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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 222 249
Rank change year-on-year +82 +27 -71
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 202 65 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.10% 0.86% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 0.90% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 96 52 70
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £26,325
25th Percentile £39,063 £41,625 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £71,250 £80,435
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -4.55%

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 13,102 7,199 13,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.08% 94.99% 82.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,572 3,798 11,128
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,248 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £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 12 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 12 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 +54 97 £47,050 -5.90% 55
Yorkshire -17 63 £63,076 +3.84% 26
North East +4 42 £55,000 +7.84% 11
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 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.99%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.50%) CMS
4 1 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.50%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (12.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.97%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (2.48%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.98%) Magento
4 2 (0.99%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (23.27%) Power Platform
2 14 (6.93%) SaaS
3 11 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.46%) Azure
5 7 (3.47%) Google Analytics
6 6 (2.97%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.97%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.48%) AWS
7 5 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.48%) iPaaS
8 3 (1.49%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.49%) GCP
8 3 (1.49%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.49%) Google Tag Manager
8 3 (1.49%) IaaS
8 3 (1.49%) PaaS
8 3 (1.49%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.97%) Network Security
2 2 (0.99%) Firewall
3 1 (0.50%) Broadband
3 1 (0.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (23.27%) Power BI
2 8 (3.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (3.96%) Tableau
3 7 (3.47%) Looker
3 7 (3.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.97%) Power Query
5 5 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.49%) BigQuery
6 3 (1.49%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.50%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.48%) JIRA
2 2 (0.99%) Git
3 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.50%) GitLab
3 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.50%) JMeter
3 1 (0.50%) LoadRunner
General
1 101 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 86 (42.57%) Finance
3 85 (42.08%) Social Skills
4 28 (13.86%) Manufacturing
4 28 (13.86%) Marketing
5 16 (7.92%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.45%) Legal
7 9 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.96%) Advertising
9 7 (3.47%) Retail
10 6 (2.97%) Law
10 6 (2.97%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.48%) Military
12 4 (1.98%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.49%) Banking
13 3 (1.49%) Billing
13 3 (1.49%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.99%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.99%) Local Government
14 2 (0.99%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (20.79%) Analyst
2 30 (14.85%) Head of QA
3 21 (10.40%) Data Analyst
4 20 (9.90%) Development Manager
5 16 (7.92%) Senior
6 13 (6.44%) Lead
7 10 (4.95%) Change Manager
7 10 (4.95%) Project Change Manager
7 10 (4.95%) Project Manager
8 9 (4.46%) Architect
9 8 (3.96%) User Researcher
10 7 (3.47%) Analytics Manager
10 7 (3.47%) CRM Executive
10 7 (3.47%) Data Manager
10 7 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (2.97%) Data Engineer
11 6 (2.97%) Salesforce Executive
12 5 (2.48%) Head of Development
12 5 (2.48%) Head of Sales
12 5 (2.48%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.50%) .NET
1 1 (0.50%) FHIR
1 1 (0.50%) LangChain
1 1 (0.50%) LangGraph
1 1 (0.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (9.90%) Learning Management System
2 20 (9.90%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (0.99%) Housing Association
4 2 (0.99%) Low-Code
4 2 (0.99%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.50%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.50%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.50%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.50%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.50%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.50%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (0.50%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.50%) PropTech
5 1 (0.50%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.50%) Windows
1 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (46.53%) Analytics
2 84 (41.58%) Decision-Making
3 65 (32.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 53 (26.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 49 (24.26%) Business Intelligence
5 49 (24.26%) Change Management
6 45 (22.28%) PRINCE2
7 36 (17.82%) Customer Experience
8 35 (17.33%) Process Improvement
9 34 (16.83%) Root Cause Analysis
10 33 (16.34%) Agile
10 33 (16.34%) Quality Management
11 31 (15.35%) Mentoring
12 30 (14.85%) Anti-Money Laundering
12 30 (14.85%) CRM
12 30 (14.85%) Service Delivery
12 30 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 26 (12.87%) AI
14 25 (12.38%) Data Governance
14 25 (12.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.36%) SQL
2 13 (6.44%) Python
3 5 (2.48%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.99%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.99%) R
5 2 (0.99%) VBA
6 1 (0.50%) Bash
6 1 (0.50%) Go
6 1 (0.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (14.85%) IRCA
2 23 (11.39%) Degree
3 20 (9.90%) CIPD
4 11 (5.45%) PMI Certification
5 10 (4.95%) PMP
6 7 (3.47%) ACCA
6 7 (3.47%) CIMA
7 6 (2.97%) CISSP
8 5 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.48%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.49%) CCSP
10 3 (1.49%) CISM
10 3 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.49%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.99%) CCNP
11 2 (0.99%) CEH
11 2 (0.99%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.99%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (20.79%) GDPR
2 39 (19.31%) QA
3 30 (14.85%) ISO 9001
4 29 (14.36%) Actionable Recommendations
5 28 (13.86%) Data Quality
6 17 (8.42%) Accessibility
7 6 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (2.48%) NIST
9 3 (1.49%) PMO
10 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.99%) SLA
11 1 (0.50%) GRC
11 1 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (11.39%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.92%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.45%) Google
4 7 (3.47%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.97%) SAP
6 4 (1.98%) Adobe
7 3 (1.49%) Databricks
7 3 (1.49%) Xero
8 2 (0.99%) Cognos
8 2 (0.99%) IBM
8 2 (0.99%) Planon
9 1 (0.50%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.50%) Foundry
9 1 (0.50%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.50%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.50%) Palantir