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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 211 260
Rank change year-on-year +54 +49 -69
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 210 86 131
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.06% 1.08% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.15% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 110 60 69
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,655 £26,150
25th Percentile £39,792 £40,563 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -8.64% +5.77%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,750 £71,250 £80,435
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -6.67%

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 13,857 7,496 14,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 69.85% 94.38% 80.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9,667 3,544 11,513
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £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 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +62 115 £47,275 -5.45% 50
Yorkshire -9 63 £52,500 -12.50% 32
North East -10 32 £57,500 +15.00% 8
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 8 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.95%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.95%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) CMS
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.48%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (14.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (2.38%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.90%) Magento
4 2 (0.95%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (27.62%) Power Platform
2 14 (6.67%) SaaS
3 13 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.76%) Azure
5 8 (3.81%) Power Automate
5 8 (3.81%) PowerApps
6 7 (3.33%) Google Analytics
7 5 (2.38%) AWS
7 5 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.38%) iPaaS
7 5 (2.38%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.90%) Google Sheets
9 3 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.43%) GCP
9 3 (1.43%) Google Tag Manager
9 3 (1.43%) IaaS
9 3 (1.43%) PaaS
9 3 (1.43%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.33%) Network Security
2 2 (0.95%) Firewall
2 2 (0.95%) WPA
3 1 (0.48%) Broadband
3 1 (0.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (27.62%) Power BI
2 10 (4.76%) Tableau
3 9 (4.29%) Looker
4 8 (3.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (3.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.86%) Power Query
7 5 (2.38%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.43%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
10 1 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.38%) JIRA
2 2 (0.95%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.48%) GitLab
3 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.48%) JMeter
3 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
General
1 103 (49.05%) Analytical Skills
2 102 (48.57%) Finance
3 99 (47.14%) Social Skills
4 32 (15.24%) Marketing
5 18 (8.57%) Legal
5 18 (8.57%) Manufacturing
5 18 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.29%) Advertising
7 9 (4.29%) Retail
8 6 (2.86%) Law
8 6 (2.86%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.38%) Banking
9 5 (2.38%) Military
10 4 (1.90%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.43%) Billing
11 3 (1.43%) Local Government
12 2 (0.95%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.95%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 54 (25.71%) Analyst
2 30 (14.29%) Head of QA
3 25 (11.90%) Data Analyst
4 15 (7.14%) Lead
4 15 (7.14%) Senior
5 12 (5.71%) Development Manager
6 11 (5.24%) Analytics Manager
7 10 (4.76%) Change Manager
7 10 (4.76%) Project Change Manager
7 10 (4.76%) Project Manager
8 9 (4.29%) Architect
8 9 (4.29%) Data Manager
8 9 (4.29%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (4.29%) Support Analyst
9 7 (3.33%) CRM Executive
10 6 (2.86%) Applications Support
10 6 (2.86%) Business Analytics Manager
10 6 (2.86%) Data Engineer
10 6 (2.86%) Data Scientist
10 6 (2.86%) Salesforce Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.48%) .NET
1 1 (0.48%) FHIR
1 1 (0.48%) LangChain
1 1 (0.48%) LangGraph
1 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.19%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (10.48%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.71%) Learning Management System
4 3 (1.43%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.95%) FMCG
5 2 (0.95%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.95%) Low-Code
5 2 (0.95%) PropTech
5 2 (0.95%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.95%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.48%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.48%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.48%) Life Science
6 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.48%) NHS
6 1 (0.48%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.43%) Windows
1 3 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (48.10%) Analytics
2 82 (39.05%) Decision-Making
3 74 (35.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 60 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 59 (28.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 45 (21.43%) PRINCE2
7 44 (20.95%) Change Management
8 40 (19.05%) Customer Experience
9 35 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
10 34 (16.19%) CRM
10 34 (16.19%) Quality Management
10 34 (16.19%) Stakeholder Management
11 33 (15.71%) Agile
11 33 (15.71%) Service Delivery
12 32 (15.24%) AI
12 32 (15.24%) Visualisation
13 31 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (14.29%) Anti-Money Laundering
15 29 (13.81%) Mentoring
16 28 (13.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.10%) SQL
2 22 (10.48%) Python
3 8 (3.81%) R
4 6 (2.86%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (2.38%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.95%) VBA
7 1 (0.48%) Bash
7 1 (0.48%) Go
7 1 (0.48%) Java
7 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 30 (14.29%) IRCA
2 23 (10.95%) Degree
3 12 (5.71%) CIPD
4 11 (5.24%) PMI Certification
5 10 (4.76%) PMP
6 8 (3.81%) ACCA
7 7 (3.33%) CIMA
8 6 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.86%) CISSP
8 6 (2.86%) DBS Check
9 5 (2.38%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.90%) CCSP
10 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.43%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.95%) CCNP
12 2 (0.95%) HND
12 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.95%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (20.00%) GDPR
2 39 (18.57%) QA
3 32 (15.24%) Data Quality
4 30 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
4 30 (14.29%) ISO 9001
5 20 (9.52%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.86%) NIST
7 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.95%) SLA
7 2 (0.95%) WCAG
8 1 (0.48%) IFRS
8 1 (0.48%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.62%) Salesforce
3 14 (6.67%) Google
4 11 (5.24%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.86%) SAP
6 5 (2.38%) Adobe
7 3 (1.43%) Databricks
7 3 (1.43%) Xero
8 2 (0.95%) Cognos
8 2 (0.95%) IBM
8 2 (0.95%) Planon
9 1 (0.48%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.48%) Foundry
9 1 (0.48%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.48%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.48%) Palantir