FMCG Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 33 58
Rank change year-on-year -23 +25 +10
Contract jobs citing FMCG 3 13 18
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.55% 2.84% 2.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.56% 8.55% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £539 £288 -
25th Percentile £578 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £400 £325
Median % change year-on-year +65.63% +23.08% -
75th Percentile £753 £475 £338
90th Percentile £796 £513 -
East of England median daily rate £533 £400 £325
% change year-on-year +33.13% +23.08% -40.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.29 - -
East of England median hourly rate £17.29 - -

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 192 152 273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 35.29% 33.19% 36.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 67 144
10th Percentile £261 £266 £266
25th Percentile £413 £334 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £672 £581 £638
90th Percentile £800 £650 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 24 62
10th Percentile £17.37 £35.00 £42.25
25th Percentile £30.06 £48.50 £46.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £66.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.10% +2.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £67.13 £95.00 -
90th Percentile £76.25 £98.50 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £62.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year -31.73% -0.40% +45.81%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing FMCG

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FMCG in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 11 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FMCG in Hertfordshire

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing FMCG

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 11 November 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
Welwyn Garden City -7 3 £663 +65.63%
FMCG
East of England

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP MM
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Buyer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Data Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP MM Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP PP Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SD Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) LLM
2 1 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ariba
1 1 (33.33%) SAP