12 (12.63%) Procure-to-Pay
10 12 (12.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 11 (11.58%) Public Sector
11 11 (11.58%) Billing
12 10 (10.53%) Oracle EBS
12 10 (10.53%) Customer Service
12 10 (10.53%) DevOps
12 10 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (9.47%) Business Transformation
13 9 (9.47%) Oracle Forms
13 9 (9.47%) Data Modelling
14 8 (8.42%) CRM
14 8 (8.42%) Telecoms
14 8 (8.42%) Logistics
14 8 (8.42%) Revenue Management
14 8 (8.42%) SAP PSCD

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (3.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (2.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.05%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 16 (16.84%) Oracle EBS R12
2 15 (15.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (12.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (10.53%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (8.42%) SAP BRIM
5 8 (8.42%) SAP Hybris
5 8 (8.42%) SAP PSCD
6 7 (7.37%) Maximo
7 6 (6.32%) Oracle Payables
7 6 (6.32%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (5.26%) SAP SD
9 4 (4.21%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
10 3 (3.16%) SAP MDG
11 2 (2.11%) Oracle Assets
11 2 (2.11%) Oracle General Ledger
11 2 (2.11%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 2 (2.11%) SAP PLM
12 1 (1.05%) SAP MDG-BP
12 1 (1.05%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 17 (17.89%) Dynamics 365
2 15 (15.79%) Azure
3 10 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (8.42%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 7 (7.37%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.16%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.11%) OCI
8 1 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.05%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.05%) SaaS
8 1 (1.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (1.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) Oracle Database
1 2 (2.11%) Power BI
2 1 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (9.47%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 49 (51.58%) Social Skills
2 33 (34.74%) Finance
3 24 (25.26%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.58%) Billing
4 11 (11.58%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.42%) Telecoms
6 6 (6.32%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.21%) Law
7 4 (4.21%) Marketing
8 3 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.16%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.11%) Legal
9 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.11%) Retail
10 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.26%) Middleware
2 4 (4.21%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (3.16%) IDoc
3 3 (3.16%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (3.16%) SAP ALE
3 3 (3.16%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (3.16%) Visualforce
3 3 (3.16%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (1.05%) CSS
4 1 (1.05%) HTML
4 1 (1.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.32%) Life Science
2 5 (5.26%) Replication
3 3 (3.16%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.11%) e-Learning
4 2 (2.11%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.05%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (16.84%) Agile
3 13 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (12.63%) E-business
4 12 (12.63%) Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (10.53%) Customer Service
5 10 (10.53%) DevOps
6 9 (9.47%) Business Transformation
6 9 (9.47%) Data Modelling
7 8 (8.42%) CRM
7 8 (8.42%) Logistics
7 8 (8.42%) Project Delivery
7 8 (8.42%) Revenue Management
7 8 (8.42%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (7.37%) ERP
8 7 (7.37%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (6.32%) Accounts Payable
9 6 (6.32%) Customer Engagement
10 5 (5.26%) Accounts Receivable
10 5 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.16%) ABAP
1 3 (3.16%) PL/SQL
1 3 (3.16%) SQL
2 1 (1.05%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (7.37%) SC Cleared
1 7 (7.37%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.21%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.11%) Degree
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.05%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.11%) GDPR
2 1 (1.05%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.05%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.11%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 33 (34.74%) SAP
2 30 (31.58%) Oracle
3 13 (13.68%) Microsoft
4 7 (7.37%) Salesforce
5 6 (6.32%) Ariba
6 3 (3.16%) Adobe
6 3 (3.16%) MuleSoft
6 3 (3.16%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.05%) IBM
7 1 (1.05%) JDA
7 1 (1.05%) Syclo