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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 180 252
Rank change year-on-year -1 +72 -106
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 199 122 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.83% 1.27% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.45% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 137 90 31
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,979 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.02% -14.07% +17.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £70,000 £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 17,020 8,435 10,602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.89% 88.02% 80.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,635 4,073 5,243
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,720 £50,055
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -2.67% -8.99%
75th Percentile £74,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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 9 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 9 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 +22 121 £47,250 -5.50% 175
Yorkshire -10 61 £45,000 -5.26% 76
North East -56 18 £55,000 +5.77% 34
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 (5.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.01%) Confluence
2 2 (1.01%) IIS
3 1 (0.50%) Apache
3 1 (0.50%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.50%) CMS
3 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
Applications
1 35 (17.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Magento
1 3 (1.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (36.18%) Power Platform
2 20 (10.05%) Google Analytics
3 11 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
3 11 (5.53%) GCP
3 11 (5.53%) Power Automate
3 11 (5.53%) PowerApps
4 10 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.03%) OneDrive
5 8 (4.02%) Azure
6 7 (3.52%) Google Ads
7 6 (3.02%) SaaS
8 5 (2.51%) Snowflake
9 4 (2.01%) Google Sheets
9 4 (2.01%) Google Tag Manager
9 4 (2.01%) Meta Ads
10 2 (1.01%) AWS
10 2 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.01%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.01%) Network Security
2 3 (1.51%) Internet
2 3 (1.51%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.51%) SNMP
2 3 (1.51%) WAN
2 3 (1.51%) Wireless
3 2 (1.01%) WPA
4 1 (0.50%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.50%) DNS
4 1 (0.50%) Firewall
4 1 (0.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (36.18%) Power BI
2 15 (7.54%) Looker
3 13 (6.53%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (5.03%) BigQuery
5 8 (4.02%) Tableau
6 4 (2.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (2.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.01%) Power Query
7 2 (1.01%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.01%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.50%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.50%) GIS
8 1 (0.50%) Metabase
8 1 (0.50%) OLAP
8 1 (0.50%) OLAP Cube
8 1 (0.50%) OLTP
8 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.50%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 4 (2.01%) JIRA
General
1 100 (50.25%) Social Skills
2 90 (45.23%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (30.65%) Finance
4 35 (17.59%) Marketing
5 30 (15.08%) Public Sector
6 24 (12.06%) Legal
6 24 (12.06%) Retail
7 20 (10.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (8.04%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (8.04%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (5.03%) Law
10 9 (4.52%) Advertising
11 6 (3.02%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.51%) Banking
12 5 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.51%) Telecoms
13 4 (2.01%) Local Government
13 4 (2.01%) Military
14 3 (1.51%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.51%) Police
Job Titles
1 76 (38.19%) Analyst
2 29 (14.57%) Data Analyst
3 24 (12.06%) Senior
4 19 (9.55%) Lead
5 12 (6.03%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (6.03%) User Researcher
6 11 (5.53%) Data Scientist
7 10 (5.03%) Performance Analyst
8 9 (4.52%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 9 (4.52%) Business Manager
8 9 (4.52%) Digital Analyst
9 8 (4.02%) Analytics Manager
10 7 (3.52%) Applications Support
10 7 (3.52%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (3.52%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
10 7 (3.52%) Financial Analyst
10 7 (3.52%) Support Analyst
11 6 (3.02%) Business Analytics Manager
11 6 (3.02%) CRM Manager
11 6 (3.02%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.50%) NumPy
1 1 (0.50%) Pandas
1 1 (0.50%) pgvector
1 1 (0.50%) PostGIS
1 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.54%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.03%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (2.01%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.51%) Cybercrime
5 3 (1.51%) Social Media
6 2 (1.01%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.01%) FMCG
6 2 (1.01%) PropTech
6 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.01%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.50%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.50%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.50%) Media Streaming
7 1 (0.50%) Multi-touch
7 1 (0.50%) Robotics
7 1 (0.50%) SCADA
7 1 (0.50%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.51%) Windows
2 2 (1.01%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (54.77%) Decision-Making
2 90 (45.23%) Analytics
3 78 (39.20%) Business Intelligence
4 56 (28.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (22.11%) Visualisation
7 43 (21.61%) AI
8 35 (17.59%) Dashboard Development
8 35 (17.59%) Mentoring
8 35 (17.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (17.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 32 (16.08%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 31 (15.58%) Coaching
12 30 (15.08%) Data Analysis
13 26 (13.07%) Performance Analysis
14 25 (12.56%) CRM
15 24 (12.06%) Data Visualisation
16 22 (11.06%) Customer Service
16 22 (11.06%) User Research
17 21 (10.55%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 60 (30.15%) SQL
2 34 (17.09%) Python
3 11 (5.53%) R
4 6 (3.02%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.51%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.50%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 19 (9.55%) Degree
2 17 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.53%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.02%) ACCA
4 6 (3.02%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.51%) CIMA
5 5 (2.51%) CISSP
6 4 (2.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (2.01%) CCSP
6 4 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.51%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.01%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.50%) CFA
9 1 (0.50%) CISM
9 1 (0.50%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (17.59%) Data Quality
2 34 (17.09%) Actionable Recommendations
3 19 (9.55%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.02%) NIST
6 4 (2.01%) NEBOSH
6 4 (2.01%) QA
7 2 (1.01%) NCSC
7 2 (1.01%) WCAG
8 1 (0.50%) AQAP
8 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.50%) GDPR
8 1 (0.50%) IFRS
8 1 (0.50%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.50%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (16.08%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.57%) Google
3 11 (5.53%) YouTube
4 8 (4.02%) HubSpot
5 6 (3.02%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.01%) Pinterest
6 4 (2.01%) Snapchat
6 4 (2.01%) TikTok
7 3 (1.51%) Intel
7 3 (1.51%) Splunk
8 2 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.50%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (0.50%) Adobe
9 1 (0.50%) Arista
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco
9 1 (0.50%) IBM
9 1 (0.50%) NetScout
9 1 (0.50%) Screaming Frog
9 1 (0.50%) SevOne
9 1 (0.50%) Workday