FMCG Job Trends in the East of England

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 155 193
Rank change year-on-year -15 +38 +4
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 14 12 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.22% 0.40% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 0.98% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 21
10th Percentile £34,400 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -63.89% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £46,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £44,750 £53,750 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £48,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +12.82% -7.14% -19.23%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,514 1,225 2,121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 24.31% 41.00% 31.14%
Number of salaries quoted 931 449 1,552
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £25,438
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,533 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,800 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.24% +4.65% -15.38%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in the East of England

FMCG
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FMCG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FMCG

FMCG
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMCG in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for FMCG in the East of England

FMCG
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Bedfordshire - 8 £40,000 - 1
Cambridgeshire -24 4 - - 3
Hertfordshire -27 1 - -
Norfolk - 1 £62,500 - 1
FMCG
England

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.14%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.14%) VLAN
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Crystal Reports
General
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Business Development Executive
2 4 (28.57%) Business Development Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Business Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Development Manager
2 4 (28.57%) FMCG Manager
3 3 (21.43%) IT Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Applications Support
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Applications Support Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Business Development
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (7.14%) E-Commerce
2 1 (7.14%) ERP
2 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (7.14%) Migration
2 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) CCNA
1 1 (7.14%) CCNP
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Sage