FMCG Job Trends in Berkshire

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in permanent job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 116 136
Rank change year-on-year +23 +20 +43
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 34 4 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 1.74% 0.24% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.99% 0.81% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 10
10th Percentile £57,550 - £38,000
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +86.27%
75th Percentile - - £52,500
90th Percentile - - £59,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.24% +45.00% +2.56%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

FMCG falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 568 496 682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.01% 30.37% 32.87%
Number of salaries quoted 277 208 456
10th Percentile £27,800 £40,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +19.05% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £83,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,500 £114,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £57,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% +4.59% -0.91%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in Berkshire

FMCG
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing FMCG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing FMCG

FMCG
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMCG in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for FMCG in Berkshire

FMCG
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough -7 23 £60,000 - 3
Maidenhead - 4 - -
Windsor - 4 - -
Bracknell - 2 - - 2
Thatcham - 1 £36,000 -
FMCG
South East

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 6 (17.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (17.65%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle Assets
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle Payables
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 12 (35.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.94%) Azure
2 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Ethernet
1 1 (2.94%) LAN
1 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.94%) VoIP
1 1 (2.94%) WAN
1 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (35.29%) Power BI
General
1 28 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 18 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (52.94%) Finance
3 12 (35.29%) Manufacturing
3 12 (35.29%) Marketing
4 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Analyst
1 12 (35.29%) Commercial Analyst
1 12 (35.29%) Commercial Data Analyst
1 12 (35.29%) Data Analyst
1 12 (35.29%) Procurement Analyst
2 6 (17.65%) Change Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Communications Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Project Change Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Support Specialist
3 4 (11.76%) Business Development Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Business Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Development Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Applications Specialist
4 3 (8.82%) Applications Support
4 3 (8.82%) Applications Support Specialist
5 1 (2.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (2.94%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) Business Development Director
5 1 (2.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
1 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) AI
2 15 (44.12%) Analytics
3 12 (35.29%) Actionable Insight
3 12 (35.29%) Benchmarking
3 12 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (35.29%) Computer Science
3 12 (35.29%) Data Analytics
3 12 (35.29%) Data Visualisation
3 12 (35.29%) Decision-Making
3 12 (35.29%) Economics
3 12 (35.29%) Generative AI
3 12 (35.29%) LLM
3 12 (35.29%) Machine Learning
3 12 (35.29%) Mathematics
3 12 (35.29%) Matrix Organization
3 12 (35.29%) Process Management
3 12 (35.29%) Storytelling
3 12 (35.29%) Trend Analysis
3 12 (35.29%) Visualisation
4 7 (20.59%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Infor
1 6 (17.65%) JD Edwards
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft