Functional Consultant Contracts in the North of England

Functional Consultant
England > North of England

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in the North of England is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 164 192
Rank change year-on-year +7 +28 +18
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 9 21 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.27% 0.44% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.47% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 17
10th Percentile £343 £400 £463
25th Percentile £444 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £556 £544 -
90th Percentile £594 £627 £551
England median daily rate £600 £563 £575
% change year-on-year +6.71% -2.17% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in the North of England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in the North of England

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Consultant in the North of England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Consultant in the North of England

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
North West +10 5 £550 +4.76% 5
North East -1 3 £350 -12.50% 1
Yorkshire +3 1 £550 +22.22% 3
Functional Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 North of England region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (22.22%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
3 2 (22.22%) User Stories
3 2 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) PeopleCode
3 2 (22.22%) PeopleSoft
3 2 (22.22%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Impact Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (22.22%) Inventory Management
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (11.11%) ETL
4 1 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
4 1 (11.11%) Fujitsu
4 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 2 (22.22%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
2 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
2 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
2 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
2 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
2 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
2 2 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Inventory Management
2 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (22.22%) User Stories
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PeopleCode
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (11.11%) Fujitsu
3 1 (11.11%) SAP