LinkedIn Top Companies 2025: The 10 best retail and FMCG employers to grow your career in the UK

Our second annual LinkedIn Top Companies list in Retail and FMCG highlights the 10 best workplaces to grow your career in the retail and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector right now. Entirely based on LinkedIn data, the methodology evaluates companies on various elements of career progression like how employees are upskilling, getting promoted while at the company and more. You can read more about how we compile the list at the bottom of this article.  

From global food and beverage firms to manufacturing and consumer goods providers, these companies stand out for their ability to attract and retain talent today. For the first time, PepsiCo tops the list, which also features UK household brand Reckitt, owner of Dettol, Lysol and others.

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Here are this year’s 10 Top Companies in Retail and FMCG in the UK. 

Curious to see which companies came out on top in other sectors? You can also check out the Top Companies in the UK in Tech and Financial Services.

1. PepsiCo

PepsiCo Food and Beverage Services

PepsiCo's brands include Lay's, Doritos, Tropicana and others.

Top UK locations: Leicester, Reading, London | Most notable skills: Food Manufacturing, Retail Packaging, Food Service Operations | Most common job titles: Supply Chain Associate, Manufacturing Technician, Business Development Representative | Largest job functions: Operations, Sales, Research | About PepsiCo: PepsiCo is a global food and beverage company that produces and markets a wide range of products under brands including Pepsi, Lay's and Quaker.

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2. Booking Holdings

Booking Holdings is the parent company of Booking.com, KAYAK, OpenTable and others.

Top UK locations: Manchester, London, Cambridge | Most notable skills: Mobile Application Development, Web Development, Software Testing | Most common job titles: Software Engineer, Account Manager, Customer Experience Manager | Largest job functions: Engineering, Customer Success and Support, Sales | Flexible work availability: 28% hybrid | About Booking Holdings: Booking Holdings is an online travel company that provides travel and related services through its brands, including Booking.com, Priceline and Agoda.

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3. Mondelēz International

Mondelēz International's brands include Cadbury UK, belVita Breakfast and others.

Top UK locations: London, Reading, Sheffield | Most notable skills: Supply Chain Management, Food Science Product Development | Most common job titles: Sales Executive, Supply Chain Planning Manager, Brand Manager | Largest job functions: Operations, Sales, Research | About Mondelēz International: Mondelēz International is a global snack company. Its brands include Oreo, Ritz, LU, Clif Bar, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone. 

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4. Mars

Mars brands include VCA Animal Hospitals, Hotel Chocolat, Wrigley and others.

Top UK locations: London, Leicester, Leeds | Most notable skills: Retail Packaging, Food Manufacturing, Product Development | Most common job titles: Account Manager, Sourcing Manager, Manufacturing Engineer | Largest job functions: Operations, Sales, Engineering | Flexible work availability: 46% hybrid | About Mars: Mars manufactures confectionery, pet food and other food products. Its brands include M&M's, Snickers and Pedigree. 

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5. Avis Budget Group

Avis Budget Group is the parent company of Zipcar and Payless Car Rental.

Top UK locations: London, Reading | Most notable skills: Revenue Analysis, Travel Management, Automotive | Most common job titles: Rental Sales Agent, Store Manager, Revenue Management Analyst | Largest job functions: Operations, Customer Success and Support, Sales | About Avis Budget Group: Avis Budget Group offers car and truck rentals, car sharing and related services to consumers and businesses worldwide.

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6. Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble's brands include Gillette, P&G Beauty and Pampers Professional.

Top UK locations: London, Tyneside, Reading | Most notable skills: Consumer Goods, Data Analysis, Consumer Insight | Most common job titles: Account Manager, Process Engineer, Brand Manager | Largest job functions: Operations, Research, Sales | About Procter & Gamble: Procter & Gamble is a multinational consumer goods company providing a wide range of personal health, hygiene and home care products.

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7. Philips

Philips is the parent company of Invivo and Saeco.

Top UK locations: London, Guildford | Most notable skills: Radiology, Cardiology, Biomedical Engineering | Most common job titles: Account Manager, Sales Specialist, Field Services Engineer | Largest job functions: Sales, Information Technology, Operations | About Philips: Philips is a health technology company that manufactures medical equipment, personal health products and home appliances.

