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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 207 257
Rank change year-on-year +51 +50 -93
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 216 109 88
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.96% 1.14% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.28% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 136 78 39
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,175 £32,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -21.05% +14.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £59,688 £74,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -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 15,747 8,511 11,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.27% 88.79% 78.27%
Number of salaries quoted 11,766 4,261 7,649
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,594 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -11.26%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +44 131 £50,000 +11.11% 49
Yorkshire 0 64 £52,500 +26.51% 30
North East -48 21 £55,000 +7.84% 7
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 (5.09%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.93%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.93%) IIS
3 1 (0.46%) Apache
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.46%) CMS
3 1 (0.46%) Confluence
3 1 (0.46%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.46%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.46%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (12.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.31%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.85%) Magento
3 2 (0.93%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 72 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 21 (9.72%) Google Analytics
3 15 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.02%) SaaS
5 12 (5.56%) Azure
6 11 (5.09%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (5.09%) Power Automate
6 11 (5.09%) PowerApps
7 10 (4.63%) GCP
7 10 (4.63%) OneDrive
8 6 (2.78%) Google Sheets
9 5 (2.31%) iPaaS
9 5 (2.31%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.85%) AWS
10 4 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.39%) IaaS
11 3 (1.39%) Meta Ads
11 3 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.24%) Network Security
2 3 (1.39%) Firewall
2 3 (1.39%) Internet
3 2 (0.93%) WPA
4 1 (0.46%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.46%) DNS
4 1 (0.46%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.46%) SNMP
4 1 (0.46%) WAN
4 1 (0.46%) Wireless
4 1 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (33.33%) Power BI
2 18 (8.33%) Looker
3 15 (6.94%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.17%) BigQuery
5 8 (3.70%) Tableau
6 6 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.85%) Power Query
8 2 (0.93%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.93%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.46%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.46%) GIS
9 1 (0.46%) Metabase
9 1 (0.46%) OLAP
9 1 (0.46%) OLAP Cube
9 1 (0.46%) OLTP
9 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 7 (3.24%) JIRA
2 2 (0.93%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.46%) JMeter
3 1 (0.46%) LoadRunner
General
1 118 (54.63%) Social Skills
2 107 (49.54%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (43.98%) Finance
4 28 (12.96%) Public Sector
5 25 (11.57%) Marketing
6 20 (9.26%) Legal
7 19 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 19 (8.80%) Retail
8 14 (6.48%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (5.56%) Law
10 10 (4.63%) Manufacturing
11 7 (3.24%) Advertising
11 7 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.78%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.31%) Banking
13 5 (2.31%) Military
14 4 (1.85%) Local Government
15 3 (1.39%) Billing
15 3 (1.39%) Police
16 2 (0.93%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 70 (32.41%) Analyst
2 25 (11.57%) Data Analyst
2 25 (11.57%) Head of QA
3 21 (9.72%) Lead
4 20 (9.26%) Senior
5 11 (5.09%) Analytics Manager
6 10 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
7 9 (4.17%) Architect
7 9 (4.17%) Business Manager
7 9 (4.17%) Performance Analyst
8 8 (3.70%) Data Scientist
8 8 (3.70%) Digital Analyst
8 8 (3.70%) Financial Analyst
9 7 (3.24%) Applications Support
9 7 (3.24%) Applications Support Analyst
9 7 (3.24%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 7 (3.24%) Data Manager
9 7 (3.24%) Developer
9 7 (3.24%) Product Manager
9 7 (3.24%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.46%) FHIR
1 1 (0.46%) NumPy
1 1 (0.46%) Pandas
1 1 (0.46%) pgvector
1 1 (0.46%) PostGIS
1 1 (0.46%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (6.48%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.85%) Data Structures
3 4 (1.85%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (1.39%) Cybercrime
4 3 (1.39%) FMCG
4 3 (1.39%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.93%) Algorithms
5 2 (0.93%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.93%) PropTech
5 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.93%) Social Media
6 1 (0.46%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.46%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.46%) Multi-touch
6 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.46%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.93%) Windows
1 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (54.17%) Analytics
2 91 (42.13%) Decision-Making
3 78 (36.11%) Business Intelligence
4 72 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 47 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (18.98%) Mentoring
7 41 (18.98%) Visualisation
8 38 (17.59%) Customer Experience
9 37 (17.13%) AI
10 31 (14.35%) Dashboard Development
10 31 (14.35%) Quality Management
10 31 (14.35%) Service Delivery
11 30 (13.89%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 30 (13.89%) PRINCE2
11 30 (13.89%) Root Cause Analysis
11 30 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (13.43%) Change Management
13 27 (12.50%) Agile
13 27 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 55 (25.46%) SQL
2 29 (13.43%) Python
3 9 (4.17%) R
4 6 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.39%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.93%) VBA
8 1 (0.46%) Go
8 1 (0.46%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (11.57%) IRCA
2 17 (7.87%) Degree
3 16 (7.41%) Security Cleared
4 10 (4.63%) ACCA
4 10 (4.63%) SC Cleared
5 9 (4.17%) CIMA
6 6 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.78%) CISSP
6 6 (2.78%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.31%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.85%) CCSP
8 4 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.93%) CCNP
9 2 (0.93%) CEH
9 2 (0.93%) CISM
9 2 (0.93%) HND
9 2 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.67%) QA
2 27 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
3 26 (12.04%) GDPR
3 26 (12.04%) ISO 9001
4 24 (11.11%) Data Quality
5 22 (10.19%) Accessibility
6 7 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (3.24%) NIST
7 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.93%) PMO
7 2 (0.93%) SLA
7 2 (0.93%) WCAG
8 1 (0.46%) AQAP
8 1 (0.46%) IFRS
8 1 (0.46%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.46%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (15.74%) Microsoft
2 28 (12.96%) Google
3 7 (3.24%) HubSpot
3 7 (3.24%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.78%) SAP
4 6 (2.78%) YouTube
5 5 (2.31%) Adobe
6 3 (1.39%) Databricks
6 3 (1.39%) IBM
6 3 (1.39%) Intel
6 3 (1.39%) Pinterest
6 3 (1.39%) Snapchat
6 3 (1.39%) TikTok
6 3 (1.39%) Xero
7 2 (0.93%) Cognos
7 2 (0.93%) Foundry
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco
8 1 (0.46%) NetScout
8 1 (0.46%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.46%) VMware