Actionable Insight Contracts in the UK excluding London

Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Actionable Insight skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Actionable Insight over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 398 398
Rank change year-on-year +157 0 -80
Contract jobs citing Actionable Insight 152 63 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.26% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.29% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 48 80
10th Percentile £325 £380 £374
25th Percentile £379 £463 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £541 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +3.10% +4.17%
75th Percentile £586 £595 £591
90th Percentile £679 £680 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £538
% change year-on-year -1.96% -5.12% +6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £22.87 - -
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £85.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -50.59% +61.90% +50.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Actionable Insight is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,621 21,650 27,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.77% 89.55% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,595 15,013 19,156
10th Percentile £243 £252 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,028 1,330 1,375
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.01
25th Percentile £15.17 £16.19 £14.00
Median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.60 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Actionable Insight as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London

Actionable Insight
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London

Actionable Insight
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London

Actionable Insight
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London

Actionable Insight
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
South East +42 42 £506 -16.49% 40
Midlands +60 38 £593 +89.60% 38
North of England +52 37 £425 -21.30% 58
West Midlands +59 35 £615 +96.80% 19
North West +26 20 £400 -24.88% 35
Scotland +22 18 £538 +0.70% 17
Yorkshire +33 14 £464 -14.91% 14
South West +28 10 £550 -38.89% 21
East of England +15 6 £550 +15.79% 28
East Midlands - 3 £375 - 19
North East - 2 £513 - 9
Northern Ireland - 2 £331 - 6
Wales +16 1 £380 +1.33% 9
Actionable Insight
UK

Actionable Insight
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (1.97%) Confluence
2 1 (0.66%) CMS
2 1 (0.66%) EPiServer
2 1 (0.66%) SAS
2 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.32%) Sketch
3 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.66%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.66%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 29 (19.08%) Snowflake
2 28 (18.42%) Power Platform
3 12 (7.89%) Azure
4 4 (2.63%) dbt
4 4 (2.63%) Google Analytics
5 3 (1.97%) AWS
5 3 (1.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 3 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (1.97%) Google Tag Manager
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.32%) Figma
6 2 (1.32%) OCI
7 1 (0.66%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (0.66%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.66%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.82%) Network Security
2 15 (9.87%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (5.92%) Wireless
4 1 (0.66%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (32.89%) Tableau
2 28 (18.42%) Power BI
3 15 (9.87%) Big Data
4 6 (3.95%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.63%) Data Mining
6 4 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.97%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.97%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.32%) Looker
8 2 (1.32%) Metadata
8 2 (1.32%) Power Query
9 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.66%) GIS
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.63%) JIRA
2 3 (1.97%) Git
3 1 (0.66%) GitLab
General
1 85 (55.92%) Analytical Skills
2 43 (28.29%) Social Skills
3 39 (25.66%) Finance
4 25 (16.45%) Legal
5 18 (11.84%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.92%) Marketing
6 9 (5.92%) Military
7 8 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.61%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.95%) Retail
10 3 (1.97%) Health Technology
11 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.66%) Automotive
12 1 (0.66%) Banking
12 1 (0.66%) Games
12 1 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.66%) Publishing
12 1 (0.66%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 76 (50.00%) Analyst
2 35 (23.03%) Data Analyst
3 27 (17.76%) Lead
4 17 (11.18%) User Researcher
5 12 (7.89%) Lead Data Analyst
6 10 (6.58%) Senior
6 10 (6.58%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 7 (4.61%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 7 (4.61%) Data Engineer
7 7 (4.61%) SQL Analyst
8 6 (3.95%) Business Analyst
8 6 (3.95%) SQL Data Analyst
9 5 (3.29%) Consultant
9 5 (3.29%) Developer
9 5 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.29%) Senior User Researcher
10 4 (2.63%) Database Analyst
10 4 (2.63%) Database Marketing Analyst
10 4 (2.63%) Marketing Analyst
10 4 (2.63%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.87%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (1.97%) ADO
2 3 (1.97%) Flask
2 3 (1.97%) Pandas
3 1 (0.66%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.66%) CSS
3 1 (0.66%) HTML
3 1 (0.66%) Middleware
3 1 (0.66%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.66%) PySpark
3 1 (0.66%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.13%) Credit Risk
2 20 (13.16%) Management Information System
3 19 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
4 17 (11.18%) Distributed Applications
5 10 (6.58%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (5.26%) Operational Technology
7 7 (4.61%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (3.95%) NHS
9 4 (2.63%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.32%) Graphic Design
11 2 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.66%) FMCG
12 1 (0.66%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.66%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.21%) Windows
2 13 (8.55%) Android
2 13 (8.55%) Apple iOS
2 13 (8.55%) Linux
2 13 (8.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (54.61%) Analytics
2 56 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (33.55%) Decision-Making
4 37 (24.34%) Visualisation
5 34 (22.37%) Data Analysis
6 33 (21.71%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (19.08%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (17.11%) Data Visualisation
9 25 (16.45%) Dashboard Development
10 21 (13.82%) Agile
10 21 (13.82%) SIEM
11 20 (13.16%) Data Management
11 20 (13.16%) Data Science
12 19 (12.50%) Security Operations
12 19 (12.50%) User Research
13 18 (11.84%) Data Pipeline
14 17 (11.18%) Data Engineering
14 17 (11.18%) Information Security
14 17 (11.18%) User Experience
15 15 (9.87%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 40 (26.32%) SQL
2 15 (9.87%) Python
3 4 (2.63%) R
4 2 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 31 (20.39%) Degree
2 27 (17.76%) Security Cleared
3 22 (14.47%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.61%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.95%) CISSP
5 6 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.32%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.66%) ACCA
8 1 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.66%) CEH
8 1 (0.66%) CIMA
8 1 (0.66%) CISA
8 1 (0.66%) CISM
8 1 (0.66%) GIAC
8 1 (0.66%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (21.05%) Actionable Recommendations
2 9 (5.92%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.63%) QA
4 2 (1.32%) PMO
5 1 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.66%) GDPR
5 1 (0.66%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.66%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (0.66%) Docker
Vendors
1 28 (18.42%) Alteryx
2 12 (7.89%) Red Hat
3 11 (7.24%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.29%) Splunk
5 4 (2.63%) Databricks
5 4 (2.63%) Google
6 3 (1.97%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.97%) SAP
7 2 (1.32%) Adobe
7 2 (1.32%) Informatica
7 2 (1.32%) Oracle
8 1 (0.66%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.66%) Brio
8 1 (0.66%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.66%) Progress
8 1 (0.66%) Snowplow
8 1 (0.66%) Symantec