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 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 386 448
Rank change year-on-year -72 +62 +95
Contract jobs citing FMCG 80 119 131
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.26% 0.39% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.71% 1.21% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 35 56
10th Percentile £398 £420 £263
25th Percentile £463 £481 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £725 £688 £741
90th Percentile £841 £811 £900
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +3.77%
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 £20.75 £23.00
% change year-on-year -28.92% -9.78% -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 11,261 9,829 12,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.14% 32.02% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,092 5,904 8,289
10th Percentile £285 £295 £270
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £744 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 309 457
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.87 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.60 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.38% -10.23% +25.71%
75th Percentile £58.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £78.37 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.89 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.06% -18.82% +21.43%

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 5 December 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 5 December 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 -35 38 £700 +12.00% 31
North of England -36 10 £438 +11.11% 26
South West -3 8 £525 -4.55% 4
North West -14 8 £469 +19.05% 12
Midlands -26 7 £600 -7.69% 29
South East -11 6 £550 +10.00% 28
West Midlands -23 4 £638 -1.92% 16
East of England -23 4 £533 +21.71% 15
East Midlands -15 2 £600 - 12
Yorkshire -31 1 £325 - 10
North East - 1 - - 4
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 2 (2.50%) Confluence
1 2 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.25%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.25%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (18.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (7.50%) SAP EWM
3 4 (5.00%) SAP PM
3 4 (5.00%) SAP PP
3 4 (5.00%) SAP QM
3 4 (5.00%) SAP WM
4 2 (2.50%) SAP BPC
4 2 (2.50%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.25%) ENOVIA
5 1 (1.25%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (1.25%) SAP APO
5 1 (1.25%) SAP CO
5 1 (1.25%) SAP FI
5 1 (1.25%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.25%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.25%) SAP PLM
5 1 (1.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.25%) Azure
2 11 (13.75%) Power Platform
3 10 (12.50%) WhatsApp
4 5 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.75%) GCP
5 3 (3.75%) SaaS
6 2 (2.50%) AWS
6 2 (2.50%) Collibra
6 2 (2.50%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.50%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (1.25%) Cloud Run
7 1 (1.25%) dbt
7 1 (1.25%) Figma
7 1 (1.25%) GitHub
7 1 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.75%) Network Security
2 2 (2.50%) Hyperconnected
2 2 (2.50%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.50%) WAN
3 1 (1.25%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.25%) Firewall
3 1 (1.25%) Internet
3 1 (1.25%) LAN
3 1 (1.25%) VPN
3 1 (1.25%) WebEx
3 1 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.75%) Power BI
2 3 (3.75%) Metadata
3 2 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.50%) Big Data
3 2 (2.50%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.50%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.25%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.25%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.25%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.25%) Selenium
2 1 (1.25%) SoapUI
2 1 (1.25%) Zephyr
General
1 32 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 28 (35.00%) Manufacturing
3 15 (18.75%) Finance
3 15 (18.75%) Retail
4 11 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.75%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.50%) Electronics
7 2 (2.50%) Legal
7 2 (2.50%) Marketing
8 1 (1.25%) Aviation
8 1 (1.25%) French Language
8 1 (1.25%) Games
8 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (22.50%) Architect
2 11 (13.75%) Solutions Architect
3 10 (12.50%) Consultant
3 10 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 8 (10.00%) Analyst
4 8 (10.00%) Senior
5 7 (8.75%) Lead
6 6 (7.50%) Data Architect
6 6 (7.50%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (6.25%) Azure Architect
7 5 (6.25%) Azure Data Architect
7 5 (6.25%) Business Analyst
7 5 (6.25%) Enterprise Data Architect
7 5 (6.25%) SAP Architect
7 5 (6.25%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.00%) Developer
8 4 (5.00%) SAP Manager
9 3 (3.75%) Programme Manager
9 3 (3.75%) SAP Consultant
10 2 (2.50%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (1.25%) .NET
2 1 (1.25%) CSS
2 1 (1.25%) CSS3
2 1 (1.25%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.25%) HTML
2 1 (1.25%) HTML5
2 1 (1.25%) Kafka
2 1 (1.25%) LangGraph
2 1 (1.25%) Middleware
2 1 (1.25%) Nuxt
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.25%) pydantic
2 1 (1.25%) pytest
2 1 (1.25%) Sass
2 1 (1.25%) SOAP
2 1 (1.25%) Vue
2 1 (1.25%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 3 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (3.75%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.50%) Data Fabric
3 2 (2.50%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.50%) Life Science
3 2 (2.50%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.25%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.25%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.25%) Genomics
4 1 (1.25%) IoT
4 1 (1.25%) PDA
4 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.25%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.25%) Windows
2 1 (1.25%) Android
2 1 (1.25%) Linux
2 1 (1.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (22.50%) Agile
3 13 (16.25%) Roadmaps
3 13 (16.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (13.75%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (13.75%) Migration
5 10 (12.50%) ERP
6 9 (11.25%) Data Governance
6 9 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (11.25%) Project Management
7 8 (10.00%) Matrix Organization
8 7 (8.75%) AI
8 7 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (8.75%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (8.75%) Logistics
8 7 (8.75%) Risk Management
9 6 (7.50%) Data Migration
9 6 (7.50%) Data Modelling
9 6 (7.50%) Kanban
9 6 (7.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.50%) SQL
2 2 (2.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.25%) Java
3 1 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (2.50%) PMI Certification
1 2 (2.50%) PMP
1 2 (2.50%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 2 (2.50%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
2 1 (1.25%) Degree
2 1 (1.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) Data Quality
1 4 (5.00%) PMO
2 3 (3.75%) GDPR
3 1 (1.25%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.25%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.25%) IFRS
3 1 (1.25%) NIST
3 1 (1.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) AirWatch
1 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (37.50%) SAP
2 7 (8.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.75%) Oracle
2 7 (8.75%) Salesforce
3 5 (6.25%) Databricks
4 4 (5.00%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.75%) IFS
6 2 (2.50%) Ariba
6 2 (2.50%) Google
6 2 (2.50%) IBM
6 2 (2.50%) Informatica
6 2 (2.50%) Siemens
6 2 (2.50%) Zscaler
7 1 (1.25%) Adobe
7 1 (1.25%) Apple
7 1 (1.25%) Cisco
7 1 (1.25%) Citrix
7 1 (1.25%) HP
7 1 (1.25%) PTC
7 1 (1.25%) Retek