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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 203 228
Rank change year-on-year +58 +25 -44
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 198 60 157
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.14% 0.88% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 0.93% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 88 47 83
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,950 £28,400
25th Percentile £40,827 £40,000 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +10.58%
75th Percentile £69,375 £66,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -

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 12,746 6,460 13,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 73.34% 94.43% 83.57%
Number of salaries quoted 7,794 3,726 11,009
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 18 April 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 18 April 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 +33 92 £45,000 +4.65% 47
Yorkshire -32 59 £65,000 +7.01% 31
North East +13 47 £53,750 +5.39% 14
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 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.01%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.51%) CMS
4 1 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.51%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.01%) Adobe XD
4 2 (1.01%) Sketch
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.03%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (2.53%) SAP PM
3 4 (2.02%) Magento
4 2 (1.01%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 54 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 20 (10.10%) Azure
3 15 (7.58%) SaaS
4 12 (6.06%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (5.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 10 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.54%) Google Analytics
7 5 (2.53%) AWS
7 5 (2.53%) iPaaS
7 5 (2.53%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.53%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.52%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.52%) GCP
9 3 (1.52%) Google Sheets
9 3 (1.52%) IaaS
9 3 (1.52%) PaaS
10 2 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.01%) Figma
10 2 (1.01%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.52%) Network Security
2 2 (1.01%) Firewall
3 1 (0.51%) Broadband
3 1 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (27.27%) Power BI
2 15 (7.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (6.57%) SQL Server
4 10 (5.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (5.05%) Tableau
5 7 (3.54%) Power Query
6 6 (3.03%) Looker
7 4 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.52%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.53%) JIRA
2 2 (1.01%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.01%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.51%) JMeter
3 1 (0.51%) LoadRunner
General
1 105 (53.03%) Analytical Skills
2 95 (47.98%) Finance
3 87 (43.94%) Social Skills
4 28 (14.14%) Manufacturing
5 23 (11.62%) Marketing
6 15 (7.58%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.04%) Billing
8 7 (3.54%) Law
9 6 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.03%) Legal
9 6 (3.03%) Retail
9 6 (3.03%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.53%) Advertising
10 5 (2.53%) Military
10 5 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.02%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.52%) Tech for Good
13 2 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.01%) Local Government
13 2 (1.01%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 41 (20.71%) Analyst
2 30 (15.15%) Head of QA
3 20 (10.10%) Development Manager
4 18 (9.09%) Data Analyst
5 16 (8.08%) Senior
6 10 (5.05%) Change Manager
6 10 (5.05%) Lead
6 10 (5.05%) Project Change Manager
6 10 (5.05%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.55%) Architect
8 7 (3.54%) Commercial Analyst
8 7 (3.54%) CRM Executive
8 7 (3.54%) Data Manager
8 7 (3.54%) Insight Manager
8 7 (3.54%) User Researcher
9 6 (3.03%) Data Engineer
9 6 (3.03%) Insight Analyst
9 6 (3.03%) Salesforce Executive
9 6 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (2.53%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.01%) CSS
1 2 (1.01%) Framer.js
1 2 (1.01%) Jest
1 2 (1.01%) Next.js
1 2 (1.01%) React
2 1 (0.51%) .NET
2 1 (0.51%) FHIR
2 1 (0.51%) LangChain
2 1 (0.51%) LangGraph
2 1 (0.51%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 44 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (10.61%) Management Information System
3 20 (10.10%) Learning Management System
4 5 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.01%) Animation
6 2 (1.01%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.01%) Housing Association
6 2 (1.01%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.01%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.01%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.51%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.51%) FMCG
7 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.51%) Life Science
7 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.01%) Windows
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (46.97%) Analytics
1 93 (46.97%) Decision-Making
2 70 (35.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 58 (29.29%) Business Intelligence
4 49 (24.75%) Change Management
5 46 (23.23%) Process Improvement
6 45 (22.73%) PRINCE2
6 45 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 36 (18.18%) Customer Experience
8 34 (17.17%) Agile
9 33 (16.67%) Visualisation
10 32 (16.16%) Root Cause Analysis
10 32 (16.16%) Service Delivery
11 30 (15.15%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 30 (15.15%) Mentoring
11 30 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (15.15%) Quality Management
12 29 (14.65%) Data Analysis
12 29 (14.65%) Data Governance
13 26 (13.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (18.69%) SQL
2 13 (6.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 8 (4.04%) Python
4 2 (1.01%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
4 2 (1.01%) VBA
5 1 (0.51%) Bash
5 1 (0.51%) Go
5 1 (0.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (15.15%) IRCA
2 22 (11.11%) Degree
3 20 (10.10%) CIPD
4 11 (5.56%) PMI Certification
5 10 (5.05%) PMP
6 7 (3.54%) ACCA
6 7 (3.54%) CIMA
7 5 (2.53%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.53%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 4 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.52%) CISM
9 3 (1.52%) CISSP
9 3 (1.52%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.52%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.01%) CCNP
10 2 (1.01%) CEH
10 2 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.01%) HND
10 2 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (1.01%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (22.22%) GDPR
2 39 (19.70%) QA
3 34 (17.17%) Data Quality
4 33 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 30 (15.15%) ISO 9001
6 18 (9.09%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.52%) PMO
8 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.01%) NIST
8 2 (1.01%) SLA
9 1 (0.51%) GRC
9 1 (0.51%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.01%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.07%) Salesforce
3 10 (5.05%) Google
4 6 (3.03%) SAP
5 5 (2.53%) HubSpot
6 4 (2.02%) Adobe
6 4 (2.02%) Databricks
7 3 (1.52%) Xero
8 2 (1.01%) Cognos
8 2 (1.01%) IBM
8 2 (1.01%) Planon
9 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.51%) EXASOL
9 1 (0.51%) Foundry
9 1 (0.51%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.51%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.51%) Palantir