FMCG Job Trends in Reading

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in permanent job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	85	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing FMCG	3	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading	0.18%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.66%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	£47,500	-	-
25^th Percentile	£49,375	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£54,325	-	-
75^th Percentile	£58,125	-	-
90^th Percentile	£58,500	-	-
Berkshire median annual salary	£60,000	£60,000	-

All Generic Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	458	178	342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading	27.04%	35.39%	29.08%
Number of salaries quoted	348	97	122
10^th Percentile	£34,775	£27,000	£34,850
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£31,700	£41,572
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£50,803	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	-1.58%	-7.63%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£67,500	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£80,750	£85,000
Berkshire median annual salary	£52,500	£49,500	£61,250
% change year-on-year	+6.06%	-19.18%	+12.39%

FMCG Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

FMCG Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing FMCG.

FMCG Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, job vacancies citing FMCG also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Reading region with a requirement for FMCG.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	66.7%	2
2	Actionable Insight	33.3%	1
2	Actionable Recommendations	33.3%	1
2	Analytics	33.3%	1
2	Business Intelligence	33.3%	1
2	City & Guilds	33.3%	1
2	CRM	33.3%	1
2	Decision-Making	33.3%	1
2	Degree	33.3%	1
2	Emotional Intelligence	33.3%	1
2	Ethernet	33.3%	1
2	Mechatronics	33.3%	1
2	Microsoft	33.3%	1
2	Microsoft Excel	33.3%	1
2	Microsoft Office	33.3%	1
2	Modbus	33.3%	1
2	Power BI	33.3%	1
2	Power Platform	33.3%	1
2	Preventative Maintenance	33.3%	1
2	Problem-Solving	33.3%	1
2	Project Management	33.3%	1
2	Rockwell	33.3%	1
2	Siemens	33.3%	1
2	SQL	33.3%	1
2	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	1
2	Tableau	33.3%	1
2	Visualisation	33.3%	1

FMCG Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SCADA	33.3%	1