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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 221 273
Rank change year-on-year +64 +52 -96
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 213 96 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.02% 1.02% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.13% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 127 66 60
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,755 £31,025
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.26% +9.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £66,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -11.50%

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 14,626 8,513 14,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.23% 90.38% 79.45%
Number of salaries quoted 10,946 4,212 10,706
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,203 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,950 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +53 121 £47,500 - 22
Yorkshire +5 66 £60,000 +20.00% 21
North East -35 26 £55,000 +10.00% 10
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 10 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.94%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.94%) IIS
3 1 (0.47%) CMS
3 1 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.47%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (15.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.35%) SAP PM
2 4 (1.88%) Magento
3 3 (1.41%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.94%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 71 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 14 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (6.10%) SaaS
4 12 (5.63%) Azure
5 10 (4.69%) Google Analytics
6 9 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (4.23%) OneDrive
6 9 (4.23%) Power Automate
6 9 (4.23%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.35%) iPaaS
8 4 (1.88%) AWS
8 4 (1.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (1.88%) GCP
8 4 (1.88%) Google Sheets
8 4 (1.88%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.41%) Google Tag Manager
9 3 (1.41%) IaaS
9 3 (1.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.29%) Network Security
2 3 (1.41%) Firewall
3 2 (0.94%) WPA
4 1 (0.47%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.47%) SNMP
4 1 (0.47%) WAN
4 1 (0.47%) Wireless
4 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (33.33%) Power BI
2 13 (6.10%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (5.63%) Looker
4 11 (5.16%) Tableau
5 6 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (2.35%) Power Query
7 4 (1.88%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.94%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.94%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.47%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.47%) GIS
9 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.82%) JIRA
2 2 (0.94%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.47%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) JMeter
3 1 (0.47%) LoadRunner
General
1 111 (52.11%) Social Skills
2 110 (51.64%) Finance
3 105 (49.30%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (14.08%) Marketing
5 21 (9.86%) Public Sector
6 16 (7.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (7.51%) Legal
7 10 (4.69%) Manufacturing
7 10 (4.69%) Retail
8 9 (4.23%) Advertising
9 8 (3.76%) Law
10 7 (3.29%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.35%) Banking
11 5 (2.35%) Military
12 4 (1.88%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.88%) Local Government
13 3 (1.41%) Billing
14 2 (0.94%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (29.58%) Analyst
2 30 (14.08%) Head of QA
3 24 (11.27%) Data Analyst
4 20 (9.39%) Senior
5 16 (7.51%) Lead
6 11 (5.16%) Analytics Manager
6 11 (5.16%) Support Analyst
7 10 (4.69%) Change Manager
7 10 (4.69%) Project Change Manager
7 10 (4.69%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (4.23%) Architect
9 8 (3.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 8 (3.76%) Business Manager
9 8 (3.76%) Financial Analyst
9 8 (3.76%) Performance Analyst
10 7 (3.29%) Applications Support
10 7 (3.29%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (3.29%) Data Manager
10 7 (3.29%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) FHIR
1 1 (0.47%) LangChain
1 1 (0.47%) LangGraph
1 1 (0.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (9.39%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.41%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.94%) FMCG
5 2 (0.94%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.94%) PropTech
5 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.47%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.47%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.47%) Life Science
6 1 (0.47%) Media Streaming
6 1 (0.47%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.47%) NHS
6 1 (0.47%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.94%) Windows
1 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (49.77%) Analytics
2 75 (35.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 75 (35.21%) Decision-Making
3 74 (34.74%) Business Intelligence
4 62 (29.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 45 (21.13%) PRINCE2
6 44 (20.66%) Change Management
7 40 (18.78%) Customer Experience
8 39 (18.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 37 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (16.43%) Agile
10 35 (16.43%) Quality Management
10 35 (16.43%) Root Cause Analysis
10 35 (16.43%) Service Delivery
11 33 (15.49%) AI
12 32 (15.02%) CRM
12 32 (15.02%) Mentoring
13 30 (14.08%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 29 (13.62%) Visualisation
15 28 (13.15%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 47 (22.07%) SQL
2 23 (10.80%) Python
3 9 (4.23%) R
4 6 (2.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 6 (2.82%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.41%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.94%) VBA
7 1 (0.47%) Bash
7 1 (0.47%) Go
7 1 (0.47%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (14.08%) IRCA
2 23 (10.80%) Degree
3 11 (5.16%) PMI Certification
4 10 (4.69%) ACCA
4 10 (4.69%) PMP
5 9 (4.23%) CIMA
6 7 (3.29%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.82%) CISSP
8 5 (2.35%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.88%) CCSP
9 4 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.88%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.41%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.94%) CCNP
11 2 (0.94%) CEH
11 2 (0.94%) HND
11 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (18.78%) QA
2 37 (17.37%) GDPR
3 31 (14.55%) ISO 9001
4 29 (13.62%) Actionable Recommendations
4 29 (13.62%) Data Quality
5 19 (8.92%) Accessibility
6 7 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (3.29%) NIST
7 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.94%) SLA
7 2 (0.94%) WCAG
8 1 (0.47%) AQAP
8 1 (0.47%) IFRS
8 1 (0.47%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.47%) NCSC
8 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Docker
1 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.94%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (15.02%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.98%) Google
3 12 (5.63%) HubSpot
3 12 (5.63%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.82%) SAP
5 5 (2.35%) Adobe
6 3 (1.41%) Databricks
6 3 (1.41%) IBM
6 3 (1.41%) Xero
7 2 (0.94%) Cognos
7 2 (0.94%) Foundry
8 1 (0.47%) Adaptive Insights
8 1 (0.47%) Arista
8 1 (0.47%) Cisco
8 1 (0.47%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.47%) NetScout
8 1 (0.47%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.47%) Splunk
8 1 (0.47%) VMware
8 1 (0.47%) Workday