Functional Consultant Contracts in the East of England

Functional Consultant
England > East of England

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in the East of England is £700, 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 71 97 120
Rank change year-on-year +26 +23 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 11 15 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.17% 0.79% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.88% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 2
10th Percentile - - £403
25th Percentile - £513 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year +30.23% +26.47% -29.17%
75th Percentile - £580 £456
90th Percentile - £582 £468
England median daily rate £600 £563 £575
% change year-on-year +6.71% -2.17% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 829 1,710 1,891
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.38% 89.58% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 773 1,156
10th Percentile £200 £206 £185
25th Percentile £379 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £563 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 591 294
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.61 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in the East of England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in the East of England

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Bedfordshire +4 10 £700 +33.33%
Norfolk - 1 - -
Functional Consultant
England

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

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 East of England region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 10 (90.91%) SAP
3 9 (81.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (81.82%) Business Transformation
3 9 (81.82%) Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (81.82%) Record to Report
3 9 (81.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
4 8 (72.73%) Life Science
5 5 (45.45%) Analytics
5 5 (45.45%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (18.18%) Order to Cash
6 2 (18.18%) Ariba
7 1 (9.09%) Hyperion
7 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
7 1 (9.09%) ERP
7 1 (9.09%) CCA
7 1 (9.09%) Games
7 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
7 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1 (9.09%) Data Management
7 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (9.09%) Anaplan
7 1 (9.09%) JIRA
7 1 (9.09%) Biotechnology
7 1 (9.09%) SAP BPC
7 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
7 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (81.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) SAP BPC
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
3 5 (45.45%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (9.09%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Business Transformation
1 9 (81.82%) Procure-to-Pay
1 9 (81.82%) Record to Report
1 9 (81.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (45.45%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Order to Cash
4 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Biotechnology
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
4 1 (9.09%) Data Management
4 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
4 1 (9.09%) ERP
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CCA
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Ariba
3 1 (9.09%) Anaplan
3 1 (9.09%) Hyperion
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce