Competitive Intelligence Contract Job Trends in England

Competitive Intelligence
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Competitive Intelligence skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 463 -
Rank change year-on-year -105 - -
Contract jobs citing Competitive Intelligence 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.016% 0.004% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% 0.005% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £925 £281 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £950 £288 -
Median % change year-on-year +230.43% - -
75th Percentile £975 £294 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £950 £288 -
% change year-on-year +230.43% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Competitive Intelligence falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,472 22,014 32,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.22% 90.86% 86.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,793 14,527 21,615
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,988 846 2,159
10th Percentile £15.37 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.33 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.49% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £76.55 £76.72 £71.87
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.54% -9.72%

Competitive Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Competitive Intelligence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Competitive Intelligence job vacancy trend in England

Competitive Intelligence
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Competitive Intelligence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Competitive Intelligence

Competitive Intelligence
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Competitive Intelligence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Competitive Intelligence

Competitive Intelligence
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Competitive Intelligence within the England region over the 6 months to 27 March 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -63 4 £950 +230.43% 10
South East - 2 - - 1
Competitive Intelligence
UK

Competitive Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) n8n
1 1 (16.67%) Zapier
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Local Government
1 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Sales Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Business Case
1 4 (66.67%) Competitor Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Insight
1 4 (66.67%) Portfolio Management
1 4 (66.67%) Product Management
1 4 (66.67%) Product Strategy
1 4 (66.67%) Product Vision
1 4 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
1 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Telesales
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) HubSpot
1 1 (16.67%) Instagram
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 1 (16.67%) TikTok