Functional Consultant Job Trends

Functional Consultant
UK

The median Functional Consultant salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 571 578
Rank change year-on-year +18 +7 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 235 117 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.23% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.26% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 141 86 178
10th Percentile £59,000 £42,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £51,563 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £58,750 £58,500
% change year-on-year +31.91% +0.43% -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 99,712 44,763 79,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.90% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 68,207 26,557 53,034
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -6.54%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Functional Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Functional Consultant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Functional Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Functional Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Functional Consultant in the UK

Functional Consultant
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 12 August 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
England +10 206 £80,000 +23.08% 130
UK excluding London -4 148 £77,500 +31.91% 91
North of England +2 69 £72,500 +45.00% 19
London -33 64 £80,000 +23.08% 66
Work from Home -6 52 £80,000 +6.67% 112
North West +5 41 £70,000 +40.00% 13
East of England -8 28 £90,000 +9.09% 5
Midlands -18 24 £80,000 +45.45% 19
Yorkshire - 16 £77,500 -
South East -23 15 £70,000 -12.50% 23
West Midlands -21 14 £80,000 +23.08% 11
North East - 12 - - 6
East Midlands -18 10 £73,750 +37.21% 7
Northern Ireland - 7 £65,000 - 17
South West -61 3 - - 1
Wales - 2 £75,000 -

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 August 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 featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 83 (35.32%) Dynamics 365
2 74 (31.49%) Microsoft
3 61 (25.96%) ERP
4 57 (24.26%) Oracle
5 55 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (14.47%) Process Improvement
7 32 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 32 (13.62%) Workshop Facilitation
8 30 (12.77%) Functional Safety
8 30 (12.77%) Regulatory Compliance
9 28 (11.91%) Migration
9 28 (11.91%) User Acceptance Testing
10 26 (11.06%) Order to Cash
10 26 (11.06%) Power Platform
10 26 (11.06%) SAP
11 24 (10.21%) Requirements Gathering
12 22 (9.36%) Agile
12 22 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (8.51%) Data Migration
14 17 (7.23%) Procure-to-Pay
14 17 (7.23%) Project Delivery
14 17 (7.23%) Record to Report
15 16 (6.81%) OCI
15 16 (6.81%) Roadmaps
16 15 (6.38%) Azure
17 14 (5.96%) Validation
18 13 (5.53%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
18 13 (5.53%) Data Quality
18 13 (5.53%) Dynamic Pricing

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.43%) Confluence
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.98%) NetSuite
3 6 (2.55%) Oracle Cash Management
3 6 (2.55%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (2.55%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (2.55%) Oracle Receivables
3 6 (2.55%) SAP MDG
4 5 (2.13%) Odoo
5 4 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.70%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.70%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (1.70%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (1.70%) Oracle iProcurement
6 3 (1.28%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (1.28%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (1.28%) SAP MDG-BP
6 3 (1.28%) SAP MDG-F
6 3 (1.28%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.85%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 83 (35.32%) Dynamics 365
2 26 (11.06%) Power Platform
3 16 (6.81%) OCI
4 15 (6.38%) Azure
5 11 (4.68%) Power Automate
6 10 (4.26%) PowerApps
7 9 (3.83%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.98%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (0.85%) AWS
9 2 (0.85%) GCP
9 2 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.70%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (1.70%) Power BI
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 90 (38.30%) Finance
2 53 (22.55%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.64%) Manufacturing
4 20 (8.51%) Law
5 14 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.53%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.68%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.83%) Retail
9 8 (3.40%) Public Sector
10 7 (2.98%) Billing
11 5 (2.13%) Marketing
12 4 (1.70%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.70%) Legal
13 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.43%) Local Government
14 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (0.85%) Data Structures
2 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (0.85%) Low-Code
2 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
2 2 (0.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (0.43%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (0.43%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (25.96%) ERP
2 55 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (14.47%) Process Improvement
4 32 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (13.62%) Workshop Facilitation
5 30 (12.77%) Regulatory Compliance
6 28 (11.91%) Migration
6 28 (11.91%) User Acceptance Testing
7 26 (11.06%) Order to Cash
8 24 (10.21%) Requirements Gathering
9 22 (9.36%) Agile
9 22 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (8.51%) Data Migration
11 17 (7.23%) Procure-to-Pay
11 17 (7.23%) Project Delivery
11 17 (7.23%) Record to Report
12 16 (6.81%) Roadmaps
13 14 (5.96%) Validation
14 13 (5.53%) Dynamic Pricing
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.53%) SQL
2 4 (1.70%) Apex Code
3 1 (0.43%) ABAP
3 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (4.26%) Security Cleared
2 7 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (2.98%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.85%) CISSP
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.43%) Degree
4 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.53%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.11%) QA
3 3 (1.28%) GDPR
4 2 (0.85%) SLA
5 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.43%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 30 (12.77%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 74 (31.49%) Microsoft
2 57 (24.26%) Oracle
3 26 (11.06%) SAP
4 13 (5.53%) Salesforce
5 10 (4.26%) JD Edwards
6 9 (3.83%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.98%) Computacenter
7 7 (2.98%) IFS
8 5 (2.13%) Guidewire
9 4 (1.70%) Workday
10 2 (0.85%) Google
11 1 (0.43%) Genesys
11 1 (0.43%) HubSpot