Functional Consultant Contracts in England

Functional Consultant
UK > England

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in England is £569 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 476 555
Rank change year-on-year +159 +79 -79
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 220 164 219
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.34% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.36% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 95 123
10th Percentile £450 £463 £425
25th Percentile £505 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £650
90th Percentile £688 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £582 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +5.82% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.90 - -
Median hourly rate £55.80 - -
75th Percentile £58.70 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £55.80 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 33,787 45,579 67,163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.59% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,417 32,381 47,891
10th Percentile £284 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,334 1,845
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Consultant in England

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +139 121 £575 - 10
South East +45 38 £605 +3.24% 3
East of England +21 19 £550 +29.41% 7
North of England +21 19 £525 +5.00% 2
Midlands +18 10 £550 +4.76% 11
North West +14 10 £525 +5.00% 1
Yorkshire +12 7 £450 -10.00% 1
West Midlands +19 6 £550 -4.35% 10
North East +12 3 £400 -25.23%
South West +8 3 £485 -31.93% 2
East Midlands +11 1 £525 - 1
Functional Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Functional Consultant contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 88 (40.00%) Finance
2 87 (39.55%) Social Skills
3 79 (35.91%) SAP
4 53 (24.09%) Microsoft
5 52 (23.64%) Oracle
5 52 (23.64%) Dynamics 365
6 43 (19.55%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (15.45%) SAP S/4HANA
8 33 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (12.73%) Agile
9 28 (12.73%) Azure
10 26 (11.82%) Logistics
11 25 (11.36%) DevOps
12 24 (10.91%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (10.91%) Public Sector
13 22 (10.00%) Oracle EBS R12
13 22 (10.00%) CRM
14 21 (9.55%) Power Platform
15 20 (9.09%) Procure-to-Pay
16 19 (8.64%) Degree
16 19 (8.64%) Requirements Gathering
16 19 (8.64%) Customer Service
17 18 (8.18%) Oracle EBS
18 17 (7.73%) E-business
18 17 (7.73%) Business Intelligence
18 17 (7.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
19 16 (7.27%) Security Cleared
19 16 (7.27%) ABAP
19 16 (7.27%) Migration

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (0.91%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 34 (15.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (10.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 18 (8.18%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (7.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 15 (6.82%) Dynamics CRM
6 12 (5.45%) Maximo
7 11 (5.00%) Oracle Payables
7 11 (5.00%) Oracle Receivables
7 11 (5.00%) SAP MDG
8 9 (4.09%) Oracle Cash Management
8 9 (4.09%) SAP SD
9 7 (3.18%) Dynamics AX
10 6 (2.73%) Sage 200
10 6 (2.73%) Sage 50
11 5 (2.27%) Oracle General Ledger
11 5 (2.27%) SAP BRIM
11 5 (2.27%) SAP Hybris
11 5 (2.27%) SAP PSCD
12 4 (1.82%) SAP PLM
13 3 (1.36%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 52 (23.64%) Dynamics 365
2 28 (12.73%) Azure
3 24 (10.91%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (9.55%) Power Platform
5 15 (6.82%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.18%) OCI
7 5 (2.27%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.27%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 5 (2.27%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.91%) SaaS
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.45%) Oracle CX
10 1 (0.45%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.82%) Power BI
2 13 (5.91%) Data Lake
3 6 (2.73%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.36%) SAP HANA
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.45%) Big Data
6 1 (0.45%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.45%) Siebel EIM
6 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.55%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.91%) JIRA
General
1 88 (40.00%) Finance
2 87 (39.55%) Social Skills
3 43 (19.55%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.91%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.36%) Retail
6 13 (5.91%) Manufacturing
7 11 (5.00%) Marketing
8 9 (4.09%) Billing
8 9 (4.09%) General Ledger
9 8 (3.64%) Law
9 8 (3.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.73%) Banking
11 6 (2.73%) Legal
11 6 (2.73%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.91%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.45%) French Language
14 1 (0.45%) German Language
14 1 (0.45%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (2.73%) Middleware
3 5 (2.27%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (2.27%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (1.82%) SAP ALE
4 4 (1.82%) Web Services
5 3 (1.36%) IDoc
5 3 (1.36%) Visualforce
5 3 (1.36%) Web Dynpro
6 2 (0.91%) EDI
7 1 (0.45%) ADO
7 1 (0.45%) BAPI
7 1 (0.45%) SAP TM
7 1 (0.45%) WebCenter
7 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.09%) Life Science
2 7 (3.18%) Data Structures
2 7 (3.18%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.73%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (2.27%) Replication
5 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.91%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.91%) Solar Panel
6 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.45%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.45%) FMCG
6 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.45%) Tandem
6 1 (0.45%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (12.73%) Agile
4 26 (11.82%) Logistics
5 25 (11.36%) DevOps
6 22 (10.00%) CRM
7 20 (9.09%) Procure-to-Pay
8 19 (8.64%) Customer Service
8 19 (8.64%) Requirements Gathering
9 17 (7.73%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (7.73%) E-business
10 16 (7.27%) Migration
11 15 (6.82%) Accounts Payable
11 15 (6.82%) Project Delivery
11 15 (6.82%) User Stories
12 14 (6.36%) Data Migration
12 14 (6.36%) Data Modelling
13 13 (5.91%) Accounts Receivable
13 13 (5.91%) User Acceptance Testing
13 13 (5.91%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.27%) ABAP
2 5 (2.27%) SQL
3 4 (1.82%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (8.64%) Degree
2 16 (7.27%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.36%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.91%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.91%) PMP
8 1 (0.45%) CBAP
8 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.45%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.45%) Siebel Certification
8 1 (0.45%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 1 (0.45%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.91%) GDPR
1 2 (0.91%) QA
2 1 (0.45%) PMO
2 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (0.91%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 79 (35.91%) SAP
2 53 (24.09%) Microsoft
3 52 (23.64%) Oracle
4 9 (4.09%) Ariba
5 8 (3.64%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.73%) Sage
7 3 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.91%) Conga
8 2 (0.91%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.45%) Cadence
9 1 (0.45%) Cognos
9 1 (0.45%) Concur
9 1 (0.45%) IBM
9 1 (0.45%) IFS
9 1 (0.45%) JDA
9 1 (0.45%) Kronos
9 1 (0.45%) Siebel
9 1 (0.45%) Syclo