Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited FMCG over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 489 630
Rank change year-on-year +51 +141 -99
Contract jobs citing FMCG 154 237 229
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.40% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.18% 1.20% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 142 137
10th Percentile £270 £375 £361
25th Percentile £425 £452 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £781 £650 £638
90th Percentile £1,015 £738 £793
UK excluding London median daily rate £613 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +22.50% - +27.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - £16.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £18.50
75th Percentile £52.50 - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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 requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,085 19,696 29,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.30% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,418 13,533 20,480
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £678 £656
90th Percentile £798 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 902 642 725
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +28.41% +9.64% -16.40%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FMCG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FMCG in the UK

FMCG
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for FMCG in the UK

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FMCG over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for FMCG in the UK

FMCG
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for FMCG in the UK

FMCG
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 +44 130 £580 +5.45% 325
London +67 89 £550 - 56
Work from Home +79 54 £650 +18.18% 64
UK excluding London +49 50 £613 +22.50% 304
Midlands +40 12 £700 -5.41% 80
Scotland +42 11 £613 +44.54% 16
West Midlands +32 8 £725 -2.03% 38
North of England +17 7 £600 +20.00% 77
South East +16 7 £525 +5.00% 48
South West +26 6 £900 +10.77% 32
East of England -7 6 £563 -4.26% 29
North West +12 4 £600 +20.00% 48
East Midlands - 4 £375 - 42
Yorkshire +20 3 - - 26
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

FMCG
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.65%) Camunda
2 1 (0.65%) CMS
2 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.65%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.65%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 32 (20.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.30%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.30%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.30%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.65%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.65%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.14%) Azure
2 4 (2.60%) Yammer
3 3 (1.95%) AWS
3 3 (1.95%) Power Platform
3 3 (1.95%) WhatsApp
4 2 (1.30%) GCP
4 2 (1.30%) SaaS
4 2 (1.30%) Salsify
5 1 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.65%) dbt
5 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.65%) OCI
5 1 (0.65%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.65%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.65%) Firewall
1 1 (0.65%) GSM
1 1 (0.65%) LAN
1 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.65%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.65%) VPN
1 1 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.25%) SAP HANA
2 3 (1.95%) Power BI
2 3 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.30%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.65%) Metadata
4 1 (0.65%) MS Access
4 1 (0.65%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.65%) Power Query
4 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.65%) SQLPlus
4 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.25%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) TestDirector
General
1 50 (32.47%) Social Skills
2 41 (26.62%) Retail
3 27 (17.53%) Finance
4 19 (12.34%) Marketing
5 17 (11.04%) Manufacturing
6 16 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (3.25%) French Language
9 5 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.30%) Law
11 2 (1.30%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.65%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.65%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 25 (16.23%) Project Manager
2 20 (12.99%) Lead
3 11 (7.14%) Analyst
3 11 (7.14%) Architect
4 9 (5.84%) IT Manager
4 9 (5.84%) SAP Manager
4 9 (5.84%) Senior
5 8 (5.19%) Consultant
6 7 (4.55%) Senior Manager
7 6 (3.90%) Programme Manager
7 6 (3.90%) SAP Consultant
7 6 (3.90%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (3.25%) Cutover Manager
8 5 (3.25%) FMCG Manager
8 5 (3.25%) Project Engineer
9 4 (2.60%) Business Process Analyst
9 4 (2.60%) Development Manager
9 4 (2.60%) IT Project Manager
9 4 (2.60%) Process Analyst
9 4 (2.60%) SAP P2P Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.30%) HTML
1 2 (1.30%) XML
2 1 (0.65%) CSS
2 1 (0.65%) Middleware
2 1 (0.65%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.60%) Product Ownership
2 3 (1.95%) CMDB
2 3 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (1.95%) Onboarding
2 3 (1.95%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.30%) Life Science
3 2 (1.30%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.30%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.65%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.65%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.65%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.65%) SCADA
4 1 (0.65%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.30%) Windows
2 1 (0.65%) Linux
2 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (16.23%) Project Management
2 18 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (11.04%) ERP
4 16 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (9.74%) Agile
6 14 (9.09%) Migration
7 12 (7.79%) Analytics
7 12 (7.79%) Business Transformation
7 12 (7.79%) Change Management
7 12 (7.79%) Project Delivery
8 11 (7.14%) Data Migration
8 11 (7.14%) DevOps
8 11 (7.14%) E-Commerce
9 9 (5.84%) Logistics
9 9 (5.84%) Roadmaps
10 8 (5.19%) Budgeting
10 8 (5.19%) Coaching
10 8 (5.19%) Decision-Making
10 8 (5.19%) Performance Monitoring
10 8 (5.19%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.90%) SQL
2 3 (1.95%) Python
3 2 (1.30%) C
4 1 (0.65%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.65%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (11.69%) Degree
2 4 (2.60%) PMI Certification
2 4 (2.60%) PMP
3 2 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.30%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (1.30%) SAP Certification
4 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.65%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.84%) SLA
2 4 (2.60%) NEBOSH
3 3 (1.95%) PMO
4 2 (1.30%) ITGC
5 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.65%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.65%) P3O
5 1 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.30%) Firmware
2 1 (0.65%) Docker
2 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (27.27%) SAP
2 5 (3.25%) Adobe
2 5 (3.25%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.30%) Cadence
3 2 (1.30%) Ceridian
3 2 (1.30%) Databricks
3 2 (1.30%) Google
3 2 (1.30%) Oracle
3 2 (1.30%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.30%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.65%) Cisco
4 1 (0.65%) Concur
4 1 (0.65%) IFS
4 1 (0.65%) Infor
4 1 (0.65%) JD Edwards
4 1 (0.65%) Logitech
4 1 (0.65%) Progress
4 1 (0.65%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.65%) VMware
4 1 (0.65%) Workday