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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 185 243
Rank change year-on-year +9 +58 -101
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 204 118 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.85% 1.23% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.40% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 140 86 34
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,188 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,302 £47,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -16.67% +15.74%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -

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 17,128 8,435 10,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.04% 88.09% 79.60%
Number of salaries quoted 12,717 4,056 5,569
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,987 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 October 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 October 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 +18 128 £47,500 -5.00% 171
Yorkshire -4 63 £45,497 -1.63% 92
North East -57 14 £53,750 +3.37% 40
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 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.98%) CMS
2 2 (0.98%) Confluence
2 2 (0.98%) IIS
3 1 (0.49%) Apache
3 1 (0.49%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.49%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.49%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.49%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (16.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Magento
2 3 (1.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 73 (35.78%) Power Platform
2 22 (10.78%) Google Analytics
3 11 (5.39%) Dynamics 365
3 11 (5.39%) Power Automate
3 11 (5.39%) PowerApps
4 10 (4.90%) Azure
4 10 (4.90%) GCP
4 10 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.90%) OneDrive
5 8 (3.92%) SaaS
6 7 (3.43%) Google Ads
7 5 (2.45%) iPaaS
7 5 (2.45%) Snowflake
8 4 (1.96%) AWS
8 4 (1.96%) Google Sheets
8 4 (1.96%) Meta Ads
9 3 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.47%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.45%) Network Security
2 3 (1.47%) Internet
2 3 (1.47%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.47%) SNMP
2 3 (1.47%) WAN
2 3 (1.47%) Wireless
3 2 (0.98%) WPA
4 1 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.49%) DNS
4 1 (0.49%) Firewall
4 1 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (35.78%) Power BI
2 16 (7.84%) Looker
3 13 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.41%) BigQuery
4 9 (4.41%) Tableau
5 5 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.47%) Power Query
7 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.98%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.49%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.49%) GIS
8 1 (0.49%) Metabase
8 1 (0.49%) OLAP
8 1 (0.49%) OLAP Cube
8 1 (0.49%) OLTP
8 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 7 (3.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Git
General
1 102 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 92 (45.10%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (31.86%) Finance
4 36 (17.65%) Marketing
5 33 (16.18%) Public Sector
6 24 (11.76%) Legal
7 23 (11.27%) Retail
8 19 (9.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (7.84%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (4.90%) Law
12 9 (4.41%) Advertising
13 7 (3.43%) Manufacturing
14 5 (2.45%) Banking
14 5 (2.45%) Local Government
14 5 (2.45%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.96%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.96%) Military
15 4 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (1.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 73 (35.78%) Analyst
2 28 (13.73%) Data Analyst
3 24 (11.76%) Lead
4 18 (8.82%) Senior
5 10 (4.90%) Data Scientist
5 10 (4.90%) Performance Analyst
5 10 (4.90%) User Researcher
6 9 (4.41%) Business Manager
6 9 (4.41%) Digital Analyst
6 9 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (3.92%) Analytics Manager
7 8 (3.92%) Financial Analyst
8 7 (3.43%) Applications Support
8 7 (3.43%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (3.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 7 (3.43%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
8 7 (3.43%) Product Manager
8 7 (3.43%) Support Analyst
9 6 (2.94%) Architect
9 6 (2.94%) CRM Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.49%) FHIR
1 1 (0.49%) NumPy
1 1 (0.49%) Pandas
1 1 (0.49%) pgvector
1 1 (0.49%) PostGIS
1 1 (0.49%) REST
1 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.31%) Management Information System
2 10 (4.90%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.96%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.47%) Cybercrime
5 3 (1.47%) Social Media
6 2 (0.98%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.98%) FMCG
6 2 (0.98%) NHS
6 2 (0.98%) PropTech
6 2 (0.98%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.49%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.49%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.49%) Multi-touch
7 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.49%) SystemC
7 1 (0.49%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.47%) Windows
2 2 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (53.92%) Decision-Making
2 93 (45.59%) Analytics
3 78 (38.24%) Business Intelligence
4 57 (27.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (22.06%) Visualisation
7 42 (20.59%) AI
8 37 (18.14%) Mentoring
9 36 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (16.67%) Coaching
10 34 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
11 32 (15.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 32 (15.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (15.20%) Data Analysis
13 28 (13.73%) Performance Analysis
14 26 (12.75%) CRM
15 24 (11.76%) Agile
16 23 (11.27%) Data Visualisation
17 22 (10.78%) Data Modelling
17 22 (10.78%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 59 (28.92%) SQL
2 33 (16.18%) Python
3 10 (4.90%) R
4 6 (2.94%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.47%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.49%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (10.29%) Degree
2 17 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 12 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.43%) ACCA
5 6 (2.94%) CIMA
5 6 (2.94%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.96%) CCSP
6 4 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.96%) CISSP
6 4 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.96%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.49%) CBAP
8 1 (0.49%) CFA
8 1 (0.49%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.49%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (17.65%) Actionable Recommendations
2 35 (17.16%) Data Quality
3 21 (10.29%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.45%) NIST
6 4 (1.96%) NEBOSH
6 4 (1.96%) QA
7 2 (0.98%) WCAG
8 1 (0.49%) AQAP
8 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.49%) GDPR
8 1 (0.49%) IFRS
8 1 (0.49%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.49%) NCSC
8 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.71%) Google
3 11 (5.39%) YouTube
4 8 (3.92%) HubSpot
5 7 (3.43%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.96%) Pinterest
6 4 (1.96%) Snapchat
6 4 (1.96%) TikTok
7 3 (1.47%) Intel
7 3 (1.47%) Splunk
8 2 (0.98%) Adobe
8 2 (0.98%) Databricks
8 2 (0.98%) Foundry
9 1 (0.49%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.49%) Arista
9 1 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.49%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.49%) Screaming Frog
9 1 (0.49%) SevOne
9 1 (0.49%) Workday