Actionable Insight Contract Job Trends in London

Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Actionable Insight skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 132 256
Rank change year-on-year -23 +124 +107
Contract jobs citing Actionable Insight 367 281 132
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.82% 2.07% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 2.24% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 180 89
10th Percentile £310 £306 £349
25th Percentile £413 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +1.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £580
90th Percentile £725 £726 £675
England median daily rate £480 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 9
10th Percentile - £26.56 £25.45
25th Percentile £38.00 £30.96 £41.25
Median hourly rate £43.50 £40.49 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.43% -19.02% -37.50%
75th Percentile £53.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £61.99 - £59.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £31.82 £50.00
% change year-on-year +9.99% -36.36% +20.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,930 12,520 14,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.08% 92.34% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,792 8,353 10,096
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £787 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 254 202
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.61
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.15% -12.67%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +3.24%

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Actionable Insight relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Actionable Insight job vacancy trend in London

Actionable Insight
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Actionable Insight.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Actionable Insight

Actionable Insight
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Insight in London over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Insight in London

Actionable Insight
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Actionable Insight.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Actionable Insight

Actionable Insight
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Actionable Insight in London over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Actionable Insight in London

Actionable Insight
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Insight within the London region over the 6 months to 13 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -33 37 £465 -13.49% 64
West London -15 17 £450 -10.00% 26
North London 0 3 £450 -
South London -7 3 £513 -21.15%
Actionable Insight
England

