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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 192 197
Rank change year-on-year +47 +5 +23
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 161 68 156
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.17% 0.93% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 0.98% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 75 45 78
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,850 £24,750
25th Percentile £41,088 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.07% +8.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £64,375 £71,250 £61,123
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £67,000
England median annual salary £57,264 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.38% +19.05% -4.55%

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 10,508 6,904 11,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 76.36% 94.55% 85.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,036 3,447 9,330
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 March 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 March 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 +25 71 £47,500 +9.20% 63
Yorkshire -17 53 £62,500 -2.34% 22
North East +23 37 £53,750 +18.13% 8
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 5 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 42 (26.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.24%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (3.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (1.24%) Shopify
3 1 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.62%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 51 (31.68%) Power Platform
2 20 (12.42%) Azure
3 10 (6.21%) Azure Data Factory
3 10 (6.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 8 (4.97%) SaaS
5 6 (3.73%) AWS
5 6 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.73%) Power Automate
5 6 (3.73%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.48%) GCP
6 4 (2.48%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.86%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.24%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.24%) Figma
8 2 (1.24%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.24%) MailChimp
8 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.62%) Datadog
9 1 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.62%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.62%) Broadband
1 1 (0.62%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (31.68%) Power BI
2 20 (12.42%) Tableau
3 14 (8.70%) SQL Server
4 13 (8.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (6.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.11%) Looker
7 5 (3.11%) Power Query
8 4 (2.48%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (2.48%) BigQuery
8 4 (2.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.86%) OLAP
10 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.62%) GIS
10 1 (0.62%) QlikView
10 1 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.62%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (1.86%) JIRA
2 2 (1.24%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.62%) GitLab
3 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
General
1 83 (51.55%) Finance
2 77 (47.83%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (44.72%) Social Skills
4 24 (14.91%) Manufacturing
5 17 (10.56%) Marketing
6 9 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (5.59%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.97%) Retail
8 5 (3.11%) Billing
8 5 (3.11%) Legal
8 5 (3.11%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.48%) Advertising
9 4 (2.48%) General Ledger
10 3 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.86%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.62%) Automotive
11 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.62%) Law
11 1 (0.62%) Local Government
11 1 (0.62%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 48 (29.81%) Analyst
2 23 (14.29%) Senior
3 20 (12.42%) Data Analyst
3 20 (12.42%) Development Manager
4 15 (9.32%) Head of QA
5 13 (8.07%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (6.21%) Change Manager
6 10 (6.21%) Project Change Manager
6 10 (6.21%) Project Manager
7 9 (5.59%) Commercial Analyst
7 9 (5.59%) User Researcher
8 7 (4.35%) CRM Executive
8 7 (4.35%) Insight Analyst
8 7 (4.35%) Insight Manager
9 6 (3.73%) Lead
9 6 (3.73%) Salesforce Executive
10 5 (3.11%) Business Manager
10 5 (3.11%) HR Analyst
10 5 (3.11%) HR Data Analyst
10 5 (3.11%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.24%) CSS
1 2 (1.24%) Framer.js
1 2 (1.24%) Jest
1 2 (1.24%) Next.js
1 2 (1.24%) React
2 1 (0.62%) .NET
2 1 (0.62%) LangChain
2 1 (0.62%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 31 (19.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (12.42%) Learning Management System
3 16 (9.94%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (2.48%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.86%) Smart Meter
6 3 (1.86%) Social Media
7 2 (1.24%) Animation
7 2 (1.24%) Blog
7 2 (1.24%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.24%) FMCG
7 2 (1.24%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.24%) NHS
7 2 (1.24%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.62%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.62%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.62%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.48%) Windows
2 1 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (56.52%) Decision-Making
2 62 (38.51%) Analytics
3 55 (34.16%) Business Intelligence
4 47 (29.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (24.84%) Process Improvement
6 34 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (20.50%) Change Management
8 31 (19.25%) Data Analysis
8 31 (19.25%) Visualisation
9 28 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 26 (16.15%) Agile
11 25 (15.53%) PRINCE2
12 23 (14.29%) Data Governance
13 22 (13.66%) CRM
14 21 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (12.42%) Budgeting
15 20 (12.42%) Logistics
15 20 (12.42%) Root Cause Analysis
16 19 (11.80%) Customer Experience
16 19 (11.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 49 (30.43%) SQL
2 13 (8.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 10 (6.21%) Python
4 5 (3.11%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.24%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.62%) Bash
6 1 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (16.77%) Degree
2 20 (12.42%) CIPD
3 15 (9.32%) IRCA
4 10 (6.21%) PMI Certification
4 10 (6.21%) PMP
5 8 (4.97%) ACCA
5 8 (4.97%) CIMA
6 6 (3.73%) Master's Degree
7 5 (3.11%) DBS Check
7 5 (3.11%) HNC
7 5 (3.11%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 4 (2.48%) NVQ Level 4
9 3 (1.86%) HND
10 2 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.24%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.24%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.24%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.62%) CRISC
11 1 (0.62%) MBA
11 1 (0.62%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (18.01%) GDPR
2 28 (17.39%) Data Quality
3 22 (13.66%) Actionable Recommendations
4 17 (10.56%) QA
5 15 (9.32%) ISO 9001
6 13 (8.07%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.24%) PMO
7 2 (1.24%) SLA
8 1 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.62%) GRC
8 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.62%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (1.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.24%) Terraform
2 1 (0.62%) Grafana
2 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (9.94%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.45%) Salesforce
3 11 (6.83%) HubSpot
4 6 (3.73%) Google
5 4 (2.48%) Databricks
5 4 (2.48%) EXASOL
6 2 (1.24%) Alteryx
6 2 (1.24%) Cognos
6 2 (1.24%) IBM
7 1 (0.62%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.62%) Anaplan
7 1 (0.62%) Ariba
7 1 (0.62%) Civica
7 1 (0.62%) Northgate
7 1 (0.62%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.62%) Orchard
7 1 (0.62%) Planon
7 1 (0.62%) Qualtrics
7 1 (0.62%) SAP
7 1 (0.62%) Zoho