FMCG Contract Job Trends in England

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 398 414
Rank change year-on-year -77 +16 +80
Contract jobs citing FMCG 97 81 139
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.26% 0.33% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.78% 0.98% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 41 64
10th Percentile £413 £431 £265
25th Percentile £466 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £722 £738 £766
90th Percentile £820 £950 £893
UK median daily rate £575 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - £47.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £50.00
75th Percentile £77.50 - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £20.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year +261.45% -58.50% -

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,488 8,281 11,656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.62% 33.88% 30.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,934 5,366 7,623
10th Percentile £300 £299 £256
25th Percentile £412 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £545
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% - -5.22%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £663
90th Percentile £747 £785 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.71% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 620 307 785
10th Percentile £15.62 £16.72 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.39 £15.39
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +17.86% +17.70%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.04 £84.40 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.70 £32.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +12.92% +18.18% +22.22%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in England

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FMCG

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FMCG in England over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for FMCG in England

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FMCG

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 20 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
London -45 58 £630 -3.08% 34
South East -55 7 £625 +25.00% 28
East of England -23 6 £525 +15.07% 6
North West -29 6 £438 - 9
Midlands -59 6 £588 +6.82% 15
North of England -70 6 £438 -5.41% 18
South West -22 5 £525 - 7
West Midlands -59 5 £750 +57.89% 7
FMCG
UK

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (1.03%) CMS
1 1 (1.03%) Confluence
1 1 (1.03%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.06%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.03%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (17.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.12%) SAP EWM
2 4 (4.12%) SAP PM
2 4 (4.12%) SAP PP
2 4 (4.12%) SAP QM
3 3 (3.09%) SAP IBP
4 2 (2.06%) SAP APO
4 2 (2.06%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.06%) SAP WM
5 1 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.03%) ENOVIA
5 1 (1.03%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (1.03%) Sage X3
5 1 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (1.03%) SAP BPC
5 1 (1.03%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.03%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.03%) SAP PLM
5 1 (1.03%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.03%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.37%) Azure
2 9 (9.28%) Power Platform
3 8 (8.25%) SaaS
4 6 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (6.19%) WhatsApp
5 2 (2.06%) Collibra
5 2 (2.06%) GCP
6 1 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (1.03%) AWS
6 1 (1.03%) dbt
6 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.03%) Figma
6 1 (1.03%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.06%) Hyperconnected
2 1 (1.03%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.03%) Internet
2 1 (1.03%) LAN
2 1 (1.03%) Modbus
2 1 (1.03%) RS-485
2 1 (1.03%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.03%) VPN
2 1 (1.03%) WAN
2 1 (1.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.28%) Power BI
2 3 (3.09%) Data Lake
2 3 (3.09%) Metadata
3 2 (2.06%) Big Data
3 2 (2.06%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.03%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.03%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.03%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.03%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (6.19%) JIRA
2 1 (1.03%) Hudson
General
1 34 (35.05%) Finance
2 29 (29.90%) Social Skills
3 17 (17.53%) Manufacturing
3 17 (17.53%) Retail
4 13 (13.40%) Pharmaceutical
5 11 (11.34%) Marketing
6 6 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.06%) Advertising
8 2 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.06%) Legal
8 2 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.03%) Aviation
9 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (21.65%) Architect
2 17 (17.53%) Senior
3 13 (13.40%) Solutions Architect
4 10 (10.31%) IT Manager
4 10 (10.31%) Senior Manager
5 9 (9.28%) Consultant
5 9 (9.28%) Project Manager
5 9 (9.28%) SAP Architect
6 8 (8.25%) Analyst
7 7 (7.22%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 6 (6.19%) Data Architect
8 6 (6.19%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (5.15%) Azure Architect
9 5 (5.15%) Azure Data Architect
9 5 (5.15%) Enterprise Data Architect
9 5 (5.15%) Programme Manager
9 5 (5.15%) SAP Consultant
9 5 (5.15%) SAP Manager
10 4 (4.12%) Business Analyst
10 4 (4.12%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.09%) EJB
1 3 (3.09%) Middleware
2 1 (1.03%) CSS
2 1 (1.03%) CSS3
2 1 (1.03%) HTML
2 1 (1.03%) HTML5
2 1 (1.03%) Nuxt
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.03%) Sass
2 1 (1.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.15%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.06%) Data Fabric
3 2 (2.06%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.06%) Life Science
3 2 (2.06%) Social Media
3 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.03%) EPoS
4 1 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.03%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.03%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.03%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.03%) Windows
1 1 (1.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (30.93%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (20.62%) Roadmaps
3 16 (16.49%) Agile
4 15 (15.46%) Decision-Making
5 13 (13.40%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (13.40%) ERP
6 12 (12.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (11.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (11.34%) Migration
8 10 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (9.28%) Data Migration
9 9 (9.28%) Matrix Organization
9 9 (9.28%) Risk Management
10 8 (8.25%) Analytics
10 8 (8.25%) Data Governance
10 8 (8.25%) Data Modelling
11 7 (7.22%) Change Management
11 7 (7.22%) Project Management
12 6 (6.19%) CRM
12 6 (6.19%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.09%) SQL
2 2 (2.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (7.22%) Degree
2 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.03%) CAPM
3 1 (1.03%) MBA
3 1 (1.03%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.15%) PMO
2 4 (4.12%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.09%) GDPR
3 3 (3.09%) GMP
3 3 (3.09%) GxP
3 3 (3.09%) QA
4 1 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.03%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.03%) IFRS
4 1 (1.03%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 35 (36.08%) SAP
2 13 (13.40%) Salesforce
3 5 (5.15%) Databricks
4 4 (4.12%) Oracle
4 4 (4.12%) TikTok
5 3 (3.09%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.06%) Ariba
6 2 (2.06%) IBM
6 2 (2.06%) Informatica
6 2 (2.06%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.03%) Adobe
7 1 (1.03%) Google
7 1 (1.03%) Planview
7 1 (1.03%) PTC
7 1 (1.03%) Retek
7 1 (1.03%) Sage
7 1 (1.03%) Siemens
7 1 (1.03%) Veritas
7 1 (1.03%) Workday
7 1 (1.03%) YouTube