The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FMCG over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Lancashire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Rank - 42 -
Contract jobs citing FMCG 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - 0.235% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 1.299% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £225 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £421 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
-0.88% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.50 £14.50 £10.50
% change year-on-year
-20.68% +38.09%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
44 77 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 21.67% 18.08% 18.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 51 13
Average daily rate £250 £333 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.81% +30.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £173 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £486 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 14
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £37.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -47.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.90 £15.80 £30.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.80 £20.00 £42.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.66
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -12.31%
FMCG
North West

FMCG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing FMCG across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Lancashire FMCG Jobs Demand Trend

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing FMCG across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire FMCG Daily Rate Trend

FMCG
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing FMCG also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited FMCG.

1 3 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) IPTV
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Media
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) WinForms
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow

FMCG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing FMCG also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited FMCG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) WinForms
General
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) NHS Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
1 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) IPTV
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Media
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) B2C
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#