Functional Consultant Contracts in the South East

Functional Consultant
England > South East

The median Functional Consultant daily rate in the South East is £605 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 177 227
Rank change year-on-year +28 +50 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 38 26 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.70% 0.47% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.49% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 20 25
10th Percentile £466 £497 £513
25th Percentile £518 £500 £590
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £586 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.24% -9.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £638 £653 -
90th Percentile £688 £689 £670
England median daily rate £569 £550 £563
% change year-on-year +3.41% -2.22% +7.14%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate £55.80 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,033 5,286 7,309
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 94.66% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,026 3,699 4,998
10th Percentile £214 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £393 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £601 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 484 230 322
10th Percentile £12.79 £16.25 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.95 £15.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +142.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £39.69
90th Percentile £77.35 £75.00 £58.29
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +4.55%

Functional Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Consultant in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Consultant in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Consultant in the South East

Functional Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Thames Valley +26 31 £625 +6.66% 1
Berkshire +8 26 £625 +3.31%
West Sussex +4 5 £515 +3.00%
Buckinghamshire +27 3 - - 1
Oxfordshire +9 2 £463 -11.90%
Hampshire -8 2 £615 -
Surrey +9 1 £530 -30.49% 1
Functional Consultant
England

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 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 South East region featuring Functional Consultant in the job title.

1 25 (65.79%) Social Skills
2 21 (55.26%) Oracle
3 19 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (44.74%) Finance
5 16 (42.11%) Oracle EBS R12
5 16 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (31.58%) Procure-to-Pay
6 12 (31.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 12 (31.58%) E-business
7 10 (26.32%) Azure
8 9 (23.68%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (23.68%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (23.68%) Agile
9 8 (21.05%) SAP
9 8 (21.05%) DevOps
9 8 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (21.05%) Project Delivery
10 7 (18.42%) Public Sector
10 7 (18.42%) Maximo
11 5 (13.16%) Telecoms
11 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
11 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
11 5 (13.16%) SAP PSCD
11 5 (13.16%) Revenue Management
11 5 (13.16%) Billing
11 5 (13.16%) Workshop Facilitation
11 5 (13.16%) SAP BRIM
11 5 (13.16%) SAP Hybris
11 5 (13.16%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 4 (10.53%) Customer Service

Functional Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 16 (42.11%) Oracle EBS R12
2 12 (31.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (23.68%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (18.42%) Maximo
5 5 (13.16%) SAP BRIM
5 5 (13.16%) SAP Hybris
5 5 (13.16%) SAP PSCD
6 3 (7.89%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (7.89%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (5.26%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (2.63%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (2.63%) SAP CO
8 1 (2.63%) SAP FI
8 1 (2.63%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (2.63%) SAP FI-CA
8 1 (2.63%) SAP PLM
8 1 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (26.32%) Azure
2 8 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (13.16%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 3 (7.89%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.63%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.63%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (23.68%) Oracle Forms
General
1 25 (65.79%) Social Skills
2 19 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (44.74%) Finance
4 7 (18.42%) Public Sector
5 5 (13.16%) Billing
5 5 (13.16%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.63%) Law
7 1 (2.63%) Marketing
7 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (7.89%) Visualforce
2 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (31.58%) E-business
2 12 (31.58%) Procure-to-Pay
3 9 (23.68%) Agile
4 8 (21.05%) DevOps
4 8 (21.05%) Project Delivery
5 5 (13.16%) Revenue Management
5 5 (13.16%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (10.53%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.53%) Logistics
6 4 (10.53%) Product Backlog
7 3 (7.89%) Functional Testing
7 3 (7.89%) Workflow
8 2 (5.26%) Accounts Payable
8 2 (5.26%) Business Process Mapping
8 2 (5.26%) Cash Management
8 2 (5.26%) Process Management
8 2 (5.26%) Regression Testing
8 2 (5.26%) Security Patching
8 2 (5.26%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) PL/SQL
1 2 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.63%) Degree
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.63%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 21 (55.26%) Oracle
2 8 (21.05%) SAP
3 4 (10.53%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.26%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.63%) IBM