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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 213 277
Rank change year-on-year +57 +64 -109
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 207 92 125
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.02% 1.09% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.17% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 122 62 63
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,755 £26,850
25th Percentile £40,632 £40,188 £36,332
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,052 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,756 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £67,500 £76,550
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -10.71%

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 14,072 7,878 15,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 69.58% 92.97% 79.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,490 3,748 11,706
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £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 25 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 25 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 +56 119 £47,025 -1.00% 44
Yorkshire +5 64 £56,250 +2.27% 15
North East -29 24 £53,750 +7.50% 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 (3.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.97%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.97%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) CMS
3 1 (0.48%) Palantir Foundry
3 1 (0.48%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 31 (14.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.90%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (2.42%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.93%) Magento
4 2 (0.97%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (30.92%) Power Platform
2 12 (5.80%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (5.80%) SaaS
3 10 (4.83%) Azure
4 9 (4.35%) Google Analytics
5 7 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (3.38%) OneDrive
5 7 (3.38%) Power Automate
5 7 (3.38%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.42%) iPaaS
7 4 (1.93%) AWS
7 4 (1.93%) GCP
7 4 (1.93%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.45%) Google Tag Manager
8 3 (1.45%) IaaS
8 3 (1.45%) PaaS
8 3 (1.45%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.38%) Network Security
2 3 (1.45%) Firewall
3 2 (0.97%) WPA
4 1 (0.48%) Broadband
4 1 (0.48%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) Internet
4 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.48%) SNMP
4 1 (0.48%) WAN
4 1 (0.48%) Wireless
4 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (30.92%) Power BI
2 11 (5.31%) Looker
3 10 (4.83%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.35%) Tableau
5 6 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (2.42%) Power Query
7 4 (1.93%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.97%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.97%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.48%) GIS
9 1 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (2.90%) JIRA
2 2 (0.97%) 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
1 107 (51.69%) Analytical Skills
1 107 (51.69%) Social Skills
2 104 (50.24%) Finance
3 32 (15.46%) Marketing
4 21 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (7.73%) Legal
6 10 (4.83%) Retail
7 9 (4.35%) Advertising
8 8 (3.86%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.38%) Law
9 7 (3.38%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.42%) Banking
10 5 (2.42%) Military
11 4 (1.93%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.93%) Local Government
12 3 (1.45%) Billing
12 3 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.97%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 60 (28.99%) Analyst
2 30 (14.49%) Head of QA
3 23 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 19 (9.18%) Senior
5 16 (7.73%) Lead
6 11 (5.31%) Analytics Manager
6 11 (5.31%) Support Analyst
7 10 (4.83%) Change Manager
7 10 (4.83%) Project Change Manager
7 10 (4.83%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.83%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (4.35%) Architect
9 7 (3.38%) Applications Support
9 7 (3.38%) Applications Support Analyst
9 7 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 7 (3.38%) CRM Executive
9 7 (3.38%) Data Manager
9 7 (3.38%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
10 6 (2.90%) Data Engineer
10 6 (2.90%) Salesforce Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.48%) FHIR
1 1 (0.48%) LangChain
1 1 (0.48%) LangGraph
1 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (16.91%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (9.66%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.93%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.45%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.97%) FMCG
5 2 (0.97%) Housing Association
5 2 (0.97%) PropTech
5 2 (0.97%) Public Cloud
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%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.48%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.48%) Life Science
6 1 (0.48%) Media Streaming
6 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.48%) NHS
6 1 (0.48%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.97%) Windows
1 2 (0.97%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (50.24%) Analytics
2 76 (36.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 74 (35.75%) Decision-Making
4 66 (31.88%) Business Intelligence
5 62 (29.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 45 (21.74%) PRINCE2
7 44 (21.26%) Change Management
8 40 (19.32%) Customer Experience
9 38 (18.36%) Stakeholder Management
10 35 (16.91%) Quality Management
10 35 (16.91%) Root Cause Analysis
10 35 (16.91%) Service Delivery
11 34 (16.43%) Agile
11 34 (16.43%) CRM
11 34 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
12 32 (15.46%) AI
13 31 (14.98%) Mentoring
14 30 (14.49%) Anti-Money Laundering
14 30 (14.49%) Visualisation
15 26 (12.56%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.36%) SQL
2 21 (10.14%) Python
3 8 (3.86%) R
4 6 (2.90%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.45%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.97%) VBA
8 1 (0.48%) Bash
8 1 (0.48%) Go
8 1 (0.48%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (14.49%) IRCA
2 23 (11.11%) Degree
3 11 (5.31%) PMI Certification
4 10 (4.83%) PMP
5 9 (4.35%) ACCA
6 8 (3.86%) CIMA
7 7 (3.38%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.90%) CISSP
8 6 (2.90%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.93%) CCSP
9 4 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.93%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.45%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.97%) CCNP
11 2 (0.97%) CEH
11 2 (0.97%) HND
11 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (19.81%) QA
2 40 (19.32%) GDPR
3 32 (15.46%) Actionable Recommendations
4 31 (14.98%) Data Quality
4 31 (14.98%) ISO 9001
5 19 (9.18%) Accessibility
6 7 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (3.38%) NIST
7 2 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.97%) SLA
7 2 (0.97%) WCAG
8 1 (0.48%) AQAP
8 1 (0.48%) IFRS
8 1 (0.48%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.48%) NCSC
8 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) Docker
1 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.97%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.73%) Google
2 16 (7.73%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.31%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.90%) SAP
5 5 (2.42%) Adobe
6 3 (1.45%) Databricks
6 3 (1.45%) IBM
6 3 (1.45%) Xero
7 2 (0.97%) Cognos
7 2 (0.97%) Foundry
7 2 (0.97%) Planon
8 1 (0.48%) Arista
8 1 (0.48%) Cisco
8 1 (0.48%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.48%) NetScout
8 1 (0.48%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.48%) SevOne
8 1 (0.48%) Splunk
8 1 (0.48%) VMware