Functional Analyst Contracts in England

Functional Analyst
UK > England

The median Functional Analyst daily rate in England is £763, 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 475 520 618
Rank change year-on-year +45 +98 +144
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Analyst 10 22 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.059% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.064% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 23
10th Percentile £457 £391 £350
25th Percentile £617 £418 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £763 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +43.96% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £820 £638 £638
90th Percentile - £663 £825
UK median daily rate £603 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +20.60% -6.98% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Functional Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Analyst in England

Functional Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Functional Analyst in England

Functional Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Analyst in England

Functional Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Analyst in England

Functional Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Analyst within the 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
London +31 5 £820 +57.69% 4
South East +42 1 - - 3
North of England +18 1 - - 4
South West - 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £400 -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - - 1
North West - 1 - - 3
Functional Analyst
UK

Functional Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

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

1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (20.00%) User Stories
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (10.00%) Product Management
3 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (10.00%) SAP CAR
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) Business Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Active Listening
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) IFS
3 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (10.00%) System Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE

Functional Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (20.00%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (10.00%) SAP CAR
2 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Equities
1 1 (10.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) User Stories
2 1 (10.00%) Active Listening
2 1 (10.00%) Agile
2 1 (10.00%) Business Change Management
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (10.00%) Change Management
2 1 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (10.00%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Product Management
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) System Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) IFS
2 1 (10.00%) JDA
2 1 (10.00%) Murex
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce