Actionable Insight Contracts in Edinburgh

Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Actionable Insight skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Actionable Insight over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 66 91
Rank change year-on-year +4 +25 +5
Contract jobs citing Actionable Insight 7 7 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% 0.85% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.98% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 15
10th Percentile £285 £196 £470
25th Percentile £366 £340 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £425 £543
Median % change year-on-year +17.76% -21.66% +9.82%
75th Percentile £538 £556 £573
90th Percentile £560 £601 £574
Scotland median daily rate £501 £538 £543
% change year-on-year -6.88% -0.92% +9.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Actionable Insight falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 597 716 1,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.52% 86.79% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 422 820
10th Percentile £240 £219 £249
25th Percentile £406 £398 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% - -
75th Percentile £538 £573 £544
90th Percentile £625 £662 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 31 8
10th Percentile - £13.25 £12.36
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.17 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year +14.76% -10.69% -34.95%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.75 £53.94
90th Percentile £45.80 - £58.40
Scotland median hourly rate £19.90 £19.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year +2.05% +21.88% -57.25%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Actionable Insight as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Insight in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Actionable Insight in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Actionable Insight in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Insight in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Insight in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) Apigee
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Tableau
2 1 (14.29%) Hadoop
2 1 (14.29%) Metadata
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Postman
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) User Researcher
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Tableau Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Coaching
3 2 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (28.57%) Inclusive Design
3 2 (28.57%) Qualitative Research
3 2 (28.57%) Quantitative Research
3 2 (28.57%) Service Design
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Usability Testing
3 2 (28.57%) User Research
3 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Data Privacy
4 1 (14.29%) Line Management
4 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
1 2 (28.57%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (28.57%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft