Functional Consultant Contracts in the South East

Functional Consultant
England > South East

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in the South East is £601, 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 116 163 188
Rank change year-on-year +47 +25 +47
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 43 42 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.43% 0.76% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 0.82% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 35 29
10th Percentile £500 £478 £500
25th Percentile £514 £518 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £600 £586
Median % change year-on-year +0.08% +2.39% -9.85%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £685
90th Percentile £650 £688 £692
England median daily rate £600 £563 £575
% change year-on-year +6.71% -2.17% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £58.72 -
England median hourly rate - £58.72 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +39 27 £625 - 8
Berkshire +32 27 £625 - 4
West Sussex +14 11 £514 -0.77% 6
Hampshire +27 3 £663 +7.72%
Middlesex - 1 £500 -
East Sussex - 1 £375 -
Functional Consultant
England

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 29 (67.44%) Oracle
2 28 (65.12%) Social Skills
3 24 (55.81%) Oracle EBS
4 23 (53.49%) Oracle EBS R12
5 22 (51.16%) Project Delivery
6 19 (44.19%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (44.19%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (41.86%) Finance
8 14 (32.56%) E-business
8 14 (32.56%) Maximo
9 13 (30.23%) Oracle ASCP
10 10 (23.26%) Logistics
11 8 (18.60%) Workshop Facilitation
11 8 (18.60%) Public Sector
12 7 (16.28%) SAP BRIM
12 7 (16.28%) SAP Hybris
12 7 (16.28%) Billing
12 7 (16.28%) SAP PSCD
12 7 (16.28%) Revenue Management
12 7 (16.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 7 (16.28%) Telecoms
12 7 (16.28%) SAP
13 5 (11.63%) Oracle Fusion
14 4 (9.30%) Oracle Financials
14 4 (9.30%) Project Management
15 2 (4.65%) Azure
15 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
15 2 (4.65%) PowerApps
15 2 (4.65%) Functional Testing
15 2 (4.65%) Validation

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 24 (55.81%) Oracle EBS
2 23 (53.49%) Oracle EBS R12
3 14 (32.56%) Maximo
4 13 (30.23%) Oracle ASCP
5 7 (16.28%) SAP BRIM
5 7 (16.28%) SAP Hybris
5 7 (16.28%) SAP PSCD
6 4 (9.30%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (4.65%) Azure
2 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.65%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) PuTTY
1 1 (2.33%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) GIS
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Git
1 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.33%) Maven
1 1 (2.33%) Postman
1 1 (2.33%) Selenium
1 1 (2.33%) Toad
General
1 28 (65.12%) Social Skills
2 19 (44.19%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (41.86%) Finance
4 8 (18.60%) Public Sector
5 7 (16.28%) Billing
5 7 (16.28%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.33%) Electronics
6 1 (2.33%) Local Government
6 1 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (51.16%) Project Delivery
2 19 (44.19%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (32.56%) E-business
4 10 (23.26%) Logistics
5 8 (18.60%) Workshop Facilitation
6 7 (16.28%) Revenue Management
7 4 (9.30%) Project Management
8 2 (4.65%) Functional Testing
8 2 (4.65%) Validation
9 1 (2.33%) Analytics
9 1 (2.33%) Build Automation
9 1 (2.33%) Client Onboarding
9 1 (2.33%) Customer Insight
9 1 (2.33%) Epics
9 1 (2.33%) Exploratory Testing
9 1 (2.33%) Marketing Automation
9 1 (2.33%) Product Backlog
9 1 (2.33%) Root Cause Analysis
9 1 (2.33%) Statistical Computing
9 1 (2.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Java
1 1 (2.33%) Python
1 1 (2.33%) Shell Script
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) QA
Vendors
1 29 (67.44%) Oracle
2 7 (16.28%) SAP
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.33%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (2.33%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.33%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.33%) IFS
4 1 (2.33%) Remedy
4 1 (2.33%) Splunk