Competitive Intelligence Job Trends

Competitive Intelligence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Competitive Intelligence skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 692 733
Rank change year-on-year +50 +41 +247
Permanent jobs citing Competitive Intelligence 11 1 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.002% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.002% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +15.38% -17.89%
75th Percentile £46,000 £47,500 £78,438
90th Percentile - - £104,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £23,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% +95.65% -54.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Competitive Intelligence 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,076 48,429 57,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.42% 91.10% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 29,566 23,408 43,853
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Competitive Intelligence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Competitive Intelligence job vacancy trend in the UK

Competitive Intelligence
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Competitive Intelligence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Competitive Intelligence

Competitive Intelligence
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Competitive Intelligence within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +65 5 £44,000 -2.22% 16
London - 3 - - 5
UK excluding London +38 2 £44,000 -2.22% 12
Midlands +24 2 £44,000 -2.22% 2
West Midlands +24 2 £44,000 -2.22% 2

Competitive Intelligence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (9.09%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
General
1 10 (90.91%) Finance
2 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
3 6 (54.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Economy
5 1 (9.09%) Financial Institution
5 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (9.09%) Business Development Director
1 1 (9.09%) Development Director
1 1 (9.09%) Marketing Director
1 1 (9.09%) Product Management Director
1 1 (9.09%) Product Management Specialist
1 1 (9.09%) Product Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Social Media
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Analytics
2 7 (63.64%) Business Strategy
2 7 (63.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (54.55%) Data Analytics
3 6 (54.55%) Performance Metrics
3 6 (54.55%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (27.27%) B2B
4 3 (27.27%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) CRM
5 2 (18.18%) ERP
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Product Management
5 2 (18.18%) Sales Enablement
5 2 (18.18%) Visualisation
6 1 (9.09%) Thought Leadership
6 1 (9.09%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations