FMCG Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Scotland > Glasgow

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 61 69
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing FMCG 5 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.67% 0.74% 0.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.48% 2.49% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile £408 £461 £349
25th Percentile £475 £541 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £721 £388
Median % change year-on-year -28.92% +86.06% -8.93%
75th Percentile £545 £941 £469
90th Percentile £593 £1,044 £593
Scotland median daily rate £521 £434 £388
% change year-on-year +20.10% +12.00% -3.13%

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

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 requiring generic IT skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 337 201 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 45.30% 29.65% 30.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 142 171
10th Percentile £263 £301 £344
25th Percentile £383 £356 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £638
90th Percentile £613 £674 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 3
10th Percentile £13.93 £18.94 £10.97
25th Percentile £16.65 £19.59 £11.79
Median hourly rate £19.97 £24.15 £13.16
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +83.51% -55.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £24.18 £13.83
90th Percentile £62.50 £36.10 £14.23
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £19.30 £17.72
% change year-on-year +3.50% +8.89% -40.38%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FMCG relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

FMCG job vacancy trend in Glasgow

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing FMCG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing FMCG

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FMCG in Glasgow over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FMCG in Glasgow

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing FMCG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing FMCG

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Officer
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (40.00%) Logistics
1 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Data Security
2 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) PERC
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft