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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 445 543
Rank change year-on-year +129 +98 +95
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 296 355 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.75% 0.48% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.20% 1.45% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 47 206 62
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,050 £35,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £35,313 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £51,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% -15.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £85,250 £74,375
90th Percentile £97,500 £94,375 £92,925
UK median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% -11.54% +18.18%

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 13,443 24,459 24,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.14% 32.80% 42.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5,886 15,283 10,904
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +163 204 £34,000 -37.09% 68
Yorkshire +115 92 £62,500 -32.43% 26
North East +97 84 - - 6
South East +75 52 £77,500 +34.78% 110
North West +3 28 £33,500 -34.63% 38
South West +82 12 £62,500 +31.58% 27
East of England +28 10 £32,500 -63.89% 39
Northern Ireland +43 5 - - 8
Midlands +14 5 £46,250 - 55
Scotland +117 4 £36,250 -59.72% 21
Wales -21 4 £40,000 +48.15% 6
West Midlands +27 3 £47,500 -5.00% 28
East Midlands +5 2 £45,000 +7.14% 24
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 10 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 19 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.34%) Blender
4 1 (0.34%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.34%) InDesign
4 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.68%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.34%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.34%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 14 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (3.72%) Azure
3 8 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (1.69%) AWS
5 3 (1.01%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.01%) Facebook Ads
5 3 (1.01%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.34%) Azure API Management
6 1 (0.34%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (0.34%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.34%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.34%) Collibra
6 1 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.34%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.72%) Firewall
2 3 (1.01%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.01%) VoIP
2 3 (1.01%) WAN
2 3 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.34%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.01%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.68%) Power BI
2 2 (0.68%) Tableau
3 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.34%) Metadata
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.34%) Power Query
3 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
General
1 213 (71.96%) Finance
2 120 (40.54%) Manufacturing
2 120 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 117 (39.53%) Marketing
4 109 (36.82%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (15.20%) Retail
6 34 (11.49%) Law
7 14 (4.73%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.05%) Automotive
9 9 (3.04%) Publishing
10 8 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (2.36%) Banking
11 7 (2.36%) Brand Awareness
12 6 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.35%) Advertising
14 4 (1.35%) Dutch Language
14 4 (1.35%) French Language
15 3 (1.01%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.01%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 99 (33.45%) Product Manager
2 89 (30.07%) Development Manager
3 82 (27.70%) Product Development Manager
4 59 (19.93%) Automation Engineer
5 42 (14.19%) Systems Engineer
6 39 (13.18%) Project Manager
7 19 (6.42%) Analyst
8 16 (5.41%) Data Analytics Director
9 9 (3.04%) IT Analyst
9 9 (3.04%) IT Support
10 8 (2.70%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (2.70%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
10 8 (2.70%) IT Support Analyst
10 8 (2.70%) Support Analyst
11 7 (2.36%) Lead
12 6 (2.03%) Financial Analyst
12 6 (2.03%) Senior
13 5 (1.69%) Architect
13 5 (1.69%) Change Manager
13 5 (1.69%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.03%) .NET
2 3 (1.01%) EDI
3 2 (0.68%) EDIFACT
3 2 (0.68%) IDoc
4 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.34%) REST
4 1 (0.34%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 71 (23.99%) Management Information System
2 48 (16.22%) Operational Technology
3 42 (14.19%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 19 (6.42%) Product Ownership
5 17 (5.74%) PMI
6 9 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.03%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.03%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.35%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.35%) IoT
8 4 (1.35%) Social Media
9 3 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.68%) Data Fabric
10 2 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.34%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.34%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.34%) Motion Graphics
11 1 (0.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.34%) TRADACOMS
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.07%) Windows
2 11 (3.72%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (49.66%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (49.32%) Project Management
3 92 (31.08%) Budgeting
4 87 (29.39%) Quality Management
5 85 (28.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 83 (28.04%) Product Strategy
7 82 (27.70%) Commercialisation
7 82 (27.70%) Competitor Analysis
8 62 (20.95%) Budget Management
9 51 (17.23%) Coaching
10 45 (15.20%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 43 (14.53%) Data Collection
12 42 (14.19%) Energy Management
13 37 (12.50%) Analytics
13 37 (12.50%) Business Strategy
14 28 (9.46%) Decision-Making
14 28 (9.46%) Lean Manufacturing
14 28 (9.46%) PDCA
15 22 (7.43%) Change Management
16 21 (7.09%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.38%) SQL
2 5 (1.69%) C#
3 3 (1.01%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.01%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 136 (45.95%) Degree
2 43 (14.53%) HNC
3 17 (5.74%) PMI Certification
4 14 (4.73%) Master's Degree
5 13 (4.39%) MBA
6 4 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.68%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.34%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.34%) PhD
9 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (28.38%) QA
2 16 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 12 (4.05%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.69%) GRC
5 4 (1.35%) GDPR
6 3 (1.01%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.01%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.01%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (14.19%) Rockwell
1 42 (14.19%) Siemens
2 26 (8.78%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.05%) SAP
4 11 (3.72%) Capita
5 8 (2.70%) Google
6 5 (1.69%) Infor
7 3 (1.01%) Aruba
7 3 (1.01%) Cisco
7 3 (1.01%) Facebook
7 3 (1.01%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.01%) Okta
7 3 (1.01%) VMware
8 2 (0.68%) Informatica
9 1 (0.34%) Adobe
9 1 (0.34%) Ariba
9 1 (0.34%) Concur
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle
9 1 (0.34%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.34%) Sparx