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 £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 188 216
Rank change year-on-year +24 +28 -57
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 21 29 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.45% 0.50% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.52% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 17
10th Percentile £400 £463 £448
25th Percentile £450 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £544 - £588
90th Percentile £627 £551 £631
England median daily rate £563 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,370 5,536 6,958
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 95.30% 96.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,742 3,911 5,115
10th Percentile £263 £281 £200
25th Percentile £385 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £684 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 160 284
10th Percentile £11.01 £14.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.76 £14.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £31.63 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -36.76% +70.11% +4.63%
75th Percentile £46.00 £50.72 £28.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £66.07 £51.25
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 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
North West +23 12 £525 +5.00% 3
Yorkshire +16 6 £450 -10.00% 3
North East +18 4 £400 -25.23% 1
Functional Consultant
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 North of England region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) SAP
3 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (38.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (33.33%) Business Transformation
5 6 (28.57%) Life Science
5 6 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (28.57%) Finance
5 6 (28.57%) Ariba
5 6 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
6 5 (23.81%) Data Migration
6 5 (23.81%) Migration
6 5 (23.81%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (19.05%) Accounts Payable
7 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (14.29%) User Stories
8 3 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (14.29%) Accounts Receivable
8 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
8 3 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (14.29%) Logistics
9 2 (9.52%) Supply Chain Management
9 2 (9.52%) Asset Management
9 2 (9.52%) Service Management
9 2 (9.52%) Change Management
9 2 (9.52%) SAP SD
9 2 (9.52%) Cost Management
9 2 (9.52%) Inventory Management

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 8 (38.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (9.52%) SAP SD
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (4.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Life Science
2 1 (4.76%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (33.33%) Business Transformation
3 6 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (23.81%) Data Migration
4 5 (23.81%) Migration
5 4 (19.05%) Accounts Payable
5 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (14.29%) Accounts Receivable
6 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 3 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (14.29%) Logistics
6 3 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (14.29%) User Stories
7 2 (9.52%) Asset Management
7 2 (9.52%) Change Management
7 2 (9.52%) Integration Testing
7 2 (9.52%) Inventory Management
7 2 (9.52%) Service Management
7 2 (9.52%) Supply Chain Management
7 2 (9.52%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) SAP
2 6 (28.57%) Ariba
3 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.76%) JDA
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle