The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FMCG over the 3 months to 18 June 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 South East 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Rank 196 180 211
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +31
Contract jobs citing FMCG 29 63 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.359% 0.627% 0.408%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.719% 3.152% 2.197%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 40 29
Average daily rate £438 £425 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% +16.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £300 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £556 £600 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £423 £400
% change year-on-year
-8.28% +5.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 £14.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+158.62% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 £14.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+68.96% -67.77%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1687 1999 1957
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 20.87% 19.90% 18.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 793 813 825
Average daily rate £375 £340 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £220 £207
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 181 186
Average hourly rate £21.50 £30.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.33% +13.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.15 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
FMCG
England

FMCG
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East FMCG Daily Rate Trend

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FMCG across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South East FMCG Daily Rate Histogram

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East FMCG Hourly Rate Trend

FMCG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +10 12 £338 -12.90% 1
Hampshire -3 8 £550 -4.34%
Surrey +2 3 £275 -29.03% 1
Middlesex +7 2 £350 -
Buckinghamshire -1 2 £475 +58.33%
Oxfordshire - - - - 6
West Sussex - - - -
Thames Valley - - - -
FMCG
England

FMCG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 25 (59.52%) SAP
2 14 (33.33%) Finance
3 9 (21.43%) Marketing
3 9 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (16.67%) Retail
5 6 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 6 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
5 6 (14.29%) Project Management
5 6 (14.29%) SAP SD
6 5 (11.90%) Data Integration
6 5 (11.90%) SAP FI
6 5 (11.90%) Process Management
6 5 (11.90%) Telecoms
6 5 (11.90%) SAP CO
6 5 (11.90%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (9.524%) Electronics
7 4 (9.524%) IPTV
7 4 (9.524%) Banking
7 4 (9.524%) Workflow
7 4 (9.524%) NHS
7 4 (9.524%) Oracle
7 4 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (9.524%) Digital Media
8 3 (7.143%) Transition Management
8 3 (7.143%) PRINCE2
8 3 (7.143%) ERP
8 3 (7.143%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (7.143%) Manufacturing
8 3 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (4.762%) Drupal

FMCG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 2 (4.762%) CSS
1 2 (4.762%) Web Services
2 1 (2.381%) DOM
2 1 (2.381%) OpenGL
2 1 (2.381%) BAPI
2 1 (2.381%) SAP XI
2 1 (2.381%) jQuery
2 1 (2.381%) Qt
2 1 (2.381%) HTML5
2 1 (2.381%) CSS3
2 1 (2.381%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.762%) Drupal
2 1 (2.381%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (4.762%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (14.29%) SAP SD
2 5 (11.90%) SAP FI
2 5 (11.90%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (11.90%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.381%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (2.381%) SAP SRM
3 1 (2.381%) SAP CRM
3 1 (2.381%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.381%) LAN
1 1 (2.381%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.381%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (2.381%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.381%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.381%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (2.381%) Siebel EIM
1 1 (2.381%) QlikView
1 1 (2.381%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (2.381%) SAP Data Services
General
1 14 (33.33%) Finance
2 9 (21.43%) Marketing
3 7 (16.67%) Retail
4 5 (11.90%) Telecoms
5 4 (9.524%) Banking
5 4 (9.524%) Electronics
6 3 (7.143%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (7.143%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.381%) Games
7 1 (2.381%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (35.71%) Analyst
2 14 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 7 (16.67%) SAP Project Manager
3 7 (16.67%) SAP Manager
4 6 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
4 6 (14.29%) Business Analyst
5 5 (11.90%) SAP Business Analyst
6 4 (9.524%) Consultant
7 3 (7.143%) Developer
7 3 (7.143%) Pricing Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) Digital Project Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Front-End Developer
8 2 (4.762%) PMO Analyst
8 2 (4.762%) SAP SD Consultant
8 2 (4.762%) SAP Consultant
8 2 (4.762%) Junior Project Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Transition Manager
8 2 (4.762%) Administrator
8 2 (4.762%) Junior
9 1 (2.381%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Data Integration
2 4 (9.524%) Digital Media
2 4 (9.524%) NHS
2 4 (9.524%) IPTV
3 1 (2.381%) Animation
3 1 (2.381%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.381%) DTV
3 1 (2.381%) Mobile Games
3 1 (2.381%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.762%) Linux
2 1 (2.381%) SUSE
2 1 (2.381%) Android
2 1 (2.381%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (2.381%) UNIX
2 1 (2.381%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 6 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
2 6 (14.29%) Project Management
3 5 (11.90%) Process Management
4 4 (9.524%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (9.524%) Workflow
5 3 (7.143%) Transition Management
5 3 (7.143%) ERP
5 3 (7.143%) PRINCE2
5 3 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.762%) ITIL
7 1 (2.381%) Validation
7 1 (2.381%) Project Planning
7 1 (2.381%) Web Development
7 1 (2.381%) Use Case
7 1 (2.381%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (2.381%) Test Scripting
7 1 (2.381%) BPMN
7 1 (2.381%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.381%) C++
1 1 (2.381%) Java
1 1 (2.381%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.381%) SQL
1 1 (2.381%) ABAP
1 1 (2.381%) Clojure
1 1 (2.381%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (4.762%) Degree
2 1 (2.381%) MCSE
2 1 (2.381%) CCNP
2 1 (2.381%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.381%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.381%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.381%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 25 (59.52%) SAP
2 4 (9.524%) Oracle
3 2 (4.762%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.381%) HP
4 1 (2.381%) Software AG
4 1 (2.381%) Ariba
4 1 (2.381%) Informatica
4 1 (2.381%) JDA
4 1 (2.381%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.381%) webMethods
4 1 (2.381%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.381%) Siebel
4 1 (2.381%) Cisco
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