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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 187 249
Rank change year-on-year +14 +62 -97
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 209 118 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.87% 1.24% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.42% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 148 85 34
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £44,308
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,065 £47,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £69,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.86% -15.83% +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 17,035 8,311 11,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.86% 87.59% 79.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,671 4,097 5,804
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -6.40%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 +19 130 £47,500 -5.00% 134
Yorkshire -3 66 £48,105 +6.90% 76
North East -65 14 £52,500 +0.96% 26
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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.96%) CMS
2 2 (0.96%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) Apache
3 1 (0.48%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.48%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.48%) Confluence
3 1 (0.48%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.48%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (2.39%) Magento
1 5 (2.39%) SAP PM
2 3 (1.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 78 (37.32%) Power Platform
2 23 (11.00%) Google Analytics
3 15 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (5.26%) GCP
4 11 (5.26%) Power Automate
4 11 (5.26%) PowerApps
5 10 (4.78%) Azure
5 10 (4.78%) OneDrive
5 10 (4.78%) SaaS
6 7 (3.35%) Google Ads
7 5 (2.39%) Google Sheets
7 5 (2.39%) iPaaS
7 5 (2.39%) Snowflake
8 4 (1.91%) AWS
8 4 (1.91%) Meta Ads
9 3 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.44%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.39%) Network Security
2 3 (1.44%) Internet
2 3 (1.44%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.44%) SNMP
2 3 (1.44%) WAN
2 3 (1.44%) Wireless
3 2 (0.96%) WPA
4 1 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) Firewall
4 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (37.32%) Power BI
2 17 (8.13%) Looker
3 14 (6.70%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (4.78%) BigQuery
5 9 (4.31%) Tableau
6 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.44%) Power Query
8 2 (0.96%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.96%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.48%) GIS
9 1 (0.48%) Metabase
9 1 (0.48%) OLAP
9 1 (0.48%) OLAP Cube
9 1 (0.48%) OLTP
9 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 6 (2.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Git
General
1 108 (51.67%) Social Skills
2 99 (47.37%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (31.10%) Finance
4 37 (17.70%) Marketing
5 33 (15.79%) Public Sector
6 25 (11.96%) Legal
7 24 (11.48%) Retail
8 20 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (7.66%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (7.66%) Law
10 14 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (4.78%) Advertising
11 10 (4.78%) Telecoms
12 9 (4.31%) Military
13 8 (3.83%) Manufacturing
14 5 (2.39%) Banking
14 5 (2.39%) Local Government
15 4 (1.91%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (1.44%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 73 (34.93%) Analyst
2 28 (13.40%) Data Analyst
3 24 (11.48%) Lead
4 18 (8.61%) Senior
5 13 (6.22%) Analytics Manager
6 10 (4.78%) Performance Analyst
7 9 (4.31%) Business Manager
7 9 (4.31%) Data Scientist
7 9 (4.31%) Digital Analyst
7 9 (4.31%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (4.31%) User Researcher
8 8 (3.83%) Architect
8 8 (3.83%) Financial Analyst
9 7 (3.35%) Applications Support
9 7 (3.35%) Applications Support Analyst
9 7 (3.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 7 (3.35%) Data Manager
9 7 (3.35%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
9 7 (3.35%) Product Manager
9 7 (3.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.48%) FHIR
1 1 (0.48%) NumPy
1 1 (0.48%) Pandas
1 1 (0.48%) pgvector
1 1 (0.48%) PostGIS
1 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.78%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.91%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.44%) Cybercrime
5 3 (1.44%) FMCG
5 3 (1.44%) Social Media
6 2 (0.96%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.96%) NHS
6 2 (0.96%) PropTech
6 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.48%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.48%) Media Streaming
7 1 (0.48%) Robotics
7 1 (0.48%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.96%) Windows
1 2 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (55.50%) Decision-Making
2 100 (47.85%) Analytics
3 84 (40.19%) Business Intelligence
4 63 (30.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (25.36%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (23.92%) Visualisation
7 45 (21.53%) AI
8 39 (18.66%) Mentoring
9 38 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 36 (17.22%) Data Analysis
11 35 (16.75%) Dashboard Development
12 33 (15.79%) Coaching
13 32 (15.31%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 30 (14.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 29 (13.88%) Performance Analysis
16 28 (13.40%) Data Visualisation
17 27 (12.92%) CRM
18 24 (11.48%) Agile
19 23 (11.00%) Data Modelling
20 21 (10.05%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 59 (28.23%) SQL
2 33 (15.79%) Python
3 10 (4.78%) R
4 6 (2.87%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.44%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.48%) Go
8 1 (0.48%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.48%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (10.53%) Degree
2 16 (7.66%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.83%) ACCA
5 7 (3.35%) CIMA
6 6 (2.87%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.91%) CCSP
7 4 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.91%) CISSP
7 4 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.96%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.48%) CBAP
9 1 (0.48%) CFA
9 1 (0.48%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (16.75%) Actionable Recommendations
1 35 (16.75%) Data Quality
2 21 (10.05%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.31%) QA
4 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.39%) NIST
5 4 (1.91%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.96%) WCAG
7 1 (0.48%) AQAP
7 1 (0.48%) GDPR
7 1 (0.48%) IFRS
7 1 (0.48%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.48%) NCSC
7 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.31%) Google
3 10 (4.78%) YouTube
4 8 (3.83%) HubSpot
5 7 (3.35%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.87%) SAP
7 4 (1.91%) Pinterest
7 4 (1.91%) Snapchat
7 4 (1.91%) TikTok
8 3 (1.44%) Adobe
8 3 (1.44%) Intel
8 3 (1.44%) Splunk
9 2 (0.96%) Databricks
9 2 (0.96%) Foundry
10 1 (0.48%) Adaptive Insights
10 1 (0.48%) Arista
10 1 (0.48%) Liquidlogic
10 1 (0.48%) Palantir
10 1 (0.48%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.48%) Xero