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 citing Actionable Insight skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	142	141	194
Rank change year-on-year	-1	+53	-32
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight	155	80	72
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	0.97%	1.43%	0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.35%	1.66%	1.00%
Number of salaries quoted	75	68	33
10^th Percentile	£35,500	£31,250	£38,750
25^th Percentile	£38,392	£38,869	£42,200
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£46,445	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	-3.11%	-7.11%	-13.04%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£57,500	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£72,500	£73,825	£103,000
England median annual salary	£52,500	£50,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-13.04%	-

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 citing process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	11,441	4,814	7,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	71.63%	86.03%	81.12%
Number of salaries quoted	8,038	2,910	3,266
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£38,500	£32,500	£38,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£46,500	£52,104
Median % change year-on-year	+7.53%	-10.76%	+4.21%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£63,750	£66,050
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£78,750	£80,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

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 Salary Trend in the Midlands

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 31 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 31 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
East Midlands	+30	95	£60,000	+33.33%	2
West Midlands	-49	61	£45,000	-5.76%	8
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Actionable Insight Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, job vacancies citing Actionable Insight also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region citing Actionable Insight.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	52.9%	82
2	Decision-Making	49.7%	77
3	Analytics	43.9%	68
4	Problem-Solving	41.3%	64
5	Python	38.7%	60
6	Roadmaps	34.8%	54
7	Business Intelligence	31.6%	49
8	Power BI	27.7%	43
8	Power Platform	27.7%	43
10	Data Science	27.1%	42
11	Data Quality	23.2%	36
11	Statistics	23.2%	36
13	Machine Learning	22.6%	35
14	Data Analytics	21.9%	34
15	Data Transformation	19.4%	30
16	AI	18.7%	29
16	Data Modelling	18.7%	29
18	Data Analysis	18.1%	28
18	Deep Learning	18.1%	28
18	Mentoring	18.1%	28
21	Stakeholder Engagement	17.4%	27
22	Continuous Improvement	16.1%	25
23	Data Management	14.8%	23
23	Microsoft Excel	14.8%	23
23	Stakeholder Management	14.8%	23
23	Validation	14.8%	23
27	Visualisation	14.2%	22
28	Data Governance	13.5%	21
29	Actionable Recommendations	12.9%	20
29	Degree	12.9%	20

Actionable Insight Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Decision-Making	49.7%	77
2	Analytics	43.9%	68
3	Problem-Solving	41.3%	64
4	Roadmaps	34.8%	54
5	Business Intelligence	31.6%	49
6	Data Science	27.1%	42
7	Statistics	23.2%	36
8	Machine Learning	22.6%	35
9	Data Analytics	21.9%	34
10	Data Transformation	19.4%	30
11	AI	18.7%	29
11	Data Modelling	18.7%	29
13	Data Analysis	18.1%	28
13	Deep Learning	18.1%	28
13	Mentoring	18.1%	28
16	Stakeholder Engagement	17.4%	27
17	Continuous Improvement	16.1%	25
18	Data Management	14.8%	23
18	Stakeholder Management	14.8%	23
18	Validation	14.8%	23