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 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 205 167
Rank change year-on-year +75 -38 +141
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 80 70 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.39% 0.79% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 0.96% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 68 33 17
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £38,651 £38,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,445 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -21.74% +12.86%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,825 £103,000 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% -4.17%

All Process and 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 4,749 7,274 4,731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.76% 82.32% 93.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,167 3,204 3,647
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,768
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -0.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 17 November 2025.

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 17 November 2025. 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
West Midlands +62 61 £47,750 +4.95% 46
East Midlands +19 19 £45,000 +2.84% 31
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 (2.50%) Confluence
2 1 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (36.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.50%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.25%) iTrent
2 1 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (1.25%) Pegasus Opera
2 1 (1.25%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 33 (41.25%) Power Platform
2 15 (18.75%) Azure
3 7 (8.75%) AWS
4 5 (6.25%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (6.25%) Snowflake
5 4 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.75%) Power Automate
7 2 (2.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (2.50%) Smartsheet
8 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.25%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.25%) GitHub
8 1 (1.25%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.25%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.25%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.00%) Firewall
1 4 (5.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (41.25%) Power BI
2 10 (12.50%) Tableau
3 7 (8.75%) Data Mining
4 3 (3.75%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.50%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (2.50%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.25%) Looker
6 1 (1.25%) MS Access
6 1 (1.25%) MySQL
6 1 (1.25%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.25%) Power Query
6 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (6.25%) JIRA
2 3 (3.75%) Burp Suite
2 3 (3.75%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.25%) Git
General
1 41 (51.25%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (46.25%) Social Skills
3 17 (21.25%) Finance
4 10 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (7.50%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.50%) Retail
5 6 (7.50%) Social Housing
6 5 (6.25%) Law
7 4 (5.00%) Marketing
8 3 (3.75%) Legal
9 2 (2.50%) Local Government
9 2 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Banking
10 1 (1.25%) Billing
10 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 40 (50.00%) Analyst
2 15 (18.75%) Data Analyst
3 12 (15.00%) Senior
4 10 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (8.75%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 6 (7.50%) IT Analyst
7 5 (6.25%) Insight Analyst
7 5 (6.25%) Lead
7 5 (6.25%) Senior Data Analyst
8 4 (5.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 4 (5.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 4 (5.00%) IT Security Analyst
8 4 (5.00%) Security Analyst
8 4 (5.00%) Senior IT Security Analyst
8 4 (5.00%) Senior Security Analyst
8 4 (5.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
9 3 (3.75%) Data Engineer
9 3 (3.75%) Data Insight Analyst
9 3 (3.75%) Insight Data Analyst
9 3 (3.75%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) EDI
1 1 (1.25%) Ember.js
1 1 (1.25%) JSON
1 1 (1.25%) PySpark
1 1 (1.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.75%) Security Posture
2 6 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.75%) Insider Threat
4 3 (3.75%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.50%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.50%) Digital Signage
5 2 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.50%) Mashup
5 2 (2.50%) Tandem
6 1 (1.25%) 3D Printing
6 1 (1.25%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.25%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.25%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.25%) IoT
6 1 (1.25%) NHS
6 1 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (42.50%) Decision-Making
2 33 (41.25%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (30.00%) Data Analysis
5 23 (28.75%) Analytics
6 20 (25.00%) Visualisation
7 16 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (18.75%) CRM
8 15 (18.75%) Data Visualisation
9 14 (17.50%) Data Modelling
10 13 (16.25%) Data Management
11 12 (15.00%) Agile
11 12 (15.00%) Data Governance
12 11 (13.75%) Data Analytics
13 9 (11.25%) ETL
13 9 (11.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 8 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
14 8 (10.00%) Data Science
14 8 (10.00%) Data Strategy
15 7 (8.75%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 39 (48.75%) SQL
2 10 (12.50%) Python
3 9 (11.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (6.25%) T-SQL
5 4 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (21.25%) Degree
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 5 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.00%) CEH
3 4 (5.00%) CIPD
3 4 (5.00%) CISSP
4 3 (3.75%) CCNA
4 3 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.75%) CISMP
4 3 (3.75%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (3.75%) CREST Certified
4 3 (3.75%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.75%) GIAC
4 3 (3.75%) GPEN
4 3 (3.75%) MCP
4 3 (3.75%) MCSE
4 3 (3.75%) OSCP
5 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.00%) Data Quality
2 9 (11.25%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (6.25%) GDPR
4 3 (3.75%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.50%) PMO
5 2 (2.50%) QA
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.25%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.75%) Nmap
Vendors
1 16 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.50%) Databricks
3 3 (3.75%) Cisco
3 3 (3.75%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.50%) Civica
4 2 (2.50%) Northgate
4 2 (2.50%) Sage
4 2 (2.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (2.50%) SAP
4 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.25%) Concur
5 1 (1.25%) Epicor
5 1 (1.25%) Google
5 1 (1.25%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.25%) IFS
5 1 (1.25%) Infor
5 1 (1.25%) Intel
5 1 (1.25%) Oracle
5 1 (1.25%) Pegasus
5 1 (1.25%) Snow