Functional Consultant Contracts in England

Functional Consultant
UK > England

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in England is £600, 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 341 323 481
Rank change year-on-year -18 +158 +87
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 144 227 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.59% 0.61% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.66% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 159 104
10th Percentile £450 £446 £463
25th Percentile £513 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -2.17% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £588 £582 £575
% change year-on-year +0.95% +1.22% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £58.72 -
UK median hourly rate - £58.72 -

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 Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
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 Consultant 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 -18 69 £600 +4.35% 35
South East +47 43 £601 +0.08% 22
East of England +26 11 £700 +30.23% 2
North of England +7 9 £538 +2.38% 7
North West +10 5 £550 +4.76% 4
South West +48 4 £575 +15.00% 6
Midlands +14 3 - - 7
North East -1 3 £350 -12.50% 1
West Midlands +9 2 - - 5
East Midlands +10 1 - - 2
Yorkshire +3 1 £550 +22.22% 2
Functional Consultant
UK

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 England region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 65 (45.14%) Finance
2 59 (40.97%) Social Skills
3 53 (36.81%) Oracle
4 36 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
5 31 (21.53%) SAP
6 30 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
8 26 (18.06%) Oracle EBS R12
8 26 (18.06%) Project Delivery
9 23 (15.97%) Migration
10 22 (15.28%) Workshop Facilitation
10 22 (15.28%) ERP
11 21 (14.58%) Data Migration
12 19 (13.19%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (11.11%) Microsoft
14 14 (9.72%) E-business
14 14 (9.72%) Maximo
14 14 (9.72%) Agile
14 14 (9.72%) Oracle Fusion
14 14 (9.72%) SAP S/4HANA
15 13 (9.03%) Procure-to-Pay
15 13 (9.03%) Oracle ASCP
15 13 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
15 13 (9.03%) Manufacturing
15 13 (9.03%) Public Sector
16 12 (8.33%) Logistics
16 12 (8.33%) Business Transformation
16 12 (8.33%) Analytics
17 11 (7.64%) Record to Report
18 10 (6.94%) Workflow

Functional Consultant 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (4.17%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.69%) Confluence
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Business Applications
1 36 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
2 26 (18.06%) Oracle EBS R12
3 14 (9.72%) Maximo
3 14 (9.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (9.03%) Oracle ASCP
5 7 (4.86%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (4.86%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (4.86%) SAP BRIM
5 7 (4.86%) SAP Hybris
5 7 (4.86%) SAP PSCD
6 6 (4.17%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 5 (3.47%) Endur
8 4 (2.78%) Workday HCM
9 3 (2.08%) Oracle Assets
9 3 (2.08%) Oracle Payables
9 3 (2.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (2.08%) PeopleSoft Financials
9 3 (2.08%) PeopleSoft HCM
10 2 (1.39%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (1.39%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.19%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (5.56%) Azure
2 8 (5.56%) OCI
3 7 (4.86%) Power Platform
3 7 (4.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 3 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.08%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.39%) SaaS
6 1 (0.69%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.69%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.69%) PuTTY
1 1 (0.69%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.08%) Power BI
2 2 (1.39%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.69%) GIS
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 3 (2.08%) JIRA
2 1 (0.69%) Git
2 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.69%) Maven
2 1 (0.69%) Postman
2 1 (0.69%) Selenium
2 1 (0.69%) Toad
General
1 65 (45.14%) Finance
2 59 (40.97%) Social Skills
3 27 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.03%) Manufacturing
4 13 (9.03%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.25%) Billing
6 7 (4.86%) General Ledger
6 7 (4.86%) Retail
6 7 (4.86%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.17%) Banking
7 6 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.47%) Back Office
9 4 (2.78%) Marketing
10 3 (2.08%) Advertising
10 3 (2.08%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.69%) Games
12 1 (0.69%) Law
12 1 (0.69%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.69%) Gherkin
2 1 (0.69%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (0.69%) Middleware
2 1 (0.69%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
1 8 (5.56%) Life Science
2 7 (4.86%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.08%) FMCG
5 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.39%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.69%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.69%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.69%) EFT
6 1 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.69%) LIMS
6 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.69%) PACS
6 1 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (18.06%) Project Delivery
3 23 (15.97%) Migration
4 22 (15.28%) ERP
4 22 (15.28%) Workshop Facilitation
5 21 (14.58%) Data Migration
6 14 (9.72%) Agile
6 14 (9.72%) E-business
7 13 (9.03%) Procure-to-Pay
7 13 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (8.33%) Analytics
8 12 (8.33%) Business Transformation
8 12 (8.33%) Logistics
9 11 (7.64%) Record to Report
10 10 (6.94%) Requirements Gathering
10 10 (6.94%) Workflow
11 8 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (5.56%) User Stories
12 7 (4.86%) ITSM
12 7 (4.86%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.94%) SQL
2 3 (2.08%) PeopleCode
3 2 (1.39%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.69%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.69%) Java
4 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.69%) Python
4 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (2.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.08%) Degree
3 2 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.69%) CCA
4 1 (0.69%) SAP Certification
4 1 (0.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.78%) QA
2 3 (2.08%) IFRS
2 3 (2.08%) IFRS 9
3 2 (1.39%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.39%) GAAP
4 1 (0.69%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 3 (2.08%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 53 (36.81%) Oracle
2 31 (21.53%) SAP
3 16 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.17%) IFS
4 6 (4.17%) Workday
5 5 (3.47%) OpenLink
6 4 (2.78%) Ariba
7 3 (2.08%) PeopleSoft
7 3 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.69%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.69%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.69%) Charles River
8 1 (0.69%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.69%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.69%) Fujitsu
8 1 (0.69%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.69%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.69%) Kronos
8 1 (0.69%) Remedy
8 1 (0.69%) Splunk