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 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 351 476
Rank change year-on-year -27 +125 +144
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 411 365 474
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.82% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.71% 1.93% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 201 73 263
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -5.66% -18.46%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £97,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% -8.00% -16.67%

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 23,984 18,918 35,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.92% 42.69% 34.12%
Number of salaries quoted 14,535 8,926 23,372
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,170
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -9.09%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in the UK

FMCG
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FMCG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FMCG

FMCG
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMCG over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for FMCG in the UK

FMCG
Top 16 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 8 June 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
England -29 378 £55,000 +12.82% 108
UK excluding London -38 342 £40,000 -13.04% 77
South West +20 89 £40,000 -26.27% 6
North of England -129 85 £55,000 +61.76% 22
Midlands +31 69 £43,750 -7.89% 22
London 0 62 £65,000 +18.18% 36
South East -24 54 £37,500 -40.00% 17
Work from Home +31 51 £56,250 -2.17% 49
West Midlands +1 35 £51,250 +7.89% 9
North East -64 35 - - 2
East Midlands 0 34 £40,000 -11.11% 13
North West 0 31 £55,000 +64.18% 11
Scotland +29 28 £28,000 -22.76% 3
Yorkshire -111 19 £30,000 -52.00% 10
East of England -26 13 £40,000 +4.58% 6
Northern Ireland -35 4 - - 1

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 10 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 74 (18.00%) SAP PM
2 19 (4.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.95%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.46%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.73%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 2 (0.49%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.49%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.24%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.24%) Sage X3
7 1 (0.24%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.24%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.24%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (2.92%) Power Platform
3 9 (2.19%) Azure
4 8 (1.95%) SaaS
5 4 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (0.97%) Smartsheet
6 3 (0.73%) GitHub
7 1 (0.24%) AWS
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.24%) Figma
7 1 (0.24%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.24%) MailChimp
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.24%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.95%) Firewall
1 8 (1.95%) VoIP
1 8 (1.95%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (1.22%) DHCP
2 5 (1.22%) DNS
3 4 (0.97%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.92%) Power BI
2 11 (2.68%) Tableau
3 9 (2.19%) Power Query
4 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (1.95%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Selenium
3 1 (0.24%) Git
General
1 192 (46.72%) Manufacturing
2 103 (25.06%) Retail
3 59 (14.36%) Social Skills
4 57 (13.87%) Marketing
5 46 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (9.98%) Finance
7 36 (8.76%) Pharmaceutical
8 14 (3.41%) Legal
9 8 (1.95%) Publishing
10 7 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.73%) Advertising
11 3 (0.73%) Automotive
11 3 (0.73%) Billing
11 3 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.49%) Back Office
13 1 (0.24%) Banking
Job Titles
1 149 (36.25%) Development Manager
2 92 (22.38%) Business Manager
3 90 (21.90%) Business Development Manager
4 42 (10.22%) Product Development Manager
4 42 (10.22%) Product Manager
5 38 (9.25%) Senior
6 29 (7.06%) Analyst
7 26 (6.33%) IT Support
7 26 (6.33%) Support Engineer
8 24 (5.84%) IT Engineer
8 24 (5.84%) Senior Manager
9 22 (5.35%) IT Support Engineer
10 21 (5.11%) Senior Business Development Manager
10 21 (5.11%) Senior Business Manager
10 21 (5.11%) Senior Development Manager
11 20 (4.87%) Lead
12 14 (3.41%) Technologist
13 13 (3.16%) FMCG Manager
14 11 (2.68%) Sales Manager
15 10 (2.43%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.97%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (0.49%) EDI
3 1 (0.24%) .NET
3 1 (0.24%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.24%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (1.70%) Data Structures
3 7 (1.70%) Onboarding
4 4 (0.97%) CMDB
4 4 (0.97%) iPhone
5 3 (0.73%) Driving Licence
5 3 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (0.73%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.49%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.49%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 2 (0.49%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (0.49%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.24%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.24%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.24%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.24%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.24%) TRADACOMS
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.19%) Windows
2 5 (1.22%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.97%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (36.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 97 (23.60%) Business Development
3 83 (20.19%) Root Cause Analysis
4 77 (18.73%) Data Analysis
5 75 (18.25%) Preventative Maintenance
6 74 (18.00%) Cost Control
6 74 (18.00%) Order Management
6 74 (18.00%) Predictive Maintenance
6 74 (18.00%) Proactive Maintenance
7 56 (13.63%) Project Management
8 54 (13.14%) Decision-Making
9 52 (12.65%) Project Delivery
10 42 (10.22%) Chemistry
10 42 (10.22%) Commercialisation
10 42 (10.22%) Community of Practice
11 34 (8.27%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (6.81%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (6.08%) ERP
14 24 (5.84%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (5.11%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.35%) SQL
2 12 (2.92%) Python
3 3 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (0.73%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 71 (17.27%) Degree
2 12 (2.92%) CIPD
3 7 (1.70%) ACCA
3 7 (1.70%) CIMA
4 5 (1.22%) CCNA
4 5 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (0.97%) PMI Certification
5 4 (0.97%) PMP
6 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.24%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.16%) QA
2 7 (1.70%) PMO
3 5 (1.22%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.22%) SLA
4 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.24%) GMP
4 1 (0.24%) GRC
4 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.97%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.24%) VirtualBox
3 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 112 (27.25%) SAP
2 23 (5.60%) Microsoft
3 10 (2.43%) Salesforce
4 5 (1.22%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (1.22%) Cisco
4 5 (1.22%) Siemens
5 3 (0.73%) CheckPoint
5 3 (0.73%) Meraki
6 2 (0.49%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.24%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.24%) Google
7 1 (0.24%) IBM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle
7 1 (0.24%) Sage
7 1 (0.24%) VMware
7 1 (0.24%) WooCommerce