FMCG Contracts in the Thames Valley

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 140 144
Rank change year-on-year +39 +4 +16
Contract jobs citing FMCG 1 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.066% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% 0.62% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £534 £348
25th Percentile £513 £566 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £638 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +15.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £716 -
90th Percentile - £751 £640
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +6.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £50.00 -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 545 801 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.07% 29.82% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 473 613
10th Percentile £303 £205 £280
25th Percentile £423 £295 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £620
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 62 24
10th Percentile £14.16 £11.79 £18.08
25th Percentile £24.08 £22.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -38.46% +143.75%
75th Percentile £66.12 £59.97 £70.90
90th Percentile £88.60 £65.00 £77.93
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing FMCG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for FMCG in the Thames Valley

FMCG
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FMCG in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for FMCG in the Thames Valley

FMCG
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing FMCG in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for FMCG in the Thames Valley

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Buckinghamshire +13 1 £525 -30.00% 11
FMCG
South East

FMCG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) WhatsApp
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management