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 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 586 610 749
Rank change year-on-year +24 +139 +255
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 125 302 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.30% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.32% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 113 218 136
10th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -5.80%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £95,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £56,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.44% -13.46% -

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 49,357 94,770 90,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.42% 94.70% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 25,605 67,694 56,964
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,622 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,438
% change year-on-year +3.29% -6.43% +6.88%

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 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Functional Consultant in the UK

Functional Consultant
Top 14 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 23 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 +69 122 £64,000 +2.40% 727
London +118 60 £65,000 -13.33% 61
UK excluding London +60 54 £53,750 -4.44% 737
Work from Home +49 33 £65,000 +6.12% 608
North of England +13 23 £50,000 -13.04% 153
North West -5 21 £46,250 -15.91% 65
Midlands +41 18 £52,500 -12.50% 143
West Midlands +37 17 £52,500 -12.50% 77
South East +77 6 £80,000 +45.45% 182
South West +95 5 £60,000 +11.63% 99
Yorkshire +50 2 £65,000 -29.73% 70
Scotland +106 1 £65,000 +30.00% 28
Northern Ireland +37 1 £70,000 -30.00% 15
East Midlands +36 1 - - 56

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 86 (68.80%) Finance
2 81 (64.80%) CRM
3 72 (57.60%) Social Skills
4 69 (55.20%) Migration
5 68 (54.40%) Data Migration
5 68 (54.40%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (48.80%) Requirements Gathering
6 61 (48.80%) Dynamics 365
7 59 (47.20%) ERP
8 55 (44.00%) Analytical Skills
9 53 (42.40%) Project Management
10 52 (41.60%) Collaborative Working
10 52 (41.60%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (40.00%) NetSuite
12 44 (35.20%) Microsoft
13 31 (24.80%) Dynamics CRM
14 29 (23.20%) Azure
15 25 (20.00%) Power Platform
16 21 (16.80%) Agile
17 20 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
18 15 (12.00%) Customer Service
19 14 (11.20%) User Acceptance Testing
20 12 (9.60%) Degree
20 12 (9.60%) DevOps
21 11 (8.80%) Marketing
21 11 (8.80%) Order to Cash
21 11 (8.80%) Azure DevOps
22 10 (8.00%) Power Automate
22 10 (8.00%) GAP Analysis
22 10 (8.00%) Business Analysis

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 3 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.80%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 50 (40.00%) NetSuite
2 31 (24.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (6.40%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.80%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.80%) Maximo
4 1 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.80%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.80%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.80%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.80%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.80%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.80%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.80%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 61 (48.80%) Dynamics 365
2 29 (23.20%) Azure
3 25 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 11 (8.80%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (8.00%) Power Automate
6 9 (7.20%) PowerApps
7 4 (3.20%) SaaS
8 3 (2.40%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.80%) AWS
10 1 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.80%) MailChimp
10 1 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.80%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.80%) Power BI
2 4 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.80%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.80%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.80%) JIRA
General
1 86 (68.80%) Finance
2 72 (57.60%) Social Skills
3 55 (44.00%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (41.60%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (8.80%) Marketing
6 9 (7.20%) Law
7 7 (5.60%) Public Sector
8 6 (4.80%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (4.00%) General Ledger
10 4 (3.20%) German Language
11 3 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.60%) Retail
13 1 (0.80%) Advertising
13 1 (0.80%) Automotive
13 1 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.80%) Polish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.40%) Gherkin
2 1 (0.80%) REST
2 1 (0.80%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.40%) Hackathon
2 5 (4.00%) Low-Code
2 5 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.20%) PropTech
4 3 (2.40%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.60%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.80%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.80%) Life Science
6 1 (0.80%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (64.80%) CRM
2 69 (55.20%) Migration
3 68 (54.40%) Data Migration
3 68 (54.40%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (48.80%) Requirements Gathering
5 59 (47.20%) ERP
6 53 (42.40%) Project Management
7 52 (41.60%) Collaborative Working
8 21 (16.80%) Agile
9 15 (12.00%) Customer Service
10 14 (11.20%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (9.60%) DevOps
12 11 (8.80%) Order to Cash
13 10 (8.00%) Business Analysis
13 10 (8.00%) GAP Analysis
14 8 (6.40%) Procure-to-Pay
14 8 (6.40%) Translating Business Requirements
15 7 (5.60%) Presales
16 6 (4.80%) Accounts Receivable
16 6 (4.80%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.20%) SQL
1 4 (3.20%) X++
2 1 (0.80%) Java
2 1 (0.80%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.80%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (9.60%) Degree
3 9 (7.20%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.00%) MCP
5 2 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.60%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.80%) CIPD
6 1 (0.80%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.40%) QA
2 1 (0.80%) PMO
Vendors
1 44 (35.20%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.40%) SAP
3 3 (2.40%) Intel
4 2 (1.60%) Oracle
5 1 (0.80%) Ariba
5 1 (0.80%) Concur
5 1 (0.80%) IBM
5 1 (0.80%) Infor
5 1 (0.80%) Temenos
5 1 (0.80%) Workday