FMCG Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 157 177
Rank change year-on-year -39 +20 +55
Contract jobs citing FMCG 9 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.19% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 0.35% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 5
10th Percentile £363 £366 £491
25th Percentile £419 £370 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £394 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -28.41% +15.79%
75th Percentile £500 £420 £763
90th Percentile £628 £427 £965
England median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.21 - -
England median hourly rate £14.75 - -

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,703 1,149 1,323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 35.73% 32.49% 28.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,120 639 883
10th Percentile £214 £203 £263
25th Percentile £363 £350 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £587
90th Percentile £638 £688 £650
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.68% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 46 64
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £18.98 £21.10 £17.14
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.87 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.88% +37.18% +3.45%
75th Percentile £56.69 £38.31 £45.96
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.75 £54.63
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.51% +25.12%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in the North of England

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing FMCG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing FMCG

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FMCG in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FMCG in the North of England

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing FMCG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing FMCG

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
North West -21 7 £469 +19.05% 19
Yorkshire -42 1 £325 - 14
North East - 1 - - 3
FMCG
England

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (11.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) ENOVIA
1 1 (11.11%) SAP APO
1 1 (11.11%) SAP BPC
1 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (11.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) BigQuery
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
2 1 (11.11%) SAP BW
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
1 1 (11.11%) SoapUI
1 1 (11.11%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (55.56%) Manufacturing
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Automation Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile Test Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) SAP APO Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Financial Leader
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Kafka
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Data Extraction
3 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Kanban
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Brand Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
4 1 (11.11%) PLM
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Product Management
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) Siemens
3 1 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (11.11%) PTC