Actionable Recommendations Job Trends in England

Actionable Recommendations
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 638 606
Rank change year-on-year +112 -32 +298
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 74 38 60
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.077% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.07% 0.47% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 36 12 48
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £45,938 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +9.14% -4.71%
75th Percentile £98,438 £77,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £85,225 £70,000
UK median annual salary £63,076 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year +5.13% +0.75% -4.71%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Actionable Recommendations falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,897 8,094 6,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.26% 16.32% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,035 3,673 5,179
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Actionable Recommendations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend in England

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Actionable Recommendations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Actionable Recommendations

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Actionable Recommendations in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Recommendations within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
London +48 32 £100,000 +42.86% 41
North of England +36 14 £63,076 -15.90% 8
South East +31 12 £61,000 +2.52% 24
Midlands +22 12 £51,058 - 6
West Midlands +19 6 £59,038 - 6
East Midlands -7 6 £51,058 -
North West +30 5 £63,076 -15.90% 3
Yorkshire -1 5 £55,288 -15.59% 6
South West +11 4 £52,500 +16.67% 3
North East - 4 £64,038 - 1
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UK

Actionable Recommendations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (6.76%) IIS
2 1 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.05%) SAP MDG
1 3 (4.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.35%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.97%) Azure
2 16 (21.62%) AWS
3 13 (17.57%) Power Platform
4 7 (9.46%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (9.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (8.11%) Snowflake
6 4 (5.41%) GCP
7 3 (4.05%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.35%) Datadog
8 1 (1.35%) dbt
8 1 (1.35%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.57%) Power BI
1 13 (17.57%) Tableau
2 7 (9.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (9.46%) SQL Server
2 7 (9.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (6.76%) Big Data
3 5 (6.76%) Data Mining
3 5 (6.76%) Hadoop
3 5 (6.76%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.35%) Looker
4 1 (1.35%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.35%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.35%) Power Query
4 1 (1.35%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Burp Suite
1 6 (8.11%) Metasploit
2 2 (2.70%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.35%) Git
3 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.35%) JIRA
3 1 (1.35%) JMeter
3 1 (1.35%) Selenium
General
1 38 (51.35%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 34 (45.95%) Finance
4 14 (18.92%) Retail
5 13 (17.57%) Marketing
6 10 (13.51%) Law
7 8 (10.81%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (9.46%) Legal
8 7 (9.46%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (6.76%) Banking
10 5 (6.76%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (5.41%) Financial Institution
11 4 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (2.70%) Advertising
12 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
13 1 (1.35%) Local Government
13 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (22.97%) Senior
2 10 (13.51%) Analyst
3 7 (9.46%) Business Manager
3 7 (9.46%) Insight Manager
3 7 (9.46%) User Researcher
4 6 (8.11%) CISSP Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) PowerShell Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) Python Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) Security Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) Security Specialist
4 6 (8.11%) Senior User Researcher
4 6 (8.11%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 5 (6.76%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.76%) Data Science Manager
5 5 (6.76%) Senior Manager
6 4 (5.41%) Consultant
7 2 (2.70%) Account Manager
7 2 (2.70%) Data Analyst
7 2 (2.70%) Strategy Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.76%) Play Framework
2 4 (5.41%) Kafka
3 1 (1.35%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.35%) CSS
3 1 (1.35%) GeoPandas
3 1 (1.35%) HTML
3 1 (1.35%) MapLibre
3 1 (1.35%) NetworkX
3 1 (1.35%) PostGIS
3 1 (1.35%) React
3 1 (1.35%) Spring
3 1 (1.35%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.35%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) Insider Threat
2 8 (10.81%) Algorithms
2 8 (10.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (10.81%) Product Ownership
3 7 (9.46%) Security Posture
4 6 (8.11%) Hedge funds
4 6 (8.11%) Management Information System
5 5 (6.76%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (6.76%) Fixed Income
6 4 (5.41%) Cyberattack
6 4 (5.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.35%) Blog
7 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.35%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.35%) Podcast
7 1 (1.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.22%) Linux
2 10 (13.51%) Mac OS
2 10 (13.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 32 (43.24%) Decision-Making
3 30 (40.54%) Analytics
4 25 (33.78%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (31.08%) Agile
5 23 (31.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (27.03%) AI
7 19 (25.68%) Data Modelling
8 18 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (21.62%) Mentoring
10 15 (20.27%) Roadmaps
11 14 (18.92%) Data Analysis
11 14 (18.92%) Information Security
11 14 (18.92%) Visualisation
12 12 (16.22%) Process Improvement
12 12 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (14.86%) Coaching
14 10 (13.51%) Customer Insight
14 10 (13.51%) Ethical Hacking
14 10 (13.51%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 23 (31.08%) SQL
2 14 (18.92%) Python
3 12 (16.22%) Java
4 9 (12.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 6 (8.11%) PowerShell
5 6 (8.11%) R
5 6 (8.11%) Scala
6 4 (5.41%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.35%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (28.38%) Degree
2 14 (18.92%) CISSP
3 10 (13.51%) CREST Certified
3 10 (13.51%) OSCP
4 7 (9.46%) CISA
4 7 (9.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 6 (8.11%) CCNA
5 6 (8.11%) CEH
5 6 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (8.11%) CISMP
5 6 (8.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (8.11%) GIAC
5 6 (8.11%) GPEN
5 6 (8.11%) Master's Degree
5 6 (8.11%) MBA
5 6 (8.11%) MCP
5 6 (8.11%) MCSE
5 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (8.11%) SC Cleared
5 6 (8.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.46%) Accessibility
3 6 (8.11%) Data Quality
3 6 (8.11%) GDPR
3 6 (8.11%) NIST
4 5 (6.76%) MiFID
5 4 (5.41%) EU AI Act
6 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.35%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (8.11%) Nmap
2 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.35%) Argo
3 1 (1.35%) Grafana
3 1 (1.35%) Kibana
3 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.51%) Google
3 6 (8.11%) Cisco
4 5 (6.76%) BT
4 5 (6.76%) Databricks
4 5 (6.76%) GoldenSource
5 3 (4.05%) SAP
6 2 (2.70%) Criteo
6 2 (2.70%) Qualtrics
6 2 (2.70%) Splunk
7 1 (1.35%) Ahrefs
7 1 (1.35%) AppDynamics
7 1 (1.35%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.35%) Mapbox
7 1 (1.35%) Oracle
7 1 (1.35%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.35%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.35%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (1.35%) TikTok