FMCG Jobs 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 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 445 511
Rank change year-on-year +132 +66 +187
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 301 355 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 0.43% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.20% 1.39% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 58 217 62
10th Percentile £25,575 £26,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £31,750 £34,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,125 £95,000 £92,925
UK median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -19.23% +23.81%

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 13,663 25,619 23,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.20% 31.33% 42.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 15,613 10,736
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing FMCG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for FMCG in the UK excluding London

FMCG
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FMCG in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for FMCG in the UK excluding London

FMCG
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMCG in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

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 21 June 2025. 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 +169 199 £34,500 -43.67% 171
Yorkshire +127 111 £61,250 -21.22% 64
North East +104 60 - - 6
South East +80 52 £65,000 +13.04% 132
North West +14 28 £33,500 -44.17% 101
South West +92 15 £46,000 +15.00% 47
East of England +33 13 £32,500 -61.19% 68
Midlands +13 8 £47,500 +5.56% 149
Scotland +109 5 £36,250 -42.00% 31
Northern Ireland +42 5 - - 6
West Midlands +29 4 £47,500 - 77
East Midlands +4 4 £45,000 +7.14% 70
Wales -1 4 £40,000 +48.15% 12
FMCG
UK

FMCG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.33%) Blender
4 1 (0.33%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.33%) InDesign
4 1 (0.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.66%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.33%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.33%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (4.32%) Azure
3 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (1.66%) AWS
4 5 (1.66%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.00%) Facebook Ads
6 1 (0.33%) Azure API Management
6 1 (0.33%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (0.33%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.33%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.33%) Collibra
6 1 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.33%) SaaS
6 1 (0.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.99%) Firewall
2 4 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.00%) VoIP
3 3 (1.00%) WAN
4 2 (0.66%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.33%) DHCP
5 1 (0.33%) DNS
5 1 (0.33%) FTP
5 1 (0.33%) Modbus
5 1 (0.33%) SAN
5 1 (0.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.33%) Power BI
1 4 (1.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.66%) Tableau
3 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.33%) Metadata
3 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.33%) Power Query
3 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 205 (68.11%) Finance
2 127 (42.19%) Manufacturing
3 112 (37.21%) Social Skills
4 108 (35.88%) Marketing
5 101 (33.55%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (14.95%) Retail
7 34 (11.30%) Law
8 15 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (4.32%) Automotive
10 10 (3.32%) Brand Awareness
11 9 (2.99%) Publishing
12 8 (2.66%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (2.33%) Banking
14 6 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (1.33%) Advertising
15 4 (1.33%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.33%) Dutch Language
15 4 (1.33%) Electronics
15 4 (1.33%) French Language
Job Titles
1 89 (29.57%) Product Manager
2 83 (27.57%) Automation Engineer
3 78 (25.91%) Development Manager
4 72 (23.92%) Product Development Manager
5 69 (22.92%) Systems Engineer
6 20 (6.64%) Analyst
7 19 (6.31%) Project Manager
8 16 (5.32%) Data Analytics Director
9 10 (3.32%) IT Support
10 9 (2.99%) IT Analyst
11 8 (2.66%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (2.66%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 8 (2.66%) IT Support Analyst
11 8 (2.66%) Senior
11 8 (2.66%) Support Analyst
12 7 (2.33%) Lead
13 6 (1.99%) Financial Analyst
14 5 (1.66%) Architect
14 5 (1.66%) Change Manager
14 5 (1.66%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.99%) .NET
2 3 (1.00%) EDI
3 2 (0.66%) EDIFACT
3 2 (0.66%) IDoc
4 1 (0.33%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.33%) REST
4 1 (0.33%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 75 (24.92%) Management Information System
2 72 (23.92%) Operational Technology
3 66 (21.93%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 19 (6.31%) Product Ownership
5 17 (5.65%) PMI
6 9 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.66%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.99%) IoT
10 4 (1.33%) e-Learning
10 4 (1.33%) Social Media
11 3 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.66%) Data Fabric
12 2 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
13 1 (0.33%) Blockchain
13 1 (0.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
13 1 (0.33%) SCADA
13 1 (0.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.32%) Windows
2 12 (3.99%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.66%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (53.82%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (38.87%) Project Management
3 111 (36.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 96 (31.89%) Budgeting
5 91 (30.23%) Quality Management
6 73 (24.25%) Product Strategy
7 72 (23.92%) Commercialisation
7 72 (23.92%) Competitor Analysis
8 68 (22.59%) Data Collection
9 66 (21.93%) Energy Management
10 42 (13.95%) Budget Management
11 38 (12.62%) Analytics
11 38 (12.62%) Business Strategy
12 33 (10.96%) Decision-Making
13 31 (10.30%) Coaching
14 25 (8.31%) Budgeting and Forecasting
15 22 (7.31%) Agile
15 22 (7.31%) Change Management
16 20 (6.64%) Line Management
16 20 (6.64%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.99%) SQL
2 6 (1.99%) C#
3 4 (1.33%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.00%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 128 (42.52%) Degree
2 68 (22.59%) HNC
3 17 (5.65%) PMI Certification
4 14 (4.65%) Master's Degree
5 13 (4.32%) MBA
6 4 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.66%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.33%) HND
9 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.33%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.33%) PhD
9 1 (0.33%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (24.58%) QA
2 16 (5.32%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.99%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.66%) GRC
5 4 (1.33%) GDPR
6 3 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (1.66%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 67 (22.26%) Siemens
2 66 (21.93%) Rockwell
3 28 (9.30%) Microsoft
4 12 (3.99%) SAP
5 11 (3.65%) Capita
6 8 (2.66%) Google
7 5 (1.66%) Infor
8 4 (1.33%) Cisco
8 4 (1.33%) VMware
9 3 (1.00%) Aruba
9 3 (1.00%) Facebook
9 3 (1.00%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.00%) Okta
10 2 (0.66%) Informatica
11 1 (0.33%) Adobe
11 1 (0.33%) Ariba
11 1 (0.33%) EMC
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle
11 1 (0.33%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.33%) Sophos