Functional Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Functional Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Functional Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £600, 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 230 209 379
Rank change year-on-year -21 +170 +82
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 74 138 98
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.75% 0.90% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.96% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 92 59
10th Percentile £454 £450 £425
25th Percentile £502 £509 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £582 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% +5.85% -
75th Percentile £638 £639 £588
90th Percentile £691 £736 £649
UK median daily rate £588 £582 £575
% change year-on-year +0.95% +1.22% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Functional Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Functional Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Functional Consultant trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Functional Consultant.

Functional Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Functional Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Functional Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Functional Consultant.

Functional Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 37 (50.00%) Oracle
2 28 (37.84%) Social Skills
3 27 (36.49%) Oracle EBS
4 22 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (28.38%) Finance
6 18 (24.32%) Oracle EBS R12
7 14 (18.92%) Project Delivery
8 13 (17.57%) Migration
9 12 (16.22%) SAP
10 11 (14.86%) Requirements Gathering
10 11 (14.86%) Maximo
10 11 (14.86%) Oracle ASCP
11 10 (13.51%) Data Migration
12 9 (12.16%) Workshop Facilitation
13 8 (10.81%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (10.81%) Logistics
13 8 (10.81%) Microsoft
14 7 (9.46%) Oracle Financials
14 7 (9.46%) Agile
14 7 (9.46%) Retail
14 7 (9.46%) Oracle Fusion
14 7 (9.46%) Azure
14 7 (9.46%) Decision-Making
15 6 (8.11%) Accounts Payable
15 6 (8.11%) Workday
15 6 (8.11%) Oracle E-Business Tax
15 6 (8.11%) Degree
15 6 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 6 (8.11%) SQL

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.05%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Business Applications
1 27 (36.49%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (24.32%) Oracle EBS R12
3 11 (14.86%) Maximo
3 11 (14.86%) Oracle ASCP
4 7 (9.46%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (8.11%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 5 (6.76%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (6.76%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (5.41%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (5.41%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (5.41%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (5.41%) SAP EWM
7 4 (5.41%) Workday HCM
8 2 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (2.70%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (2.70%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (2.70%) Oracle iProcurement
8 2 (2.70%) PeopleSoft Financials
8 2 (2.70%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 2 (2.70%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.81%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (9.46%) Azure
3 4 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.05%) OCI
5 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.70%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.35%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.35%) Boomi
6 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Selenium
General
1 28 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 22 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (28.38%) Finance
4 7 (9.46%) Retail
5 5 (6.76%) General Ledger
5 5 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.41%) Banking
6 4 (5.41%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.05%) Advertising
8 2 (2.70%) Billing
8 2 (2.70%) Marketing
9 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.35%) Electronics
9 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.35%) Law
9 1 (1.35%) Legal
9 1 (1.35%) Local Government
9 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.35%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.46%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.35%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.35%) Middleware
2 1 (1.35%) Web Services
2 1 (1.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.35%) FMCG
2 1 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.35%) Life Science
2 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.70%) Linux
1 2 (2.70%) Unix
1 2 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (18.92%) Project Delivery
3 13 (17.57%) Migration
4 11 (14.86%) Requirements Gathering
5 10 (13.51%) Data Migration
6 9 (12.16%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (10.81%) Logistics
8 7 (9.46%) Agile
8 7 (9.46%) Decision-Making
9 6 (8.11%) Accounts Payable
9 6 (8.11%) ERP
9 6 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (6.76%) DevOps
10 5 (6.76%) E-business
10 5 (6.76%) Project Management
11 4 (5.41%) Accounts Receivable
11 4 (5.41%) Analytical Thinking
11 4 (5.41%) Computer Science
11 4 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 4 (5.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.11%) SQL
2 4 (5.41%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.70%) C
3 2 (2.70%) PeopleCode
4 1 (1.35%) ABAP
4 1 (1.35%) Java
4 1 (1.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (8.11%) Degree
2 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.05%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.05%) QA
2 1 (1.35%) GAAP
2 1 (1.35%) IFRS
2 1 (1.35%) IFRS 9
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 37 (50.00%) Oracle
2 12 (16.22%) SAP
3 8 (10.81%) Microsoft
4 6 (8.11%) Workday
5 3 (4.05%) Ariba
6 2 (2.70%) IFS
6 2 (2.70%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.35%) Cognos
7 1 (1.35%) Concur
7 1 (1.35%) Dell
7 1 (1.35%) JD Edwards