Functional Consultant Contract Job Trends in Macclesfield

Functional Consultant
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in Macclesfield is £512, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Macclesfield 8.00% - 3.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.00% - 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £506 - -
25th Percentile £507 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 - £500
75th Percentile £515 - £525
90th Percentile £515 - £540
Cheshire median daily rate £509 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +10.00% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Macclesfield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Macclesfield. 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 Macclesfield with a recognized job title 25 40 76
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 86.96% 98.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 33 51
10th Percentile £470 £403 £413
25th Percentile £509 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year - +7.84% +13.33%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £564
90th Percentile £600 £700 £585
Cheshire median daily rate £476 £430 £475
% change year-on-year +10.70% -9.47% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £17.07
25th Percentile - - £17.49
Median hourly rate - - £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.14%
75th Percentile - - £17.73
90th Percentile - - £17.76
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.70% -8.57% +19.62%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

Functional Consultant job vacancy trend in Macclesfield

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

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

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Macclesfield

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 Macclesfield region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) BusinessWorks
1 2 (100.00%) Case Management
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
1 2 (100.00%) TIBCO
1 2 (100.00%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Macclesfield 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) BusinessWorks
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Case Management
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
1 2 (100.00%) TIBCO
Functional Consultant jobs