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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 206 269
Rank change year-on-year +48 +63 -108
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 209 95 125
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.02% 1.07% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.16% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 124 65 63
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,755 £26,850
25th Percentile £40,827 £40,750 £36,332
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.48%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £66,900 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -10.71%

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 14,356 8,171 15,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 69.90% 91.68% 79.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10,737 3,968 11,455
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,094 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +53 120 £47,050 +4.56% 52
Yorkshire -1 65 £60,000 +9.09% 20
North East -34 24 £53,750 +7.50% 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 8 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.96%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.96%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) CMS
3 1 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.48%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (14.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.39%) Salesforce CRM
1 5 (2.39%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.91%) Magento
3 2 (0.96%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 67 (32.06%) Power Platform
2 12 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (5.74%) SaaS
3 11 (5.26%) Azure
4 9 (4.31%) Google Analytics
5 7 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (3.35%) OneDrive
5 7 (3.35%) Power Automate
5 7 (3.35%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.39%) iPaaS
7 4 (1.91%) AWS
7 4 (1.91%) GCP
7 4 (1.91%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.44%) Google Tag Manager
8 3 (1.44%) IaaS
8 3 (1.44%) PaaS
8 3 (1.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.35%) Network Security
2 3 (1.44%) Firewall
3 2 (0.96%) WPA
4 1 (0.48%) Broadband
4 1 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) Internet
4 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.48%) SNMP
4 1 (0.48%) WAN
4 1 (0.48%) Wireless
4 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (32.06%) Power BI
2 11 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (5.26%) Looker
3 10 (4.78%) Tableau
4 6 (2.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.39%) Power Query
6 4 (1.91%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.96%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.96%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.48%) GIS
8 1 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.87%) JIRA
2 2 (0.96%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.48%) GitLab
3 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.48%) JMeter
3 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
General
1 108 (51.67%) Social Skills
2 106 (50.72%) Analytical Skills
3 105 (50.24%) Finance
4 31 (14.83%) Marketing
5 21 (10.05%) Public Sector
6 16 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (7.66%) Legal
7 10 (4.78%) Retail
8 9 (4.31%) Advertising
8 9 (4.31%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.83%) Law
10 7 (3.35%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.39%) Banking
11 5 (2.39%) Military
12 4 (1.91%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.91%) Local Government
13 3 (1.44%) Billing
13 3 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.96%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.96%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 62 (29.67%) Analyst
2 30 (14.35%) Head of QA
3 24 (11.48%) Data Analyst
4 19 (9.09%) Senior
5 16 (7.66%) Lead
6 11 (5.26%) Analytics Manager
6 11 (5.26%) Support Analyst
7 10 (4.78%) Change Manager
7 10 (4.78%) Project Change Manager
7 10 (4.78%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.78%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (4.31%) Architect
9 8 (3.83%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 7 (3.35%) Applications Support
10 7 (3.35%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (3.35%) Data Manager
10 7 (3.35%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
11 6 (2.87%) Business Analytics Manager
11 6 (2.87%) CRM Executive
11 6 (2.87%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.48%) FHIR
1 1 (0.48%) LangChain
1 1 (0.48%) LangGraph
1 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (9.57%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.91%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.44%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.96%) FMCG
5 2 (0.96%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.96%) PropTech
5 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.48%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.48%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.48%) Life Science
6 1 (0.48%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.48%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.48%) Media Streaming
6 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.96%) Windows
1 2 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (50.24%) Analytics
2 75 (35.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 75 (35.89%) Decision-Making
3 69 (33.01%) Business Intelligence
4 62 (29.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 45 (21.53%) PRINCE2
6 44 (21.05%) Change Management
7 40 (19.14%) Customer Experience
8 38 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 35 (16.75%) Quality Management
9 35 (16.75%) Root Cause Analysis
9 35 (16.75%) Service Delivery
10 34 (16.27%) Agile
10 34 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (15.79%) CRM
12 32 (15.31%) AI
13 31 (14.83%) Mentoring
14 30 (14.35%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 30 (14.35%) Visualisation
15 26 (12.44%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 40 (19.14%) SQL
2 21 (10.05%) Python
3 8 (3.83%) R
4 6 (2.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (2.87%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.44%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.96%) VBA
7 1 (0.48%) Bash
7 1 (0.48%) Go
7 1 (0.48%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (14.35%) IRCA
2 23 (11.00%) Degree
3 11 (5.26%) PMI Certification
4 10 (4.78%) PMP
5 9 (4.31%) ACCA
6 8 (3.83%) CIMA
7 7 (3.35%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.87%) CISSP
8 6 (2.87%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.91%) CCSP
9 4 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.91%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.44%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.96%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.96%) CEH
11 2 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (19.62%) QA
2 39 (18.66%) GDPR
3 31 (14.83%) Actionable Recommendations
3 31 (14.83%) Data Quality
3 31 (14.83%) ISO 9001
4 19 (9.09%) Accessibility
5 7 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.35%) NIST
6 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.96%) SLA
6 2 (0.96%) WCAG
7 1 (0.48%) AQAP
7 1 (0.48%) IFRS
7 1 (0.48%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.48%) NCSC
7 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) Docker
1 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.66%) Google
3 15 (7.18%) Salesforce
4 11 (5.26%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.87%) SAP
6 5 (2.39%) Adobe
7 3 (1.44%) Databricks
7 3 (1.44%) IBM
7 3 (1.44%) Xero
8 2 (0.96%) Cognos
8 2 (0.96%) Foundry
8 2 (0.96%) Planon
9 1 (0.48%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.48%) Cisco
9 1 (0.48%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.48%) NetScout
9 1 (0.48%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.48%) Palantir
9 1 (0.48%) Splunk
9 1 (0.48%) VMware