The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 74 78 66
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -12
Contract jobs citing FMCG 1 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.106% 0.762% 0.293%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.442% 3.636% 1.449%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £358 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -35.00%
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
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
226 275 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 23.99% 20.94% 20.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 107 87
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £174 £199 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £426 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 23 21
Average hourly rate £13.50 £20.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.14% +57.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £17.00 £9.74
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.75 £32.47 £27.50
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester FMCG Daily Rate Trend

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing FMCG across the Manchester region.

Manchester FMCG Hourly Rate Trend

FMCG
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (60.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Mitel
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (20.00%) SAP QM
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) GIS
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) EDIFACT
3 1 (20.00%) SAP CRM
3 1 (20.00%) CCVP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) SAP SD
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) EDI
3 1 (20.00%) VMS
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP

FMCG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (20.00%) EDIFACT
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) EDI
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP QM
1 1 (20.00%) SAP CRM
1 1 (20.00%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Voice Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Voice Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Voice Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) EDI Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SAP QM Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) CRM Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Support
2 1 (20.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Senior SAP CRM Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP CRM Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) CRM
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCVP
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Mitel