Download our 2025 food and FMCG salary guide to discover the latest UK food and FMCG salary trends and benefits for food businesses and professionals. This comprehensive guide provides key wage information and food recruitment trends for 2025.
Reed’s 2025 food and FMCG salary guide evaluates average salaries and benefits across the food sector. It highlights key salary trends and insights, enabling you to benchmark average salaries for your food teams across the UK or find out what you should, or could, be earning in the food and FMCG industry.
With expert insights on the market and job landscape, as well as an in-depth look at regional trends, this UK food and FMCG salary trends guide provides all the information you need to plan for the year ahead and make strategic decisions to help your food teams and business thrive.
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Who is the 2025 food and FMCG salary guide designed for?
Our 2025 food and FMCG salary guide is tailored for:
Jobseekers aiming to join the food industry.
Professionals looking to benchmark their earnings.
Employers seeking to enhance their salary and benefits offerings.
Whether you’re researching salaries for production managers, technical directors, NPD technologists, or quality auditors, this guide offers the insights you need. Backed by expertise from our food and FMCG specialists, it highlights key food and FMCG recruitment trends, enabling you to plan confidently for the year ahead.
Employers: looking for food and FMCG salary benchmarking insights?
In the fiercely competitive food sector, offering competitive salaries is critical. Reed’s 2025 food and FMCG salary guide provides the most accurate salary benchmarks for the coming year, and features predictions for 2026.
Don’t let your business fall behind. Use our guide to attract and retain top talent with competitive remuneration packages.
Jobseekers: curious about what you should be earning?
Navigating salary expectations in the food industry can be challenging. Our guide helps you discover exactly what you could or should be earning, along with insights into emerging roles and skills to futureproof your career.
Whether you’re exploring a hygiene manager salary in Scotland or a packaging technologist salary in the South East, this guide has all the answers.
What jobs are covered in the Reed food & FMCG salary guide 2025?
This guide provides salary and benefits data for some of the most sought-after food and FMCG roles, including:
Technical director
Manufacturing manager
Health & safety manager
Food/Beverage technologist
Specifications technologist
Quality auditor
QA/QC technician
Commercial director
Why download the UK’s most trusted food and FMCG salary guide?
Our 2025 food and FMCG salary guide is an essential resource for jobseekers and employers alike. It offers:
Detailed salary insights for 2025.
Market trend analysis.
Insights into the benefits employees value most.
Comprehensive data across a range of food and FMCG roles.
Stay ahead of the competition with expert advice on salaries, benefits, and recruitment trends.
How can Reed’s food and FMCG salary guide assist with benefits and rewards benchmarking?
Our salary guides are informed by a survey of 5,000 UK workers, conducted in November 2024. This survey is designed to help inform your decisions when it comes to benchmarking all things salary and reward in the food and FMCG sector.
Key findings include:
Forty-three per cent of people saying they work more hours than they are paid to.
Alarmingly, when asked why, 40% of those employees said they have too much work to do in the hours they are paid to work.
Nearly half of workers are unhappy with their salaries.
More than half (60%) of those who aren’t satisfied with their salary shared that this is because it hasn’t risen with the cost of living, nearly a third (31%) say it’s not enough for them to live the lifestyle they want, and 36% feel they’re unable to save enough money to meet their financial goals.
Salary increases remain the most significant action to make workers feel more valued, with 59% of respondents ranking it at the top.
Company benefits offered marry up almost exactly with the benefits employees make use of, with onsite parking, hybrid working, Christmas shutdown and free refreshments ranking as the top received and used benefits.
See all the results from our survey and leverage this guide to make informed decisions on salaries and benefits in UK food and FMCG for 2025. Download your copy of the Reed Food and FMCG Salary Guide 2025 now.