Actionable Insight
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 15 (4.09%) CMS
2 7 (1.91%) Confluence
3 5 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.09%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.82%) Apache
6 2 (0.54%) HCL Notes
6 2 (0.54%) Mendix
6 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.27%) IIS
7 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.27%) R Markdown
Applications
1 29 (7.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.36%) UserZoom
6 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.82%) CPLEX
7 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.09%) Shopify
3 3 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.54%) Endur
5 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.27%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.27%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 90 (24.52%) Power Platform
2 79 (21.53%) Azure
3 39 (10.63%) AWS
4 27 (7.36%) Snowflake
5 21 (5.72%) GCP
6 14 (3.81%) dbt
6 14 (3.81%) SaaS
7 11 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (3.00%) GitHub
8 10 (2.72%) Adobe Analytics
8 10 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 10 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.72%) Google Analytics
9 9 (2.45%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.91%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.63%) Figma
11 6 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.63%) Miro
11 6 (1.63%) Pendo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.09%) Network Security
2 3 (0.82%) Broadband
3 2 (0.54%) Firewall
3 2 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.27%) 4G
4 1 (0.27%) 5G
4 1 (0.27%) IPFIX
4 1 (0.27%) LTE
4 1 (0.27%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.27%) SMS
4 1 (0.27%) SNMP
4 1 (0.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (24.25%) Power BI
2 49 (13.35%) Tableau
3 20 (5.45%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (3.81%) Looker
5 11 (3.00%) BigQuery
5 11 (3.00%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.72%) Data Lake
6 10 (2.72%) Power Query
7 9 (2.45%) SQL Server
8 8 (2.18%) Delta Lake
8 8 (2.18%) Star Schema
9 7 (1.91%) Metadata
10 6 (1.63%) Big Data
10 6 (1.63%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.09%) Qlik Sense
11 4 (1.09%) QlikView
11 4 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.82%) Amazon QuickSight
12 3 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 11 (3.00%) JIRA
2 9 (2.45%) Git
3 6 (1.63%) GitLab
4 5 (1.36%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.36%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 2 (0.54%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.54%) Gatling
5 2 (0.54%) JMeter
5 2 (0.54%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.54%) Newman
5 2 (0.54%) Postman
5 2 (0.54%) PowerBuilder
5 2 (0.54%) Selenium
6 1 (0.27%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.27%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.27%) ERwin
6 1 (0.27%) MLflow
General
1 130 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 121 (32.97%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (20.71%) Finance
4 51 (13.90%) Public Sector
5 48 (13.08%) Marketing
6 24 (6.54%) Retail
7 21 (5.72%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (4.63%) Banking
9 10 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.63%) Local Government
13 5 (1.36%) Aviation
13 5 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.36%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.36%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.36%) Multimedia
13 5 (1.36%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.09%) Automotive
14 4 (1.09%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 95 (25.89%) Analyst
2 60 (16.35%) Senior
3 47 (12.81%) User Researcher
4 39 (10.63%) Data Analyst
5 25 (6.81%) Business Analyst
6 24 (6.54%) Data Scientist
7 23 (6.27%) Lead
7 23 (6.27%) Senior Analyst
8 21 (5.72%) Data Engineer
9 19 (5.18%) Consultant
10 18 (4.90%) Architect
11 15 (4.09%) Developer
12 11 (3.00%) Implementation Analyst
12 11 (3.00%) Project Analyst
12 11 (3.00%) Salesforce Analyst
12 11 (3.00%) Salesforce Business Analyst
12 11 (3.00%) Senior Business Analyst
12 11 (3.00%) Senior Salesforce Analyst
12 11 (3.00%) Senior Salesforce Business Analyst
13 9 (2.45%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.72%) REST
2 9 (2.45%) PySpark
3 7 (1.91%) Pandas
3 7 (1.91%) PyTorch
4 6 (1.63%) HTML
5 5 (1.36%) .NET
5 5 (1.36%) Next.js
5 5 (1.36%) scikit-learn
5 5 (1.36%) TensorFlow
6 4 (1.09%) CSS
6 4 (1.09%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (1.09%) Middleware
6 4 (1.09%) React
6 4 (1.09%) VML
7 3 (0.82%) ATL
7 3 (0.82%) NumPy
7 3 (0.82%) Playwright
8 2 (0.54%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.54%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (3.27%) Social Media
3 11 (3.00%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (3.00%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.18%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.91%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.63%) NHS
7 5 (1.36%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.36%) Blog
7 5 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
7 5 (1.36%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.36%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.09%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.09%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.09%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.09%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.27%) Linux
1 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (35.69%) Analytics
2 127 (34.60%) Decision-Making
3 107 (29.16%) Business Intelligence
4 98 (26.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 82 (22.34%) Agile
6 77 (20.98%) AI
7 67 (18.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
9 65 (17.71%) Visualisation
10 60 (16.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 56 (15.26%) User Research
12 52 (14.17%) Data Modelling
13 46 (12.53%) Data Analysis
14 41 (11.17%) Data Science
15 39 (10.63%) Machine Learning
16 36 (9.81%) DevOps
16 36 (9.81%) Roadmaps
17 35 (9.54%) Data Pipeline
18 34 (9.26%) Data Engineering
18 34 (9.26%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 111 (30.25%) SQL
2 95 (25.89%) Python
3 19 (5.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (4.09%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.81%) R
6 9 (2.45%) C#
7 7 (1.91%) Java
7 7 (1.91%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.09%) Bash
9 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.54%) Bicep
10 2 (0.54%) Korn
10 2 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
11 1 (0.27%) C
11 1 (0.27%) C++
11 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (15.26%) Security Cleared
2 46 (12.53%) SC Cleared
3 36 (9.81%) Degree
4 9 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.91%) CISSP
5 7 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.91%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.36%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.09%) CISM
8 3 (0.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (0.82%) ACCA
8 3 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.82%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.82%) PMP
9 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.54%) CCSP
9 2 (0.54%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.54%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (17.17%) Actionable Recommendations
2 56 (15.26%) Data Quality
3 44 (11.99%) Accessibility
4 27 (7.36%) QA
5 15 (4.09%) PMO
6 9 (2.45%) WCAG
7 7 (1.91%) GDPR
8 6 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (1.09%) NIST
10 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.82%) SLA
11 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.54%) NCSC
12 1 (0.27%) GRC
12 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.27%) P3O
12 1 (0.27%) PERC
System Software
1 5 (1.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (3.00%) Terraform
2 8 (2.18%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.82%) Grafana
4 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.27%) Ansible
5 1 (0.27%) Istio
5 1 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
Vendors
1 58 (15.80%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.99%) Databricks
3 21 (5.72%) Salesforce
4 20 (5.45%) Google
5 15 (4.09%) SAP
6 11 (3.00%) Oracle
7 10 (2.72%) Adobe
8 7 (1.91%) Amplitude
9 6 (1.63%) Optimizely
10 4 (1.09%) Foundry
10 4 (1.09%) Sitecore
10 4 (1.09%) Splunk
10 4 (1.09%) Tealium
11 3 (0.82%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.82%) Teradata
12 2 (0.54%) IBM
12 2 (0.54%) Informatica
12 2 (0.54%) Kofax
12 2 (0.54%) Lotus
12 2 (0.54%) Palantir