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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 178 242
Rank change year-on-year +9 +64 -78
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 212 116 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.89% 1.23% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.41% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 146 84 34
10th Percentile £31,375 £35,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,815 £47,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.87% -18.80% +17.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £76,125
90th Percentile £86,250 £69,250 £84,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +4.35%

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 16,780 8,231 11,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.66% 87.43% 78.61%
Number of salaries quoted 12,470 4,100 6,081
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,987 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +37 129 £47,500 -5.00% 118
Yorkshire -12 68 £51,250 +20.59% 59
North East -62 15 £52,500 +0.96% 19
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 11 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.94%) CMS
2 2 (0.94%) IIS
3 1 (0.47%) Apache
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.47%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.47%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (17.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.36%) Magento
1 5 (2.36%) SAP PM
2 2 (0.94%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 76 (35.85%) Power Platform
2 23 (10.85%) Google Analytics
3 15 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.66%) SaaS
5 11 (5.19%) Azure
5 11 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (5.19%) GCP
5 11 (5.19%) Power Automate
5 11 (5.19%) PowerApps
6 10 (4.72%) OneDrive
7 7 (3.30%) Google Sheets
8 5 (2.36%) Google Ads
8 5 (2.36%) iPaaS
8 5 (2.36%) Snowflake
9 4 (1.89%) AWS
9 4 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.89%) Meta Ads
10 3 (1.42%) Google Tag Manager
10 3 (1.42%) IaaS
10 3 (1.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.83%) Network Security
2 3 (1.42%) Internet
2 3 (1.42%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.42%) SNMP
2 3 (1.42%) WAN
2 3 (1.42%) Wireless
3 2 (0.94%) Firewall
3 2 (0.94%) WPA
4 1 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (35.85%) Power BI
2 18 (8.49%) Looker
3 14 (6.60%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (4.72%) BigQuery
5 8 (3.77%) Tableau
6 5 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.42%) Power Query
8 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.94%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.47%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.47%) GIS
9 1 (0.47%) Metabase
9 1 (0.47%) OLAP
9 1 (0.47%) OLAP Cube
9 1 (0.47%) OLTP
9 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 6 (2.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.47%) Git
2 1 (0.47%) JMeter
2 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
General
1 112 (52.83%) Social Skills
2 101 (47.64%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (33.96%) Finance
4 34 (16.04%) Marketing
5 33 (15.57%) Public Sector
6 23 (10.85%) Legal
7 22 (10.38%) Retail
8 20 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (7.08%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (6.60%) Law
10 14 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (4.25%) Advertising
11 9 (4.25%) Manufacturing
12 8 (3.77%) Telecoms
13 7 (3.30%) Military
14 5 (2.36%) Banking
14 5 (2.36%) Local Government
15 4 (1.89%) Aerospace
16 3 (1.42%) Billing
16 3 (1.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 72 (33.96%) Analyst
2 28 (13.21%) Data Analyst
3 24 (11.32%) Lead
4 17 (8.02%) Senior
5 12 (5.66%) Analytics Manager
6 9 (4.25%) Business Manager
6 9 (4.25%) Digital Analyst
6 9 (4.25%) Performance Analyst
6 9 (4.25%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (3.77%) Architect
7 8 (3.77%) Data Scientist
7 8 (3.77%) Financial Analyst
8 7 (3.30%) Applications Support
8 7 (3.30%) Applications Support Analyst
8 7 (3.30%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 7 (3.30%) Data Manager
8 7 (3.30%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
8 7 (3.30%) Product Manager
8 7 (3.30%) Support Analyst
8 7 (3.30%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) FHIR
1 1 (0.47%) NumPy
1 1 (0.47%) Pandas
1 1 (0.47%) pgvector
1 1 (0.47%) PostGIS
1 1 (0.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.49%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (3.77%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.89%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.42%) Cybercrime
5 3 (1.42%) FMCG
5 3 (1.42%) Social Media
6 2 (0.94%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.94%) NHS
6 2 (0.94%) PropTech
6 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.94%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.47%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.47%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.47%) Multi-touch
7 1 (0.47%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.47%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.94%) Windows
1 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (52.36%) Decision-Making
2 101 (47.64%) Analytics
3 82 (38.68%) Business Intelligence
4 65 (30.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (22.64%) Visualisation
7 45 (21.23%) AI
8 42 (19.81%) Mentoring
9 36 (16.98%) Data Analysis
10 34 (16.04%) Dashboard Development
11 33 (15.57%) Coaching
12 32 (15.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (15.09%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (14.15%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 29 (13.68%) Performance Analysis
15 26 (12.26%) CRM
16 25 (11.79%) Data Visualisation
17 24 (11.32%) Data Modelling
18 23 (10.85%) Agile
19 21 (9.91%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 56 (26.42%) SQL
2 32 (15.09%) Python
3 10 (4.72%) R
4 6 (2.83%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.42%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.47%) Go
8 1 (0.47%) Java
8 1 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (9.43%) Degree
2 16 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.72%) ACCA
3 10 (4.72%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.25%) CIMA
5 6 (2.83%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.36%) CISSP
6 5 (2.36%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.36%) IRCA
7 4 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.89%) CCSP
7 4 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.94%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.47%) CBAP
9 1 (0.47%) CCNP
9 1 (0.47%) CISM
9 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (16.51%) Data Quality
2 34 (16.04%) Actionable Recommendations
3 22 (10.38%) Accessibility
4 16 (7.55%) QA
5 6 (2.83%) GDPR
5 6 (2.83%) ISO 9001
5 6 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.83%) NIST
6 2 (0.94%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.94%) WCAG
7 1 (0.47%) AQAP
7 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.47%) IFRS
7 1 (0.47%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.47%) NCSC
7 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (18.87%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.09%) Google
3 10 (4.72%) YouTube
4 8 (3.77%) HubSpot
5 7 (3.30%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.83%) SAP
7 4 (1.89%) Adobe
7 4 (1.89%) Pinterest
7 4 (1.89%) Snapchat
7 4 (1.89%) TikTok
8 3 (1.42%) Intel
8 3 (1.42%) Splunk
8 3 (1.42%) Xero
9 2 (0.94%) Databricks
9 2 (0.94%) Foundry
10 1 (0.47%) Adaptive Insights
10 1 (0.47%) Arista
10 1 (0.47%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.47%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.47%) Workday