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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 660 752
Rank change year-on-year +168 +92 -114
Permanent jobs citing FMCG 470 338 522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.33% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.34% 0.76% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 267 130 278
10th Percentile £31,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,375 £51,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +25.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.10% +11.36% +10.00%

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 34,988 44,314 74,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.48% 42.70% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23,043 23,940 34,254
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +153 345 £60,000 -12.73% 341
UK excluding London +113 336 £52,000 -15.10% 310
Work from Home +67 96 £70,000 +30.84% 77
London +99 81 £63,000 -21.25% 65
Wales +29 74 £27,000 - 26
Midlands +51 70 £44,000 +10.00% 78
North of England +66 63 £54,047 -9.92% 78
South East +23 59 £57,500 -20.14% 49
East Midlands +28 38 £43,000 +14.67% 41
North West +11 34 £51,250 -14.58% 47
West Midlands +21 32 £50,000 +2.56% 37
South West -13 32 £49,750 -23.46% 37
East of England +34 30 £90,000 +50.00% 30
Yorkshire +98 28 £92,500 +76.19% 28
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 4
Scotland -65 3 £62,500 -1.96% 14
North East -12 1 £37,500 - 5

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 20 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.28%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.64%) Anypoint
Applications
1 37 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (1.28%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.85%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.85%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.85%) CINEMA 4D
7 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.43%) Trello
9 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.21%) InDesign
9 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.70%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.06%) SAP IBP
4 5 (1.06%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.85%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 4 (0.85%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.64%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.43%) Magento
7 2 (0.43%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.43%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.43%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (0.43%) Shopify
8 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.21%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 50 (10.64%) Power Platform
2 38 (8.09%) Azure
3 18 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (2.34%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (1.28%) Power Automate
7 6 (1.28%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.06%) AWS
8 5 (1.06%) SaaS
9 4 (0.85%) Smartsheet
10 3 (0.64%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.64%) Figma
11 2 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.21%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.21%) GCP
12 1 (0.21%) GitHub
12 1 (0.21%) GitHub Actions
12 1 (0.21%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.34%) VLAN
2 8 (1.70%) Internet
3 7 (1.49%) BGP
3 7 (1.49%) EIGRP
3 7 (1.49%) HSRP
3 7 (1.49%) LAN
3 7 (1.49%) MPLS
3 7 (1.49%) OSPF
3 7 (1.49%) SD-WAN
3 7 (1.49%) Spanning Tree
3 7 (1.49%) VoIP
3 7 (1.49%) VRRP
3 7 (1.49%) WAN
3 7 (1.49%) Wireless
3 7 (1.49%) Wireshark
3 7 (1.49%) WLAN
4 4 (0.85%) DHCP
4 4 (0.85%) DNS
4 4 (0.85%) Network Security
4 4 (0.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.23%) Power BI
2 8 (1.70%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.49%) Tableau
4 4 (0.85%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.43%) Metadata
6 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.21%) Big Data
6 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.21%) GIS
6 1 (0.21%) Looker
6 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (3.83%) Visual Studio
2 16 (3.40%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (1.06%) Postman
4 2 (0.43%) PowerBuilder
General
1 247 (52.55%) Social Skills
2 245 (52.13%) Manufacturing
3 139 (29.57%) Retail
4 138 (29.36%) Influencing Skills
5 128 (27.23%) Presentation Skills
6 122 (25.96%) Law
7 77 (16.38%) Finance