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8. Reckitt

Top UK locations: Kingston upon Hull, London, Nottingham | Most notable skills: Product Development, Consumer Goods, Research and Development (R&D) | Most common job titles: Biochemist, Brand Manager, Regulatory Affairs Manager | Largest job functions: Operations, Research, Marketing | Flexible work availability: 62% hybrid | About Reckitt: Reckitt is a consumer goods company that produces health, hygiene and nutrition products. Its brands include Dettol, Lysol, Durex and Enfamil.

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9. Cargill

Cargill is the parent company of EWOS and Sun Valley Food. 

Top UK locations: London, Manchester, Kingston upon Hull | Most notable skills: Food Manufacturing, Chemical Processing, Agricultural Production | Most common job titles: Process Operator, Sales Manager, Engineer | Largest job functions: Operations, Engineering, Sales | About Cargill: Cargill provides food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services. It operates in areas such as grain trading, meat processing and food ingredient manufacturing. 

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10. Amazon

Amazon is the parent company of Whole Foods, Audible and Twitch.

Top UK locations: London, Manchester, Leeds | Most notable skills: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Mobile Application Development, Computer Hardware | Most common job titles: Software Engineer, Supply Chain Associate, Program Manager | Largest job functions: Operations, Engineering, Sales | About Amazon: Amazon operates one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms, offering a vast selection of products and services.

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Methodology

Our methodology uses LinkedIn data to rank companies based on eight pillars that have been shown to lead to career progression: ability to advance; skills growth; company stability; external opportunity; company affinity; gender diversity; educational background and employee presence in the country. Ability to advance tracks employee promotions within a company and when they move to a new company, based on standardised job titles. Skills growth looks at how employees across the company are gaining skills while employed at the company, using standardised LinkedIn skills. Company stability tracks attrition over the past year, as well as the percentage of employees that stay at the company at least three years. External opportunity looks at Recruiter outreach across employees at the company, signaling demand for workers coming from these companies. Company affinity, which seeks to measure how supportive a company’s culture is, looks at connection volume on LinkedIn among employees, controlled for company size. Gender diversity measures gender parity within a company and its subsidiaries. Educational background examines the variety of educational attainment among employees, from no degree up to Ph.D. levels, reflecting a commitment to recruiting a wide range of professionals. Finally, employee presence in the country looks at the company’s number of employees in the country relative to other companies, as a means of capturing companies that provide a diverse work environment and more opportunities for career advancement and networking. 

To be eligible, companies must have had 5,000 or more global employees with at least 500 in the country as of Dec. 31, 2024. Attrition can be no higher than 10% over the methodology time period, based on LinkedIn data. Similarly, organisations that have had layoffs of 10% or more of their workforce based on corporate announcements or public, reliable sources between Jan. 1, 2024 and the list launch, are not eligible. These decisions are made by the LinkedIn News team based on company statements and/or reputable news outlets. Only parent companies rank on the list; majority-owned subsidiaries and data about those subsidiaries are incorporated into the parent company score. The methodology time frame is Jan. 1, 2024 through Dec. 31, 2024. This analysis represents the world seen through the lens of LinkedIn data, drawn from the anonymised and aggregated profile information of LinkedIn's members around the world.

We exclude all staffing and recruiting firms, educational institutions and government agencies. We also exclude LinkedIn, its parent company Microsoft, Microsoft subsidiaries, and Deloitte, which is Microsoft’s independent third-party auditor, from the list.

About company insights

Company insights were sourced from LinkedIn Talent Insightsand include the parent company and majority-owned subsidiaries. Data reflects aggregated public member data from active LinkedIn profiles in the relevant country and includes employee profiles associated with the parent company and majority-owned subsidiaries on LinkedIn. We exclude members who identify as interns or contractors. All insights reflect a 12-month time period looking back from January 2025. Top locations were categorised as the regions or cities that employed the largest percentage of each company. Skills data was derived from measuring the most frequent unique skills among a company’s employees, relative to other companies. Most common job titles represent the occupations most common within each company. Largest job function measures the function area most prevalent within each company. Flexible work availability measures jobs flagged as “remote” or “hybrid” by the company or containing similar keywords. Where availability was 0%, this note has been omitted.

Methodology and insights by: LinkedIn's Economic Graph team