Functional Consultant Job Trends in the North East

Functional Consultant
England > North East

The median Functional Consultant salary in the North East is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 9 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.25% - 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% - 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - -
75th Percentile £86,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +16.67% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North East with a recognized job title 3,229 856 1,280
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.07% 87.26% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,343 523 709
10th Percentile £34,250 £25,087 £24,960
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £59,201 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Functional Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Functional Consultant job vacancy trend in the North East

Functional Consultant
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies in the North East

Functional Consultant
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Consultant within the North East region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Durham - 8 - -
Tyne and Wear - 1 £82,500 - 2
Functional Consultant
England

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 11 October 2026, Functional Consultant 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 permanent job ads across the North East region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) Functional Safety
1 8 (88.89%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (11.11%) AI
2 1 (11.11%) Cash Management
2 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
2 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing

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

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Receivables
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) AI Agents
1 1 (11.11%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (11.11%) AI
2 1 (11.11%) Cash Management
2 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
2 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Systems Management
1 8 (88.89%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle