Functional Consultant Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Functional Consultant
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £523, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.27% - 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £580
25th Percentile £511 - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 - £582
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.40%
75th Percentile £534 - £582
90th Percentile - - £582
East of England median daily rate £713 £700 £525
% change year-on-year +1.79% +33.33% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 344 241 412
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 83.39% 84.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 137 170
10th Percentile £200 £304 £225
25th Percentile £329 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £470 £471
Median % change year-on-year +3.99% -0.27% +4.72%
75th Percentile £580 £550 £563
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
East of England median daily rate £475 £493 £475
% change year-on-year -3.55% +3.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 27 172
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £13.80 £16.83 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +31.66% +5.16%
75th Percentile £25.15 £26.38 £22.31
90th Percentile £38.78 £60.50 £63.55
East of England median hourly rate £23.27 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -61.23% +50.00% +33.33%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Functional Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Functional Consultant job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 3 March 2026. 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
Cambridge - 1 £523 -
Functional Consultant
East of England

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 3 March 2026, Functional Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (100.00%) IDoc
1 1 (100.00%) Invoice Processing
1 1 (100.00%) OCR
1 1 (100.00%) OpenText
1 1 (100.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Record to Report
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP ALE
1 1 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP FI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) IDoc
1 1 (100.00%) SAP ALE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (100.00%) Invoice Processing
1 1 (100.00%) OCR
1 1 (100.00%) Order to Cash
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Record to Report
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) OpenText
1 1 (100.00%) SAP