8 55 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (8.94%) Marketing
10 41 (8.72%) Automotive
11 24 (5.11%) Pharmaceutical
12 22 (4.68%) Publishing
13 19 (4.04%) Aerospace
14 12 (2.55%) Legal
15 11 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (2.13%) French Language
17 6 (1.28%) Advertising
17 6 (1.28%) Banking
18 5 (1.06%) Telecoms
19 4 (0.85%) German Language
Job Titles
1 115 (24.47%) Automation Engineer
1 115 (24.47%) Graduate
1 115 (24.47%) Graduate IT Engineer
1 115 (24.47%) IT Engineer
1 115 (24.47%) IT Graduate
2 65 (13.83%) Project Manager
3 41 (8.72%) Analyst
4 37 (7.87%) Senior
5 27 (5.74%) Architect
5 27 (5.74%) IT Manager
5 27 (5.74%) Lead
6 26 (5.53%) Consultant
7 16 (3.40%) Head of Business Systems
8 13 (2.77%) Head of FMCG
8 13 (2.77%) Head of IT
9 12 (2.55%) Data Analyst
9 12 (2.55%) Project Coordinator
9 12 (2.55%) QA Leader
9 12 (2.55%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (2.55%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.34%) .NET
2 5 (1.06%) .NET Core
2 5 (1.06%) EDI
2 5 (1.06%) SAP TM
2 5 (1.06%) Web Services
3 3 (0.64%) .NET Framework
3 3 (0.64%) WCF
4 2 (0.43%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.43%) HTML
4 2 (0.43%) J2EE
4 2 (0.43%) XML
5 1 (0.21%) IDoc
5 1 (0.21%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (2.98%) Renewable Energy
3 13 (2.77%) PMI
4 11 (2.34%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.70%) Driving Licence
5 8 (1.70%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.06%) Animation
6 5 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.06%) Photography
7 4 (0.85%) 3D Graphics
7 4 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (0.85%) CCTV
7 4 (0.85%) Motion Graphics
7 4 (0.85%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.64%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.64%) Social Media
9 2 (0.43%) Multi-touch
9 2 (0.43%) Replication
9 2 (0.43%) Robotics
10 1 (0.21%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.85%) Windows
1 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
2 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (35.96%) Problem-Solving
2 143 (30.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 116 (24.68%) Order Management
3 116 (24.68%) Six Sigma
4 115 (24.47%) Benchmarking
4 115 (24.47%) Lean Manufacturing
4 115 (24.47%) Lean Six Sigma
5 85 (18.09%) Project Management
6 77 (16.38%) ERP
7 65 (13.83%) Logistics
8 50 (10.64%) Agile
9 46 (9.79%) Change Management
10 37 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (7.66%) Project Delivery
12 33 (7.02%) Business Intelligence
13 32 (6.81%) DevOps
14 27 (5.74%) Time Management
15 26 (5.53%) Software Engineering
16 24 (5.11%) Analytics
16 24 (5.11%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (9.36%) SQL
2 27 (5.74%) C#
3 5 (1.06%) C
3 5 (1.06%) VB.NET
3 5 (1.06%) VBA
4 4 (0.85%) Java
4 4 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.43%) ABAP
5 2 (0.43%) Python
5 2 (0.43%) VB
6 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 179 (38.09%) Degree
2 115 (24.47%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
3 17 (3.62%) PMI Certification
4 10 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.70%) HNC
5 8 (1.70%) HND
6 7 (1.49%) CCDP
6 7 (1.49%) CCIE
6 7 (1.49%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 7 (1.49%) CCNP
6 7 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.28%) PMP
8 5 (1.06%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.43%) MBA
10 1 (0.21%) CCA
10 1 (0.21%) PhD
10 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.11%) QA
2 19 (4.04%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.70%) PMO
5 8 (1.70%) SLA
6 6 (1.28%) NEBOSH
7 2 (0.43%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.21%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.49%) Firmware
3 4 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.85%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 6 (1.28%) Progress Chef
2 3 (0.64%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (13.62%) SAP
2 57 (12.13%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.74%) IFS
4 24 (5.11%) Oracle
5 17 (3.62%) VMware
6 13 (2.77%) Google
7 12 (2.55%) Cisco
8 11 (2.34%) Adobe
9 7 (1.49%) Ekahau
10 6 (1.28%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.28%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.28%) Siemens
11 4 (0.85%) Avaya
11 4 (0.85%) BT
11 4 (0.85%) NetApp
11 4 (0.85%) Sage
11 4 (0.85%) SYSPRO
11 4 (0.85%) WatchGuard
12 3 (0.64%) Infor
12 3 (0.64%) MuleSoft