Actionable Insight Job Trends in the North of England

Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Actionable Insight skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 198 225
Rank change year-on-year +57 +27 -53
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 203 61 156
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.14% 0.87% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 0.92% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 92 48 82
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,025 £28,325
25th Percentile £39,063 £40,000 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -12.61% +10.58%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £89,750 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,012 6,607 13,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 73.08% 94.33% 83.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,982 3,761 10,994
10th Percentile £28,775 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,675 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Actionable Insight relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Actionable Insight job vacancy trend in the North of England

Actionable Insight
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Actionable Insight.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Actionable Insight

Actionable Insight
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Actionable Insight in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Actionable Insight in the North of England

Actionable Insight
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Insight within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
North West +32 95 £45,000 +3.45% 37
Yorkshire -27 61 £64,038 +5.42% 19
North East +9 47 £53,750 +5.39% 10
Actionable Insight
England

Actionable Insight
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.99%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.49%) CMS
4 1 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.49%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (17.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.49%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.49%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.96%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (2.46%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.97%) Magento
4 2 (0.99%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (27.59%) Power Platform
2 20 (9.85%) Azure
3 14 (6.90%) SaaS
4 12 (5.91%) Azure Data Factory
5 11 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 7 (3.45%) Google Analytics
8 6 (2.96%) Power Automate
8 6 (2.96%) PowerApps
9 5 (2.46%) AWS
9 5 (2.46%) iPaaS
10 4 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.48%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.48%) GCP
11 3 (1.48%) Google Sheets
11 3 (1.48%) Google Tag Manager
11 3 (1.48%) IaaS
11 3 (1.48%) PaaS
12 2 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.48%) Network Security
2 2 (0.99%) Firewall
3 1 (0.49%) Broadband
3 1 (0.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (27.59%) Power BI
2 16 (7.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (6.40%) SQL Server
4 10 (4.93%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (4.43%) Tableau
6 7 (3.45%) Looker
6 7 (3.45%) Power Query
7 4 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.48%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.49%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.46%) JIRA
2 2 (0.99%) Git
3 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.49%) GitLab
3 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.49%) JMeter
3 1 (0.49%) LoadRunner
General
1 107 (52.71%) Analytical Skills
2 95 (46.80%) Finance
3 89 (43.84%) Social Skills
4 28 (13.79%) Manufacturing
5 24 (11.82%) Marketing
6 15 (7.39%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.94%) Billing
7 8 (3.94%) Legal
8 7 (3.45%) Law
9 6 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.96%) Retail
9 6 (2.96%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.46%) Advertising
10 5 (2.46%) Military
10 5 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.97%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.48%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.99%) Local Government
13 2 (0.99%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 45 (22.17%) Analyst
2 30 (14.78%) Head of QA
3 20 (9.85%) Development Manager
4 19 (9.36%) Data Analyst
5 16 (7.88%) Senior
6 10 (4.93%) Change Manager
6 10 (4.93%) Lead
6 10 (4.93%) Project Change Manager
6 10 (4.93%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.43%) Architect
8 7 (3.45%) Commercial Analyst
8 7 (3.45%) CRM Executive
8 7 (3.45%) Data Manager
8 7 (3.45%) Insight Manager
8 7 (3.45%) User Researcher
9 6 (2.96%) Data Engineer
9 6 (2.96%) Insight Analyst
9 6 (2.96%) Salesforce Executive
9 6 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (2.46%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.49%) .NET
1 1 (0.49%) CSS
1 1 (0.49%) FHIR
1 1 (0.49%) Framer.js
1 1 (0.49%) Jest
1 1 (0.49%) LangChain
1 1 (0.49%) LangGraph
1 1 (0.49%) Next.js
1 1 (0.49%) React
1 1 (0.49%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 44 (21.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 20 (9.85%) Learning Management System
4 6 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.99%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.99%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.99%) Reinsurance
6 2 (0.99%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.49%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.49%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.49%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.49%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.49%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.49%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.49%) Social Media
7 1 (0.49%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.99%) Windows
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (48.77%) Analytics
2 93 (45.81%) Decision-Making
3 70 (34.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 59 (29.06%) Business Intelligence
5 49 (24.14%) Change Management
6 47 (23.15%) Process Improvement
7 46 (22.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 45 (22.17%) PRINCE2
9 36 (17.73%) Customer Experience
10 34 (16.75%) Visualisation
11 33 (16.26%) Agile
12 32 (15.76%) Service Delivery
13 31 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
13 31 (15.27%) Root Cause Analysis
14 30 (14.78%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 30 (14.78%) Mentoring
14 30 (14.78%) Quality Management
15 29 (14.29%) Data Analysis
15 29 (14.29%) Data Governance
16 26 (12.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (19.21%) SQL
2 13 (6.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 9 (4.43%) Python
4 3 (1.48%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.99%) VBA
6 1 (0.49%) Bash
6 1 (0.49%) Go
6 1 (0.49%) Java
6 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (14.78%) IRCA
2 24 (11.82%) Degree
3 20 (9.85%) CIPD
4 11 (5.42%) PMI Certification
5 10 (4.93%) PMP
6 7 (3.45%) ACCA
6 7 (3.45%) CIMA
7 5 (2.46%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 4 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.48%) CISM
9 3 (1.48%) CISSP
9 3 (1.48%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.48%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.99%) CCNP
10 2 (0.99%) CEH
10 2 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.99%) HND
10 2 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.99%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (21.67%) GDPR
2 39 (19.21%) QA
3 35 (17.24%) Data Quality
4 33 (16.26%) Actionable Recommendations
5 30 (14.78%) ISO 9001
6 17 (8.37%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.48%) PMO
8 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.99%) NIST
8 2 (0.99%) SLA
9 1 (0.49%) GRC
9 1 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.99%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.99%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.90%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.42%) Google
4 6 (2.96%) SAP
5 5 (2.46%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.97%) Adobe
6 4 (1.97%) Databricks
7 3 (1.48%) Xero
8 2 (0.99%) Cognos
8 2 (0.99%) IBM
8 2 (0.99%) Planon
9 1 (0.49%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.49%) Foundry
9 1 (0.49%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.49%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.49%) Palantir