FMCG Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FMCG over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 370 481
Rank change year-on-year +70 +111 -99
Contract jobs citing FMCG 59 110 145
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.42% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.34% 1.34% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 72 88
10th Percentile £286 £409 £325
25th Percentile £510 £466 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% +12.66%
75th Percentile £750 £650 £621
90th Percentile £835 £738 £761
UK median daily rate £600 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.75
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £50.00 - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - -75.33%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

FMCG is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,393 8,183 13,859
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.56% 31.45% 31.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,960 5,765 9,876
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £431 £454 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £638
90th Percentile £800 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 153 228
10th Percentile £15.42 £19.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £25.50 £32.75 £20.56
Median hourly rate £48.50 £57.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +29.21% +42.74%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.42% -16.72% +2.16%

FMCG
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing FMCG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

FMCG trend for jobs with a WFH option

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing FMCG.

FMCG daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing FMCG over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

FMCG daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing FMCG.

FMCG hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

FMCG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (37.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.69%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.69%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.86%) Azure
2 2 (3.39%) AWS
2 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.39%) Salsify
2 2 (3.39%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (3.39%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.69%) GCP
3 1 (1.69%) OCI
3 1 (1.69%) SaaS
3 1 (1.69%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.69%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) Firewall
1 1 (1.69%) GSM
1 1 (1.69%) LAN
1 1 (1.69%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.69%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.69%) VPN
1 1 (1.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.39%) Power BI
2 2 (3.39%) SAP HANA
2 2 (3.39%) Tableau
3 1 (1.69%) Metadata
3 1 (1.69%) MS Access
3 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.69%) Power Query
3 1 (1.69%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) JIRA
General
1 22 (37.29%) Retail
2 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
3 11 (18.64%) Finance
4 9 (15.25%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.78%) French Language
6 2 (3.39%) Marketing
6 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) Project Manager
2 9 (15.25%) SAP Manager
3 6 (10.17%) Analyst
3 6 (10.17%) Senior
4 5 (8.47%) Architect
4 5 (8.47%) Cutover Manager
4 5 (8.47%) FMCG Manager
5 4 (6.78%) IT Manager
5 4 (6.78%) Senior Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Business Process Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Consultant
6 3 (5.08%) Integration Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Integration Project Manager
6 3 (5.08%) IT Programme Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Process Analyst
6 3 (5.08%) Programme Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Senior Technical Project Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Technical Manager
6 3 (5.08%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.69%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.69%) CMDB
3 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.69%) Hedge funds
3 1 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Windows
2 1 (1.69%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (16.95%) Project Management
2 9 (15.25%) Agile
2 9 (15.25%) Project Delivery
3 8 (13.56%) Business Transformation
3 8 (13.56%) ERP
3 8 (13.56%) Multithreading
3 8 (13.56%) Performance Monitoring
3 8 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (11.86%) Decision-Making
5 6 (10.17%) Analytics
5 6 (10.17%) B2B
5 6 (10.17%) Budgeting
5 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.47%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (8.47%) Change Management
6 5 (8.47%) DevOps
6 5 (8.47%) E-Commerce
6 5 (8.47%) Logistics
6 5 (8.47%) Migration
7 4 (6.78%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.08%) SQL
2 1 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (1.69%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.69%) Python
2 1 (1.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (6.78%) Degree
1 4 (6.78%) PMI Certification
1 4 (6.78%) PMP
2 2 (3.39%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.25%) SLA
2 2 (3.39%) PMO
2 2 (3.39%) QA
3 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.69%) ITGC
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Docker
1 1 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (40.68%) SAP
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.39%) Ariba
3 2 (3.39%) Oracle
4 1 (1.69%) Cisco
4 1 (1.69%) Citrix
4 1 (1.69%) Concur
4 1 (1.69%) Google
4 1 (1.69%) IFS
4 1 (1.69%) Juniper
4 1 (1.69%) Logitech
4 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.69%) VMware