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 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 366 473
Rank change year-on-year +82 +107 -62
Contract jobs citing FMCG 57 91 150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.38% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% 1.21% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 65 96
10th Percentile £285 £418 £375
25th Percentile £510 £494 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £763 £638 £604
90th Percentile £900 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £588 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +6.82% +4.76% +5.00%

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 4,304 7,539 13,934
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.17% 31.58% 31.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,923 5,349 10,060
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £435 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £835 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 147 225
10th Percentile £15.95 £19.00 £15.13
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.36 £21.00
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +27.98%
75th Percentile £68.75 £69.38 £62.25
90th Percentile £73.50 £75.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

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 12 June 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 2 (3.51%) SAS
2 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.75%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.75%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.75%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.79%) Azure
2 2 (3.51%) AWS
2 2 (3.51%) Salsify
2 2 (3.51%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (1.75%) OCI
3 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.75%) SaaS
3 1 (1.75%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Firewall
1 1 (1.75%) GSM
1 1 (1.75%) LAN
1 1 (1.75%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.75%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.75%) VPN
1 1 (1.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) SAP HANA
1 3 (5.26%) Tableau
2 2 (3.51%) Apache Hive
2 2 (3.51%) Hadoop
2 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.75%) Metadata
3 1 (1.75%) MS Access
3 1 (1.75%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.75%) Power BI
3 1 (1.75%) Power Query
3 1 (1.75%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) Git
3 1 (1.75%) LSMW
General
1 23 (40.35%) Retail
2 16 (28.07%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Finance
3 9 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 7 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.02%) French Language
6 3 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.51%) Legal
7 2 (3.51%) Marketing
8 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Law
8 1 (1.75%) Local Government
8 1 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (19.30%) Project Manager
2 9 (15.79%) Senior
3 7 (12.28%) Architect
4 5 (8.77%) Analyst
4 5 (8.77%) Consultant
4 5 (8.77%) Lead
4 5 (8.77%) Senior Manager
5 4 (7.02%) Cutover Manager
5 4 (7.02%) IT Manager
5 4 (7.02%) SAP Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Integration Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Integration Project Manager
6 3 (5.26%) IT Programme Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Programme Manager
6 3 (5.26%) SAP Architect
6 3 (5.26%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (5.26%) Senior Technical Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Senior Technical Project Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Technical Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.51%) Algorithms
2 2 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.51%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.75%) CMDB
3 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.75%) IoT
3 1 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.75%) Life Science
3 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.75%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.54%) Agile
1 10 (17.54%) Business Transformation
1 10 (17.54%) Project Management
2 9 (15.79%) Project Delivery
3 8 (14.04%) Analytics
3 8 (14.04%) ERP
3 8 (14.04%) Multithreading
3 8 (14.04%) Performance Monitoring
4 7 (12.28%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (12.28%) Decision-Making
4 7 (12.28%) E-Commerce
5 6 (10.53%) B2B
5 6 (10.53%) Budgeting
5 6 (10.53%) Migration
5 6 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (10.53%) Procure-to-Pay
5 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.77%) Change Management
6 5 (8.77%) Data Migration
6 5 (8.77%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.77%) SQL
2 2 (3.51%) Python
2 2 (3.51%) R
3 1 (1.75%) ABAP
3 1 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.75%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Degree
2 4 (7.02%) PMI Certification
2 4 (7.02%) PMP
3 2 (3.51%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (3.51%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.75%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) SLA
2 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.75%) GDPR
2 1 (1.75%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) HDFS
2 1 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (38.60%) SAP
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.51%) Alteryx
3 2 (3.51%) Ariba
3 2 (3.51%) Oracle
4 1 (1.75%) Cisco
4 1 (1.75%) Citrix
4 1 (1.75%) Concur
4 1 (1.75%) IBM
4 1 (1.75%) IFS
4 1 (1.75%) Juniper
4 1 (1.75%) Logitech
4 1 (1.75%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.75%) Reuters
4 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.75%) VMware