Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 558 602 773
Rank change year-on-year +44 +171 -143
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 302 300 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.37% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.00% 0.90% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 208 145 265
10th Percentile £30,400 £31,250 £35,300
25th Percentile £38,688 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +2.56%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FMCG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FMCG in the UK

FMCG
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FMCG.

Salary trend for FMCG in the UK

FMCG
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMCG over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for FMCG in the UK

FMCG
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England +68 284 £55,000 -8.33% 168
UK excluding London +14 246 £50,000 -9.09% 161
Midlands +62 96 £50,000 +53.85% 43
Work from Home +15 88 £77,500 +47.62% 35
West Midlands +43 56 £50,000 +5.26% 22
London +50 53 £61,500 +1.23% 27
North of England +7 49 £92,500 +141.83% 50
East Midlands +11 40 £50,000 +53.85% 21
South West +2 39 £40,000 -27.27% 9
South East -9 34 £57,500 -17.86% 30
Yorkshire +79 29 £92,500 +117.65% 22
North West -23 19 £89,750 +176.15% 27
East of England +6 12 £51,500 -20.77% 12
Scotland -38 9 £43,750 -16.67% 10
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 5
Wales -18 2 £24,000 -31.43% 5
North East -19 1 £37,500 - 3

FMCG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (5.63%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.99%) ArcGIS
3 4 (1.32%) Confluence
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.33%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.33%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (2.32%) AutoCAD
5 6 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (1.66%) MS Visio
6 5 (1.66%) Trello
7 3 (0.99%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.66%) InDesign
9 1 (0.33%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.33%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.33%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (5.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (4.97%) Oracle Payables
3 15 (4.97%) Oracle Receivables
4 12 (3.97%) Oracle Assets
4 12 (3.97%) Oracle Cash Management
4 12 (3.97%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (2.32%) Magento
6 5 (1.66%) SAP IBP
6 5 (1.66%) SAP PP
6 5 (1.66%) SAP WM
7 4 (1.32%) Sage 200
8 3 (0.99%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.99%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.66%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.66%) SAP MII
9 2 (0.66%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.66%) Shopify
10 1 (0.33%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 42 (13.91%) Power Platform
2 26 (8.61%) Azure
3 18 (5.96%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.32%) AWS
6 7 (2.32%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (1.99%) Figma
8 4 (1.32%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.66%) Amazon ELB
9 2 (0.66%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.66%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.66%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.66%) SaaS
9 2 (0.66%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.33%) Boomi
10 1 (0.33%) GCP
10 1 (0.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.64%) VLAN
2 8 (2.65%) Internet
3 7 (2.32%) BGP
3 7 (2.32%) EIGRP
3 7 (2.32%) HSRP
3 7 (2.32%) LAN
3 7 (2.32%) MPLS
3 7 (2.32%) OSPF
3 7 (2.32%) SD-WAN
3 7 (2.32%) Spanning Tree
3 7 (2.32%) VoIP
3 7 (2.32%) VRRP
3 7 (2.32%) WAN
3 7 (2.32%) Wireless
3 7 (2.32%) Wireshark
3 7 (2.32%) WLAN
4 6 (1.99%) Firewall
4 6 (1.99%) Network Security
5 5 (1.66%) RFID
6 4 (1.32%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.61%) Power BI
2 6 (1.99%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.99%) GIS
4 2 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.66%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.66%) Looker
4 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.66%) Tableau
5 1 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (5.63%) Visual Studio
2 16 (5.30%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (1.32%) JIRA
4 3 (0.99%) PowerBuilder
5 2 (0.66%) GitLab
5 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.33%) Postman
General
1 119 (39.40%) Social Skills
2 95 (31.46%) Manufacturing
3 85 (28.15%) Retail
4 63 (20.86%) Finance
5 47 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (7.95%) Marketing
7 22 (7.28%) Law
8 19 (6.29%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (4.97%) Legal
10 13 (4.30%) Automotive
