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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 182 206
Rank change year-on-year +36 +24 +13
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 157 67 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.11% 0.97% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.02% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 70 50 83
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £25,100
25th Percentile £41,006 £40,313 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,480 £67,500 £61,123
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £68,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +20.19% -5.45%

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 10,770 6,543 12,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 75.91% 95.16% 85.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,258 3,564 10,047
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,325 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,973 £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 £66,033
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 13 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 13 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 +21 70 £47,500 +9.20% 63
Yorkshire -35 48 £60,052 -1.14% 25
North East +13 39 £53,750 +12.57% 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 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.64%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 38 (24.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.27%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.27%) Sketch
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.27%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.64%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 50 (31.85%) Power Platform
2 20 (12.74%) Azure
3 11 (7.01%) Azure Data Factory
4 10 (6.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 8 (5.10%) SaaS
6 6 (3.82%) Power Automate
6 6 (3.82%) PowerApps
7 5 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.91%) AWS
8 3 (1.91%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.27%) Figma
9 2 (1.27%) GCP
9 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.27%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.64%) Datadog
10 1 (0.64%) GitHub
10 1 (0.64%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.64%) Broadband
1 1 (0.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (31.85%) Power BI
2 18 (11.46%) Tableau
3 14 (8.92%) SQL Server
3 14 (8.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (6.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (3.82%) Power Query
6 5 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.91%) Looker
8 2 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.27%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.64%) GIS
9 1 (0.64%) OLAP
9 1 (0.64%) QlikView
9 1 (0.64%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.64%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Cypress.io
1 2 (1.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.64%) GitLab
2 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
General
1 83 (52.87%) Finance
2 82 (52.23%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (47.13%) Social Skills
4 24 (15.29%) Manufacturing
5 15 (9.55%) Marketing
6 8 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.10%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.82%) Retail
8 5 (3.18%) Billing
8 5 (3.18%) Legal
9 4 (2.55%) Advertising
9 4 (2.55%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.55%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.91%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.64%) Automotive
11 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.64%) Law
11 1 (0.64%) Local Government
11 1 (0.64%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 45 (28.66%) Analyst
2 20 (12.74%) Development Manager
2 20 (12.74%) Head of QA
2 20 (12.74%) Senior
3 18 (11.46%) Data Analyst
4 11 (7.01%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (6.37%) Change Manager
5 10 (6.37%) Project Change Manager
5 10 (6.37%) Project Manager
6 9 (5.73%) Commercial Analyst
7 7 (4.46%) CRM Executive
7 7 (4.46%) Insight Manager
8 6 (3.82%) Insight Analyst
8 6 (3.82%) Salesforce Executive
8 6 (3.82%) User Researcher
9 5 (3.18%) Business Manager
9 5 (3.18%) HR Analyst
9 5 (3.18%) HR Data Analyst
9 5 (3.18%) Lead
9 5 (3.18%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.27%) CSS
1 2 (1.27%) Framer.js
1 2 (1.27%) Jest
1 2 (1.27%) Next.js
1 2 (1.27%) React
2 1 (0.64%) .NET
2 1 (0.64%) LangChain
2 1 (0.64%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 36 (22.93%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (12.74%) Learning Management System
3 16 (10.19%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.55%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.91%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.91%) Social Media
7 2 (1.27%) Animation
7 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.27%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.27%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.27%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.64%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.64%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.64%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.64%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.55%) Windows
2 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (56.05%) Decision-Making
2 64 (40.76%) Analytics
3 53 (33.76%) Business Intelligence
4 52 (33.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (25.48%) Process Improvement
6 39 (24.84%) Change Management
7 34 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (21.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 30 (19.11%) PRINCE2
10 29 (18.47%) Visualisation
11 27 (17.20%) Data Analysis
12 24 (15.29%) Agile
12 24 (15.29%) Root Cause Analysis
13 23 (14.65%) Data Governance
14 22 (14.01%) Customer Experience
14 22 (14.01%) Service Delivery
15 21 (13.38%) Quality Management
16 20 (12.74%) Budgeting
16 20 (12.74%) Logistics
16 20 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (28.03%) SQL
2 13 (8.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 7 (4.46%) Python
4 3 (1.91%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.27%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.27%) VBA
6 1 (0.64%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (14.65%) Degree
2 20 (12.74%) CIPD
2 20 (12.74%) IRCA
3 10 (6.37%) PMI Certification
3 10 (6.37%) PMP
4 7 (4.46%) ACCA
4 7 (4.46%) CIMA
5 5 (3.18%) DBS Check
5 5 (3.18%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 4 (2.55%) HNC
6 4 (2.55%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.55%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.27%) HND
8 1 (0.64%) CISM
8 1 (0.64%) CISSP
8 1 (0.64%) MBA
8 1 (0.64%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.64%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.64%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (21.66%) GDPR
2 29 (18.47%) Data Quality
3 22 (14.01%) Actionable Recommendations
3 22 (14.01%) QA
4 20 (12.74%) ISO 9001
5 13 (8.28%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.91%) PMO
7 2 (1.27%) SLA
8 1 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.64%) GRC
8 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (1.91%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Terraform
2 1 (0.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (9.55%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.64%) Salesforce
3 7 (4.46%) HubSpot
4 4 (2.55%) Databricks
4 4 (2.55%) EXASOL
5 2 (1.27%) Alteryx
5 2 (1.27%) Cognos
5 2 (1.27%) Google
5 2 (1.27%) IBM
6 1 (0.64%) Adaptive Insights
6 1 (0.64%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.64%) Ariba
6 1 (0.64%) Civica
6 1 (0.64%) Northgate
6 1 (0.64%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.64%) Orchard
6 1 (0.64%) Planon
6 1 (0.64%) Qualtrics
6 1 (0.64%) SAP
6 1 (0.64%) Zoho