Functional Consultant Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Functional Consultant
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in Leicestershire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 0.75% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £625 - £650

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 111 107 169
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.84% 91.45% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 75 129
10th Percentile £126 £191 £130
25th Percentile £153 £294 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.29% - +2.41%
75th Percentile £475 £500 £563
90th Percentile £531 £646 £650
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -8.89% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile £15.70 - £12.81
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.50 £13.16
Median hourly rate £20.50 £24.00 £19.69
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +21.89% +9.39%
75th Percentile £21.00 £24.50 £22.06
90th Percentile £24.30 - £36.13
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.25 £21.59 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.57% +7.95% +13.90%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in Leicestershire

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies in Leicestershire

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 21 September 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 Leicestershire region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 1 (100.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Receivables
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle