The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited FMCG over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Scotland region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Rank 118 107 114
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +7
Contract jobs citing FMCG 4 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.162% 0.076% 0.073%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.659% 0.454% 0.525%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
Average daily rate £425 - £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 - £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 - £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £421 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
-0.88% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.50 £14.50 £10.50
% change year-on-year
-20.68% +38.09%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
607 441 381
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 24.56% 16.69% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 187 172
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £199 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 35 15
Average hourly rate £15.77 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.34% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £11.33 £11.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £32.00 £36.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
FMCG
UK

FMCG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing FMCG across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Scotland FMCG Jobs Demand Trend

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing FMCG across the Scotland region.

Scotland FMCG Daily Rate Trend

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FMCG across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland FMCG Daily Rate Histogram

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing FMCG across the Scotland region.

Scotland FMCG Hourly Rate Trend

FMCG
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Edinburgh +11 4 £425 -
FMCG
UK

FMCG
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing FMCG also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited FMCG.

1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management

FMCG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing FMCG also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited FMCG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management