FMCG Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 119 123
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +47
Contract jobs citing FMCG 14 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.61% 0.17% 0.046%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.92% 0.49% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £520 £428 -
25th Percentile £550 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £500 £350
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +42.86% -36.36%
75th Percentile £725 £550 -
90th Percentile £815 £573 -
Central London median daily rate £700 £500 £350
% change year-on-year +40.00% +42.86% -30.00%

All Generic Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 730 611 672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 31.88% 34.78% 30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 384 463
10th Percentile £368 £363 £275
25th Percentile £463 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £564 £596 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +3.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £699 £700 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £848
Central London median daily rate £560 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -2.61% - -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 7
10th Percentile £19.25 £23.80 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.08 £26.50 £14.38
Median hourly rate £32.07 £31.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.44% +34.78% -34.29%
75th Percentile £41.85 £65.50 £27.25
90th Percentile £59.72 £86.20 £36.60
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £23.00
% change year-on-year -10.18% +26.39% -34.29%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in the City of London

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing FMCG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing FMCG

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FMCG in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for FMCG in the City of London

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing FMCG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing FMCG

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (21.43%) SAP EWM
2 3 (21.43%) SAP PM
2 3 (21.43%) SAP PP
2 3 (21.43%) SAP QM
3 1 (7.14%) SAP ERP
3 1 (7.14%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Collibra
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Lake
1 1 (7.14%) Metadata
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
3 3 (21.43%) Retail
4 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Legal
5 1 (7.14%) Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) SAP Architect
2 3 (21.43%) SAP Solutions Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Change Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Commercial Director
3 1 (7.14%) Data Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Data Architect
3 1 (7.14%) ERP Manager
3 1 (7.14%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) FMCG Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Integration Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Integration Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing Director
3 1 (7.14%) Product Owner
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Data Fabric
2 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (35.71%) Roadmaps
3 3 (21.43%) Business Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 3 (21.43%) ERP
4 2 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (14.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (14.29%) CRM
4 2 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (14.29%) Product Requirements
4 2 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (14.29%) Product Vision
4 2 (14.29%) Programme Governance
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (14.29%) User Stories
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (7.14%) Data Ingestion
5 1 (7.14%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
1 1 (7.14%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 6 (42.86%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) Databricks
3 1 (7.14%) IBM
3 1 (7.14%) Informatica
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft