FMCG Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - FMCG
UK

The median Project Manager - FMCG daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 553 643
Rank change year-on-year -8 +90 +207
Contract jobs requiring an FMCG Project Manager 1 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% 0.010% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.011% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £669
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £688
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.57%
75th Percentile - - £706
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,964 35,807 47,071
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.94% 94.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,916 22,003 32,212
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,585 1,672 1,513
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.29 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.16 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.83
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.68% +99.20%

FMCG Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured FMCG Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FMCG Project Manager in the UK

FMCG Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for FMCG Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for FMCG Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

FMCG Project Manager
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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
England +11 1 £600 - 4
UK excluding London - 1 £600 - 3
South West - 1 £600 -

FMCG Project Manager Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, FMCG Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring FMCG Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
1 1 (100.00%) Infor

FMCG Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP