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 citing Actionable Insight skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	170	176	243
Rank change year-on-year	+6	+67	-98
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight	213	134	64
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England	0.88%	1.43%	0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.23%	1.67%	0.64%
Number of salaries quoted	147	92	32
10^th Percentile	£32,000	£35,250	£35,125
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£40,375	£42,188
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,000	£47,500	£56,000
Median % change year-on-year	-1.05%	-15.18%	+12.00%
75^th Percentile	£63,750	£60,000	£68,125
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£67,500	£83,250
England median annual salary	£52,500	£50,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-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 citing process or methodology skills in the North of England.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	17,383	8,029	10,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England	71.53%	85.78%	80.47%
Number of salaries quoted	12,772	4,317	4,783
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,250	£30,800
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£31,250	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£47,683	£52,000
Median % change year-on-year	+15.35%	-8.30%	-5.45%
75^th Percentile	£74,985	£65,000	£65,603
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£80,000	£80,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

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 Salary Trend in the North of England

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 30 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 30 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North West	-5	123	£47,500	-3.02%	16
Yorkshire	+2	70	£42,500	-8.11%	10
North East	-64	21	£57,500	+8.49%	5
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Actionable Insight Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 30 October 2026, job vacancies citing Actionable Insight also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region citing Actionable Insight.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Decision-Making	57.7%	123
2	Analytics	46.9%	100
3	Business Intelligence	39.4%	84
4	Power BI	33.3%	71
4	Power Platform	33.3%	71
6	SQL	32.4%	69
7	Continuous Improvement	27.7%	59
8	Problem-Solving	24.4%	52
9	Visualisation	23.0%	49
10	AI	21.6%	46
11	Python	20.7%	44
12	Stakeholder Management	19.2%	41
13	Microsoft Excel	18.8%	40
14	Actionable Recommendations	17.8%	38
15	Microsoft	17.4%	37
16	Data Analysis	16.9%	36
16	Data Quality	16.9%	36
18	Mentoring	15.5%	33
19	Dashboard Development	15.0%	32
20	Google	14.1%	30
20	Stakeholder Engagement	14.1%	30
22	Data-Driven Decision Making	13.6%	29
23	Coaching	12.7%	27
24	User Research	12.2%	26
25	Data Visualisation	11.7%	25
26	Accessibility	11.3%	24
26	Agile	11.3%	24
28	Performance Analysis	10.8%	23
29	CRM	10.3%	22
29	Google Analytics	10.3%	22

Actionable Insight Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Decision-Making	57.7%	123
2	Analytics	46.9%	100
3	Business Intelligence	39.4%	84
4	Continuous Improvement	27.7%	59
5	Problem-Solving	24.4%	52
6	Visualisation	23.0%	49
7	AI	21.6%	46
8	Stakeholder Management	19.2%	41
9	Data Analysis	16.9%	36
10	Mentoring	15.5%	33
11	Dashboard Development	15.0%	32
12	Stakeholder Engagement	14.1%	30
13	Data-Driven Decision Making	13.6%	29
14	Coaching	12.7%	27
15	User Research	12.2%	26
16	Data Visualisation	11.7%	25
17	Agile	11.3%	24
18	Performance Analysis	10.8%	23
19	CRM	10.3%	22
20	E-Commerce	9.9%	21