Hybrid/Remote FMCG Contract Job Trends

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 258 319
Rank change year-on-year -39 +61 +111
Contract jobs citing FMCG 21 58 72
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.48% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.59% 1.55% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 24 36
10th Percentile £419 £513 £234
25th Percentile £434 £550 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £794 £753 £656
90th Percentile £895 £839 £794
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,570 3,750 5,369
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.05% 30.91% 30.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,237 2,401 3,720
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £420 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £672
90th Percentile £750 £808 £750
UK median daily rate £503 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.51% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 68 124
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.37 £19.99
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £40.00 £45.63
Median % change year-on-year +13.65% -12.34% -17.93%
75th Percentile £65.75 £66.50 £69.06
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.28
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.06% -20.00% +21.43%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FMCG and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

FMCG job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FMCG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FMCG

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FMCG over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

FMCG daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FMCG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FMCG

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (4.76%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (9.52%) SAP MDG
3 1 (4.76%) ENOVIA
3 1 (4.76%) Teamcenter
3 1 (4.76%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.52%) Power Automate
2 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.52%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.76%) Apple Pay
3 1 (4.76%) Asana
3 1 (4.76%) Google Pay
3 1 (4.76%) Nutanix
3 1 (4.76%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) MySQL
2 1 (4.76%) SAP HANA
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 8 (38.10%) Manufacturing
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.52%) Retail
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (14.29%) Architect
1 3 (14.29%) Consultant
1 3 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (9.52%) Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Developer
2 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
2 2 (9.52%) SAP Manager
2 2 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
2 2 (9.52%) Senior Developer
2 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.76%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Deployment Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Programme Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) REST
2 2 (9.52%) CSS
2 2 (9.52%) CSS3
2 2 (9.52%) HTML
2 2 (9.52%) HTML5
3 1 (4.76%) JSON
3 1 (4.76%) JWT
3 1 (4.76%) Middleware
3 1 (4.76%) Nuxt
3 1 (4.76%) OAuth
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (4.76%) Sass
3 1 (4.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
2 1 (4.76%) Private Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) VMS
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (19.05%) ERP
2 4 (19.05%) Migration
2 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (14.29%) Data Integration
3 3 (14.29%) Data Migration
3 3 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (14.29%) Project Management
3 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 2 (9.52%) Agile
4 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.52%) Business Process Mapping
4 2 (9.52%) Change Management
4 2 (9.52%) Data Governance
4 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.52%) Logistics
4 2 (9.52%) PDM
4 2 (9.52%) PLM
4 2 (9.52%) Programme Management
4 2 (9.52%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.76%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.76%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) Apple
3 1 (4.76%) Ariba
3 1 (4.76%) GoCardless
3 1 (4.76%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) PTC
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.76%) Siemens
3 1 (4.76%) Wrike