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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 561 719
Rank change year-on-year +2 +158 +132
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 122 55 103
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.16% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.51% 0.91% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 77 37 84
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £48,165 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £93,634 £85,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £63,076 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.55% +22.73% +10.00%

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 8,089 6,048 11,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.51% 16.27% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5,019 3,593 8,381
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £27,050
25th Percentile £42,728 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,900
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% +11.43% -8.70%

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 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Actionable Recommendations in England

Actionable Recommendations
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 18 April 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 +19 37 £100,000 +21.21% 21
North of England -34 33 £63,076 +1.13% 5
South East -21 20 £72,500 +21.85% 9
Midlands -25 20 £51,058 +89.10% 7
Yorkshire -60 14 £65,000 +4.21% 1
North West - 14 £36,250 - 4
West Midlands -14 10 £63,076 +40.17% 6
East Midlands -47 10 £51,058 +89.10% 1
South West -48 6 £47,500 -37.19% 1
North East - 5 £87,431 -
Actionable Recommendations
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 (4.10%) IIS
2 3 (2.46%) Confluence
3 1 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 15 (12.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (4.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.82%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.85%) Azure
2 21 (17.21%) AWS
3 20 (16.39%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.02%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (8.20%) GCP
5 10 (8.20%) iPaaS
6 8 (6.56%) SaaS
7 7 (5.74%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (5.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (4.92%) Snowflake
9 4 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (2.46%) Contentsquare
10 3 (2.46%) Google Analytics
10 3 (2.46%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.82%) BigCommerce
11 1 (0.82%) Datadog
11 1 (0.82%) dbt
11 1 (0.82%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.38%) Firewall
2 5 (4.10%) Network Security
3 1 (0.82%) Broadband
3 1 (0.82%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (16.39%) Power BI
2 18 (14.75%) Tableau
3 7 (5.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (5.74%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (4.10%) Big Data
4 5 (4.10%) Data Mining
4 5 (4.10%) Hadoop
4 5 (4.10%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.46%) Looker
5 3 (2.46%) Power Query
6 2 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.82%) QGIS
7 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (5.74%) JIRA
2 6 (4.92%) Burp Suite
2 6 (4.92%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.64%) JMeter
3 2 (1.64%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.82%) Git
4 1 (0.82%) Jenkins
General
1 60 (49.18%) Analytical Skills
2 58 (47.54%) Social Skills
3 50 (40.98%) Finance
4 18 (14.75%) Retail
5 17 (13.93%) Marketing
6 14 (11.48%) Public Sector
7 12 (9.84%) Legal
8 7 (5.74%) Banking
8 7 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (4.92%) Law
9 6 (4.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (3.28%) Advertising
11 4 (3.28%) Financial Institution
11 4 (3.28%) General Ledger
12 3 (2.46%) Billing
13 2 (1.64%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.64%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 18 (14.75%) Analyst
2 16 (13.11%) Senior
3 12 (9.84%) Lead
4 10 (8.20%) Architect
4 10 (8.20%) CISSP Engineer
4 10 (8.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 10 (8.20%) Enterprise Architect
4 10 (8.20%) Lead Architect
4 10 (8.20%) Lead Enterprise Architect
4 10 (8.20%) PowerShell Engineer
4 10 (8.20%) Python Engineer
4 10 (8.20%) Security Engineer
5 9 (7.38%) Business Analyst
5 9 (7.38%) Security Manager
5 9 (7.38%) User Researcher
6 7 (5.74%) Business Manager
6 7 (5.74%) CRM Executive
6 7 (5.74%) Insight Manager
7 6 (4.92%) Salesforce Executive
7 6 (4.92%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.10%) Play Framework
2 1 (0.82%) GeoPandas
2 1 (0.82%) Kafka
2 1 (0.82%) MapLibre
2 1 (0.82%) NetworkX
2 1 (0.82%) PostGIS
2 1 (0.82%) REST
2 1 (0.82%) Streamlit
2 1 (0.82%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.93%) Management Information System
2 12 (9.84%) Security Posture
3 10 (8.20%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (8.20%) Hedge funds
3 10 (8.20%) Insider Threat
4 8 (6.56%) Fixed Income
5 7 (5.74%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (4.92%) Product Ownership
7 5 (4.10%) Algorithms
7 5 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (3.28%) Cyberattack
8 4 (3.28%) Derivative
8 4 (3.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (3.28%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.28%) OTC Derivatives
9 3 (2.46%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.64%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.64%) Housing Association
11 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.82%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.93%) Linux
1 17 (13.93%) Windows
2 14 (11.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 48 (39.34%) Decision-Making
3 36 (29.51%) Analytics
4 33 (27.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (25.41%) Business Intelligence
5 31 (25.41%) Data Analysis
5 31 (25.41%) Mentoring
6 29 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (22.95%) Information Security
8 27 (22.13%) Roadmaps
9 26 (21.31%) Agile
10 25 (20.49%) AI
10 25 (20.49%) Process Improvement
11 24 (19.67%) Incident Response
12 23 (18.85%) Coaching
13 21 (17.21%) CRM
13 21 (17.21%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (16.39%) Business Strategy
15 18 (14.75%) Data Modelling
15 18 (14.75%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (25.41%) SQL
2 22 (18.03%) Python
3 14 (11.48%) PowerShell
4 13 (10.66%) Java
5 8 (6.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 6 (4.92%) Scala
7 5 (4.10%) R
8 4 (3.28%) Kotlin
9 3 (2.46%) Bash
9 3 (2.46%) C
9 3 (2.46%) C#
9 3 (2.46%) C++
9 3 (2.46%) Go
9 3 (2.46%) Objective-C
9 3 (2.46%) Perl
9 3 (2.46%) Ruby
9 3 (2.46%) Rust
9 3 (2.46%) VBA
10 1 (0.82%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 34 (27.87%) Degree
2 20 (16.39%) CISSP
3 13 (10.66%) CISA
3 13 (10.66%) CREST Certified
3 13 (10.66%) OSCP
4 10 (8.20%) CompTIA CySA+
5 9 (7.38%) GPEN
5 9 (7.38%) Security Cleared
6 8 (6.56%) CEH
6 8 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (5.74%) OSCE
7 7 (5.74%) SC Cleared
7 7 (5.74%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 6 (4.92%) CCNA
8 6 (4.92%) CISMP
8 6 (4.92%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (4.92%) GIAC
8 6 (4.92%) MCSE
8 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (21.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (18.03%) GDPR
3 16 (13.11%) Data Quality
4 15 (12.30%) NIST
5 9 (7.38%) Accessibility
5 9 (7.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (7.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (6.56%) MiFID
7 4 (3.28%) EU AI Act
8 3 (2.46%) COBIT
9 2 (1.64%) GRC
9 2 (1.64%) SOC 1
9 2 (1.64%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.82%) ITGC
10 1 (0.82%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.92%) Nmap
2 2 (1.64%) Grafana
3 1 (0.82%) Argo
3 1 (0.82%) Kibana
3 1 (0.82%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (18.85%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.11%) Google
3 12 (9.84%) Salesforce
4 7 (5.74%) Oracle
4 7 (5.74%) SAP
5 6 (4.92%) Cisco
6 5 (4.10%) BT
6 5 (4.10%) Databricks
6 5 (4.10%) HubSpot
6 5 (4.10%) Xero
7 4 (3.28%) GoldenSource
8 3 (2.46%) Hotjar
9 2 (1.64%) AppDynamics
9 2 (1.64%) Sage
10 1 (0.82%) Adobe
10 1 (0.82%) Cognizant
10 1 (0.82%) New Relic
10 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.82%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.82%) Splunk