FMCG Contract Job Trends in Manchester

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 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 79 107
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 -
Contract jobs citing FMCG 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.29% 0.17% 0.059%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 0.55% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £366 -
25th Percentile £419 £370 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £394 £650
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -39.42% -
75th Percentile £456 £420 -
90th Percentile - £427 -
North West median daily rate £556 £394 £650
% change year-on-year +41.27% -39.42% +26.83%

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 362 362 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 34.91% 31.67% 26.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 186 342
10th Percentile £304 £294 £225
25th Percentile £377 £375 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £582 £580
90th Percentile £671 £685 £674
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 18 13
10th Percentile £18.50 £19.93 £16.12
25th Percentile £19.75 £23.88 £16.85
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% -7.33% +52.53%
75th Percentile £53.75 £61.38 £55.00
90th Percentile £66.75 £95.10 £77.75
North West median hourly rate £31.36 £32.50 £41.00
% change year-on-year -3.51% -20.73% +88.25%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in Manchester

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing FMCG

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing FMCG

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 APO
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI Developer
1 1 (33.33%) SAP APO Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) SOAR
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP