FMCG Contract Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 84 98
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 +13
Contract jobs citing FMCG 6 13 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.46% 0.86% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.42% 3.87% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - £313 -
25th Percentile - £388 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £325
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +61.54% -37.95%
75th Percentile - £563 £338
90th Percentile - £578 -
England median daily rate £600 £575 £538
% change year-on-year +4.35% +6.98% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.29 - -
England median hourly rate £14.75 - £23.00
% change year-on-year - - -26.16%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 422 336 621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.51% 22.24% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 149 341
10th Percentile £190 £197 £200
25th Percentile £363 £290 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £588
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 51 64
10th Percentile £17.12 £30.00 £21.08
25th Percentile £29.65 £46.25 £44.31
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +48.64%
75th Percentile £74.69 £70.63 £65.94
90th Percentile £87.50 £85.00 £72.63
England median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.37% +25.00% +76.46%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing FMCG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for FMCG in the East of England

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FMCG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FMCG

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FMCG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FMCG

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Bedfordshire -5 5 £600 +4.35% 4
Hertfordshire -7 1 - - 17
FMCG
England

FMCG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) SAP ERP
1 4 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) LoadRunner
1 5 (83.33%) NeoLoad
2 3 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (50.00%) JIRA
2 3 (50.00%) JMeter
General
1 5 (83.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Lead
2 4 (66.67%) Test Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Buyer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) Non-Functional Testing
1 5 (83.33%) Test Management
1 5 (83.33%) Waterfall
2 4 (66.67%) ERP
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (50.00%) Matrix Management
3 3 (50.00%) Service Management
3 3 (50.00%) Validation
4 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (16.67%) Contract Management
5 1 (16.67%) Data Management
5 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (16.67%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GxP
1 3 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Ariba