Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
North West > Manchester
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 96 | 104 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +8 | - |
| Contract jobs citing FMCG | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | - | 0.14% | 0.28% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 0.53% | 0.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £525 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £575 | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £600 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £625 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £718 |
| North West median daily rate | - | £600 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.35% | +12.75% |
All Generic Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 258 | 375 | 571 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 28.29% | 25.79% | 32.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 187 | 245 | 392 |
| 10th Percentile | £220 | £300 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £425 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £495 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | -1.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £595 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £667 | £750 | £688 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £495 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.00% | -1.10% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 33 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £24.25 | £13.10 | £16.69 |
| 25th Percentile | £40.13 | £15.92 | £16.85 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £25.25 | £27.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +147.52% | -8.51% | +78.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £57.50 | £67.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £62.50 | £70.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £33.63 | £25.25 | £31.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.19% | -19.82% | +61.49% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing FMCG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FMCG in Manchester.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FMCG in Manchester.