Functional Consultant Contracts in England

Functional Consultant
UK > England

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in England is £569 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 491 579
Rank change year-on-year +167 +88 -105
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 229 166 209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.34% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.36% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 98 120
10th Percentile £450 £463 £413
25th Percentile £506 £500 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -3.30% +8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £582 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +5.82% - +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 34,105 46,424 66,840
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.64% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,627 32,967 47,588
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £640
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,373 1,839
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.26 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.92 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +99.60% +2.48%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +134 127 £569 -1.09% 8
South East +38 42 £603 +2.82% 6
North of England +18 19 £525 +5.00% 3
East of England +23 18 £550 +29.41% 8
Midlands +31 10 £575 +9.52% 11
North West +9 10 £525 +5.00% 2
Yorkshire +16 7 £450 -10.00% 1
West Midlands +19 6 £600 +4.35% 10
South West +16 3 £485 -31.93%
North East +12 3 £400 -25.23%
East Midlands +21 1 £525 - 1
Functional Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 95 (41.48%) Finance
2 92 (40.17%) Social Skills
3 84 (36.68%) SAP
4 55 (24.02%) Oracle
5 54 (23.58%) Microsoft
5 54 (23.58%) Dynamics 365
6 45 (19.65%) Analytical Skills
7 36 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (15.28%) SAP S/4HANA
9 33 (14.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (12.66%) Agile
11 28 (12.23%) Azure
12 27 (11.79%) Public Sector
13 26 (11.35%) Logistics
14 25 (10.92%) DevOps
15 24 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
16 22 (9.61%) Procure-to-Pay
16 22 (9.61%) Oracle EBS R12
16 22 (9.61%) Oracle EBS
16 22 (9.61%) CRM
17 21 (9.17%) Power Platform
18 20 (8.73%) Requirements Gathering
19 19 (8.30%) Customer Service
19 19 (8.30%) Degree
20 18 (7.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
20 18 (7.86%) Migration
21 17 (7.42%) E-business
21 17 (7.42%) Business Intelligence
21 17 (7.42%) Security Cleared
22 16 (6.99%) Data Migration

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 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (15.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (9.61%) Oracle EBS
2 22 (9.61%) Oracle EBS R12
3 18 (7.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 15 (6.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (5.68%) Oracle Payables
6 12 (5.24%) Maximo
6 12 (5.24%) Oracle Receivables
7 11 (4.80%) SAP MDG
8 10 (4.37%) Oracle Cash Management
9 9 (3.93%) SAP SD
10 8 (3.49%) SAP BRIM
10 8 (3.49%) SAP Hybris
10 8 (3.49%) SAP PSCD
11 7 (3.06%) Dynamics AX
12 6 (2.62%) Sage 200
12 6 (2.62%) Sage 50
13 5 (2.18%) Oracle General Ledger
13 5 (2.18%) SAP PLM
14 4 (1.75%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 54 (23.58%) Dynamics 365
2 28 (12.23%) Azure
3 24 (10.48%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (9.17%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.55%) Power Automate
6 12 (5.24%) OCI
7 8 (3.49%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 5 (2.18%) PowerApps
8 5 (2.18%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.87%) SaaS
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.44%) Oracle CX
11 1 (0.44%) Oracle Service Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.55%) Power BI
2 13 (5.68%) Data Lake
3 6 (2.62%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.31%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.87%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.44%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.44%) Siebel EIM
6 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.37%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.87%) JIRA
General
1 95 (41.48%) Finance
2 92 (40.17%) Social Skills
3 45 (19.65%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (11.79%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.68%) Retail
6 12 (5.24%) Billing
6 12 (5.24%) Manufacturing
7 11 (4.80%) Marketing
8 9 (3.93%) General Ledger
8 9 (3.93%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.49%) Law
9 8 (3.49%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.62%) Banking
11 6 (2.62%) Legal
12 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.87%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.44%) French Language
14 1 (0.44%) Front Office
14 1 (0.44%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.80%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (2.62%) Lightning Web Components
2 6 (2.62%) Middleware
3 5 (2.18%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (1.75%) SAP ALE
4 4 (1.75%) Web Services
5 3 (1.31%) IDoc
5 3 (1.31%) Visualforce
5 3 (1.31%) Web Dynpro
6 2 (0.87%) EDI
7 1 (0.44%) ADO
7 1 (0.44%) BAPI
7 1 (0.44%) SAP TM
7 1 (0.44%) WebCenter
7 1 (0.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.93%) Life Science
2 8 (3.49%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.06%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.62%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.18%) Replication
6 3 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.87%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.87%) Solar Panel
8 1 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.44%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.44%) FMCG
8 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.44%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.44%) Tandem
8 1 (0.44%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (14.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (12.66%) Agile
4 26 (11.35%) Logistics
5 25 (10.92%) DevOps
6 22 (9.61%) CRM
6 22 (9.61%) Procure-to-Pay
7 20 (8.73%) Requirements Gathering
8 19 (8.30%) Customer Service
9 18 (7.86%) Migration
10 17 (7.42%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (7.42%) E-business
11 16 (6.99%) Accounts Payable
11 16 (6.99%) Data Migration
11 16 (6.99%) Data Modelling
11 16 (6.99%) Project Delivery
11 16 (6.99%) User Stories
12 15 (6.55%) Workshop Facilitation
13 14 (6.11%) Accounts Receivable
14 13 (5.68%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.99%) ABAP
2 5 (2.18%) SQL
3 4 (1.75%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (8.30%) Degree
2 17 (7.42%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.99%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.87%) PMP
7 1 (0.44%) CBAP
7 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.44%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.44%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.44%) Siebel Certification
7 1 (0.44%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.31%) QA
2 2 (0.87%) GDPR
3 1 (0.44%) ITGC
3 1 (0.44%) PMO
3 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (0.87%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 84 (36.68%) SAP
2 55 (24.02%) Oracle
3 54 (23.58%) Microsoft
4 9 (3.93%) Ariba
4 9 (3.93%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.62%) Sage
6 3 (1.31%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.87%) Conga
7 2 (0.87%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.44%) CA
8 1 (0.44%) Cadence
8 1 (0.44%) Cognos
8 1 (0.44%) Concur
8 1 (0.44%) IBM
8 1 (0.44%) IFS
8 1 (0.44%) JDA
8 1 (0.44%) Kronos
8 1 (0.44%) Siebel
8 1 (0.44%) Syclo