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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 656 670 786
Rank change year-on-year +14 +116 +198
Permanent jobs citing Competitive Intelligence 15 1 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.021% 0.002% 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.002% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +95.65% -77.00%
75th Percentile £88,750 £47,500 -
90th Percentile £120,500 - £41,800
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 55,161 43,489 68,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.71% 93.04% 88.07%
Number of salaries quoted 33,069 21,992 52,917
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Competitive Intelligence over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Competitive Intelligence in the UK

Competitive Intelligence
Top 8 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 1 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
England +41 12 £44,000 -2.22% 9
UK excluding London +4 7 £44,000 -2.22% 5
London - 5 £105,000 - 3
West Midlands +19 4 £44,000 -2.22%
Midlands -4 4 £44,000 -2.22%
South East - 2 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 3

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 (6.67%) Apache Spark
1 1 (6.67%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) HTTP
1 1 (6.67%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Selenium
General
1 10 (66.67%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (33.33%) Marketing
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Advertising
3 2 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Economy
4 1 (6.67%) Financial Institution
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (13.33%) Product Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Business Development Director
2 1 (6.67%) Business Development Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Business Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Development Director
2 1 (6.67%) Development Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Head of Engineering
2 1 (6.67%) Marketing Director
2 1 (6.67%) Product Management Specialist
2 1 (6.67%) Product Specialist
2 1 (6.67%) Sales Representative
2 1 (6.67%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) PySpark
2 1 (6.67%) DOM
2 1 (6.67%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) Playwright
2 1 (6.67%) Puppeteer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (20.00%) Social Media
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.67%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Analytics
2 5 (33.33%) B2B
2 5 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 4 (26.67%) Analytical Modelling
3 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (26.67%) ERP
3 4 (26.67%) Migration
3 4 (26.67%) Visualisation
4 3 (20.00%) Business Development
4 3 (20.00%) CRM
4 3 (20.00%) Data Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (13.33%) Data Engineering
5 2 (13.33%) Data Science
5 2 (13.33%) Lead Generation
5 2 (13.33%) Sales Enablement
5 2 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) Python
2 4 (26.67%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (13.33%) MBA
3 2 (13.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Databricks
1 1 (6.67%) Google
1 1 (6.67%) Salesforce