FMCG Contracts with Work from Home Options

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FMCG over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 373 473
Rank change year-on-year +79 +100 -77
Contract jobs citing FMCG 53 94 146
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.37% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.23% 1.19% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 66 88
10th Percentile £366 £425 £325
25th Percentile £510 £480 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% +15.38%
75th Percentile £763 £650 £620
90th Percentile £915 £738 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.75
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - -75.33%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

FMCG is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,324 7,910 13,903
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.64% 31.48% 31.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,949 5,561 9,934
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £431 £454 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £800 £792 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 154 221
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +23.60% +28.99%
75th Percentile £66.38 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £30.58 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +36.00% -18.24% +4.90%

FMCG
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing FMCG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

FMCG trend for jobs with a WFH option

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing FMCG.

FMCG daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing FMCG over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

FMCG daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing FMCG.

FMCG hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

FMCG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (35.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.89%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.89%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.89%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.21%) Azure
2 2 (3.77%) AWS
2 2 (3.77%) Salsify
2 2 (3.77%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.89%) GCP
3 1 (1.89%) OCI
3 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.89%) SaaS
3 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (1.89%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) Firewall
1 1 (1.89%) GSM
1 1 (1.89%) LAN
1 1 (1.89%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.89%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.89%) VPN
1 1 (1.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) SAP HANA
1 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.89%) Metadata
2 1 (1.89%) MS Access
2 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.89%) Power BI
2 1 (1.89%) Power Query
2 1 (1.89%) SQLPlus
2 1 (1.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) JIRA
General
1 20 (37.74%) Retail
2 11 (20.75%) Finance
3 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
4 8 (15.09%) Manufacturing
5 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.55%) French Language
7 2 (3.77%) Marketing
7 2 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (20.75%) Project Manager
2 7 (13.21%) Senior
3 6 (11.32%) SAP Manager
4 5 (9.43%) Analyst
4 5 (9.43%) Architect
4 5 (9.43%) Cutover Manager
5 4 (7.55%) IT Manager
5 4 (7.55%) Senior Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Business Process Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Consultant
6 3 (5.66%) Integration Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Integration Project Manager
6 3 (5.66%) IT Programme Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Process Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) SAP Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Senior Technical Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Senior Technical Project Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Technical Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.77%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.89%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.89%) CMDB
3 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Linux
2 1 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.98%) ERP
2 8 (15.09%) Business Transformation
2 8 (15.09%) Multithreading
2 8 (15.09%) Performance Monitoring
2 8 (15.09%) Project Delivery
2 8 (15.09%) Project Management
3 7 (13.21%) Agile
3 7 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (11.32%) Analytics
4 6 (11.32%) B2B
4 6 (11.32%) Budgeting
4 6 (11.32%) Decision-Making
4 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (9.43%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (9.43%) E-Commerce
5 5 (9.43%) Migration
6 4 (7.55%) Change Management
6 4 (7.55%) Data Migration
6 4 (7.55%) Logistics
6 4 (7.55%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.66%) SQL
2 1 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (7.55%) Degree
1 4 (7.55%) PMI Certification
1 4 (7.55%) PMP
2 2 (3.77%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.89%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) SLA
2 1 (1.89%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.89%) ITGC
2 1 (1.89%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Docker
1 1 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (39.62%) SAP
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.77%) Oracle
4 1 (1.89%) Ariba
4 1 (1.89%) Cisco
4 1 (1.89%) Citrix
4 1 (1.89%) Concur
4 1 (1.89%) Google
4 1 (1.89%) IFS
4 1 (1.89%) Juniper
4 1 (1.89%) Logitech
4 1 (1.89%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.89%) VMware