FMCG Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 245 433
Rank change year-on-year -51 +188 +145
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 306 280 326
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.49% 1.06% 0.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.87% 2.93% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 134 62 189
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,300 £28,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,250 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% -1.44% -13.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £86,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £96,125 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 16,400 9,552 23,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.31% 36.18% 34.83%
Number of salaries quoted 7,949 5,248 15,243
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,114 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% -15.38%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

FMCG
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FMCG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing FMCG

FMCG
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMCG in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for FMCG in the UK excluding London

FMCG
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 April 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 -127 84 £55,000 +4.76% 21
South West +28 82 £40,000 -26.27% 6
Midlands -10 55 £35,000 -26.32% 16
South East -41 51 £40,000 -44.83% 16
North East -54 42 - - 4
West Midlands -4 31 £40,000 -17.95% 8
Scotland +1 25 £28,000 -20.00% 2
East Midlands -25 24 £35,000 -22.22% 8
North West -26 23 £55,000 +64.18% 11
Yorkshire -100 19 £30,000 -50.00% 6
East of England -21 9 £40,000 +4.58% 6
FMCG
UK

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 74 (24.18%) SAP PM
2 9 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.31%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.98%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.33%) Odoo
5 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.33%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.33%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (3.92%) Azure
3 4 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (1.31%) SaaS
4 1 (0.33%) ChatGPT
4 1 (0.33%) Figma
4 1 (0.33%) Google Ads
4 1 (0.33%) MailChimp
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (0.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.29%) Firewall
2 6 (1.96%) DHCP
2 6 (1.96%) DNS
2 6 (1.96%) VoIP
2 6 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.33%) DMZ
3 1 (0.33%) Internet
3 1 (0.33%) IPv4
3 1 (0.33%) Miracast
3 1 (0.33%) MPLS
3 1 (0.33%) Network Security
3 1 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.33%) VLAN
3 1 (0.33%) VPN
3 1 (0.33%) VRRP
3 1 (0.33%) WAN
3 1 (0.33%) Wireless
3 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.29%) Power Query
2 3 (0.98%) Tableau
3 2 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.63%) JIRA
General
1 195 (63.73%) Manufacturing
2 52 (16.99%) Marketing
3 48 (15.69%) Retail
4 31 (10.13%) Social Skills
5 27 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.23%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (4.58%) Finance
8 11 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.27%) Legal
10 5 (1.63%) Automotive
11 4 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.98%) Back Office
12 3 (0.98%) Publishing
13 2 (0.65%) Banking
14 1 (0.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 90 (29.41%) Development Manager
2 51 (16.67%) Product Development Manager
2 51 (16.67%) Product Manager
3 32 (10.46%) Business Manager
4 30 (9.80%) Business Development Manager
5 28 (9.15%) IT Support
6 26 (8.50%) IT Engineer
6 26 (8.50%) Support Engineer
7 23 (7.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 23 (7.52%) Lead
8 22 (7.19%) Senior
9 14 (4.58%) Senior Business Development Manager
9 14 (4.58%) Senior Business Manager
9 14 (4.58%) Senior Development Manager
9 14 (4.58%) Senior Manager
9 14 (4.58%) Technologist
10 13 (4.25%) Analyst
11 10 (3.27%) Business Development Executive
12 9 (2.94%) Administrator
13 7 (2.29%) Customer Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.63%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (0.65%) .NET
3 1 (0.33%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.33%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (1.63%) Onboarding
3 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (0.65%) Low-Code
4 2 (0.65%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.33%) CCTV
5 1 (0.33%) PKI
5 1 (0.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.96%) Windows
2 5 (1.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (49.02%) Continuous Improvement
2 83 (27.12%) Root Cause Analysis
3 75 (24.51%) Predictive Maintenance
4 74 (24.18%) Cost Control
4 74 (24.18%) Data Analysis
4 74 (24.18%) Order Management
4 74 (24.18%) Preventative Maintenance
4 74 (24.18%) Proactive Maintenance
5 58 (18.95%) Decision-Making
6 54 (17.65%) Project Delivery
6 54 (17.65%) Project Management
7 51 (16.67%) Chemistry
7 51 (16.67%) Commercialisation
7 51 (16.67%) Community of Practice
8 41 (13.40%) Business Development
9 30 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (7.52%) Supply Chain Management
11 17 (5.56%) ERP
12 13 (4.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (3.92%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (17.32%) Degree
2 8 (2.61%) CIPD
3 6 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.63%) CCNA
4 5 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.33%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.63%) QA
1 5 (1.63%) SLA
2 3 (0.98%) PMO
3 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.33%) GMP
System Software
1 12 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.33%) VirtualBox
3 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 96 (31.37%) SAP
2 21 (6.86%) Microsoft
3 6 (1.96%) Cisco
4 5 (1.63%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (1.63%) Siemens
5 2 (0.65%) Infor
5 2 (0.65%) Meraki
6 1 (0.33%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.33%) Epicor
6 1 (0.33%) Google
6 1 (0.33%) IFS
6 1 (0.33%) NetApp
6 1 (0.33%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle
6 1 (0.33%) Sage
6 1 (0.33%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.33%) Splunk
6 1 (0.33%) VMware
6 1 (0.33%) WooCommerce