Actionable Insight Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Actionable Insight skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 160 189
Rank change year-on-year +23 +29 -6
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 151 74 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.97% 1.32% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.54% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 70 60 30
10th Percentile £36,200 £34,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,125 £52,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £45,195 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -27.69% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £72,188
90th Percentile £76,100 £68,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,923 4,807 7,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.89% 85.75% 78.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7,758 2,882 4,021
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Actionable Insight job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Actionable Insight
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Actionable Insight.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Actionable Insight

Actionable Insight
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Actionable Insight in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Actionable Insight in the Midlands

Actionable Insight
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Insight within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
East Midlands +40 93 £60,000 +41.18% 35
West Midlands -44 59 £51,300 +8.00% 94
Actionable Insight
England

Actionable Insight
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (1.32%) SAS
2 1 (0.66%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (11.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (19.21%) Power Platform
2 13 (8.61%) Azure
3 4 (2.65%) AWS
3 4 (2.65%) Google Sheets
3 4 (2.65%) SaaS
4 3 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.99%) GCP
4 3 (1.99%) Google Ads
4 3 (1.99%) Google Analytics
4 3 (1.99%) iPaaS
5 2 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.32%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.66%) Meta Ads
6 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Advertising
6 1 (0.66%) Miro
6 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.66%) DNS
1 1 (0.66%) Firewall
1 1 (0.66%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (19.21%) Power BI
2 11 (7.28%) Power Query
3 7 (4.64%) Tableau
4 6 (3.97%) QlikView
5 5 (3.31%) GIS
5 5 (3.31%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.65%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (2.65%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (2.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.32%) Base SAS
7 2 (1.32%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.32%) Looker
7 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.66%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (1.99%) Git
2 2 (1.32%) JIRA
3 1 (0.66%) JMeter
3 1 (0.66%) LoadRunner
General
1 82 (54.30%) Finance
2 75 (49.67%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (23.84%) Social Skills
4 18 (11.92%) Banking
5 16 (10.60%) Marketing
6 13 (8.61%) Public Sector
7 10 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (5.30%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (3.31%) Social Housing
11 4 (2.65%) Advertising
11 4 (2.65%) Retail
12 3 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.99%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.66%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.66%) Law
13 1 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 45 (29.80%) Analyst
2 40 (26.49%) Data Scientist
3 32 (21.19%) Lead
4 31 (20.53%) Data Analyst
5 28 (18.54%) Developer
6 22 (14.57%) Lead Data Scientist
6 22 (14.57%) Senior
6 22 (14.57%) Senior Data Scientist
7 21 (13.91%) Senior Analyst
8 17 (11.26%) Senior Data Analyst
9 14 (9.27%) Statistician
10 13 (8.61%) Accountant
10 13 (8.61%) Lead Developer
10 13 (8.61%) Systems Accountant
11 12 (7.95%) Data Manager
12 6 (3.97%) Business Intelligence Manager
12 6 (3.97%) Business Manager
12 6 (3.97%) Lead Data Analyst
13 5 (3.31%) Financial Analyst
14 4 (2.65%) PMO Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.57%) Hugging Face
1 22 (14.57%) PyTorch
1 22 (14.57%) TensorFlow
2 4 (2.65%) EDI
3 2 (1.32%) NumPy
3 2 (1.32%) Pandas
3 2 (1.32%) scikit-learn
3 2 (1.32%) Terraform
4 1 (0.66%) LightGBM
4 1 (0.66%) Pulumi
4 1 (0.66%) React
4 1 (0.66%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.30%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (3.31%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.31%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.32%) CSOC
3 2 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (0.66%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.66%) CMDB
4 1 (0.66%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.66%) FMCG
4 1 (0.66%) Pricing Data
4 1 (0.66%) Social Media
4 1 (0.66%) Social Network
4 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.66%) Linux
1 1 (0.66%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (39.74%) Decision-Making
2 58 (38.41%) Roadmaps
3 56 (37.09%) Analytics
4 48 (31.79%) Data Science
4 48 (31.79%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (28.48%) Statistics
6 42 (27.81%) Machine Learning
7 39 (25.83%) AI
8 36 (23.84%) Deep Learning
9 34 (22.52%) Business Intelligence
9 34 (22.52%) Mentoring
10 32 (21.19%) Data Analysis
11 31 (20.53%) Data Analytics
12 28 (18.54%) Data Management
13 24 (15.89%) Software Engineering
14 23 (15.23%) Data Transformation
14 23 (15.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 22 (14.57%) Data Extraction
15 22 (14.57%) Project Management
15 22 (14.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 67 (44.37%) Python
2 64 (42.38%) SQL
3 6 (3.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.99%) R
5 2 (1.32%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.66%) Bash
6 1 (0.66%) Bicep
6 1 (0.66%) Groovy
6 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (11.92%) Degree
2 13 (8.61%) ACCA
2 13 (8.61%) CIMA
3 10 (6.62%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.62%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.32%) SANS
5 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.66%) CITP
5 1 (0.66%) IRCA
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (17.88%) Data Quality
2 13 (8.61%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (4.64%) QA
4 6 (3.97%) GDPR
5 5 (3.31%) Accessibility
6 4 (2.65%) PMO
7 1 (0.66%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.66%) Ansible
1 1 (0.66%) Grafana
Vendors
1 9 (5.96%) Google
2 8 (5.30%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.30%) SYSPRO
3 4 (2.65%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.65%) Oracle
4 3 (1.99%) Databricks
5 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.66%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.66%) Facebook
6 1 (0.66%) Instagram
6 1 (0.66%) New Relic
6 1 (0.66%) Qualtrics
6 1 (0.66%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.66%) WooCommerce