FMCG Job Trends in the West Midlands

Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term FMCG in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited FMCG over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 180 169
Rank change year-on-year +42 -11 +89
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 40 19 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.76% 0.46% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.05% 1.25% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 31 13 10
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,650 £31,025
25th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +18.92% +23.33%
75th Percentile £40,000 £73,750 £52,500
90th Percentile - £96,250 £79,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,950 1,525 1,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.89% 36.82% 35.18%
Number of salaries quoted 678 612 1,098
10th Percentile £26,375 £32,500 £27,350
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,004 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.32%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

FMCG
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

FMCG job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

FMCG
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing FMCG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing FMCG

FMCG
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing FMCG in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for FMCG in the West Midlands

FMCG
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FMCG within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Shropshire -6 12 £40,000 +14.29% 3
Birmingham +28 9 £29,000 -29.70% 1
Worcestershire - 8 £31,500 - 3
Staffordshire -3 7 £28,000 -70.53% 1
Warwickshire - 4 £32,500 -
FMCG
England

FMCG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (7.50%) NetSuite
2 2 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.50%) Odoo
3 1 (2.50%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 11 (27.50%) Azure
2 9 (22.50%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (17.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) ChatGPT
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.50%) Power BI
2 6 (15.00%) Power Query
3 1 (2.50%) Tableau
General
1 11 (27.50%) Aerospace
1 11 (27.50%) Automotive
1 11 (27.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 11 (27.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 10 (25.00%) Retail
3 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (22.50%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (20.00%) Finance
5 7 (17.50%) Digital Health
5 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
6 5 (12.50%) Manufacturing
7 3 (7.50%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) Technical Engineer
2 11 (27.50%) Technical Support
2 11 (27.50%) Technical Support Engineer
3 10 (25.00%) IT Support
4 7 (17.50%) Systems Support
5 6 (15.00%) Administrator
5 6 (15.00%) IT Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) IT Administrator
6 5 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (12.50%) IT Systems Administrator
6 5 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (5.00%) Head of IT
8 1 (2.50%) Analyst
8 1 (2.50%) Implementation Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Senior
8 1 (2.50%) Support Analyst
8 1 (2.50%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (2.50%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) PyTorch
1 1 (2.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (27.50%) Renewable Energy
2 6 (15.00%) Pricing Data
3 2 (5.00%) Low-Code
3 2 (5.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (47.50%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (45.00%) Logistics
3 10 (25.00%) Data Management
3 10 (25.00%) ERP
4 9 (22.50%) Time Management
5 7 (17.50%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (17.50%) Preventative Maintenance
6 6 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (7.50%) Digital Enablement
7 3 (7.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (5.00%) Data Governance
8 2 (5.00%) Data Migration
8 2 (5.00%) Data Strategy
8 2 (5.00%) Intelligent Automation
8 2 (5.00%) IT Governance
8 2 (5.00%) Migration
9 1 (2.50%) AI Transformation
9 1 (2.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (22.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) SAP
3 1 (2.50%) OpenAI