Functional Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Functional Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Functional Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 573 726 734
Rank change year-on-year +153 +8 +126
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Analyst 7 49 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.018% 0.066% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.070% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 4 21 21
10th Percentile £53,625 £23,800 £40,750
25th Percentile £55,313 £42,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -7.27% +25.00%
75th Percentile £60,938 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £64,875 £73,750 £63,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +27.45% -7.27% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,218 70,245 51,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 94.92% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 17,732 49,603 29,711
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Functional Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Functional Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Analyst in the UK excluding London

Functional Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Functional Analyst in the UK excluding London

Functional Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +115 2 £57,500 +9.52% 4
South East +80 2 - - 12
Midlands +55 1 - - 2
East of England +36 1 £65,000 +22.64%
North of England +34 1 £55,000 +18.28% 3
East Midlands +34 1 - - 2
North West +4 1 £55,000 +131.09% 3
Functional Analyst
UK

Functional Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Functional Analyst 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 permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Functional Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) ERP
3 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Oracle
3 3 (42.86%) SAP
3 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) ITSM
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Cost Centre Accounting
5 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
5 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) SaaS
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (14.29%) IDoc
5 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (14.29%) Accounts Payable
5 1 (14.29%) Accounts Receivable

Functional Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
2 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
2 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) DTS
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) General Ledger
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ERP
2 3 (42.86%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cost Centre Accounting
4 1 (14.29%) E-business
4 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (14.29%) Information Management
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Certification
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Ariba
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Workday