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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	167	176	245
Rank change year-on-year	+9	+69	-98
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight	211	124	65
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England	0.88%	1.36%	0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.23%	1.56%	0.63%
Number of salaries quoted	144	92	33
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£35,250	£35,250
25^th Percentile	£40,938	£40,563	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£47,000	£48,979	£57,000
Median % change year-on-year	-4.04%	-14.07%	+14.00%
75^th Percentile	£63,750	£60,000	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£78,500	£67,500	£82,750
England median annual salary	£55,000	£50,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+10.00%	-13.04%	-

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	17,127	7,968	10,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England	71.24%	87.34%	80.21%
Number of salaries quoted	12,705	4,097	5,008
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,250	£30,750
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£32,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£48,720	£51,000
Median % change year-on-year	+12.89%	-4.47%	-7.27%
75^th Percentile	£74,985	£65,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£80,000	£80,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-1.32%

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 Salary Trend in the North of England

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 October 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 October 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	+9	126	£47,250	-3.53%	93
Yorkshire	-3	68	£44,500	-3.78%	36
North East	-62	18	£55,000	+5.77%	28
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Actionable Insight Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Actionable Insight also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region with a requirement for Actionable Insight.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Decision-Making	54.0%	114
2	Analytics	47.4%	100
3	Business Intelligence	39.3%	83
4	Power BI	35.1%	74
4	Power Platform	35.1%	74
6	SQL	32.2%	68
7	Continuous Improvement	27.0%	57
8	Problem-Solving	24.6%	52
9	Visualisation	23.2%	49
10	AI	21.3%	45
11	Python	19.9%	42
12	Stakeholder Management	18.0%	38
13	Microsoft Excel	17.5%	37
14	Data Quality	17.1%	36
15	Actionable Recommendations	16.6%	35
15	Data Analysis	16.6%	35
17	Dashboard Development	16.1%	34
17	Mentoring	16.1%	34
17	Microsoft	16.1%	34
17	Stakeholder Engagement	16.1%	34
21	Data-Driven Decision Making	15.2%	32
22	Coaching	13.7%	29
22	Google	13.7%	29
24	Data Visualisation	11.8%	25
24	Performance Analysis	11.8%	25
26	User Research	11.4%	24
27	Agile	10.9%	23
27	CRM	10.9%	23
29	Customer Service	10.4%	22
29	Data Modelling	10.4%	22

Actionable Insight Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Decision-Making	54.0%	114
2	Analytics	47.4%	100
3	Business Intelligence	39.3%	83
4	Continuous Improvement	27.0%	57
5	Problem-Solving	24.6%	52
6	Visualisation	23.2%	49
7	AI	21.3%	45
8	Stakeholder Management	18.0%	38
9	Data Analysis	16.6%	35
10	Dashboard Development	16.1%	34
10	Mentoring	16.1%	34
10	Stakeholder Engagement	16.1%	34
13	Data-Driven Decision Making	15.2%	32
14	Coaching	13.7%	29
15	Data Visualisation	11.8%	25
15	Performance Analysis	11.8%	25
17	User Research	11.4%	24
18	Agile	10.9%	23
18	CRM	10.9%	23
20	Customer Service	10.4%	22