FMCG Contract Job Trends in the South East

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 172 209
Rank change year-on-year +3 +37 +44
Contract jobs citing FMCG 4 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.11% 0.17% 0.092%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.34% 0.55% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £351 - £703
25th Percentile £351 - £706
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £500 £750
Median % change year-on-year -29.00% -33.33% +70.45%
75th Percentile £559 - £794
90th Percentile £680 - £798
England median daily rate £600 £588 £550
% change year-on-year +2.13% +6.82% -

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,176 1,265 1,746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.98% 30.59% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 748 715 1,119
10th Percentile £204 £250 £205
25th Percentile £361 £381 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 72 105
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.45 £18.50
25th Percentile £15.72 £26.25 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% - +54.41%
75th Percentile £52.00 £74.90 £63.00
90th Percentile £69.70 £75.16 £77.11
England median hourly rate £28.13 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.79% +6.74% +64.94%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in the South East

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FMCG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FMCG

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FMCG in the South East over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FMCG in the South East

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FMCG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FMCG

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Hampshire - 2 £353 - 5
Thames Valley +7 1 - - 20
Middlesex - 1 £740 - 1
FMCG
England

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (25.00%) SAP MDG
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Aviation
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Kaizen
2 2 (50.00%) Logistics
2 2 (50.00%) SIPOC
2 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Supply Chain Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle