FMCG Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in permanent job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 29 54
Rank change year-on-year -83 +25 -
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 6 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.44% 1.71% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.05% 5.26% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.46% -27.83% -4.17%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 572 95 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 41.48% 32.42% 28.25%
Number of salaries quoted 62 23 65
10th Percentile £28,650 £46,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £50,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £132,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £58,701
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.30% -6.08%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

FMCG
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing FMCG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing FMCG

FMCG
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
County Antrim - 5 £40,000 - 1
County Armagh - 1 - -
FMCG
UK

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Smartsheet
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Coordinator
1 4 (66.67%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Change Control
2 4 (66.67%) Change Management
2 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (66.67%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (66.67%) ERP
2 4 (66.67%) Logistics
2 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 4 (66.67%) Project Governance
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Test Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft