FMCG Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 94 131
Rank change year-on-year -4 +37 +17
Contract jobs citing FMCG 10 19 8
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.65% 1.14% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.69% 3.17% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 5
10th Percentile £266 £414 £351
25th Percentile £419 £421 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £434 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.09% +8.50% -
75th Percentile £548 £773 £438
90th Percentile £577 £977 £580
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.75 -
UK median hourly rate £14.75 £20.75 -
% change year-on-year -28.92% - -

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 593 599 868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.46% 35.80% 36.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 327 506
10th Percentile £175 £192 £250
25th Percentile £350 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £600
90th Percentile £596 £651 £700
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 23 26
10th Percentile £14.72 £19.60 £15.42
25th Percentile £16.19 £21.30 £16.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +26.90% -5.87%
75th Percentile £53.13 £24.18 £54.38
90th Percentile £69.67 £40.91 £60.75
UK median hourly rate £27.11 £33.54 £42.50
% change year-on-year -19.19% -21.08% +21.43%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in Scotland

FMCG
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing FMCG

FMCG
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FMCG in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FMCG in Scotland

FMCG
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing FMCG

FMCG
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. 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
Glasgow -5 6 £513 -28.92% 4
Moray - 2 - -
Fife -1 1 £43 -
FMCG
UK

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Apple Pay
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Google Pay
2 1 (10.00%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
General
1 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Lead
1 2 (20.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Mechanical Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Project Leader
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior WordPress Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Technology Risk Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) CSS3
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) HTML5
1 1 (10.00%) JSON
1 1 (10.00%) JWT
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
1 1 (10.00%) OAuth
1 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (10.00%) SCADA
3 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (30.00%) Logistics
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
2 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (10.00%) API Integration
3 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (10.00%) Data Security
3 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (10.00%) PERC
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Apple
2 1 (10.00%) GoCardless
2 1 (10.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) SAP