Functional Consultant Jobs

Functional Consultant
UK

The median Functional Consultant salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 624 1024
Rank change year-on-year +47 +400 -246
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 275 275 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.34% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.37% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 195 198 182
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £48,275
25th Percentile £54,375 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -6.47% +6.92%
75th Percentile £75,125 £75,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +12.07% -3.33%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Functional Consultant in the UK

Functional Consultant
Top 17 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 26 July 2024. 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 -15 209 £61,250 -5.77% 23
UK excluding London -19 178 £57,500 -11.54% 14
Work from Home +56 93 £55,000 -21.43% 20
Midlands -12 50 £60,000 -7.69% 3
West Midlands +14 49 £60,000 -7.69% 3
London +33 46 £75,000 +11.11% 11
North of England -42 37 £57,500 -11.54% 4
South East +15 29 £70,000 +7.69% 5
East of England +7 23 £55,000 -20.29%
North West -18 18 £52,500 -19.23% 2
Scotland -26 17 £50,000 +11.11%
Yorkshire +10 13 £80,000 +23.08% 2
South West +1 10 £47,500 -20.83% 1
Wales +36 9 £55,000 -8.33%
Northern Ireland - 7 - - 1
North East - 6 £57,500 -
East Midlands -36 1 £75,000 +3.45%

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 112 (40.73%) Dynamics 365
2 91 (33.09%) Microsoft
3 73 (26.55%) Agile
4 66 (24.00%) CRM
5 57 (20.73%) Oracle
5 57 (20.73%) Finance
6 49 (17.82%) Dynamics CRM
7 47 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (17.09%) Social Skills
8 43 (15.64%) Power Platform
8 43 (15.64%) ERP
9 35 (12.73%) Degree
10 33 (12.00%) Customer Service
11 30 (10.91%) SAP
12 29 (10.55%) Presales
13 27 (9.82%) Roadmaps
14 26 (9.45%) Security Cleared
15 25 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
16 24 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
16 24 (8.73%) Requirements Gathering
17 22 (8.00%) Power BI
18 21 (7.64%) Translating Business Requirements
18 21 (7.64%) Migration
19 20 (7.27%) Data Modelling
20 19 (6.91%) Power Automate
21 18 (6.55%) Data Migration
21 18 (6.55%) SQL
22 17 (6.18%) Change Management
22 17 (6.18%) Presentation Skills
22 17 (6.18%) OCI

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 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.09%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 11 (4.00%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 49 (17.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (5.45%) Oracle Payables
2 15 (5.45%) Oracle Receivables
3 14 (5.09%) Oracle General Ledger
4 12 (4.36%) Oracle Cash Management
4 12 (4.36%) SAP Business One
5 10 (3.64%) Workday HCM
6 9 (3.27%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (3.27%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (2.91%) NetSuite
8 7 (2.55%) Oracle EBS R12
8 7 (2.55%) Oracle Financials
9 6 (2.18%) Primavera
10 5 (1.82%) SAP MDG
11 4 (1.45%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (1.45%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (1.45%) PeopleSoft HCM
12 3 (1.09%) Oracle iProcurement
12 3 (1.09%) SAP MDM
12 3 (1.09%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 112 (40.73%) Dynamics 365
2 43 (15.64%) Power Platform
3 19 (6.91%) Power Automate
4 17 (6.18%) OCI
5 14 (5.09%) PowerApps
6 12 (4.36%) SaaS
7 10 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.91%) Azure
9 6 (2.18%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.45%) AWS
10 4 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.36%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.00%) Power BI
2 4 (1.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.73%) MS Access
4 2 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.73%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.18%) Git
2 3 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 57 (20.73%) Finance
2 47 (17.09%) Social Skills
3 17 (6.18%) Presentation Skills
4 15 (5.45%) Manufacturing
5 14 (5.09%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (3.64%) Retail
8 9 (3.27%) Back Office
8 9 (3.27%) Marketing
9 8 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (2.91%) Law
10 6 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.18%) Legal
11 4 (1.45%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.73%) Banking
12 2 (0.73%) Billing
12 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.73%) Publishing
13 1 (0.36%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.36%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.91%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.82%) SAP ALE
3 4 (1.45%) XML
4 2 (0.73%) .NET
4 2 (0.73%) HTML
4 2 (0.73%) JSON
4 2 (0.73%) ODBC
5 1 (0.36%) EDI
5 1 (0.36%) Middleware
5 1 (0.36%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.36%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
1 7 (2.55%) Virtual Team
2 6 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (2.18%) PMI
3 5 (1.82%) Low-Code
4 4 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (0.73%) FMCG
5 2 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (0.73%) iSeries
5 2 (0.73%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.73%) Replication
6 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.36%) Swaptions
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (26.55%) Agile
2 66 (24.00%) CRM
3 47 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (15.64%) ERP
5 33 (12.00%) Customer Service
6 29 (10.55%) Presales
7 27 (9.82%) Roadmaps
8 25 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
9 24 (8.73%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (8.73%) Requirements Gathering
10 21 (7.64%) Migration
10 21 (7.64%) Translating Business Requirements
11 20 (7.27%) Data Modelling
12 18 (6.55%) Data Migration
13 17 (6.18%) Change Management
14 16 (5.82%) Collaborative Working
14 16 (5.82%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (5.82%) User Stories
15 15 (5.45%) Product Backlog
16 14 (5.09%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.55%) SQL
2 6 (2.18%) C#
3 3 (1.09%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.73%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.73%) Python
5 1 (0.36%) ABAP
5 1 (0.36%) Java
5 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (12.73%) Degree
2 26 (9.45%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.36%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.91%) PMI Certification
5 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.18%) MCSE
7 5 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.73%) ACCA
8 2 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.73%) PMP
9 1 (0.36%) CIMA
9 1 (0.36%) CIPD
9 1 (0.36%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.09%) QA
2 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (0.73%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.73%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (0.73%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (1.09%) HP ALM
2 2 (0.73%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 91 (33.09%) Microsoft
2 57 (20.73%) Oracle
3 30 (10.91%) SAP
4 10 (3.64%) Workday
5 4 (1.45%) Hyperion
5 4 (1.45%) JD Edwards
5 4 (1.45%) PeopleSoft
6 3 (1.09%) JDA
7 2 (0.73%) Adobe
7 2 (0.73%) Citrix
7 2 (0.73%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.73%) VMware
8 1 (0.36%) IFS
8 1 (0.36%) OpenLink
8 1 (0.36%) Pega
8 1 (0.36%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.36%) Sybase
8 1 (0.36%) TIBCO