FMCG Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in Bedfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing FMCG 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.91% 0.52% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.53% 2.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £525 - -
25th Percentile £537 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% - -
75th Percentile £587 £588 -
90th Percentile £595 - -
East of England median daily rate £600 £525 £325
% change year-on-year +14.29% +61.54% -40.64%

All Generic Skills
Bedfordshire

FMCG falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 79 48 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 35.91% 24.87% 33.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 22 28
10th Percentile £131 £325 £181
25th Percentile £450 £472 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £513 £506
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +1.23% +1.25%
75th Percentile £638 £587 £553
90th Percentile £660 £650 £600
East of England median daily rate £505 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +12.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 2
10th Percentile £56.63 £30.67 £52.75
25th Percentile £67.50 £42.91 £53.13
Median hourly rate £80.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% +13.64% +214.29%
75th Percentile £88.19 £74.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £91.25 £80.50 £57.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -32.00% +4.17% +47.31%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FMCG relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

FMCG job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing FMCG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing FMCG

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 6 October 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 2 £566 - 1
FMCG
East of England

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (50.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (50.00%) NeoLoad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Retail Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) BPMN
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Retek
1 1 (50.00%) SAP