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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 155 187
Rank change year-on-year +16 +32 -17
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 148 75 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.94% 1.33% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.54% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 67 63 31
10th Percentile £36,050 £31,250 £42,200
25th Percentile £42,697 £40,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -25.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £71,875
90th Percentile £73,900 £71,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -15.97% +3.48%

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 11,037 4,879 7,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.13% 86.85% 79.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,845 2,823 3,669
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +43 96 £60,000 +41.18% 35
West Midlands -53 53 £50,000 +5.26% 106
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 (1.35%) SAS
2 1 (0.68%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.35%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.95%) Power Platform
2 9 (6.08%) Azure
3 4 (2.70%) AWS
3 4 (2.70%) Google Ads
3 4 (2.70%) Google Sheets
3 4 (2.70%) SaaS
4 3 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.35%) GCP
5 2 (1.35%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.35%) iPaaS
5 2 (1.35%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.68%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.68%) MailChimp
6 1 (0.68%) Meta Ads
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Advertising
6 1 (0.68%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.68%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (20.95%) Power BI
2 13 (8.78%) Power Query
3 8 (5.41%) Relational Database
4 7 (4.73%) Tableau
5 6 (4.05%) QlikView
6 5 (3.38%) GIS
7 4 (2.70%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.35%) Base SAS
8 2 (1.35%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.68%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.68%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.68%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (2.03%) Git
2 2 (1.35%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) JMeter
3 1 (0.68%) LoadRunner
General
1 82 (55.41%) Finance
2 76 (51.35%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (25.68%) Social Skills
4 19 (12.84%) Marketing
5 18 (12.16%) Banking
6 11 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (6.08%) Public Sector
8 8 (5.41%) Manufacturing
8 8 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.38%) Retail
9 5 (3.38%) Social Housing
10 4 (2.70%) Advertising
10 4 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.03%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.68%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.68%) Law
12 1 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 49 (33.11%) Analyst
2 40 (27.03%) Data Scientist
3 34 (22.97%) Data Analyst
4 31 (20.95%) Lead
5 29 (19.59%) Developer
6 23 (15.54%) Senior
7 22 (14.86%) Lead Data Scientist
7 22 (14.86%) Senior Data Scientist
8 21 (14.19%) Senior Analyst
9 17 (11.49%) Senior Data Analyst
10 14 (9.46%) Statistician
11 13 (8.78%) Lead Developer
12 12 (8.11%) Data Manager
13 10 (6.76%) Accountant
13 10 (6.76%) Systems Accountant
14 6 (4.05%) Business Intelligence Manager
14 6 (4.05%) Business Manager
14 6 (4.05%) Financial Analyst
14 6 (4.05%) Lead Data Analyst
15 5 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.86%) Hugging Face
1 22 (14.86%) PyTorch
1 22 (14.86%) TensorFlow
2 4 (2.70%) EDI
3 2 (1.35%) NumPy
3 2 (1.35%) Pandas
3 2 (1.35%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.68%) LightGBM
4 1 (0.68%) React
4 1 (0.68%) SciPy
4 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (3.38%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.38%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.35%) CSOC
3 2 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.68%) CMDB
4 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.68%) FMCG
4 1 (0.68%) Pricing Data
4 1 (0.68%) Social Media
4 1 (0.68%) Social Network
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.68%) Linux
1 1 (0.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (42.57%) Decision-Making
2 57 (38.51%) Roadmaps
3 55 (37.16%) Analytics
4 51 (34.46%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (31.76%) Data Science
6 43 (29.05%) Statistics
7 42 (28.38%) Machine Learning
8 36 (24.32%) AI
8 36 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
8 36 (24.32%) Deep Learning
9 33 (22.30%) Data Analysis
9 33 (22.30%) Mentoring
10 31 (20.95%) Data Analytics
11 28 (18.92%) Data Management
12 25 (16.89%) Data Transformation
13 24 (16.22%) Software Engineering
14 22 (14.86%) Data Extraction
14 22 (14.86%) Project Management
14 22 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (14.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 69 (46.62%) Python
2 68 (45.95%) SQL
3 10 (6.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (3.38%) R
5 2 (1.35%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.68%) Groovy
6 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (12.84%) Degree
2 11 (7.43%) ACCA
2 11 (7.43%) CIMA
3 8 (5.41%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.41%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.35%) SANS
5 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.68%) CITP
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (17.57%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.11%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (4.73%) QA
4 5 (3.38%) Accessibility
4 5 (3.38%) GDPR
5 4 (2.70%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) Grafana
Vendors
1 9 (6.08%) Google
2 8 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.41%) SYSPRO
3 4 (2.70%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.70%) Oracle
3 4 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.35%) Databricks
5 1 (0.68%) AppDynamics
5 1 (0.68%) Facebook
5 1 (0.68%) Instagram
5 1 (0.68%) New Relic
5 1 (0.68%) Qualtrics
5 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.68%) WooCommerce