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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 207 268
Rank change year-on-year +66 +61 -85
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 211 90 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.07% 1.12% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.20% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 114 62 68
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,755 £27,725
25th Percentile £39,792 £40,750 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £51,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -6.82% +5.77%
75th Percentile £66,563 £65,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,250 £80,435
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,443 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.10% +9.41% -6.25%

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 13,555 7,510 15,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 68.79% 93.64% 79.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10,006 3,633 11,723
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £79,530
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +63 115 £47,025 -5.95% 49
Yorkshire -4 66 £52,500 -12.50% 20
North East -20 30 £53,750 +7.50% 6
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 9 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.95%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.95%) IIS
3 1 (0.47%) CMS
3 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.47%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (15.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.84%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (2.37%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.90%) Magento
4 2 (0.95%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (29.86%) Power Platform
2 14 (6.64%) SaaS
3 13 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.27%) Azure
5 8 (3.79%) Google Analytics
5 8 (3.79%) Power Automate
5 8 (3.79%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.84%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.37%) iPaaS
8 4 (1.90%) AWS
8 4 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (1.90%) Google Sheets
9 3 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.42%) GCP
9 3 (1.42%) Google Tag Manager
9 3 (1.42%) IaaS
9 3 (1.42%) PaaS
9 3 (1.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.32%) Network Security
2 2 (0.95%) Firewall
2 2 (0.95%) WPA
3 1 (0.47%) Broadband
3 1 (0.47%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (29.86%) Power BI
2 10 (4.74%) Looker
2 10 (4.74%) Tableau
3 8 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (3.32%) Power Query
5 6 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.90%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.42%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.47%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.84%) JIRA
2 2 (0.95%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) JMeter
3 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
General
1 104 (49.29%) Finance
2 103 (48.82%) Analytical Skills
3 101 (47.87%) Social Skills
4 32 (15.17%) Marketing
5 19 (9.00%) Public Sector
6 18 (8.53%) Legal
7 15 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (7.11%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.27%) Advertising
8 9 (4.27%) Retail
9 6 (2.84%) Law
9 6 (2.84%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.37%) Banking
10 5 (2.37%) Military
11 4 (1.90%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.42%) Billing
12 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.42%) Local Government
13 2 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.95%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 59 (27.96%) Analyst
2 30 (14.22%) Head of QA
3 26 (12.32%) Data Analyst
4 16 (7.58%) Lead
5 15 (7.11%) Senior
6 11 (5.21%) Analytics Manager
7 10 (4.74%) Change Manager
7 10 (4.74%) Project Change Manager
7 10 (4.74%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.74%) Support Analyst
8 9 (4.27%) Architect
8 9 (4.27%) Data Manager
8 9 (4.27%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) Development Manager
10 7 (3.32%) CRM Executive
11 6 (2.84%) Applications Support
11 6 (2.84%) Business Analytics Manager
11 6 (2.84%) Data Engineer
11 6 (2.84%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
11 6 (2.84%) Salesforce Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) FHIR
1 1 (0.47%) LangChain
1 1 (0.47%) LangGraph
1 1 (0.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (10.43%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.79%) Learning Management System
4 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.95%) FMCG
6 2 (0.95%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.95%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.95%) PropTech
6 2 (0.95%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.95%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.47%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.47%) Life Science
7 1 (0.47%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.47%) NHS
7 1 (0.47%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.95%) Windows
1 2 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (49.76%) Analytics
2 81 (38.39%) Decision-Making
3 78 (36.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 65 (30.81%) Business Intelligence
5 60 (28.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 45 (21.33%) PRINCE2
7 44 (20.85%) Change Management
8 40 (18.96%) Customer Experience
9 37 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (16.59%) Quality Management
10 35 (16.59%) Root Cause Analysis
11 34 (16.11%) Agile
11 34 (16.11%) CRM
11 34 (16.11%) Service Delivery
12 33 (15.64%) Visualisation
13 32 (15.17%) AI
13 32 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (14.22%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 30 (14.22%) Mentoring
15 25 (11.85%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.01%) SQL
2 21 (9.95%) Python
3 8 (3.79%) R
4 6 (2.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (2.84%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.37%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.95%) VBA
7 1 (0.47%) Bash
7 1 (0.47%) Go
7 1 (0.47%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (14.22%) IRCA
2 23 (10.90%) Degree
3 11 (5.21%) PMI Certification
4 10 (4.74%) PMP
5 8 (3.79%) ACCA
5 8 (3.79%) CIPD
6 7 (3.32%) CIMA
6 7 (3.32%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.84%) CISSP
7 6 (2.84%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.90%) CCSP
8 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.90%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.95%) CCNP
10 2 (0.95%) CISM
10 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (19.91%) GDPR
2 40 (18.96%) QA
3 32 (15.17%) Data Quality
4 31 (14.69%) ISO 9001
5 30 (14.22%) Actionable Recommendations
6 21 (9.95%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (2.84%) NIST
8 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.95%) SLA
8 2 (0.95%) WCAG
9 1 (0.47%) AQAP
9 1 (0.47%) IFRS
9 1 (0.47%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (13.74%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.58%) Salesforce
3 15 (7.11%) Google
4 11 (5.21%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.84%) SAP
6 5 (2.37%) Adobe
7 3 (1.42%) Databricks
7 3 (1.42%) Xero
8 2 (0.95%) Cognos
8 2 (0.95%) IBM
8 2 (0.95%) Planon
9 1 (0.47%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.47%) Foundry
9 1 (0.47%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.47%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.47%) Palantir