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 have cited FMCG over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 586 653 678
Rank change year-on-year +67 +25 -103
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 147 484 454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.38% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.73% 0.88% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 135 231 315
10th Percentile £35,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £104,000 £98,750 £82,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +16.67%

All Generic Skills
UK

FMCG is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,064 55,164 57,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.08% 43.84% 44.20%
Number of salaries quoted 14,694 30,402 33,575
10th Percentile £33,500 £34,996 £33,618
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% -
75th Percentile £84,056 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for FMCG in the UK

FMCG
Top 15 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 29 November 2023. 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 +39 128 £60,000 +9.09% 291
London +44 78 £65,000 +8.33% 86
Work from Home +159 65 £53,750 +7.50% 69
UK excluding London +166 63 £51,250 -2.38% 235
South East +153 15 £55,000 +22.22% 59
North of England +125 13 £34,500 -37.27% 61
Midlands +119 10 £48,750 +30.00% 59
Scotland +50 10 £52,500 +20.69% 16
West Midlands +113 9 £47,500 +26.67% 31
North West +110 7 £33,750 -38.64% 34
East of England +96 7 £48,000 -8.57% 16
Yorkshire +85 6 £38,250 -36.51% 25
South West +53 5 £55,000 -18.52% 24
Wales - 3 £50,000 - 5
East Midlands +44 1 £100,000 +185.71% 28

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 7 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.72%) MS Exchange
3 3 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (2.04%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.36%) SAS
5 1 (0.68%) CMS
5 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.36%) SPSS
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 5 (3.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.72%) SAP SD
3 3 (2.04%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.36%) SAP CO
4 2 (1.36%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.36%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.68%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.68%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.68%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.68%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.68%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.68%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 11 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.08%) Azure
4 5 (3.40%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (2.72%) SaaS
5 4 (2.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 3 (2.04%) BrowserStack
6 3 (2.04%) PaaS
6 3 (2.04%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 3 (2.04%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.36%) AWS
7 2 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.36%) GCP
7 2 (1.36%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.36%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.68%) Algolia
8 1 (0.68%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.76%) LAN
2 6 (4.08%) WAN
3 5 (3.40%) Firewall
4 3 (2.04%) SAN
4 3 (2.04%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.04%) VPN
5 2 (1.36%) VLAN
5 2 (1.36%) Wireless
6 1 (0.68%) Broadband
6 1 (0.68%) DNS
6 1 (0.68%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.68%) NAS
6 1 (0.68%) SNMP
6 1 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.84%) Power BI
2 10 (6.80%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.04%) Tableau
4 2 (1.36%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.36%) GIS
4 2 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.68%) OLAP
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle OLAP
5 1 (0.68%) Power Query
5 1 (0.68%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.40%) SpecFlow
2 4 (2.72%) Selenium
3 3 (2.04%) Postman
4 2 (1.36%) TestComplete
5 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.68%) Git
5 1 (0.68%) GitLab
5 1 (0.68%) JIRA
5 1 (0.68%) JMeter
5 1 (0.68%) JUnit
5 1 (0.68%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 79 (53.74%) Retail
2 45 (30.61%) Social Skills
3 31 (21.09%) Finance
4 23 (15.65%) Manufacturing
5 22 (14.97%) Automotive
6 20 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (12.24%) Marketing
8 17 (11.56%) Publishing
9 8 (5.44%) Banking
10 7 (4.76%) Telecoms
11 6 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (3.40%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (3.40%) Retail Banking
13 4 (2.72%) Aerospace
13 4 (2.72%) Public Sector
14 3 (2.04%) Legal
15 2 (1.36%) Brand Awareness
16 1 (0.68%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (21.09%) Analyst
2 18 (12.24%) Business Analyst
3 17 (11.56%) Project Manager
4 16 (10.88%) Consultant
4 16 (10.88%) Senior
5 13 (8.84%) Lead
6 11 (7.48%) Developer
7 8 (5.44%) Architect
7 8 (5.44%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.76%) Project Analyst
8 7 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.08%) .NET Developer
9 6 (4.08%) C# .NET Developer
9 6 (4.08%) C# Developer
9 6 (4.08%) IT Engineer
9 6 (4.08%) IT Manager
9 6 (4.08%) Management Consultant
9 6 (4.08%) Product Manager
9 6 (4.08%) Programme Manager
9 6 (4.08%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.44%) .NET
2 4 (2.72%) .NET Core
3 3 (2.04%) Gherkin
3 3 (2.04%) Velocity
4 2 (1.36%) EDI
4 2 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.36%) WCF
5 1 (0.68%) Angular 2
5 1 (0.68%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.68%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.68%) Blazor
5 1 (0.68%) LAMP
5 1 (0.68%) LINQ
5 1 (0.68%) RESTful
5 1 (0.68%) Spring
5 1 (0.68%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.68%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.44%) Product Ownership
2 7 (4.76%) PMI
3 4 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.36%) Social Media
5 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.68%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.68%) Culture of Ownership
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.68%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.68%) EPoS
5 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.68%) IoT
5 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.48%) Windows
2 6 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.04%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.04%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.68%) Unix
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.21%) Project Management
1 40 (27.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 36 (24.49%) Agile
3 25 (17.01%) Logistics
4 21 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 19 (12.93%) Project Delivery
6 18 (12.24%) Data Analysis
7 16 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (10.20%) E-Commerce
8 15 (10.20%) ERP
9 14 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (8.84%) Business Analysis
11 12 (8.16%) Analytics
11 12 (8.16%) UML
12 11 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (6.12%) Test Automation
13 9 (6.12%) User Stories
14 8 (5.44%) B2C
14 8 (5.44%) PRINCE2
15 7 (4.76%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (18.37%) SQL
2 7 (4.76%) C#
3 4 (2.72%) Python
3 4 (2.72%) VB.NET
4 3 (2.04%) R
5 2 (1.36%) Java
5 2 (1.36%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (8.16%) Degree
2 8 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (5.44%) PMI Certification
3 5 (3.40%) PMP
4 3 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.04%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.04%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.68%) ACCA
6 1 (0.68%) CCNA
6 1 (0.68%) CCNP
6 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.40%) QA
1 5 (3.40%) SLA
2 3 (2.04%) PMO
3 2 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.68%) GRC
4 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.68%) NIST
4 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.36%) Docker
3 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.68%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.68%) logstash
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (19.05%) SAP
2 18 (12.24%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.48%) Salesforce
4 8 (5.44%) Oracle
5 4 (2.72%) Citrix
5 4 (2.72%) IFS
5 4 (2.72%) VMware
5 4 (2.72%) Workday
6 2 (1.36%) BT
6 2 (1.36%) Cisco
6 2 (1.36%) Google
6 2 (1.36%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (1.36%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.68%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.68%) Facebook
7 1 (0.68%) Genesys
7 1 (0.68%) Infor
7 1 (0.68%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.68%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.68%) Twitter