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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 283 275
Rank change year-on-year +24 -8 +124
Permanent jobs citing Competitor Analysis 18 17 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.17% 0.19% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.21% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 4
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,900 -
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% +33.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £59,688 £57,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £64,125 £63,900 -
England median annual salary £32,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -41.82% -18.52% +22.73%

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 8,305 8,027 7,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.68% 87.78% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,907 3,901 5,063
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,910 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 - 5 £33,000 - 1
Kent -9 4 - -
Middlesex - 3 - -
West Sussex - 2 £38,500 -
Thames Valley - 2 £62,500 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 £62,500 - 1
Surrey -7 1 - -
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 (22.22%) CMS
2 3 (16.67%) Confluence
2 3 (16.67%) Drupal
2 3 (16.67%) Joomla!
2 3 (16.67%) Umbraco
2 3 (16.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Shopify
2 2 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) Google Analytics
2 4 (22.22%) Google Tag Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Adobe Analytics
3 3 (16.67%) Figma
3 3 (16.67%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) 5G
1 2 (11.11%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
1 3 (16.67%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 13 (72.22%) Marketing
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Banking
2 3 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Billing
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Advertising
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) SEO Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Strategy Manager
3 3 (16.67%) SEO Specialist
3 3 (16.67%) Strategy Manager
4 2 (11.11%) PPC Executive
5 1 (5.56%) Digital Marketing Assistant
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing Assistant
5 1 (5.56%) Product Owner
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Senior SEO Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) SEO Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Analytics
2 11 (61.11%) Digital Marketing
3 10 (55.56%) SEO
4 9 (50.00%) User Experience
5 7 (38.89%) Content Strategy
6 5 (27.78%) AI
6 5 (27.78%) Customer Experience
6 5 (27.78%) Data Analysis
6 5 (27.78%) Roadmaps
7 4 (22.22%) Agile
7 4 (22.22%) E-Commerce
8 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (16.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 3 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
8 3 (16.67%) Product Management
8 3 (16.67%) Prototyping
8 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (16.67%) UX Design
8 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Google
2 8 (44.44%) Screaming Frog
3 5 (27.78%) Ahrefs
4 3 (16.67%) Adobe
4 3 (16.67%) Hotjar
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (16.67%) Qualtrics