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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 198 238
Rank change year-on-year +52 +40 -63
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 196 62 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.07% 0.87% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 0.92% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 94 49 76
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,100 £27,375
25th Percentile £40,134 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -11.40% +9.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £89,250 £71,250 £78,968
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 13,274 6,710 13,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 72.60% 94.57% 83.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,190 3,770 11,039
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 2 May 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 May 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 +35 93 £45,794 +5.27% 57
Yorkshire -29 60 £63,076 +3.84% 34
North East +3 43 £55,000 +7.84% 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 6 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.02%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.51%) CMS
4 1 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.51%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (12.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.06%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (2.55%) SAP PM
3 4 (2.04%) Magento
4 2 (1.02%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (22.96%) Power Platform
2 14 (7.14%) SaaS
3 11 (5.61%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.10%) Azure
5 7 (3.57%) Google Analytics
6 6 (3.06%) Power Automate
6 6 (3.06%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.55%) AWS
7 5 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.55%) iPaaS
8 3 (1.53%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.53%) GCP
8 3 (1.53%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.53%) Google Tag Manager
8 3 (1.53%) IaaS
8 3 (1.53%) PaaS
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.04%) Network Security
2 2 (1.02%) Firewall
3 1 (0.51%) Broadband
3 1 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (22.96%) Power BI
2 8 (4.08%) Tableau
3 7 (3.57%) Looker
3 7 (3.57%) Power Query
3 7 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.53%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.51%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.55%) JIRA
2 2 (1.02%) 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
1 100 (51.02%) Analytical Skills
2 86 (43.88%) Finance
3 82 (41.84%) Social Skills
4 28 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 25 (12.76%) Marketing
6 16 (8.16%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.08%) Legal
8 7 (3.57%) Law
8 7 (3.57%) Retail
9 6 (3.06%) Advertising
9 6 (3.06%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.55%) Military
11 4 (2.04%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.53%) Billing
12 3 (1.53%) Tech for Good
13 2 (1.02%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.02%) Local Government
13 2 (1.02%) Social Housing
14 1 (0.51%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 40 (20.41%) Analyst
2 30 (15.31%) Head of QA
3 20 (10.20%) Development Manager
4 19 (9.69%) Data Analyst
5 17 (8.67%) Senior
6 11 (5.61%) Lead
7 10 (5.10%) Change Manager
7 10 (5.10%) Project Change Manager
7 10 (5.10%) Project Manager
8 9 (4.59%) Architect
9 8 (4.08%) User Researcher
10 7 (3.57%) CRM Executive
10 7 (3.57%) Data Manager
10 7 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (3.06%) Data Engineer
11 6 (3.06%) Salesforce Executive
12 5 (2.55%) Analytics Manager
12 5 (2.55%) Data Analytics Manager
12 5 (2.55%) Enterprise Architect
12 5 (2.55%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) .NET
1 1 (0.51%) FHIR
1 1 (0.51%) LangChain
1 1 (0.51%) LangGraph
1 1 (0.51%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.35%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 20 (10.20%) Learning Management System
4 3 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.02%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.02%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.02%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.02%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.51%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.51%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.51%) PropTech
6 1 (0.51%) Social Media
6 1 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.02%) Windows
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (45.92%) Analytics
2 84 (42.86%) Decision-Making
3 65 (33.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 49 (25.00%) Change Management
5 48 (24.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 47 (23.98%) Business Intelligence
7 45 (22.96%) PRINCE2
8 37 (18.88%) Process Improvement
9 36 (18.37%) Customer Experience
10 33 (16.84%) Agile
11 32 (16.33%) Root Cause Analysis
11 32 (16.33%) Service Delivery
12 31 (15.82%) Mentoring
12 31 (15.82%) Quality Management
13 30 (15.31%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 28 (14.29%) Data Governance
14 28 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
15 27 (13.78%) CRM
16 24 (12.24%) Visualisation
17 23 (11.73%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.80%) SQL
2 10 (5.10%) Python
3 4 (2.04%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.02%) VBA
6 1 (0.51%) Bash
6 1 (0.51%) Go
6 1 (0.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (15.31%) IRCA
2 20 (10.20%) CIPD
2 20 (10.20%) Degree
3 11 (5.61%) PMI Certification
4 10 (5.10%) PMP
5 8 (4.08%) ACCA
5 8 (4.08%) CIMA
6 5 (2.55%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.04%) CISSP
8 3 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.53%) CISM
8 3 (1.53%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.53%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.02%) CCNP
9 2 (1.02%) CEH
9 2 (1.02%) HND
9 2 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (1.02%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (21.94%) GDPR
2 39 (19.90%) QA
3 30 (15.31%) ISO 9001
4 29 (14.80%) Actionable Recommendations
4 29 (14.80%) Data Quality
5 15 (7.65%) Accessibility
6 4 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.53%) NIST
7 3 (1.53%) PMO
8 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.02%) SLA
9 1 (0.51%) GRC
9 1 (0.51%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (1.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.02%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.65%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.61%) Google
4 6 (3.06%) SAP
5 5 (2.55%) HubSpot
6 4 (2.04%) Adobe
6 4 (2.04%) Databricks
7 3 (1.53%) Xero
8 2 (1.02%) Cognos
8 2 (1.02%) IBM
8 2 (1.02%) Planon
9 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.51%) Foundry
9 1 (0.51%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.51%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.51%) Palantir