FMCG Job Trends 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 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 429 518
Rank change year-on-year +90 +89 +110
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 281 260 174
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 0.54% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.53% 1.45% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 141 99 152
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £96,500 £102,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%

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 18,351 17,991 17,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.13% 37.41% 36.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9,250 8,462 13,367
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £84,013 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in England

FMCG
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing FMCG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing FMCG

FMCG
Salary Histogram in England

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

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 12 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
North of England -19 90 £55,000 +4.76% 25
Midlands +63 76 £40,000 -27.27% 16
London +56 53 £55,000 -8.33% 24
South East +51 46 £60,000 -17.24% 44
North East -12 46 - - 5
West Midlands +43 39 £32,500 -40.91% 8
East Midlands +17 37 £40,000 -33.33% 7
Yorkshire -17 28 £41,500 -27.83% 12
North West +31 16 £55,000 +4.76% 8
East of England +20 8 £52,500 +12.90% 25
South West +9 8 £45,000 +12.50% 22
FMCG
UK

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 9 (3.20%) Apache Spark
1 9 (3.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 14 (4.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.56%) NetSuite
3 6 (2.14%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 6 (2.14%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (2.14%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (2.14%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.07%) SAP APO
4 3 (1.07%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.71%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.71%) Shopify
6 1 (0.36%) Odoo
6 1 (0.36%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.36%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.36%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.36%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 34 (12.10%) Power Platform
2 27 (9.61%) Azure
3 15 (5.34%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.91%) SaaS
5 9 (3.20%) AWS
5 9 (3.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (0.71%) Google Ads
6 2 (0.71%) MailChimp
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.36%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.36%) Collibra
7 1 (0.36%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.36%) GCP
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.36%) Veeva
7 1 (0.36%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.07%) DHCP
1 3 (1.07%) DNS
1 3 (1.07%) Firewall
1 3 (1.07%) VLAN
1 3 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.71%) Network Security
2 2 (0.71%) WAN
3 1 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.36%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.36%) DMZ
3 1 (0.36%) HSRP
3 1 (0.36%) Internet
3 1 (0.36%) IPv4
3 1 (0.36%) Miracast
3 1 (0.36%) MPLS
3 1 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.36%) VRRP
3 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.10%) Power BI
2 17 (6.05%) Tableau
3 9 (3.20%) Big Data
3 9 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.20%) Metadata
3 9 (3.20%) Power Query
4 8 (2.85%) Amazon Redshift
4 8 (2.85%) Hadoop
4 8 (2.85%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.14%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.71%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.36%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.36%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.36%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.36%) MLflow
General
1 123 (43.77%) Finance
2 96 (34.16%) Manufacturing
3 94 (33.45%) Marketing
4 88 (31.32%) Social Skills
5 81 (28.83%) Analytical Skills
5 81 (28.83%) Retail
6 21 (7.47%) Automotive
7 20 (7.12%) Pharmaceutical
8 14 (4.98%) Publishing
9 12 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.91%) Aerospace
11 9 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.85%) Digital Health
12 8 (2.85%) Law
13 6 (2.14%) Banking
14 5 (1.78%) French Language
14 5 (1.78%) German Language
14 5 (1.78%) Legal
14 5 (1.78%) Portuguese Language
15 4 (1.42%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 89 (31.67%) Development Manager
2 58 (20.64%) Product Development Manager
2 58 (20.64%) Product Manager
3 38 (13.52%) Lead
4 33 (11.74%) Analyst
5 30 (10.68%) Business Development Manager
5 30 (10.68%) Business Manager
6 19 (6.76%) Data Analyst
6 19 (6.76%) Support Engineer
7 18 (6.41%) Commercial Analyst
7 18 (6.41%) Commercial Data Analyst
8 16 (5.69%) Senior
9 15 (5.34%) IT Support
10 13 (4.63%) Senior Manager
11 12 (4.27%) Procurement Analyst
11 12 (4.27%) Technical Engineer
11 12 (4.27%) Technical Support
11 12 (4.27%) Technical Support Engineer
12 10 (3.56%) Senior Business Development Manager
12 10 (3.56%) Senior Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.56%) EDI
2 9 (3.20%) Kafka
3 6 (2.14%) .NET
4 2 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.36%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.36%) PySpark
5 1 (0.36%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.36%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.95%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (6.41%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.91%) Renewable Energy
5 9 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (2.14%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.14%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.14%) Pricing Data
8 5 (1.78%) Social Media
9 2 (0.71%) Blog
9 2 (0.71%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.71%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.71%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.36%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.36%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.36%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.42%) Windows
2 2 (0.71%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (40.57%) Decision-Making
2 106 (37.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 87 (30.96%) Project Management
4 71 (25.27%) Project Delivery
5 69 (24.56%) Business Intelligence
6 62 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (21.00%) Analytics
8 58 (20.64%) Chemistry
8 58 (20.64%) Commercialisation
8 58 (20.64%) Community of Practice
9 42 (14.95%) ERP
10 36 (12.81%) Business Development
10 36 (12.81%) Logistics
11 30 (10.68%) Change Management
12 29 (10.32%) Machine Learning
13 28 (9.96%) Data Management
14 27 (9.61%) CRM
15 25 (8.90%) Actionable Insight
16 22 (7.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 21 (7.47%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.88%) SQL
2 8 (2.85%) Python
3 5 (1.78%) VBA
4 2 (0.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 101 (35.94%) Degree
2 6 (2.14%) ACCA
2 6 (2.14%) CIMA
3 3 (1.07%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.71%) MBA
4 2 (0.71%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.71%) PMP
5 1 (0.36%) CCNP
5 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.41%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.56%) QA
3 4 (1.42%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.36%) GDPR
4 1 (0.36%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 15 (5.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (16.73%) SAP
2 27 (9.61%) Salesforce
3 25 (8.90%) Microsoft
4 10 (3.56%) Databricks
5 9 (3.20%) Oracle
6 6 (2.14%) Infor
6 6 (2.14%) JD Edwards
7 4 (1.42%) QAD
8 3 (1.07%) Google
9 2 (0.71%) Anaplan
9 2 (0.71%) Cisco
9 2 (0.71%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.71%) Meraki
9 2 (0.71%) Sage
9 2 (0.71%) Sophos
10 1 (0.36%) Epicor
10 1 (0.36%) IBM
10 1 (0.36%) NetApp
10 1 (0.36%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.36%) Splunk