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 28 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.97% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £625 - £563
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 145 90 156
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.39% 95.74% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 59 112
10th Percentile £131 £221 £158
25th Percentile £360 £275 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +26.67% -5.06%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £575
90th Percentile £638 £683 £636
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.76% - -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 7
10th Percentile £13.84 £22.13 £11.90
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.44 £13.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +16.67% +10.73%
75th Percentile £28.75 £28.44 £28.13
90th Percentile £30.25 £29.38 £39.65
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.64 £23.59 £17.72
% change year-on-year -16.74% +33.13% +0.91%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Functional Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Functional Consultant job vacancy trend 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
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 28 February 2026. 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
Leicester - 1 £625 - 1
Functional Consultant
East Midlands

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Functional Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leicestershire region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Receivables
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Receivables
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle