Competitor Analysis Job Trends in the South East

Competitor Analysis
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Competitor Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 252 333
Rank change year-on-year -14 +81 +71
Permanent jobs citing Competitor Analysis 9 5 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.072% 0.072% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.095% 0.080% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 21
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,800 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,063 £27,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -20.00% -14.77%
75th Percentile £46,063 £49,250 £38,750
90th Percentile £49,375 £60,200 -
England median annual salary £31,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -40.00% -8.70% +15.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Competitor Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,439 6,266 12,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 75.61% 90.07% 85.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,995 3,262 9,153
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Competitor Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Competitor Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Competitor Analysis job vacancy trend in the South East

Competitor Analysis
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Competitor Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Competitor Analysis

Competitor Analysis
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Competitor Analysis in the South East over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Competitor Analysis in the South East

Competitor Analysis
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Competitor Analysis within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire - 3 £31,500 - 1
Middlesex - 3 - -
Surrey -18 1 £50,000 +66.67% 1
West Sussex - 1 £32,000 -
Thames Valley - 1 £47,500 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £47,500 -
Competitor Analysis
England

Competitor Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (44.44%) CMS
2 3 (33.33%) Confluence
2 3 (33.33%) Drupal
2 3 (33.33%) Joomla!
2 3 (33.33%) Umbraco
2 3 (33.33%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Google Analytics
1 5 (55.56%) Google Tag Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Adobe Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Figma
2 3 (33.33%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Looker
2 1 (11.11%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
1 3 (33.33%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 6 (66.67%) Marketing
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 3 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Strategy Manager
2 3 (33.33%) SEO Specialist
2 3 (33.33%) Strategy Manager
3 2 (22.22%) SEO Executive
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Digital
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Digital Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Head of SEO
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Senior SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 1 (11.11%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Analytics
2 7 (77.78%) User Experience
3 6 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (66.67%) SEO
4 5 (55.56%) AI
4 5 (55.56%) Content Strategy
5 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (33.33%) Co-Creation
6 3 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 3 (33.33%) Customer Journey Map
6 3 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 3 (33.33%) Design Thinking
6 3 (33.33%) Digital Banking
6 3 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
6 3 (33.33%) Prototyping
6 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (33.33%) Storytelling
6 3 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (33.33%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Google
1 5 (55.56%) Screaming Frog
2 3 (33.33%) Adobe
2 3 (33.33%) Hotjar
2 3 (33.33%) Qualtrics
3 2 (22.22%) Ahrefs