Functional Consultant Jobs

Functional Consultant
UK

The median Functional Consultant salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 July 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 611 649
Rank change year-on-year +5 +38 +372
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 128 304 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.29% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.31% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 102 217 189
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -1.89%
75th Percentile £81,875 £75,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £80,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -11.54% +13.04%

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 53,938 98,956 79,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.63% 94.78% 91.68%
Number of salaries quoted 29,675 69,418 54,670
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,742 £38,750 £44,182
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +4.24%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in the UK

Functional Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Functional Consultant in the UK

Functional Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Functional Consultant in the UK

Functional Consultant
Top 12 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 10 July 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 +41 123 £65,000 +4.00% 118
London +104 64 £65,000 -13.33% 52
UK excluding London +24 51 £57,500 - 73
Work from Home +30 38 £70,000 +27.27% 75
Midlands +57 23 £60,000 - 13
North West +7 16 £50,000 -9.09% 19
North of England +5 16 £50,000 -13.04% 24
West Midlands +27 15 £66,250 +10.42% 6
East Midlands +54 8 £53,750 -28.33% 7
South East +52 6 £80,000 +36.17% 19
South West +98 5 £60,000 +14.29% 8
Northern Ireland +36 1 £70,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 10 July 2025, Functional Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 83 (64.84%) Finance
2 68 (53.13%) CRM
3 65 (50.78%) Dynamics 365
4 64 (50.00%) Migration
5 63 (49.22%) Data Migration
6 55 (42.97%) ERP
6 55 (42.97%) Social Skills
7 54 (42.19%) Requirements Gathering
8 53 (41.41%) Problem-Solving
9 49 (38.28%) Project Management
10 48 (37.50%) Microsoft
11 45 (35.16%) Analytical Skills
12 41 (32.03%) Collaborative Working
13 40 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (29.69%) NetSuite
15 35 (27.34%) Azure
16 31 (24.22%) Agile
17 30 (23.44%) Dynamics CRM
17 30 (23.44%) Power Platform
18 22 (17.19%) User Acceptance Testing
19 21 (16.41%) DevOps
20 20 (15.63%) Azure DevOps
21 19 (14.84%) Degree
22 18 (14.06%) Microsoft Certification
23 17 (13.28%) Marketing
23 17 (13.28%) Power Automate
24 16 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
25 14 (10.94%) SAP
25 14 (10.94%) Presentation Skills
25 14 (10.94%) Workshop Facilitation

Functional Consultant 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 38 (29.69%) NetSuite
2 30 (23.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (4.69%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (2.34%) SAP SCM
6 2 (1.56%) SAP EWM
6 2 (1.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (1.56%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.78%) Infor M3
7 1 (0.78%) Maximo
7 1 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.78%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.78%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.78%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.78%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 65 (50.78%) Dynamics 365
2 35 (27.34%) Azure
3 30 (23.44%) Power Platform
4 20 (15.63%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (13.28%) Power Automate
6 8 (6.25%) PowerApps
7 4 (3.13%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.56%) SaaS
9 1 (0.78%) MailChimp
9 1 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.34%) Power BI
3 2 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.78%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.78%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 83 (64.84%) Finance
2 55 (42.97%) Social Skills
3 45 (35.16%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (31.25%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (13.28%) Marketing
6 14 (10.94%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (8.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (8.59%) Law
7 11 (8.59%) Manufacturing
8 9 (7.03%) Retail
9 7 (5.47%) Public Sector
10 6 (4.69%) General Ledger
11 3 (2.34%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.34%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.56%) German Language
13 1 (0.78%) Automotive
13 1 (0.78%) Billing
13 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.78%) Polish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.13%) Gherkin
1 4 (3.13%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.59%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.25%) Hackathon
3 5 (3.91%) Life Science
3 5 (3.91%) Low-Code
4 4 (3.13%) PropTech
5 3 (2.34%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.56%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.78%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (53.13%) CRM
2 64 (50.00%) Migration
3 63 (49.22%) Data Migration
4 55 (42.97%) ERP
5 54 (42.19%) Requirements Gathering
6 53 (41.41%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (38.28%) Project Management
8 41 (32.03%) Collaborative Working
9 31 (24.22%) Agile
10 22 (17.19%) User Acceptance Testing
11 21 (16.41%) DevOps
12 16 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (10.94%) Workshop Facilitation
14 13 (10.16%) Customer Service
15 12 (9.38%) Change Management
16 11 (8.59%) Computer Science
16 11 (8.59%) Matrix Organization
16 11 (8.59%) Mentoring
16 11 (8.59%) Scrum
16 11 (8.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.13%) X++
2 2 (1.56%) SQL
3 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (14.84%) Degree
2 18 (14.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.69%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.34%) MCP
6 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.59%) QA
2 1 (0.78%) GAAP
2 1 (0.78%) IFRS
2 1 (0.78%) PMO
Systems Management
1 5 (3.91%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 48 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.94%) SAP
3 1 (0.78%) Ariba
3 1 (0.78%) Concur
3 1 (0.78%) Epicor
3 1 (0.78%) IBM
3 1 (0.78%) Infor
3 1 (0.78%) Intel
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle
3 1 (0.78%) Workday