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 to 14 May 2024.

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

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 621 761 984
Rank change year-on-year +140 +223 -252
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 294 214 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.23% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 212 137 159
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.80% +10.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% - +12.07%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 14 May 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 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +99 220 £61,250 -5.77% 51
UK excluding London +48 178 £55,000 -15.38% 29
Work from Home +121 113 £62,500 -10.71% 36
London +93 50 £75,000 +7.14% 12
North of England +22 50 £57,500 -11.54% 5
Midlands +20 49 £58,750 -9.62% 12
West Midlands +32 48 £60,000 -7.69% 11
North West +17 26 £55,000 -15.38% 2
South East +22 23 £55,000 -18.52% 4
Scotland - 16 £50,000 - 1
South West -13 15 £53,750 -10.42%
Wales +25 13 £55,000 -
Yorkshire +51 12 £92,500 +32.14% 3
North East - 12 £57,500 -
East of England +5 8 £71,500 +3.62% 7
Northern Ireland - 4 £100,000 -
East Midlands -28 1 £57,500 -19.30% 1

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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.

1 117 (39.80%) Dynamics 365
2 108 (36.73%) Microsoft
3 74 (25.17%) Agile
4 67 (22.79%) Finance
5 65 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (20.75%) Social Skills
7 56 (19.05%) CRM
8 51 (17.35%) Security Cleared
9 50 (17.01%) Power Platform
10 48 (16.33%) Oracle
11 43 (14.63%) Dynamics CRM
12 35 (11.90%) Roadmaps
12 35 (11.90%) GAP Analysis
12 35 (11.90%) ERP
12 35 (11.90%) Degree
13 32 (10.88%) SAP
13 32 (10.88%) Migration
14 31 (10.54%) Requirements Gathering
14 31 (10.54%) Presales
15 27 (9.18%) Workday
15 27 (9.18%) Data Migration
16 26 (8.84%) Process Improvement
17 25 (8.50%) Workday HCM
17 25 (8.50%) User Acceptance Testing
17 25 (8.50%) Customer Service
18 24 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
19 23 (7.82%) User Stories
19 23 (7.82%) PowerApps
20 22 (7.48%) Power BI
21 21 (7.14%) Product Backlog

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 18 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.38%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 43 (14.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (8.50%) Workday HCM
3 17 (5.78%) NetSuite
4 16 (5.44%) SAP Business One
5 12 (4.08%) Oracle General Ledger
5 12 (4.08%) Oracle Payables
5 12 (4.08%) Oracle Receivables
6 11 (3.74%) Oracle Cash Management
7 6 (2.04%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (1.02%) Endur
8 3 (1.02%) OpenLink RightAngle
8 3 (1.02%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (1.02%) Oracle Manufacturing
8 3 (1.02%) SAP EWM
8 3 (1.02%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.68%) SAP MDG
10 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG-BP
10 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 117 (39.80%) Dynamics 365
2 50 (17.01%) Power Platform
3 23 (7.82%) PowerApps
4 21 (7.14%) Azure
5 20 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.10%) Power Automate
7 12 (4.08%) OCI
8 11 (3.74%) SaaS
9 9 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.04%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.70%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.68%) MailChimp
12 2 (0.68%) Miro
13 1 (0.34%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.48%) Power BI
2 10 (3.40%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.36%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.02%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.02%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.68%) MS Access
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (2.04%) Git
2 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 67 (22.79%) Finance
2 61 (20.75%) Social Skills
3 20 (6.80%) Law
4 19 (6.46%) Manufacturing
5 13 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.74%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.40%) Marketing
8 10 (3.40%) Retail
9 8 (2.72%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.02%) Back Office
10 3 (1.02%) Games
10 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.68%) Publishing
12 1 (0.34%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.34%) Banking
12 1 (0.34%) Billing
12 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.68%) Middleware
1 2 (0.68%) ODBC
1 2 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (0.68%) SAP ALE
2 1 (0.34%) .NET
2 1 (0.34%) EDI
2 1 (0.34%) HTML
2 1 (0.34%) JSON
2 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.06%) Virtual Team
3 7 (2.38%) Low-Code
4 6 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.02%) Swaptions
7 2 (0.68%) iSeries
8 1 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.34%) FMCG
8 1 (0.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.34%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.34%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.34%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (25.17%) Agile
2 65 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (19.05%) CRM
4 35 (11.90%) ERP
4 35 (11.90%) GAP Analysis
4 35 (11.90%) Roadmaps
5 32 (10.88%) Migration
6 31 (10.54%) Presales
6 31 (10.54%) Requirements Gathering
7 27 (9.18%) Data Migration
8 26 (8.84%) Process Improvement
9 25 (8.50%) Customer Service
9 25 (8.50%) User Acceptance Testing
10 24 (8.16%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (7.82%) User Stories
12 21 (7.14%) Product Backlog
13 19 (6.46%) Scrum
13 19 (6.46%) System Testing
14 17 (5.78%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (5.44%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.76%) SQL
2 6 (2.04%) C#
3 3 (1.02%) Java
3 3 (1.02%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.02%) VB
4 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 51 (17.35%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.90%) Degree
3 16 (5.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.40%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.04%) MCSE
7 1 (0.34%) ACCA
7 1 (0.34%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.02%) PMO
2 1 (0.34%) QA
2 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (0.68%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (0.68%) ThinApp
2 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 108 (36.73%) Microsoft
2 48 (16.33%) Oracle
3 32 (10.88%) SAP
4 27 (9.18%) Workday
5 5 (1.70%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.02%) OpenLink
6 3 (1.02%) Sybase
6 3 (1.02%) TIBCO
7 2 (0.68%) Citrix
7 2 (0.68%) VMware
8 1 (0.34%) IFS
8 1 (0.34%) JDA
8 1 (0.34%) Pega