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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 151 177
Rank change year-on-year +15 +26 +3
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 135 79 155
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.02% 1.61% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.80% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 72 60 93
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,475 £34,000
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -17.39% +31.43%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,813 £66,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -6.25%

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 9,631 4,383 10,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 72.48% 89.54% 80.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,882 2,391 7,378
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,238
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -22 72 £50,000 - 24
East Midlands +10 63 £55,000 +37.78% 19
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 1 (0.74%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.96%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.74%) Power Platform
2 22 (16.30%) Azure
3 8 (5.93%) AWS
4 6 (4.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 5 (3.70%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.96%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.96%) GCP
6 4 (2.96%) Google Analytics
6 4 (2.96%) Google Sheets
6 4 (2.96%) SaaS
7 3 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.22%) iPaaS
7 3 (2.22%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.48%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.74%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.74%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.74%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.48%) Broadband
2 1 (0.74%) DNS
2 1 (0.74%) Firewall
2 1 (0.74%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (20.74%) Power BI
2 12 (8.89%) Power Query
3 6 (4.44%) Looker
4 4 (2.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.96%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (2.22%) Metadata
5 3 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.22%) Tableau
6 2 (1.48%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.48%) Semantic Layer
6 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.74%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 8 (5.93%) JIRA
2 4 (2.96%) Burp Suite
2 4 (2.96%) Metasploit
2 4 (2.96%) Subversion
3 3 (2.22%) JMeter
3 3 (2.22%) LoadRunner
4 2 (1.48%) Git
5 1 (0.74%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.74%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.74%) GitLab
5 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.74%) Postman
5 1 (0.74%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.74%) Selenium
5 1 (0.74%) SoapUI
General
1 72 (53.33%) Finance
2 70 (51.85%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 11 (8.15%) Banking
4 11 (8.15%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.41%) Retail
6 9 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.93%) Marketing
8 4 (2.96%) Electronics
8 4 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Games
10 1 (0.74%) Local Government
10 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (28.89%) Analyst
2 25 (18.52%) Data Scientist
3 23 (17.04%) Data Analyst
3 23 (17.04%) Lead
3 23 (17.04%) Senior
4 22 (16.30%) Senior Analyst
5 19 (14.07%) Developer
6 15 (11.11%) Accountant
6 15 (11.11%) Lead Data Scientist
6 15 (11.11%) Senior Data Analyst
6 15 (11.11%) Senior Data Scientist
6 15 (11.11%) Systems Accountant
7 9 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 9 (6.67%) Statistician
8 7 (5.19%) Lead Developer
9 6 (4.44%) Head of QA
10 5 (3.70%) Power BI Analyst
10 5 (3.70%) Test Engineer
11 4 (2.96%) Software Test Engineer
11 4 (2.96%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.59%) PyTorch
1 17 (12.59%) TensorFlow
2 15 (11.11%) Hugging Face
3 1 (0.74%) .NET
3 1 (0.74%) LightGBM
3 1 (0.74%) NumPy
3 1 (0.74%) Pandas
3 1 (0.74%) Playwright
3 1 (0.74%) PySpark
3 1 (0.74%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.74%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (2.96%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (2.96%) Insider Threat
2 4 (2.96%) Security Posture
3 3 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.48%) CMDB
4 2 (1.48%) CSOC
4 2 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.48%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (0.74%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.74%) FMCG
5 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.74%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (38.52%) Analytics
2 45 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 43 (31.85%) Roadmaps
4 36 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (25.19%) Business Intelligence
6 33 (24.44%) AI
7 31 (22.96%) Data Science
8 30 (22.22%) Statistics
9 29 (21.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (20.00%) Machine Learning
11 24 (17.78%) Deep Learning
12 23 (17.04%) Data Analysis
13 22 (16.30%) Mentoring
13 22 (16.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 19 (14.07%) Data Management
14 19 (14.07%) Validation
15 17 (12.59%) Data Analytics
15 17 (12.59%) Project Management
16 16 (11.85%) ERP
17 15 (11.11%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 44 (32.59%) Python
2 37 (27.41%) SQL
3 10 (7.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 5 (3.70%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.22%) VBA
6 2 (1.48%) Java
6 2 (1.48%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.48%) R
7 1 (0.74%) Bash
7 1 (0.74%) Bicep
7 1 (0.74%) Groovy
7 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.74%) Scala
Qualifications
1 15 (11.11%) ACCA
1 15 (11.11%) CIMA
2 14 (10.37%) Security Cleared
3 13 (9.63%) Degree
3 13 (9.63%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.44%) IRCA
6 5 (3.70%) CISSP
7 4 (2.96%) CCNA
7 4 (2.96%) CEH
7 4 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.96%) CISMP
7 4 (2.96%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.96%) CREST Certified
7 4 (2.96%) GIAC
7 4 (2.96%) GPEN
7 4 (2.96%) MCSE
7 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 4 (2.96%) OSCP
8 3 (2.22%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.07%) Data Quality
2 16 (11.85%) Actionable Recommendations
3 11 (8.15%) GDPR
3 11 (8.15%) QA
4 6 (4.44%) ISO 9001
5 5 (3.70%) Accessibility
6 4 (2.96%) PMO
7 1 (0.74%) COBIT
7 1 (0.74%) ITGC
7 1 (0.74%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.96%) Nmap
2 2 (1.48%) Terraform
3 1 (0.74%) Ansible
3 1 (0.74%) Grafana
3 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.67%) Google
3 5 (3.70%) Databricks
4 4 (2.96%) Cisco
4 4 (2.96%) HubSpot
5 3 (2.22%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.48%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.74%) Adobe
7 1 (0.74%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.74%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.74%) New Relic
7 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.74%) WooCommerce