Functional Consultant Contracts with Work from Home Options

Functional Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in Work from Home is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 375 448
Rank change year-on-year +169 +73 -68
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 144 95 170
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.98% 0.39% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.41% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 53 100
10th Percentile £451 £425 £425
25th Percentile £511 £488 £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £588 £607
90th Percentile £749 £642 £650
UK median daily rate £594 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +7.95% - +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 13,707 23,282 42,199
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.29% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,257 16,477 30,548
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £448 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 561 537 589
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.17 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.71 £19.35
Median hourly rate £44.74 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +50.00% +48.94%
75th Percentile £64.53 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.17
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.44%

Functional Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Functional Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Functional Consultant trend for jobs with a WFH option

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Functional Consultant over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 23 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 56 (38.89%) Finance
2 48 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 47 (32.64%) SAP
4 41 (28.47%) Dynamics 365
5 34 (23.61%) Microsoft
6 30 (20.83%) Oracle
7 28 (19.44%) Agile
8 23 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (15.97%) Azure
9 21 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (13.19%) DevOps
10 19 (13.19%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (13.19%) Public Sector
11 18 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (11.81%) SAP S/4HANA
13 16 (11.11%) Power Platform
13 16 (11.11%) Degree
13 16 (11.11%) Logistics
13 16 (11.11%) Manufacturing
14 14 (9.72%) CRM
14 14 (9.72%) Procure-to-Pay
14 14 (9.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
15 13 (9.03%) Power Automate
15 13 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
15 13 (9.03%) Retail
16 12 (8.33%) ERP
16 12 (8.33%) Power BI
16 12 (8.33%) Customer Service
17 11 (7.64%) User Stories
17 11 (7.64%) SuccessFactors

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 (2.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 17 (11.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (9.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 11 (7.64%) Oracle EBS R12
4 9 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (6.25%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (4.17%) Sage 200
5 6 (4.17%) Sage 50
6 5 (3.47%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (3.47%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (3.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 5 (3.47%) SAP SD
7 4 (2.78%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (2.78%) SAP MDG
8 3 (2.08%) Oracle Assets
8 3 (2.08%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 3 (2.08%) Oracle iProcurement
8 3 (2.08%) SAP FI
9 2 (1.39%) Oracle iSupplier
9 2 (1.39%) SAP BRIM
9 2 (1.39%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 41 (28.47%) Dynamics 365
2 23 (15.97%) Azure
3 19 (13.19%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 13 (9.03%) Power Automate
6 11 (7.64%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (3.47%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.39%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 1 (0.69%) OCI
10 1 (0.69%) Oracle CX
10 1 (0.69%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.33%) Power BI
2 10 (6.94%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.69%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (0.69%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 9 (6.25%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.69%) JIRA
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
General
1 56 (38.89%) Finance
2 48 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 23 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.19%) Public Sector
5 16 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 13 (9.03%) Retail
7 8 (5.56%) Billing
8 7 (4.86%) Marketing
9 6 (4.17%) General Ledger
10 5 (3.47%) Law
11 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (2.08%) Publishing
12 3 (2.08%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.69%) Automotive
14 1 (0.69%) Banking
14 1 (0.69%) Front Office
14 1 (0.69%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.69%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.78%) Middleware
1 4 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.08%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.39%) IDoc
3 2 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (1.39%) SAP ALE
3 2 (1.39%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (0.69%) SAP TM
4 1 (0.69%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.47%) Data Structures
1 5 (3.47%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (1.39%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.39%) Replication
4 1 (0.69%) FMCG
4 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.69%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (19.44%) Agile
2 21 (14.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (13.19%) DevOps
4 18 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (11.11%) Logistics
6 14 (9.72%) CRM
6 14 (9.72%) Procure-to-Pay
7 13 (9.03%) Business Intelligence
8 12 (8.33%) Customer Service
8 12 (8.33%) ERP
9 11 (7.64%) User Stories
10 9 (6.25%) Migration
10 9 (6.25%) Supply Chain Management
11 8 (5.56%) Accounts Receivable
11 8 (5.56%) E-business
11 8 (5.56%) GAP Analysis
11 8 (5.56%) Requirements Workshops
12 7 (4.86%) Accounts Payable
12 7 (4.86%) Data Migration
12 7 (4.86%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.47%) ABAP
2 2 (1.39%) PL/SQL
2 2 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (11.11%) Degree
2 11 (7.64%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.39%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.69%) CBAP
7 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.69%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.69%) PMP
7 1 (0.69%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.39%) QA
2 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.69%) SLA
Vendors
1 47 (32.64%) SAP
2 34 (23.61%) Microsoft
3 30 (20.83%) Oracle
4 8 (5.56%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.17%) Sage
6 3 (2.08%) Adobe
6 3 (2.08%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.39%) Ariba
7 2 (1.39%) Conga
7 2 (1.39%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.69%) IBM
8 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow