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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 606 766 990
Rank change year-on-year +160 +224 -278
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 299 211 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.23% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 215 137 159
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £85,500
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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £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 18 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +116 225 £62,500 -3.85% 42
UK excluding London +34 183 £55,000 -15.38% 26
Work from Home +124 114 £61,250 -12.50% 35
North of England +40 52 £57,500 -11.54% 2
London +79 50 £75,000 +7.14% 10
Midlands +7 50 £60,000 -7.69% 11
West Midlands +39 49 £60,000 -7.69% 10
North West +17 26 £55,000 -15.38% 1
South East +18 23 £55,000 -21.43% 3
Scotland - 16 £50,000 - 2
South West -15 15 £53,750 -10.42% 2
Yorkshire +47 14 £92,500 +32.14% 1
Wales +19 13 £55,000 -
North East - 12 £57,500 -
East of England +7 10 £71,500 +3.62% 5
Northern Ireland - 4 £100,000 - 1
East Midlands -19 1 £57,500 -19.30% 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 119 (39.80%) Dynamics 365
2 107 (35.79%) Microsoft
3 74 (24.75%) Agile
4 68 (22.74%) Finance
5 65 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (21.07%) Social Skills
7 57 (19.06%) CRM
8 51 (17.06%) Security Cleared
9 49 (16.39%) Power Platform
9 49 (16.39%) Oracle
10 44 (14.72%) Dynamics CRM
11 37 (12.37%) GAP Analysis
12 36 (12.04%) ERP
13 35 (11.71%) Degree
13 35 (11.71%) Roadmaps
14 34 (11.37%) SAP
15 33 (11.04%) Requirements Gathering
16 32 (10.70%) Migration
17 31 (10.37%) Presales
18 27 (9.03%) Workday
18 27 (9.03%) Data Migration
19 26 (8.70%) Process Improvement
19 26 (8.70%) Customer Service
20 25 (8.36%) Stakeholder Management
20 25 (8.36%) Workday HCM
20 25 (8.36%) User Acceptance Testing
21 23 (7.69%) User Stories
22 22 (7.36%) PowerApps
22 22 (7.36%) Power BI
23 21 (7.02%) Azure

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 17 (5.69%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (2.34%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 44 (14.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (8.36%) Workday HCM
3 17 (5.69%) NetSuite
4 16 (5.35%) SAP Business One
5 12 (4.01%) Oracle General Ledger
5 12 (4.01%) Oracle Payables
5 12 (4.01%) Oracle Receivables
6 11 (3.68%) Oracle Cash Management
7 8 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (2.01%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (1.34%) SAP MDG
10 3 (1.00%) Endur
10 3 (1.00%) OpenLink RightAngle
10 3 (1.00%) Oracle Applications
10 3 (1.00%) Oracle Manufacturing
10 3 (1.00%) SAP EWM
10 3 (1.00%) SAP SD
11 2 (0.67%) Dynamics GP
11 2 (0.67%) SAP MDM
11 2 (0.67%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 119 (39.80%) Dynamics 365
2 49 (16.39%) Power Platform
3 22 (7.36%) PowerApps
4 21 (7.02%) Azure
5 19 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (5.02%) Power Automate
7 12 (4.01%) OCI
8 11 (3.68%) SaaS
9 9 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.01%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (2.01%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.67%) Miro
12 1 (0.33%) MailChimp
12 1 (0.33%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.36%) Power BI
2 9 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.34%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.00%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.00%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.67%) MS Access
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.01%) Git
2 2 (0.67%) JIRA
General
1 68 (22.74%) Finance
2 63 (21.07%) Social Skills
3 20 (6.69%) Law
4 19 (6.35%) Manufacturing
5 13 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (4.01%) Retail
7 11 (3.68%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.34%) Marketing
9 8 (2.68%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.34%) Back Office
10 4 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.00%) Games
12 2 (0.67%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.67%) Publishing
13 1 (0.33%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.33%) Banking
13 1 (0.33%) Billing
13 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.34%) SAP ALE
2 2 (0.67%) Middleware
2 2 (0.67%) ODBC
2 2 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.33%) .NET
3 1 (0.33%) EDI
3 1 (0.33%) HTML
3 1 (0.33%) JSON
3 1 (0.33%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.68%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.01%) Virtual Team
3 6 (2.01%) Low-Code
3 6 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.00%) Swaptions
6 2 (0.67%) iSeries
6 2 (0.67%) Replication
7 1 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.33%) FMCG
7 1 (0.33%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (24.75%) Agile
2 65 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (19.06%) CRM
4 37 (12.37%) GAP Analysis
5 36 (12.04%) ERP
6 35 (11.71%) Roadmaps
7 33 (11.04%) Requirements Gathering
8 32 (10.70%) Migration
9 31 (10.37%) Presales
10 27 (9.03%) Data Migration
11 26 (8.70%) Customer Service
11 26 (8.70%) Process Improvement
12 25 (8.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (8.36%) User Acceptance Testing
13 23 (7.69%) User Stories
14 21 (7.02%) Product Backlog
15 19 (6.35%) Scrum
15 19 (6.35%) System Testing
16 16 (5.35%) Business Intelligence
16 16 (5.35%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.68%) SQL
2 6 (2.01%) C#
3 3 (1.00%) Java
3 3 (1.00%) VB
4 2 (0.67%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 51 (17.06%) Security Cleared
2 35 (11.71%) Degree
3 16 (5.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.34%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.01%) MCSE
7 1 (0.33%) ACCA
7 1 (0.33%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.67%) PMO
2 1 (0.33%) QA
2 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (0.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (0.67%) HP ALM
1 2 (0.67%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 107 (35.79%) Microsoft
2 49 (16.39%) Oracle
3 34 (11.37%) SAP
4 27 (9.03%) Workday
5 5 (1.67%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.00%) OpenLink
6 3 (1.00%) Sybase
6 3 (1.00%) TIBCO
7 2 (0.67%) Citrix
7 2 (0.67%) JDA
7 2 (0.67%) VMware
8 1 (0.33%) IFS
8 1 (0.33%) Pega