Functional Analyst Jobs

Functional Analyst
UK

The median Functional Analyst salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 701 835 919
Rank change year-on-year +134 +84 +279
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Analyst 10 75 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.073% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.077% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 7 38 35
10th Percentile £54,750 £36,015 £40,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £42,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% -7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,000 £75,000 £69,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.75% -7.27% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Functional Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Functional Analyst.

Salary trend for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Analyst over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Top 11 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 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
England +111 9 £61,250 +16.67% 20
UK excluding London +151 7 £57,500 +12.75% 12
South West +116 2 £57,500 +9.52% 3
London +114 2 £65,000 +4.00% 8
South East +71 2 - - 6
Work from Home +97 1 £80,000 +32.23% 8
Midlands +55 1 - - 2
East Midlands +39 1 - - 2
East of England +38 1 £65,000 +22.64%
North of England +30 1 £55,000 +18.28% 1
North West -2 1 £55,000 +131.09% 1

Functional Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 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 featuring Functional Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) ERP
3 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Oracle
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 4 (40.00%) Migration
4 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (30.00%) JIRA
5 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
5 3 (30.00%) ITSM
5 3 (30.00%) SAP
6 2 (20.00%) SQL
6 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (20.00%) ACCA
6 2 (20.00%) Validation
6 2 (20.00%) Law
6 2 (20.00%) CIMA
6 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (20.00%) Cash Management
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (20.00%) Oracle Assets

Functional Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (10.00%) SAP CO
4 1 (10.00%) SAP FI
4 1 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (10.00%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) OCI
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) DTS
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Billing
4 1 (10.00%) Front Office
4 1 (10.00%) General Ledger
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ERP
2 5 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
4 3 (30.00%) ITSM
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) Cash Management
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 2 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
5 2 (20.00%) Order to Cash
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (20.00%) Record to Report
5 2 (20.00%) Validation
6 1 (10.00%) Change Management
6 1 (10.00%) E-business
6 1 (10.00%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ACCA
1 2 (20.00%) CIMA
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (10.00%) Ariba
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Workday