Market Insights Intern

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Manchester
TYPE
Temporary
LEVEL
Internship
SALARY
£28,300 / year
CATEGORY
Data & Analytics
This role is not offered with visa sponsorship, though the employer is a licensed UK sponsor

SKILLS

Market Research Competitive Analysis Data Analysis Report Writing Social Media Monitoring Financial Services Knowledge

FULL DESCRIPTION

Market Insights Intern

Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Salary: £28,300

Interview dates: April-May 2026

Placement dates: September 2026 to June 2027

Who we are

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future. We’ve been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We’re now the UK’s number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers.

For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs.

We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights.

Purpose of the role

Are you interested in trading, investing and the world of finance? Do you love spotting trends, analysing reports and turning information into insights that make sense? If so, this internship is your chance to dive deep into the market insights that shape our business strategy.

This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in market research and competitive intelligence while working closely with multiple teams across the business.

You’ll be supporting our Market Insights Lead, helping to track competitors, monitor trends, and uncover actionable insights that guide decisions across the business.

Key responsibilities/what you’ll do

  • Support the Marketing Insights team to gather and organise data from multiple sources - analytics, agency reports, industry studies, audience trends, and more.
  • Monitor what competitors, neo-brokers, and banks are doing - pricing, offers, messaging, ads - and keep the Marketing Insight team up to speed.
  • Stay informed with industry publications/providers (e.g. Financial Times, Boring Money).
  • Track conversations on forums, Reddit, and social media to spot trends, opportunities, and what people are saying about investing and [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal].
  • Support the Market Insight team in delivering monthly/quarterly reports.
  • Summarise and analyse patterns in media spend behaviour.
  • Respond to ad hoc requests in a timely manner.
  • Build relationships with colleagues across [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] (Growth, Engagement, Brand, PR/Social, Proposition, and Data teams) to enhance collaboration and deepen insights.

Requirements

  • To be eligible to work in the UK
  • To be over 18 years old as of 1st September 2026
  • To be a 2nd year student in a full-time undergraduate degree with an industry placement year, in a subject relevant to this role
  • To have achieved a minimum of 104 UCAS points at A-level (grades BCC) or an equivalent (e.g., BTEC DMM) qualification
  • Maths and English GCSE (or equivalent) grades A* to C (new grades 9 to 4)

Benefits

  • Group Personal Pension Plan – 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution
  • Life Assurance and Group Income Protection
  • Private Medical Insurance – Provided by Bupa
  • 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays
  • Staff Discounts on our investment products
  • Personal & Well-being Fund – Supporting your physical and mental wellness
  • Retail Discounts – Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers
  • Voluntary Flexible Benefits – Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

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