Senior Functional Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Functional Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Functional Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 351 414
Rank change year-on-year -27 +63 -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Functional Consultant 2 10 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.059% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.064% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - £641 £576
25th Percentile £563 £647 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £663 £638
Median % change year-on-year -13.21% +3.92% -
75th Percentile £588 £710 £672
90th Percentile - £711 £689
UK median daily rate £575 £638 £638
% change year-on-year -9.80% - -20.31%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 14,518 15,743 19,790
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 92.10% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,945 8,979 13,184
10th Percentile £211 £220 £217
25th Percentile £363 £373 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,368 1,154 1,250
10th Percentile £13.56 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £24.56 £40.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -38.60% -9.60% +93.74%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.94%

Senior Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Functional Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Functional Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Functional Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Functional Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Functional Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
East of England -8 2 £575 -11.54% 3
Senior Functional Consultant
UK

Senior Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Senior 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Case Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Senior Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Case Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft