Functional Analyst Contracts

Functional Analyst
UK

The median Functional Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 663 824
Rank change year-on-year +129 +161 -178
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Analyst 39 37 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.092% 0.065% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.068% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 24 17
10th Percentile £405 £359 £408
25th Percentile £431 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £600
90th Percentile £645 £825 £610
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +35.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,476 54,050 83,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,679 37,739 58,629
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,507 2,053
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.88
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.70 £76.10 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Functional Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Functional Analyst over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Functional Analyst in the UK

Functional Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England +84 21 £520 -5.45% 7
UK excluding London +50 19 £500 -4.76% 2
Work from Home +124 14 £450 -12.20% 6
London +96 10 £520 -30.67% 5
Scotland +51 6 £500 +17.65%
Northern Ireland - 5 - -
South East +14 4 £625 +16.28% 1
North of England +20 3 £420 -16.00%
North East - 2 £408 -
North West +19 1 £500 -9.09%
South West +18 1 £450 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, Functional Analyst 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 featuring Functional Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (33.33%) SAP
2 13 (33.33%) Finance
3 8 (20.51%) Functional Testing
3 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
4 7 (17.95%) Migration
4 7 (17.95%) Agile
4 7 (17.95%) Roadmaps
4 7 (17.95%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (15.38%) Customer Service
5 6 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
5 6 (15.38%) Oracle
5 6 (15.38%) Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (15.38%) QA
6 5 (12.82%) ISTQB
6 5 (12.82%) Business Analysis
6 5 (12.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.82%) Banking
6 5 (12.82%) End-to-End Testing
6 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.82%) SDLC
7 4 (10.26%) Test Strategy
7 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (10.26%) Product Backlog
7 4 (10.26%) Technology Transformation
7 4 (10.26%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (10.26%) Risk Management
7 4 (10.26%) ERP
7 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling

Functional Analyst 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (5.13%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.13%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (5.13%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.56%) Loan IQ
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (2.56%) SAP APO
3 1 (2.56%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.56%) SAP IBP
3 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.95%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
2 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.13%) IaaS
2 2 (5.13%) PaaS
2 2 (5.13%) SaaS
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.56%) OCI
3 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (2.56%) SAP BW
1 1 (2.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (5.13%) Cucumber
2 2 (5.13%) Cypress.io
2 2 (5.13%) Git
2 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.13%) JIRA
2 2 (5.13%) Selenium
2 2 (5.13%) Subversion
2 2 (5.13%) TeamCity
2 2 (5.13%) WebDriver
General
1 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
2 13 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Banking
4 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.56%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) EDI
2 1 (2.56%) IDoc
2 1 (2.56%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.56%) SAP XI
2 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Derivative
1 3 (7.69%) Equities
2 2 (5.13%) Client/Server
2 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Functional Testing
2 7 (17.95%) Agile
2 7 (17.95%) Migration
2 7 (17.95%) Roadmaps
3 6 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 6 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
3 6 (15.38%) Procure-to-Pay
4 5 (12.82%) Business Analysis
4 5 (12.82%) End-to-End Testing
4 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.82%) SDLC
4 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling
5 4 (10.26%) ERP
5 4 (10.26%) ETL
5 4 (10.26%) Product Backlog
5 4 (10.26%) Risk Management
5 4 (10.26%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (10.26%) Technology Transformation
5 4 (10.26%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) C#
1 4 (10.26%) Java
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
2 2 (5.13%) ABAP
2 2 (5.13%) C++
2 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.13%) Shell Script
2 2 (5.13%) VBA
2 2 (5.13%) VBScript
3 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) ISTQB
2 3 (7.69%) ISEB
2 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.56%) ACCA
4 1 (2.56%) CIMA
4 1 (2.56%) Degree
4 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (2.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) QA
2 3 (7.69%) IFRS
3 1 (2.56%) Basel III
3 1 (2.56%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.56%) FINREP
3 1 (2.56%) IFRS 9
3 1 (2.56%) SLA
Vendors
1 13 (33.33%) SAP
2 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
3 6 (15.38%) Oracle
4 2 (5.13%) Ariba
5 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.56%) VMware
5 1 (2.56%) Workday