FMCG Contract Job Trends in Reading

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 76 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing FMCG 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.13% 0.12% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +61.54%

All Generic Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 243 262 348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 31.60% 31.76% 31.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 115 226
10th Percentile £303 £262 £205
25th Percentile £409 £400 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +13.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £608
90th Percentile £664 £652 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £463 £523 £475
% change year-on-year -11.48% +10.00% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 9
10th Percentile £56.63 £31.70 £52.90
25th Percentile £58.00 £35.75 £59.89
Median hourly rate £80.50 £42.50 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +89.41% -32.85% +5.77%
75th Percentile £95.63 £58.68 -
90th Percentile £102.75 £68.39 £69.08
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.00 £47.62 £60.14
% change year-on-year +21.79% -20.81% +9.35%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in Reading

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing FMCG

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing FMCG

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (100.00%) Sage X3
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sage