10 13 (4.30%) Pharmaceutical
10 13 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (3.31%) Publishing
12 7 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.99%) French Language
14 5 (1.66%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.32%) Banking
15 4 (1.32%) German Language
16 3 (0.99%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.66%) Billing
Job Titles
1 56 (18.54%) Project Manager
2 40 (13.25%) Senior
3 36 (11.92%) Analyst
4 26 (8.61%) Lead
5 25 (8.28%) Architect
6 23 (7.62%) IT Manager
7 20 (6.62%) Consultant
8 13 (4.30%) Head of Business Systems
9 12 (3.97%) Oracle Specialist
9 12 (3.97%) QA Leader
9 12 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (3.64%) Developer
10 11 (3.64%) Senior Manager
11 9 (2.98%) Business Analyst
11 9 (2.98%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 9 (2.98%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
11 9 (2.98%) IT Project Manager
12 8 (2.65%) HR Manager
12 8 (2.65%) SAP Consultant
12 8 (2.65%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.99%) EDI
3 5 (1.66%) SAP TM
4 4 (1.32%) .NET
5 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.66%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.66%) HTML
5 2 (0.66%) WCF
5 2 (0.66%) Web Services
5 2 (0.66%) XML
6 1 (0.33%) .NET Compact Framework
6 1 (0.33%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.33%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.33%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.33%) IDoc
6 1 (0.33%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (2.98%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (1.66%) Photography
3 5 (1.66%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.32%) CCTV
4 4 (1.32%) Management Information System
5 3 (0.99%) Driving Licence
5 3 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (0.99%) Onboarding
5 3 (0.99%) Robotics
5 3 (0.99%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.66%) SCADA
7 1 (0.33%) CAN bus
7 1 (0.33%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.33%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.32%) Windows
2 3 (0.99%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.66%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (28.48%) Project Management
2 62 (20.53%) ERP
3 52 (17.22%) Change Management
3 52 (17.22%) Logistics
4 45 (14.90%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (13.91%) Agile
6 41 (13.58%) Project Delivery
7 35 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (8.61%) Business Intelligence
8 26 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (8.61%) E-Commerce
9 24 (7.95%) Contract Negotiation
9 24 (7.95%) DevOps
10 23 (7.62%) Presales
10 23 (7.62%) User Stories
11 21 (6.95%) Business Analysis
11 21 (6.95%) Supply Chain Management
12 19 (6.29%) Analytics
12 19 (6.29%) Behavioural Change
12 19 (6.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (11.59%) SQL
2 21 (6.95%) C#
3 4 (1.32%) Python
4 3 (0.99%) C
4 3 (0.99%) VBA
5 2 (0.66%) ABAP
5 2 (0.66%) Bash
5 2 (0.66%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.66%) VB
5 2 (0.66%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.33%) Java
6 1 (0.33%) R
Qualifications
1 55 (18.21%) Degree
2 15 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (3.31%) HNC
4 9 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.98%) HND
4 9 (2.98%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.32%) CCDP
5 7 (2.32%) CCIE
5 7 (2.32%) CCIE Routing and Switching
5 7 (2.32%) CCNP
6 4 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (0.99%) MBA
8 2 (0.66%) CCNA
9 1 (0.33%) CCA
9 1 (0.33%) PhD
9 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.33%) PMP
9 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.94%) QA
2 17 (5.63%) Accessibility
2 17 (5.63%) PMO
3 6 (1.99%) NEBOSH
3 6 (1.99%) SLA
4 3 (0.99%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.66%) GRC
5 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.66%) NIST
6 1 (0.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (2.32%) Active Directory
1 7 (2.32%) Firmware
2 4 (1.32%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.66%) Docker
3 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.66%) Ansible
1 2 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (0.66%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
1 2 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (15.23%) SAP
2 43 (14.24%) Microsoft
3 41 (13.58%) Oracle
4 19 (6.29%) IFS
5 15 (4.97%) Adobe
6 14 (4.64%) Google
7 12 (3.97%) Cisco
8 7 (2.32%) Ekahau
9 6 (1.99%) Autodesk
9 6 (1.99%) Siemens
10 4 (1.32%) Avaya
10 4 (1.32%) BT
10 4 (1.32%) Sage
10 4 (1.32%) WatchGuard
11 3 (0.99%) VMware
12 2 (0.66%) Allen-Bradley
12 2 (0.66%) AVEVA
12 2 (0.66%) Infor
12 2 (0.66%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.66%) SYSPRO