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 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 173 167
Rank change year-on-year +13 -6 +61
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 79 71 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.90% 1.20% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.14% 1.30% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 60 48 80
10th Percentile £31,175 £37,500 £34,300
25th Percentile £41,125 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,279 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.51% -21.74% +27.78%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,531 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,826 £63,750 £66,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +4.55%

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 6,935 5,458 7,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 78.86% 91.98% 85.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,895 2,435 5,858
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,036 £34,771
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,748
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.53% -5.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

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 16 February 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 16 February 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
West Midlands +13 44 £44,772 -0.51% 46
East Midlands 0 35 £51,058 +20.14% 13
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 (2.53%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 15 (18.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.53%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) NEC Housing
1 1 (1.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 34 (43.04%) Power Platform
2 18 (22.78%) Azure
3 9 (11.39%) AWS
4 8 (10.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (7.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (3.80%) Google Analytics
7 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (2.53%) Smartsheet
8 1 (1.27%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.27%) Contentsquare
8 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.27%) GitHub
8 1 (1.27%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (43.04%) Power BI
2 9 (11.39%) Power Query
3 8 (10.13%) Tableau
4 6 (7.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (7.59%) Data Lake
4 6 (7.59%) Looker
5 3 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (3.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (2.53%) Data Mining
6 2 (2.53%) Metadata
6 2 (2.53%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.27%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (12.66%) JIRA
2 7 (8.86%) Burp Suite
2 7 (8.86%) Metasploit
3 5 (6.33%) Subversion
4 2 (2.53%) Git
General
1 41 (51.90%) Analytical Skills
2 38 (48.10%) Social Skills
3 17 (21.52%) Finance
4 15 (18.99%) Retail
5 8 (10.13%) Public Sector
6 7 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (7.59%) Marketing
8 5 (6.33%) Banking
8 5 (6.33%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (6.33%) Electronics
9 3 (3.80%) Spanish Language
10 2 (2.53%) Games
10 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.53%) Law
10 2 (2.53%) Legal
10 2 (2.53%) Local Government
10 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.27%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 21 (26.58%) Analyst
2 15 (18.99%) Senior
3 12 (15.19%) Data Analyst
4 10 (12.66%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (10.13%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 8 (10.13%) Developer
5 8 (10.13%) Power BI Developer
6 7 (8.86%) Security Specialist
6 7 (8.86%) Senior Data Analyst
6 7 (8.86%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 6 (7.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 5 (6.33%) Embedded Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Software Test Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Systems Test Engineer
8 5 (6.33%) Test Engineer
9 4 (5.06%) Lead
9 4 (5.06%) Senior User Experience Researcher
9 4 (5.06%) User Experience Researcher
10 3 (3.80%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) PySpark
2 1 (1.27%) .NET
2 1 (1.27%) Ember.js
2 1 (1.27%) JSON
2 1 (1.27%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.27%) REST
2 1 (1.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.86%) Insider Threat
1 7 (8.86%) Security Posture
2 5 (6.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (6.33%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.53%) Digital Signage
4 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.27%) 3D Printing
5 1 (1.27%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.27%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.27%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (1.27%) IoT
5 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.27%) Mashup
5 1 (1.27%) NHS
5 1 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.27%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (45.57%) Decision-Making
2 35 (44.30%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (37.97%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (34.18%) Analytics
5 19 (24.05%) Data Modelling
6 16 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (20.25%) Visualisation
7 15 (18.99%) Data Analysis
8 14 (17.72%) Agile
9 13 (16.46%) CRM
10 12 (15.19%) Data Visualisation
11 10 (12.66%) Customer-Centricity
11 10 (12.66%) Data Governance
11 10 (12.66%) ETL
11 10 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (11.39%) Data Management
12 9 (11.39%) Information Security
12 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (10.13%) Dashboard Development
13 8 (10.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 24 (30.38%) SQL
2 12 (15.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 10 (12.66%) Python
4 2 (2.53%) R
4 2 (2.53%) VBA
5 1 (1.27%) Scala
5 1 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (22.78%) Degree
2 9 (11.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (11.39%) SC Cleared
2 9 (11.39%) Security Cleared
3 8 (10.13%) CEH
3 8 (10.13%) CISSP
4 7 (8.86%) CCNA
4 7 (8.86%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (8.86%) CISMP
4 7 (8.86%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (8.86%) CREST Certified
4 7 (8.86%) GIAC
4 7 (8.86%) GPEN
4 7 (8.86%) MCSE
4 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 7 (8.86%) OSCP
5 4 (5.06%) CIPD
6 2 (2.53%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.53%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (17.72%) Actionable Recommendations
2 10 (12.66%) Data Quality
3 6 (7.59%) GDPR
4 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.53%) PMO
5 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (8.86%) Nmap
2 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.86%) Cisco
3 3 (3.80%) Databricks
3 3 (3.80%) Google
4 2 (2.53%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Adobe
5 1 (1.27%) Civica
5 1 (1.27%) Epicor
5 1 (1.27%) Hotjar
5 1 (1.27%) Infor
5 1 (1.27%) Northgate
5 1 (1.27%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.27%) Sage
5 1 (1.27%) SAP
5 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow