Functional Consultant Contract Job Trends in the South East

Functional Consultant
England > South East

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in the South East is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 128 140
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 62 44 65
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.42% 1.19% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.58% 1.28% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 38 52
10th Percentile £505 £502 £500
25th Percentile £518 £515 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +15.79% -11.53%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £638
90th Percentile £641 £650 £649
England median daily rate £575 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -9.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £61.48
25th Percentile - £71.62 £62.46
Median hourly rate £35.00 £73.25 £65.38
Median % change year-on-year -52.22% +12.04% -
75th Percentile - £74.87 £73.38
90th Percentile - - £83.50
England median hourly rate £70.50 £73.25 £67.75
% change year-on-year -3.75% +8.11% -20.29%

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 3,936 3,425 4,687
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.21% 92.82% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,550 2,144 3,066
10th Percentile £220 £237 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £501
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% +1.15% +0.10%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 129 226
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.74 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £25.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £54.44
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -21.94% +53.71%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.69 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.40 £71.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Functional Consultant job vacancy trend in the South East

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies 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 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies 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 21 December 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 +4 43 £600 -4.00% 4
Berkshire +7 39 £600 -4.00% 2
West Sussex -2 16 £513 -0.49%
Hampshire - 10 £600 -
Kent - 2 £550 - 1
Oxfordshire - 2 - - 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 - -
Functional Consultant
England

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, 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 South East region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 38 (61.29%) Oracle
2 29 (46.77%) Oracle EBS
3 24 (38.71%) Oracle Receivables
4 21 (33.87%) Oracle EBS R12
4 21 (33.87%) Oracle Payables
5 20 (32.26%) Accounts Receivable
6 17 (27.42%) Accounts Payable
6 17 (27.42%) Cash Management
6 17 (27.42%) Oracle Assets
6 17 (27.42%) Oracle Cash Management
6 17 (27.42%) Oracle General Ledger
6 17 (27.42%) User Acceptance Testing
7 15 (24.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 15 (24.19%) Procure-to-Pay
8 13 (20.97%) Oracle AGIS
8 13 (20.97%) Workshop Facilitation
9 12 (19.35%) Logistics
10 11 (17.74%) SAP
10 11 (17.74%) SAP PSCD
11 10 (16.13%) Dynamics 365
11 10 (16.13%) Revenue Management
12 9 (14.52%) Inventory Management
12 9 (14.52%) SAP BRIM
12 9 (14.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 9 (14.52%) SAP Hybris
13 8 (12.90%) ERP
13 8 (12.90%) Functional Testing
13 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
13 8 (12.90%) Oracle Fusion
14 7 (11.29%) Business Transformation

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 29 (46.77%) Oracle EBS
2 24 (38.71%) Oracle Receivables
3 21 (33.87%) Oracle EBS R12
3 21 (33.87%) Oracle Payables
4 17 (27.42%) Oracle Assets
4 17 (27.42%) Oracle Cash Management
4 17 (27.42%) Oracle General Ledger
5 15 (24.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 13 (20.97%) Oracle AGIS
7 11 (17.74%) SAP PSCD
8 9 (14.52%) SAP BRIM
8 9 (14.52%) SAP Hybris
9 3 (4.84%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 2 (3.23%) Oracle Financials
11 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
11 1 (1.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 1 (1.61%) SAP FI
11 1 (1.61%) SAP FI-CA
11 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
11 1 (1.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.13%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (14.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 5 (8.06%) OCI
4 3 (4.84%) Azure
4 3 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.84%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.23%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (3.23%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
1 1 (1.61%) Postman
General
1 43 (69.35%) Finance
2 15 (24.19%) Social Skills
3 14 (22.58%) General Ledger
4 12 (19.35%) Public Sector
5 10 (16.13%) Billing
6 9 (14.52%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.23%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Accounts Receivable
2 17 (27.42%) Accounts Payable
2 17 (27.42%) Cash Management
2 17 (27.42%) User Acceptance Testing
3 15 (24.19%) Procure-to-Pay
4 13 (20.97%) Workshop Facilitation
5 12 (19.35%) Logistics
6 10 (16.13%) Revenue Management
7 9 (14.52%) Inventory Management
8 8 (12.90%) ERP
8 8 (12.90%) Functional Testing
9 7 (11.29%) Business Transformation
9 7 (11.29%) End-to-End Testing
9 7 (11.29%) Order Management
10 6 (9.68%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (9.68%) Cost Management
11 5 (8.06%) Data Migration
11 5 (8.06%) Migration
11 5 (8.06%) Requirements Analysis
11 5 (8.06%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.23%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) COBIT
1 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.84%) NIST
2 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.61%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 38 (61.29%) Oracle
2 11 (17.74%) SAP
3 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.61%) Workday