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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 230 247
Rank change year-on-year +80 +17 -79
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 205 66 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.06% 0.83% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 0.88% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 99 51 69
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £26,150
25th Percentile £39,861 £41,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £71,250 £80,435
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -5.46%

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 13,625 7,529 14,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.74% 95.10% 82.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,065 3,708 11,166
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £84,580 £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 21 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 21 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 +69 103 £47,500 -5.00% 41
Yorkshire -6 61 £62,500 +3.53% 26
North East 0 41 £57,500 +12.75% 6
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 (2.93%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.98%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.49%) CMS
3 1 (0.49%) IIS
3 1 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.49%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (12.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.93%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (2.44%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.95%) Magento
4 2 (0.98%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (22.93%) Power Platform
2 14 (6.83%) SaaS
3 11 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.39%) Azure
5 7 (3.41%) Google Analytics
6 6 (2.93%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.93%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.44%) AWS
7 5 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.44%) iPaaS
8 3 (1.46%) GCP
8 3 (1.46%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.46%) Google Tag Manager
8 3 (1.46%) IaaS
8 3 (1.46%) PaaS
8 3 (1.46%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.41%) Network Security
2 2 (0.98%) Firewall
3 1 (0.49%) Broadband
3 1 (0.49%) Internet
3 1 (0.49%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (22.93%) Power BI
2 8 (3.90%) Looker
2 8 (3.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 8 (3.90%) Tableau
3 7 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.44%) Power Query
5 4 (1.95%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.46%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.49%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.49%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.44%) JIRA
2 2 (0.98%) Git
3 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.49%) GitLab
3 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.49%) JMeter
3 1 (0.49%) LoadRunner
General
1 101 (49.27%) Analytical Skills
2 91 (44.39%) Finance
3 87 (42.44%) Social Skills
4 29 (14.15%) Marketing
5 27 (13.17%) Manufacturing
6 16 (7.80%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.34%) Legal
8 11 (5.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (4.39%) Advertising
10 7 (3.41%) Retail
11 6 (2.93%) Law
11 6 (2.93%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.44%) Military
13 4 (1.95%) Banking
13 4 (1.95%) General Ledger
14 3 (1.46%) Billing
15 2 (0.98%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.98%) Local Government
15 2 (0.98%) Social Housing
15 2 (0.98%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 44 (21.46%) Analyst
2 30 (14.63%) Head of QA
3 21 (10.24%) Data Analyst
4 20 (9.76%) Development Manager
5 15 (7.32%) Senior
6 14 (6.83%) Lead
7 10 (4.88%) Change Manager
7 10 (4.88%) Project Change Manager
7 10 (4.88%) Project Manager
8 9 (4.39%) Architect
9 8 (3.90%) Analytics Manager
9 8 (3.90%) Data Manager
9 8 (3.90%) User Researcher
10 7 (3.41%) CRM Executive
10 7 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (2.93%) Data Engineer
11 6 (2.93%) Data Scientist
11 6 (2.93%) Salesforce Executive
11 6 (2.93%) Support Analyst
12 5 (2.44%) Head of Sales
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.49%) .NET
1 1 (0.49%) FHIR
1 1 (0.49%) LangChain
1 1 (0.49%) LangGraph
1 1 (0.49%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 33 (16.10%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (10.24%) Management Information System
3 20 (9.76%) Learning Management System
4 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.98%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.98%) Low-Code
5 2 (0.98%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.49%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.49%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.49%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.49%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.49%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.49%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.49%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.49%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.49%) PropTech
6 1 (0.49%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.49%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.98%) Windows
1 2 (0.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (46.34%) Analytics
2 85 (41.46%) Decision-Making
3 69 (33.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (26.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 49 (23.90%) Business Intelligence
6 47 (22.93%) Change Management
7 45 (21.95%) PRINCE2
8 37 (18.05%) Customer Experience
9 35 (17.07%) Process Improvement
9 35 (17.07%) Root Cause Analysis
10 34 (16.59%) Agile
10 34 (16.59%) Quality Management
11 31 (15.12%) CRM
11 31 (15.12%) Mentoring
11 31 (15.12%) Service Delivery
11 31 (15.12%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (14.63%) Anti-Money Laundering
13 28 (13.66%) AI
14 26 (12.68%) Visualisation
15 24 (11.71%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.12%) SQL
2 16 (7.80%) Python
3 5 (2.44%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.46%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.46%) R
5 2 (0.98%) VBA
6 1 (0.49%) Bash
6 1 (0.49%) Go
6 1 (0.49%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (14.63%) IRCA
2 23 (11.22%) Degree
3 20 (9.76%) CIPD
4 11 (5.37%) PMI Certification
5 10 (4.88%) PMP
6 7 (3.41%) ACCA
6 7 (3.41%) CIMA
7 6 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.93%) CISSP
8 4 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.95%) CCSP
8 4 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.95%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.95%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.46%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.98%) CCNP
10 2 (0.98%) CEH
10 2 (0.98%) CISM
10 2 (0.98%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (20.49%) GDPR
2 39 (19.02%) QA
3 30 (14.63%) Actionable Recommendations
3 30 (14.63%) ISO 9001
4 29 (14.15%) Data Quality
5 18 (8.78%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.93%) NIST
7 3 (1.46%) PMO
8 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.98%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (11.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.80%) Salesforce
3 12 (5.85%) Google
4 8 (3.90%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.93%) SAP
6 4 (1.95%) Adobe
7 3 (1.46%) Databricks
7 3 (1.46%) Xero
8 2 (0.98%) Cognos
8 2 (0.98%) IBM
8 2 (0.98%) Planon
9 1 (0.49%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.49%) Foundry
9 1 (0.49%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.49%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.49%) Palantir