FMCG Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 87 126
Rank change year-on-year -26 +39 -9
Contract jobs citing FMCG 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.17% 0.079% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.48% 0.23% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +116.49%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £625 £500 £750
% change year-on-year +25.00% -33.33% +71.92%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 621 433 650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.15% 34.34% 32.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 221 361
10th Percentile £280 £300 £205
25th Percentile £368 £411 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £482
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +5.81% -3.60%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £600
90th Percentile £674 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 13 30
10th Percentile £20.79 £25.53 £18.82
25th Percentile £40.22 £42.88 £24.09
Median hourly rate £80.00 £61.50 £55.80
Median % change year-on-year +30.09% +10.21% +1.45%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £62.49
90th Percentile £97.50 £91.41 £65.27
South East median hourly rate £29.00 £33.75 £45.21
% change year-on-year -14.07% -25.35% +5.14%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in Berkshire

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing FMCG

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing FMCG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing FMCG

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 March 2026. 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
Slough - 2 - - 3
Reading -5 1 £600 +20.00% 1
FMCG
South East

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (33.33%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior IT Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Sourcing Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Sourcing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Contract Negotiation
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Sage