Functional Consultant Jobs

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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 614 732 993
Rank change year-on-year +118 +261 -269
Permanent jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 313 218 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.25% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 227 145 173
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £45,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.80% +6.15%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £79,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -15.38% +1.96% +9.91%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +68 236 £61,250 -5.77% 50
UK excluding London +29 192 £55,000 -15.38% 24
Work from Home +101 122 £57,500 -17.86% 40
London +88 52 £75,000 +7.14% 18
North of England +15 52 £57,500 -11.54% 5
Midlands +1 50 £60,000 -7.69% 7
West Midlands +10 49 £60,000 -7.69% 7
South East +9 25 £55,000 -15.38% 4
North West +5 25 £55,000 -15.38% 5
East of England +7 17 £55,000 -20.29% 6
Scotland - 16 £50,000 - 1
Yorkshire +24 15 £92,500 +32.14%
South West -15 15 £53,750 -10.42% 1
Wales +21 13 £55,000 -
North East - 12 £57,500 -
Northern Ireland - 6 £100,000 -
East Midlands -28 1 £57,500 -20.69%

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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.

1 133 (42.49%) Dynamics 365
2 119 (38.02%) Microsoft
3 82 (26.20%) Agile
4 68 (21.73%) Finance
5 66 (21.09%) CRM
6 62 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (19.49%) Social Skills
8 53 (16.93%) Dynamics CRM
8 53 (16.93%) Security Cleared
9 51 (16.29%) Oracle
9 51 (16.29%) Power Platform
10 40 (12.78%) ERP
11 39 (12.46%) Roadmaps
12 38 (12.14%) Degree
13 37 (11.82%) GAP Analysis
14 33 (10.54%) SAP
14 33 (10.54%) Presales
14 33 (10.54%) Customer Service
15 32 (10.22%) Requirements Gathering
16 29 (9.27%) Migration
17 27 (8.63%) Workday
18 25 (7.99%) Workday HCM
18 25 (7.99%) Stakeholder Management
19 24 (7.67%) User Stories
19 24 (7.67%) Process Improvement
19 24 (7.67%) Data Migration
19 24 (7.67%) Power BI
20 23 (7.35%) User Acceptance Testing
21 22 (7.03%) Product Backlog
21 22 (7.03%) PowerApps

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 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 7 (2.24%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.96%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 53 (16.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (7.99%) Workday HCM
3 16 (5.11%) SAP Business One
4 15 (4.79%) NetSuite
5 11 (3.51%) Oracle Cash Management
5 11 (3.51%) Oracle General Ledger
5 11 (3.51%) Oracle Payables
5 11 (3.51%) Oracle Receivables
6 8 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
7 7 (2.24%) Dynamics NAV
8 4 (1.28%) SAP MDG
9 3 (0.96%) Endur
9 3 (0.96%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 3 (0.96%) Oracle Applications
9 3 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.96%) Oracle Manufacturing
9 3 (0.96%) SAP EWM
9 3 (0.96%) SAP SD
10 2 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.64%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 133 (42.49%) Dynamics 365
2 51 (16.29%) Power Platform
3 22 (7.03%) PowerApps
4 21 (6.71%) Azure
4 21 (6.71%) Power Automate
5 19 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (4.15%) OCI
7 11 (3.51%) SaaS
8 9 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (1.92%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.64%) AWS
10 2 (0.64%) Miro
10 2 (0.64%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.32%) MailChimp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.67%) Power BI
2 9 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.28%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.96%) RDBMS
4 3 (0.96%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.64%) MS Access
5 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 6 (1.92%) Git
2 2 (0.64%) JIRA
General
1 68 (21.73%) Finance
2 61 (19.49%) Social Skills
3 20 (6.39%) Law
4 18 (5.75%) Manufacturing
5 14 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.83%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.19%) Marketing
8 10 (3.19%) Retail
9 8 (2.56%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.92%) Back Office
10 6 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.96%) Games
13 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.64%) Legal
13 2 (0.64%) Publishing
14 1 (0.32%) Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Billing
14 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (1.28%) SAP ALE
2 2 (0.64%) Middleware
2 2 (0.64%) ODBC
2 2 (0.64%) XML
3 1 (0.32%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) EDI
3 1 (0.32%) HTML
3 1 (0.32%) JSON
3 1 (0.32%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (2.88%) Virtual Team
3 6 (1.92%) Low-Code
3 6 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (0.96%) Swaptions
5 2 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.64%) iSeries
5 2 (0.64%) PMI
5 2 (0.64%) Replication
6 1 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.32%) FMCG
6 1 (0.32%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.32%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (26.20%) Agile
2 66 (21.09%) CRM
3 62 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (12.78%) ERP
5 39 (12.46%) Roadmaps
6 37 (11.82%) GAP Analysis
7 33 (10.54%) Customer Service
7 33 (10.54%) Presales
8 32 (10.22%) Requirements Gathering
9 29 (9.27%) Migration
10 25 (7.99%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (7.67%) Data Migration
11 24 (7.67%) Process Improvement
11 24 (7.67%) User Stories
12 23 (7.35%) User Acceptance Testing
13 22 (7.03%) Product Backlog
14 19 (6.07%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (6.07%) Scrum
15 18 (5.75%) System Testing
16 16 (5.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.43%) SQL
2 6 (1.92%) C#
3 3 (0.96%) Java
3 3 (0.96%) VB
4 2 (0.64%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.32%) ABAP
5 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (16.93%) Security Cleared
2 38 (12.14%) Degree
3 16 (5.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.19%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.92%) MCSE
7 2 (0.64%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.32%) ACCA
8 1 (0.32%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.64%) PMO
2 1 (0.32%) QA
2 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (0.64%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (0.64%) HP ALM
1 2 (0.64%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 119 (38.02%) Microsoft
2 51 (16.29%) Oracle
3 33 (10.54%) SAP
4 27 (8.63%) Workday
5 5 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.96%) OpenLink
6 3 (0.96%) Sybase
6 3 (0.96%) TIBCO
7 2 (0.64%) Citrix
7 2 (0.64%) Hyperion
7 2 (0.64%) JD Edwards
7 2 (0.64%) JDA
7 2 (0.64%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (0.64%) VMware
8 1 (0.32%) IFS
8 1 (0.32%) Pega