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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 228 242
Rank change year-on-year +81 +14 -64
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 202 65 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.08% 0.85% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 0.89% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 97 52 70
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £26,325
25th Percentile £39,722 £41,625 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £71,250 £80,435
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -4.60%

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 13,280 7,302 13,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.91% 95.03% 82.82%
Number of salaries quoted 8,740 3,704 11,129
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +0.11% -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 15 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 15 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 +58 100 £47,275 -5.45% 56
Yorkshire -19 61 £63,076 +3.84% 34
North East +3 41 £57,500 +12.75% 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 5 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.99%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.50%) CMS
3 1 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.50%) Umbraco
3 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 45 (22.28%) Power Platform
2 14 (6.93%) SaaS
3 10 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.96%) Azure
5 7 (3.47%) Google Analytics
6 5 (2.48%) AWS
6 5 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.48%) iPaaS
6 5 (2.48%) Power Automate
6 5 (2.48%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.49%) GCP
7 3 (1.49%) Google Sheets
7 3 (1.49%) Google Tag Manager
7 3 (1.49%) IaaS
7 3 (1.49%) PaaS
7 3 (1.49%) Snowflake
8 2 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.99%) Entra ID
8 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 45 (22.28%) 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 5 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.48%) Power Query
5 3 (1.49%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.49%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.50%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 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 88 (43.56%) Finance
3 84 (41.58%) Social Skills
4 29 (14.36%) Marketing
5 27 (13.37%) Manufacturing
6 16 (7.92%) Public Sector
7 12 (5.94%) Legal
8 10 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.96%) Advertising
10 7 (3.47%) Retail
11 6 (2.97%) Law
11 6 (2.97%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.48%) Military
13 4 (1.98%) General Ledger
14 3 (1.49%) Banking
14 3 (1.49%) Billing
15 2 (0.99%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.99%) Local Government
15 2 (0.99%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (20.79%) Analyst
2 30 (14.85%) Head of QA
3 20 (9.90%) Data Analyst
3 20 (9.90%) Development Manager
4 15 (7.43%) Senior
5 13 (6.44%) Lead
6 10 (4.95%) Change Manager
6 10 (4.95%) Project Change Manager
6 10 (4.95%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.46%) Architect
8 8 (3.96%) Analytics Manager
8 8 (3.96%) User Researcher
9 7 (3.47%) CRM Executive
9 7 (3.47%) Data Manager
9 7 (3.47%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.97%) Data Engineer
10 6 (2.97%) Salesforce Executive
11 5 (2.48%) Enterprise Architect
11 5 (2.48%) Head of Sales
11 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%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.50%) Driving Licence
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 66 (32.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 53 (26.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 49 (24.26%) Change Management
6 47 (23.27%) Business Intelligence
7 45 (22.28%) PRINCE2
8 37 (18.32%) Customer Experience
9 34 (16.83%) Process Improvement
9 34 (16.83%) Root Cause Analysis
10 33 (16.34%) Agile
10 33 (16.34%) Quality Management
11 31 (15.35%) CRM
11 31 (15.35%) Mentoring
12 30 (14.85%) Anti-Money Laundering
12 30 (14.85%) Service Delivery
12 30 (14.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 26 (12.87%) AI
14 25 (12.38%) Visualisation
15 24 (11.88%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.36%) SQL
2 15 (7.43%) Python
3 5 (2.48%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.49%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.49%) 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 22 (10.89%) 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 5 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.48%) CISSP
8 4 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.98%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (1.49%) CCSP
9 3 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.49%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.99%) CCNP
10 2 (0.99%) CEH
10 2 (0.99%) CISM
10 2 (0.99%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (20.79%) GDPR
2 39 (19.31%) QA
3 30 (14.85%) Actionable Recommendations
3 30 (14.85%) ISO 9001
4 28 (13.86%) Data Quality
5 17 (8.42%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.48%) NIST
7 3 (1.49%) PMO
8 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.99%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (10.89%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.92%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.45%) Google
4 8 (3.96%) 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