FMCG Jobs in England

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 516 658
Rank change year-on-year +139 +142 +70
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 335 354 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.68% 0.39% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.80% 1.17% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 62 264 128
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -13.46% +23.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £79,688 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% -11.54% +18.18%

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,639 30,336 37,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.80% 33.77% 44.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8,618 20,935 20,403
10th Percentile £30,940 £28,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing FMCG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for FMCG in England

FMCG
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FMCG in England.

Salary trend for FMCG in England

FMCG
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMCG in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for FMCG in England

FMCG
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +151 204 £34,000 -37.09% 43
Yorkshire +115 92 £62,500 -32.43% 12
North East +101 84 - - 3
South East +64 51 £77,500 +34.78% 34
London +81 48 £55,000 -12.00% 112
North West -4 28 £33,500 -34.63% 29
South West +89 12 £62,500 +31.58% 11
East of England +31 10 £32,500 -63.89% 11
Midlands -8 5 £46,250 +2.78% 32
West Midlands +24 3 £47,500 -5.00% 16
East Midlands +2 2 £45,000 +7.14% 15
FMCG
UK

FMCG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.79%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 18 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.30%) Blender
4 1 (0.30%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.30%) InDesign
4 1 (0.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.60%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.30%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 22 (6.57%) Azure
2 18 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (3.58%) Power Platform
4 11 (3.28%) AWS
5 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Copilot
6 7 (2.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (1.79%) GCP
8 3 (0.90%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.90%) Facebook Ads
9 2 (0.60%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.30%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.30%) Collibra
10 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.30%) Serverless
10 1 (0.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.28%) Firewall
2 3 (0.90%) SD-WAN
2 3 (0.90%) VoIP
2 3 (0.90%) WAN
2 3 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.88%) Metadata
2 11 (3.28%) Power BI
3 6 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
3 6 (1.79%) Big Data
3 6 (1.79%) BigQuery
3 6 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.79%) Hadoop
3 6 (1.79%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.79%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.19%) Tableau
5 3 (0.90%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
General
1 214 (63.88%) Finance
2 140 (41.79%) Social Skills
3 133 (39.70%) Analytical Skills
4 118 (35.22%) Manufacturing
5 117 (34.93%) Marketing
6 63 (18.81%) Law
7 62 (18.51%) Retail
8 15 (4.48%) Automotive
9 14 (4.18%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.58%) Publishing
11 11 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (2.99%) Banking
13 7 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.49%) Brand Awareness
15 4 (1.19%) Advertising
15 4 (1.19%) Dutch Language
15 4 (1.19%) French Language
16 3 (0.90%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.90%) Electronics
16 3 (0.90%) German Language
Job Titles
1 99 (29.55%) Product Manager
2 87 (25.97%) Development Manager
3 82 (24.48%) Product Development Manager
4 59 (17.61%) Automation Engineer
5 42 (12.54%) Systems Engineer
6 39 (11.64%) Project Manager
7 36 (10.75%) Lead
8 16 (4.78%) Data Analytics Director
9 15 (4.48%) Analyst
10 13 (3.88%) IT Support
11 9 (2.69%) IT Analyst
12 8 (2.39%) 2nd Line Support
12 8 (2.39%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
12 8 (2.39%) IT Support Analyst
12 8 (2.39%) Senior
12 8 (2.39%) Support Analyst
12 8 (2.39%) Support Specialist
13 7 (2.09%) Architect
13 7 (2.09%) Business Manager
14 6 (1.79%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.69%) .NET
2 6 (1.79%) Kafka
3 3 (0.90%) IDoc
4 2 (0.60%) EDI
4 2 (0.60%) EDIFACT
5 1 (0.30%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.30%) BAPI
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.30%) REST
5 1 (0.30%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.30%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.30%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 72 (21.49%) Management Information System
2 52 (15.52%) Product Ownership
3 48 (14.33%) Operational Technology
4 42 (12.54%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 17 (5.07%) PMI
6 11 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.39%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.79%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.79%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.19%) IoT
9 4 (1.19%) Social Media
10 3 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.60%) Data Fabric
11 2 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.30%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.30%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.30%) Life Science
12 1 (0.30%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.30%) TRADACOMS
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.18%) Windows
2 10 (2.99%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (47.46%) Project Management
2 158 (47.16%) Problem-Solving
3 99 (29.55%) Product Strategy
4 92 (27.46%) Budgeting
5 87 (25.97%) Quality Management
6 86 (25.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 82 (24.48%) Commercialisation
7 82 (24.48%) Competitor Analysis
8 71 (21.19%) Analytics
9 63 (18.81%) Budget Management
10 49 (14.63%) Decision-Making
11 48 (14.33%) Coaching
12 45 (13.43%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 43 (12.84%) Data Collection
14 42 (12.54%) Energy Management
15 40 (11.94%) Thought Leadership
16 38 (11.34%) Business Strategy
17 34 (10.15%) Data Strategy
18 32 (9.55%) Data-Driven Decision Making
18 32 (9.55%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.37%) SQL
2 7 (2.09%) C#
3 3 (0.90%) PowerShell
3 3 (0.90%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.30%) ABAP
4 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 137 (40.90%) Degree
2 43 (12.84%) HNC
3 17 (5.07%) PMI Certification
4 14 (4.18%) Master's Degree
5 13 (3.88%) MBA
6 5 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.60%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.30%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.30%) PhD
9 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (26.57%) QA
2 25 (7.46%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.78%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.49%) GRC
5 4 (1.19%) GDPR
6 3 (0.90%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (0.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (12.54%) Rockwell
1 42 (12.54%) Siemens
2 38 (11.34%) Microsoft
3 11 (3.28%) Capita
3 11 (3.28%) Google
4 9 (2.69%) SAP
5 7 (2.09%) Databricks
6 5 (1.49%) Infor
7 4 (1.19%) IBM
8 3 (0.90%) Aruba
8 3 (0.90%) Cisco
8 3 (0.90%) Facebook
8 3 (0.90%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.90%) Okta
9 2 (0.60%) Brandwatch
9 2 (0.60%) Informatica
9 2 (0.60%) VMware
10 1 (0.30%) Adobe
10 1 (0.30%) Ariba
10 1 (0.30%) Salesforce