Functional Consultant
UK

The median Functional Consultant salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 610 782 944
Rank change year-on-year +172 +162 -238
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 297 210 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.22% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 212 125 155
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £59,750 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,125 £75,750 £78,125
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year -15.38% -1.89% +14.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in the UK

Functional Consultant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant.

Salary trend for Functional Consultant in the UK

Functional Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Functional Consultant in the UK

Functional Consultant
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +139 223 £62,500 -3.85% 49
UK excluding London +77 175 £55,000 -15.38% 27
Work from Home +144 113 £65,000 -7.14% 39
London +90 52 £75,000 +7.14% 15
North of England +36 50 £57,500 -11.54% 6
Midlands +29 50 £57,500 -11.54% 7
West Midlands +50 48 £57,500 -11.54% 7
North West +28 26 £55,000 -15.38% 4
South East +30 22 £52,500 -19.23% 6
South West -8 15 £53,750 -2.27%
Scotland - 15 £50,000 - 2
Wales +17 13 £55,000 -
Yorkshire +54 12 £92,500 +42.31% 1
North East - 12 £57,500 - 1
East of England +31 6 £71,500 +1.78% 5
Northern Ireland - 4 £100,000 - 1
East Midlands -25 2 £57,500 -19.30%

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Functional Consultant 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 permanent job ads featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 113 (38.05%) Dynamics 365
2 108 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 76 (25.59%) Finance
4 74 (24.92%) Agile
5 68 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (21.55%) Social Skills
7 53 (17.85%) Security Cleared
8 52 (17.51%) CRM
9 51 (17.17%) Power Platform
10 48 (16.16%) Oracle
11 39 (13.13%) Dynamics CRM
12 37 (12.46%) GAP Analysis
13 36 (12.12%) Roadmaps
14 35 (11.78%) ERP
15 34 (11.45%) Migration
15 34 (11.45%) Degree
16 33 (11.11%) SAP
16 33 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
17 30 (10.10%) Presales
17 30 (10.10%) Data Migration
17 30 (10.10%) Process Improvement
18 29 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
18 29 (9.76%) Workday
19 27 (9.09%) Workday HCM
20 26 (8.75%) PowerApps
21 24 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
21 24 (8.08%) User Stories
22 23 (7.74%) Power BI
23 22 (7.41%) Azure
23 22 (7.41%) Microsoft 365

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (6.40%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.36%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 39 (13.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (9.09%) Workday HCM
3 19 (6.40%) NetSuite
4 16 (5.39%) SAP Business One
5 13 (4.38%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (4.38%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (4.38%) Oracle Receivables
6 11 (3.70%) Oracle Cash Management
7 7 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (1.68%) Dynamics NAV
9 3 (1.01%) Endur
9 3 (1.01%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 3 (1.01%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (1.01%) Oracle Manufacturing
9 3 (1.01%) SAP EWM
9 3 (1.01%) SAP SD
10 2 (0.67%) Dynamics GP
10 2 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
10 2 (0.67%) SAP MDG
11 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 113 (38.05%) Dynamics 365
2 51 (17.17%) Power Platform
3 26 (8.75%) PowerApps
4 22 (7.41%) Azure
4 22 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.38%) OCI
5 13 (4.38%) Power Automate
6 11 (3.70%) SaaS
7 9 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.02%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.01%) Miro
11 2 (0.67%) MailChimp
12 1 (0.34%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.74%) Power BI
2 11 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.68%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.01%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.01%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.67%) MS Access
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (2.02%) Git
2 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 76 (25.59%) Finance
2 64 (21.55%) Social Skills
3 21 (7.07%) Law
4 20 (6.73%) Manufacturing
5 13 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.37%) Retail
8 9 (3.03%) General Ledger
8 9 (3.03%) Marketing
9 3 (1.01%) Games
10 2 (0.67%) Back Office
10 2 (0.67%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.67%) Publishing
11 1 (0.34%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.34%) Billing
11 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.67%) Middleware
1 2 (0.67%) ODBC
1 2 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (0.67%) SAP ALE
2 1 (0.34%) .NET
2 1 (0.34%) EDI
2 1 (0.34%) HTML
2 1 (0.34%) JSON
2 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.05%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.03%) Virtual Team
3 7 (2.36%) Low-Code
4 6 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.01%) Swaptions
7 2 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.67%) iSeries
7 2 (0.67%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.34%) FMCG
8 1 (0.34%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.34%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (24.92%) Agile
2 68 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (17.51%) CRM
4 37 (12.46%) GAP Analysis
5 36 (12.12%) Roadmaps
6 35 (11.78%) ERP
7 34 (11.45%) Migration
8 33 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
9 30 (10.10%) Data Migration
9 30 (10.10%) Presales
9 30 (10.10%) Process Improvement
10 29 (9.76%) User Acceptance Testing
11 24 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (8.08%) User Stories
12 21 (7.07%) Customer Service
12 21 (7.07%) Product Backlog
13 20 (6.73%) Scrum
13 20 (6.73%) System Testing
14 18 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (6.06%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.05%) SQL
2 6 (2.02%) C#
3 3 (1.01%) Java
3 3 (1.01%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.01%) VB
4 2 (0.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 53 (17.85%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.45%) Degree
3 17 (5.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.37%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.02%) MCSE
7 1 (0.34%) ACCA
7 1 (0.34%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.67%) PMO
2 1 (0.34%) QA
2 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (0.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (0.67%) ThinApp
2 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 108 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 48 (16.16%) Oracle
3 33 (11.11%) SAP
4 29 (9.76%) Workday
5 6 (2.02%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.01%) OpenLink
6 3 (1.01%) Sybase
6 3 (1.01%) TIBCO
7 2 (0.67%) Citrix
7 2 (0.67%) VMware
8 1 (0.34%) IFS
8 1 (0.34%) JDA
8 1 (0.34%) Pega