FMCG Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 165 320
Rank change year-on-year -98 +155 +7
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 82 163 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.39% 1.73% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.84% 4.27% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 37 19 39
10th Percentile £36,250 - £35,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,750 £52,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -41.61% +61.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £68,500 £63,750 £97,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +8.70% -21.70% -5.24%

All Generic Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,448 3,813 5,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.35% 40.52% 29.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,214 1,542 3,567
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,480 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £93,634 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,300 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% +4.55% -15.38%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in the North of England

FMCG
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

FMCG
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMCG in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for FMCG in the North of England

FMCG
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 15 July 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 East -54 34 £87,500 - 1
North West +2 32 £55,000 +64.18% 17
Yorkshire -108 16 £45,000 -25.00% 10
FMCG
England

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North 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 3 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Adobe After Effects
1 5 (6.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (6.10%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (6.10%) InDesign
1 5 (6.10%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.22%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (3.66%) SAP QM
2 2 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.22%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (1.22%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.66%) SaaS
3 1 (1.22%) AWS
3 1 (1.22%) Azure
3 1 (1.22%) Figma
3 1 (1.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.10%) WPA
2 3 (3.66%) Firewall
2 3 (3.66%) VoIP
2 3 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.22%) Power BI
General
1 47 (57.32%) Manufacturing
2 41 (50.00%) Marketing
3 14 (17.07%) Retail
4 8 (9.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (7.32%) Social Skills
6 5 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.10%) Finance
7 4 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (60.98%) Development Manager
2 38 (46.34%) Product Development Manager
2 38 (46.34%) Product Manager
3 13 (15.85%) Business Manager
4 12 (14.63%) Business Development Manager
5 6 (7.32%) Designer
5 6 (7.32%) Senior
6 5 (6.10%) Analyst
6 5 (6.10%) Creative Designer
6 5 (6.10%) PLC Programmer
6 5 (6.10%) Programmer
6 5 (6.10%) Software Programmer
7 4 (4.88%) Architect
7 4 (4.88%) ERP Manager
8 3 (3.66%) Functional Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) IT Support
8 3 (3.66%) Quality Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) SAP Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) SAP Functional Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) EDI
1 1 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (1.22%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.66%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.44%) SCADA
4 1 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (56.10%) Project Delivery
2 43 (52.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 40 (48.78%) Decision-Making
4 39 (47.56%) Project Management
5 38 (46.34%) Chemistry
5 38 (46.34%) Commercialisation
5 38 (46.34%) Community of Practice
6 12 (14.63%) Business Development
7 8 (9.76%) ERP
8 6 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (7.32%) Prototyping
9 5 (6.10%) AI
9 5 (6.10%) Line Management
9 5 (6.10%) Mentoring
9 5 (6.10%) Typography
10 4 (4.88%) Supply Chain Management
11 3 (3.66%) Quality Management
11 3 (3.66%) Value Proposition
12 2 (2.44%) Actionable Insight
Qualifications
1 45 (54.88%) Degree
2 1 (1.22%) AWS Certification
2 1 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) QA
2 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.22%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (3.66%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.66%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 10 (12.20%) SAP
2 7 (8.54%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.54%) Siemens
3 5 (6.10%) Adobe
3 5 (6.10%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (3.66%) CheckPoint
4 3 (3.66%) Meraki
5 1 (1.22%) IBM
5 1 (1.22%) Infor
5 1 (1.22%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.22%) Oracle
5 1 (1.22%) Salesforce