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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 202 246
Rank change year-on-year +39 +44 -74
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 212 109 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.96% 1.13% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.26% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 132 78 38
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,175 £32,125
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 £59,688 £70,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £68,250 £87,500
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 15,524 8,621 11,918
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.21% 89.19% 78.57%
Number of salaries quoted 11,614 4,280 7,806
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,507
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,773 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.13% -4.45% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
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 13 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 13 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 +48 123 £48,750 +8.33% 52
Yorkshire +8 65 £52,500 +26.51% 28
North East -42 24 £52,500 +2.94% 12
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 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.94%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.94%) IIS
3 1 (0.47%) CMS
3 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.47%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (14.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.36%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.89%) Magento
3 2 (0.94%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 74 (34.91%) Power Platform
2 20 (9.43%) Google Analytics
3 15 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.13%) Azure
4 13 (6.13%) SaaS
5 10 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (4.72%) GCP
5 10 (4.72%) OneDrive
5 10 (4.72%) Power Automate
5 10 (4.72%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.83%) Google Sheets
7 5 (2.36%) iPaaS
7 5 (2.36%) Snowflake
8 4 (1.89%) AWS
8 4 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.42%) Google Tag Manager
9 3 (1.42%) IaaS
9 3 (1.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.30%) Network Security
2 3 (1.42%) Firewall
3 2 (0.94%) WPA
4 1 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.47%) SNMP
4 1 (0.47%) WAN
4 1 (0.47%) Wireless
4 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (34.91%) Power BI
2 18 (8.49%) Looker
3 14 (6.60%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (4.72%) Tableau
5 9 (4.25%) BigQuery
6 6 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.89%) Power Query
8 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.47%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.47%) GIS
9 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.83%) JIRA
2 2 (0.94%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.47%) JMeter
3 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
General
1 115 (54.25%) Social Skills
2 110 (51.89%) Analytical Skills
3 98 (46.23%) Finance
4 27 (12.74%) Marketing
5 23 (10.85%) Public Sector
6 20 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (7.55%) Retail
8 15 (7.08%) Legal
9 9 (4.25%) Law
9 9 (4.25%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.77%) Advertising
11 7 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.83%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.36%) Banking
13 5 (2.36%) Military
14 4 (1.89%) Local Government
15 3 (1.42%) Billing
16 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.94%) Games
Job Titles
1 70 (33.02%) Analyst
2 30 (14.15%) Head of QA
3 26 (12.26%) Data Analyst
4 20 (9.43%) Senior
5 14 (6.60%) Lead
6 11 (5.19%) Analytics Manager
7 10 (4.72%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (4.25%) Architect
8 9 (4.25%) Business Manager
8 9 (4.25%) Performance Analyst
9 8 (3.77%) Data Scientist
9 8 (3.77%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (3.77%) Support Analyst
10 7 (3.30%) Applications Support
10 7 (3.30%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (3.30%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (3.30%) Data Manager
10 7 (3.30%) Developer
10 7 (3.30%) Digital Analyst
10 7 (3.30%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) FHIR
1 1 (0.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 13 (6.13%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.89%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.42%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.42%) FMCG
4 3 (1.42%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.94%) Algorithms
5 2 (0.94%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.94%) PropTech
5 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.94%) Social Media
6 1 (0.47%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.47%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.47%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.47%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.47%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.47%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.94%) Windows
1 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (54.72%) Analytics
2 81 (38.21%) Decision-Making
3 79 (37.26%) Business Intelligence
4 74 (34.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 45 (21.23%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (19.81%) Customer Experience
8 37 (17.45%) Visualisation
9 36 (16.98%) Quality Management
10 35 (16.51%) PRINCE2
10 35 (16.51%) Root Cause Analysis
10 35 (16.51%) Service Delivery
11 34 (16.04%) Change Management
11 34 (16.04%) Mentoring
12 33 (15.57%) AI
13 30 (14.15%) Anti-Money Laundering
13 30 (14.15%) Dashboard Development
13 30 (14.15%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (13.21%) Performance Analysis
15 27 (12.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 54 (25.47%) SQL
2 27 (12.74%) Python
3 9 (4.25%) R
4 6 (2.83%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.42%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.94%) VBA
8 1 (0.47%) Go
8 1 (0.47%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (14.15%) IRCA
2 19 (8.96%) Degree
3 10 (4.72%) ACCA
3 10 (4.72%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.25%) CIMA
5 7 (3.30%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.83%) CISSP
7 5 (2.36%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.89%) CCSP
8 4 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.42%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.94%) CCNP
10 2 (0.94%) CEH
10 2 (0.94%) CISM
10 2 (0.94%) HND
10 2 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (19.34%) QA
2 32 (15.09%) GDPR
3 31 (14.62%) ISO 9001
4 26 (12.26%) Actionable Recommendations
4 26 (12.26%) Data Quality
5 20 (9.43%) Accessibility
6 7 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (3.30%) NIST
7 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.94%) PMO
7 2 (0.94%) SLA
7 2 (0.94%) WCAG
8 1 (0.47%) AQAP
8 1 (0.47%) IFRS
8 1 (0.47%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.47%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.74%) Google
3 8 (3.77%) HubSpot
4 7 (3.30%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.83%) SAP
6 5 (2.36%) Adobe
7 3 (1.42%) Databricks
7 3 (1.42%) IBM
7 3 (1.42%) Pinterest
7 3 (1.42%) Snapchat
7 3 (1.42%) TikTok
7 3 (1.42%) Xero
8 2 (0.94%) Cognos
8 2 (0.94%) Foundry
8 2 (0.94%) YouTube
9 1 (0.47%) Cisco
9 1 (0.47%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.47%) NetScout
9 1 (0.47%) Splunk
9 1 (0.47%) VMware