Functional Consultant Contracts in England

Functional Consultant
UK > England

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 485 581
Rank change year-on-year +185 +96 -111
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 254 175 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.68% 0.34% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.36% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 104 116
10th Percentile £450 £463 £413
25th Percentile £511 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £641
90th Percentile £688 £688 £678
UK median daily rate £561 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -2.39% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £53.69 - -
25th Percentile £54.88 - -
Median hourly rate £58.72 - -
75th Percentile £61.53 - -
90th Percentile £62.09 - -
UK median hourly rate £58.72 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 2024. 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 +155 130 £575 - 15
South East +21 43 £603 +2.82% 6
North of England +51 39 £525 +5.00% 6
East of England +45 34 £525 +16.67% 4
North West +34 30 £525 +5.00% 4
Midlands +28 11 £563 +7.14% 7
West Midlands +24 7 £575 +9.52% 7
Yorkshire +22 6 £450 -10.00% 1
North East +19 4 £400 -25.23% 1
South West +18 2 £500 -29.82%
East Midlands +9 1 £525 -
Functional Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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.

1 117 (46.06%) Social Skills
2 110 (43.31%) SAP
3 101 (39.76%) Finance
4 60 (23.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 55 (21.65%) Dynamics 365
5 55 (21.65%) Oracle
6 54 (21.26%) Microsoft
7 47 (18.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 45 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
9 36 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (12.20%) Pharmaceutical
11 29 (11.42%) Azure
12 28 (11.02%) Life Science
13 27 (10.63%) Business Transformation
13 27 (10.63%) Agile
14 26 (10.24%) Logistics
14 26 (10.24%) Ariba
14 26 (10.24%) DevOps
14 26 (10.24%) Public Sector
15 25 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
16 24 (9.45%) Migration
17 23 (9.06%) CRM
17 23 (9.06%) Requirements Gathering
18 22 (8.66%) Power Platform
18 22 (8.66%) Oracle EBS
18 22 (8.66%) Oracle EBS R12
19 20 (7.87%) Procure-to-Pay
19 20 (7.87%) Data Migration
20 19 (7.48%) Customer Service
21 18 (7.09%) Accounts Payable

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 2 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 60 (23.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (8.66%) Oracle EBS
2 22 (8.66%) Oracle EBS R12
3 16 (6.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (6.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (5.12%) SAP MDG
5 12 (4.72%) Maximo
6 11 (4.33%) Oracle Payables
6 11 (4.33%) SAP SD
7 10 (3.94%) Oracle Receivables
8 9 (3.54%) SAP BRIM
8 9 (3.54%) SAP Hybris
8 9 (3.54%) SAP PSCD
9 8 (3.15%) Oracle Cash Management
10 7 (2.76%) Dynamics AX
11 6 (2.36%) Sage 200
11 6 (2.36%) Sage 50
12 5 (1.97%) SAP PLM
13 4 (1.57%) Oracle General Ledger
13 4 (1.57%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 55 (21.65%) Dynamics 365
2 29 (11.42%) Azure
3 25 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (8.66%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.91%) Power Automate
6 12 (4.72%) OCI
7 9 (3.54%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 6 (2.36%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.79%) SaaS
11 1 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.39%) Oracle CX
11 1 (0.39%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 1 (0.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 1 (0.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.30%) Power BI
2 13 (5.12%) Data Lake
3 5 (1.97%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.18%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.79%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.39%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.39%) Siebel EIM
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.54%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 117 (46.06%) Social Skills
2 101 (39.76%) Finance
3 45 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (12.20%) Pharmaceutical
5 26 (10.24%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.51%) Retail
7 13 (5.12%) Billing
8 11 (4.33%) Marketing
9 10 (3.94%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.54%) Law
10 9 (3.54%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.15%) General Ledger
12 7 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.76%) Legal
12 7 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Banking
13 2 (0.79%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.39%) Front Office
14 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.39%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (2.36%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (1.97%) Middleware
3 5 (1.97%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (1.57%) SAP ALE
4 4 (1.57%) Web Services
5 3 (1.18%) IDoc
5 3 (1.18%) Visualforce
5 3 (1.18%) Web Dynpro
6 2 (0.79%) EDI
7 1 (0.39%) ADO
7 1 (0.39%) BAPI
7 1 (0.39%) WebCenter
7 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.02%) Life Science
2 8 (3.15%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.76%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.36%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (1.97%) Replication
6 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.79%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.79%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.79%) Solar Panel
8 1 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.39%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.39%) FMCG
8 1 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.39%) Tandem
8 1 (0.39%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (18.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 36 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (10.63%) Agile
3 27 (10.63%) Business Transformation
4 26 (10.24%) DevOps
4 26 (10.24%) Logistics
5 24 (9.45%) Migration
6 23 (9.06%) CRM
6 23 (9.06%) Requirements Gathering
7 20 (7.87%) Data Migration
7 20 (7.87%) Procure-to-Pay
8 19 (7.48%) Customer Service
9 18 (7.09%) Accounts Payable
9 18 (7.09%) User Acceptance Testing
10 17 (6.69%) E-business
11 16 (6.30%) Data Modelling
11 16 (6.30%) Project Delivery
11 16 (6.30%) User Stories
11 16 (6.30%) Workshop Facilitation
12 15 (5.91%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.09%) ABAP
2 4 (1.57%) SQL
3 3 (1.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (7.09%) Degree
1 18 (7.09%) Security Cleared
2 17 (6.69%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.57%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.79%) PMP
7 1 (0.39%) CBAP
7 1 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.39%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.39%) Siebel Certification
7 1 (0.39%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.36%) QA
2 2 (0.79%) GDPR
3 1 (0.39%) ITGC
3 1 (0.39%) PMO
3 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (0.79%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 110 (43.31%) SAP
2 55 (21.65%) Oracle
3 54 (21.26%) Microsoft
4 26 (10.24%) Ariba
5 8 (3.15%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.36%) Sage
7 2 (0.79%) Conga
7 2 (0.79%) DocuSign
7 2 (0.79%) Kronos
8 1 (0.39%) CA
8 1 (0.39%) Cadence
8 1 (0.39%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.39%) Cognos
8 1 (0.39%) Concur
8 1 (0.39%) IBM
8 1 (0.39%) IFS
8 1 (0.39%) JDA
8 1 (0.39%) Siebel