FMCG Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 59 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing FMCG 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.14% 0.40% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.43% 1.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £500 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

All Generic Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 233 175 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 32.41% 34.65% 30.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 138 104
10th Percentile £322 £302 £302
25th Percentile £400 £358 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £449 £501
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -10.52% +0.25%
75th Percentile £567 £550 £569
90th Percentile £642 £629 £638
North West median daily rate £475 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +5.56% -9.09% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 16
10th Percentile £22.16 £33.82 £13.63
25th Percentile £31.51 £39.85 £17.35
Median hourly rate £72.07 £49.90 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.42% +36.71% +7.38%
75th Percentile £111.15 £59.95 £43.75
90th Percentile - £65.98 -
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £33.63 £25.25
% change year-on-year +33.81% +33.19% -8.51%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in Cheshire

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing FMCG

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing FMCG

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Crewe - 1 £475 - 1
FMCG
North West

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft