Functional Consultant Contracts in Belfast

Functional Consultant
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in Belfast is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 2.04% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £520 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 135 117 147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.35% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 72 72
10th Percentile £155 £173 £166
25th Percentile £273 £309 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £419
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +7.46% -
75th Percentile £530 £575 £504
90th Percentile £625 £650 £636
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £450 £419
% change year-on-year -8.89% +7.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 8
10th Percentile £22.50 - £13.29
25th Percentile £22.92 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £14.19 £14.59
Median % change year-on-year +87.45% -2.79% +16.74%
75th Percentile £48.32 £16.12 £15.94
90th Percentile £78.47 - £16.87
County Antrim median hourly rate £24.18 £15.75 £14.59
% change year-on-year +53.52% +7.93% +5.06%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in Belfast

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in Belfast

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Belfast region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Payroll
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) OCI
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (66.67%) REST
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (66.67%) SOAP
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) IIS

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 1 (33.33%) IIS
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
4 Functional Consultant jobs in County Antrim