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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 436 397 467
Rank change year-on-year -39 +70 +101
Contract jobs citing FMCG 76 131 123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.40% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.76% 1.29% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 49 69
10th Percentile £360 £363 £263
25th Percentile £425 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £713 £725 £594
90th Percentile £833 £875 £713
UK median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.38% +10.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £12.72 - -
25th Percentile £13.48 - -
Median hourly rate £14.75 - £23.00
75th Percentile £16.02 - -
90th Percentile £16.78 - -
UK median hourly rate £14.75 - £23.00
% change year-on-year - - -26.16%

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 9,971 10,152 13,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.88% 30.82% 32.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,272 6,271 9,491
10th Percentile £300 £300 £300
25th Percentile £408 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £792
UK median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 414 412
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.61 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -42.37% +25.00% +76.46%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +11.11% +69.81%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for FMCG 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 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
London -32 36 £638 +2.00% 68
South West +31 9 £438 -22.22% 23
Midlands -14 8 £600 +17.07% 42
North of England -12 7 £425 +7.94% 51
East of England -2 6 £600 +14.29% 31
East Midlands -3 4 £600 +60.00% 23
West Midlands -7 4 £500 -23.08% 18
South East +17 3 £353 +11.90% 70
Yorkshire -14 3 £425 - 25
North West -15 3 - - 22
North East - 1 - - 6
FMCG
UK

FMCG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.63%) CMS
1 2 (2.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.32%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (15.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.26%) SAP ERP
2 4 (5.26%) SAP MDG
3 2 (2.63%) SAP CO
3 2 (2.63%) SAP EWM
3 2 (2.63%) SAP FI
3 2 (2.63%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.63%) SAP WM
4 1 (1.32%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.32%) SAP APO
4 1 (1.32%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.47%) Azure
2 6 (7.89%) WhatsApp
3 5 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.26%) AWS
4 4 (5.26%) GCP
4 4 (5.26%) GitHub
5 3 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.95%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.63%) Azure AI
6 2 (2.63%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (2.63%) iPaaS
6 2 (2.63%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.63%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.63%) SaaS
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.32%) Collibra
7 1 (1.32%) Figma
7 1 (1.32%) PaaS
7 1 (1.32%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.95%) Network Security
2 1 (1.32%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (1.32%) Firewall
2 1 (1.32%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.32%) WAN
2 1 (1.32%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Power BI
2 2 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (2.63%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.32%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.32%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.32%) Power Query
3 1 (1.32%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) LoadRunner
1 5 (6.58%) NeoLoad
2 4 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 4 (5.26%) JIRA
3 3 (3.95%) JMeter
4 1 (1.32%) Selenium
4 1 (1.32%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.32%) Zephyr
General
1 29 (38.16%) Manufacturing
2 23 (30.26%) Social Skills
3 14 (18.42%) Retail
4 11 (14.47%) Pharmaceutical
5 8 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.53%) Finance
6 4 (5.26%) Marketing
7 3 (3.95%) Electronics
8 2 (2.63%) Automotive
8 2 (2.63%) Banking
8 2 (2.63%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.32%) French Language
9 1 (1.32%) Games
9 1 (1.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (19.74%) Lead
2 12 (15.79%) Project Manager
3 11 (14.47%) Consultant
4 10 (13.16%) Senior
5 6 (7.89%) IT Manager
6 5 (6.58%) Analyst
6 5 (6.58%) Architect
6 5 (6.58%) SAP Manager
6 5 (6.58%) Senior Manager
6 5 (6.58%) Test Leader
7 4 (5.26%) ERP Consultant
7 4 (5.26%) IFS Consultant
8 3 (3.95%) Data Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Data Scientist
8 3 (3.95%) Developer
8 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (3.95%) Programme Manager
8 3 (3.95%) SAP Project Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Senior Project Manager
9 2 (2.63%) Account Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.95%) Kafka
2 2 (2.63%) REST
3 1 (1.32%) .NET
3 1 (1.32%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.32%) LangGraph
3 1 (1.32%) Pandas
3 1 (1.32%) pydantic
3 1 (1.32%) pytest
3 1 (1.32%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.32%) SOAP
3 1 (1.32%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.32%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.89%) Life Science
2 3 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.63%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.32%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.32%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.32%) Data Fabric
4 1 (1.32%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.32%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.32%) Genomics
4 1 (1.32%) IoT
4 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.32%) PDA
4 1 (1.32%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.26%) Windows
2 1 (1.32%) Android
2 1 (1.32%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (21.05%) ERP
1 16 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (18.42%) Agile
3 13 (17.11%) Migration
4 10 (13.16%) Project Management
5 9 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (10.53%) Logistics
6 8 (10.53%) Waterfall
7 7 (9.21%) Data Governance
7 7 (9.21%) Data Migration
7 7 (9.21%) Roadmaps
8 6 (7.89%) Machine Learning
9 5 (6.58%) Change Management
9 5 (6.58%) Non-Functional Testing
9 5 (6.58%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (6.58%) Risk Management
9 5 (6.58%) Test Management
10 4 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (5.26%) Data Strategy
10 4 (5.26%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.21%) SQL
2 4 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.32%) Java
3 1 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.32%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.32%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (2.63%) Degree
1 2 (2.63%) PMI Certification
1 2 (2.63%) PMP
1 2 (2.63%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 2 (2.63%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
2 1 (1.32%) APMG
2 1 (1.32%) PhD
2 1 (1.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.95%) Data Quality
1 3 (3.95%) GxP
1 3 (3.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (2.63%) PMO
3 1 (1.32%) GDPR
3 1 (1.32%) NIST
3 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.32%) AirWatch
1 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (36.84%) SAP
2 9 (11.84%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.89%) IFS
4 5 (6.58%) Oracle
5 3 (3.95%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.63%) Databricks
6 2 (2.63%) Google
6 2 (2.63%) OpenAI
6 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.63%) Workday
7 1 (1.32%) Adobe
7 1 (1.32%) Apple
7 1 (1.32%) Ariba
7 1 (1.32%) Cisco
7 1 (1.32%) Citrix
7 1 (1.32%) HP
7 1 (1.32%) Infor
7 1 (1.32%) Informatica
7 1 (1.32%) webMethods
7 1 (1.32%) Zscaler