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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 212 242
Rank change year-on-year +51 +30 -72
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 210 104 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.96% 1.09% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.21% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 125 73 42
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,050 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -21.05% +14.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £86,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -4.35%

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 15,333 8,575 11,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.25% 89.48% 78.22%
Number of salaries quoted 11,503 4,287 7,960
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +53 123 £50,000 +11.11% 50
Yorkshire +6 62 £52,500 +25.75% 30
North East -36 25 £55,000 +5.77% 17
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 11 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.95%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.95%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) CMS
3 1 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.48%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (14.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.38%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.90%) Magento
3 2 (0.95%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 72 (34.29%) Power Platform
2 15 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (6.67%) SaaS
4 13 (6.19%) Azure
4 13 (6.19%) Google Analytics
5 10 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (4.76%) OneDrive
5 10 (4.76%) Power Automate
5 10 (4.76%) PowerApps
6 7 (3.33%) GCP
7 5 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.38%) iPaaS
7 5 (2.38%) Snowflake
8 4 (1.90%) AWS
8 4 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.90%) Google Sheets
9 3 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.43%) Google Tag Manager
9 3 (1.43%) IaaS
9 3 (1.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.33%) Network Security
2 3 (1.43%) Firewall
3 2 (0.95%) WPA
4 1 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.48%) SNMP
4 1 (0.48%) WAN
4 1 (0.48%) Wireless
4 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (34.29%) Power BI
2 14 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (6.67%) Looker
3 11 (5.24%) Tableau
4 6 (2.86%) BigQuery
4 6 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.90%) Power Query
6 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.48%) GIS
7 1 (0.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.86%) JIRA
2 2 (0.95%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.48%) JMeter
3 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
General
1 114 (54.29%) Social Skills
2 106 (50.48%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (49.05%) Finance
4 26 (12.38%) Marketing
5 20 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 18 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (7.14%) Legal
8 12 (5.71%) Retail
9 10 (4.76%) Manufacturing
10 9 (4.29%) Law
11 7 (3.33%) Advertising
12 6 (2.86%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.38%) Banking
13 5 (2.38%) Military
13 5 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.90%) Local Government
15 3 (1.43%) Billing
16 2 (0.95%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.95%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 67 (31.90%) Analyst
2 30 (14.29%) Head of QA
3 27 (12.86%) Data Analyst
4 21 (10.00%) Senior
5 14 (6.67%) Lead
6 11 (5.24%) Analytics Manager
6 11 (5.24%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (4.29%) Architect
7 9 (4.29%) Business Manager
7 9 (4.29%) Data Scientist
7 9 (4.29%) Support Analyst
8 8 (3.81%) Financial Analyst
8 8 (3.81%) Performance Analyst
9 7 (3.33%) Applications Support
9 7 (3.33%) Applications Support Analyst
9 7 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 7 (3.33%) Data Manager
9 7 (3.33%) Developer
9 7 (3.33%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
10 6 (2.86%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.48%) FHIR
1 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.43%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.43%) FMCG
4 3 (1.43%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.95%) Algorithms
5 2 (0.95%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.95%) PropTech
5 2 (0.95%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.48%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.48%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.48%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.48%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.48%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.95%) Windows
1 2 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (51.90%) Analytics
2 77 (36.67%) Business Intelligence
3 74 (35.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 74 (35.24%) Decision-Making
4 58 (27.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 43 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (19.52%) Customer Experience
7 40 (19.05%) PRINCE2
8 39 (18.57%) Change Management
9 35 (16.67%) Quality Management
9 35 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
9 35 (16.67%) Service Delivery
10 34 (16.19%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (16.19%) Visualisation
11 32 (15.24%) AI
12 30 (14.29%) Agile
12 30 (14.29%) Anti-Money Laundering
12 30 (14.29%) Mentoring
13 27 (12.86%) Dashboard Development
13 27 (12.86%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 52 (24.76%) SQL
2 27 (12.86%) Python
3 9 (4.29%) R
4 6 (2.86%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.43%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.95%) VBA
8 1 (0.48%) Go
8 1 (0.48%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (14.29%) IRCA
2 22 (10.48%) Degree
3 10 (4.76%) ACCA
4 9 (4.29%) CIMA
4 9 (4.29%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.86%) CISSP
5 6 (2.86%) PMI Certification
5 6 (2.86%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.38%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.38%) PMP
7 4 (1.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.90%) CCSP
7 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.43%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.95%) CCNP
9 2 (0.95%) CEH
9 2 (0.95%) HND
9 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (19.05%) QA
2 32 (15.24%) GDPR
3 31 (14.76%) ISO 9001
4 27 (12.86%) Data Quality
5 26 (12.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 18 (8.57%) Accessibility
7 7 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (3.33%) NIST
8 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.95%) PMO
8 2 (0.95%) SLA
8 2 (0.95%) WCAG
9 1 (0.48%) AQAP
9 1 (0.48%) IFRS
9 1 (0.48%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.48%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.52%) Google
3 9 (4.29%) HubSpot
4 7 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.86%) SAP
6 5 (2.38%) Adobe
7 3 (1.43%) Databricks
7 3 (1.43%) IBM
7 3 (1.43%) Xero
8 2 (0.95%) Cognos
8 2 (0.95%) Foundry
9 1 (0.48%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.48%) Arista
9 1 (0.48%) Cisco
9 1 (0.48%) NetScout
9 1 (0.48%) Pinterest
9 1 (0.48%) Snapchat
9 1 (0.48%) Splunk
9 1 (0.48%) VMware
9 1 (0.48%) Workday