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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 202 231
Rank change year-on-year +58 +29 -60
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 197 61 153
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.08% 0.86% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 0.91% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 93 48 79
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,025 £27,900
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -12.61% +10.58%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £71,250 £78,087
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -

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 13,236 6,709 13,837
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 72.76% 94.43% 83.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,173 3,743 11,018
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,875 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,400 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +27 94 £45,000 +3.45% 46
Yorkshire -27 60 £64,038 +5.42% 15
North East +3 43 £53,750 +5.39% 9
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 6 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.02%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.51%) CMS
4 1 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.51%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (13.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.51%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.51%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (2.54%) SAP PM
3 4 (2.03%) Magento
4 2 (1.02%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (23.86%) Power Platform
2 15 (7.61%) SaaS
3 11 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.08%) Azure
5 7 (3.55%) Google Analytics
6 6 (3.05%) Power Automate
6 6 (3.05%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.54%) AWS
7 5 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.54%) iPaaS
8 3 (1.52%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.52%) GCP
8 3 (1.52%) Google Sheets
8 3 (1.52%) Google Tag Manager
8 3 (1.52%) IaaS
8 3 (1.52%) PaaS
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.52%) Network Security
2 2 (1.02%) Firewall
3 1 (0.51%) Broadband
3 1 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (23.86%) Power BI
2 9 (4.57%) Tableau
3 7 (3.55%) Looker
3 7 (3.55%) Power Query
3 7 (3.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (1.52%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.52%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.51%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.54%) JIRA
2 2 (1.02%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.51%) JMeter
3 1 (0.51%) LoadRunner
General
1 99 (50.25%) Analytical Skills
2 88 (44.67%) Finance
3 80 (40.61%) Social Skills
4 28 (14.21%) Manufacturing
5 25 (12.69%) Marketing
6 15 (7.61%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.57%) Legal
8 7 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.55%) Law
8 7 (3.55%) Retail
9 6 (3.05%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.54%) Advertising
10 5 (2.54%) Military
11 4 (2.03%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.52%) Billing
12 3 (1.52%) Tech for Good
13 2 (1.02%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.02%) Local Government
13 2 (1.02%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 41 (20.81%) Analyst
2 30 (15.23%) Head of QA
3 20 (10.15%) Data Analyst
3 20 (10.15%) Development Manager
4 17 (8.63%) Senior
5 10 (5.08%) Change Manager
5 10 (5.08%) Lead
5 10 (5.08%) Project Change Manager
5 10 (5.08%) Project Manager
6 9 (4.57%) Architect
7 7 (3.55%) CRM Executive
7 7 (3.55%) Data Manager
7 7 (3.55%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (3.55%) User Researcher
8 6 (3.05%) Data Engineer
8 6 (3.05%) Salesforce Executive
9 5 (2.54%) Analytics Manager
9 5 (2.54%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (2.54%) HR Analyst
9 5 (2.54%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) .NET
1 1 (0.51%) CSS
1 1 (0.51%) FHIR
1 1 (0.51%) Framer.js
1 1 (0.51%) Jest
1 1 (0.51%) LangChain
1 1 (0.51%) LangGraph
1 1 (0.51%) Next.js
1 1 (0.51%) React
1 1 (0.51%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (11.17%) Management Information System
3 20 (10.15%) Learning Management System
4 3 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.02%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.02%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.02%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.02%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.51%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.51%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.51%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.02%) Windows
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (46.70%) Analytics
2 85 (43.15%) Decision-Making
3 65 (32.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 50 (25.38%) Business Intelligence
5 49 (24.87%) Change Management
6 47 (23.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 45 (22.84%) PRINCE2
8 37 (18.78%) Process Improvement
9 36 (18.27%) Customer Experience
10 33 (16.75%) Agile
11 32 (16.24%) Service Delivery
12 31 (15.74%) Mentoring
12 31 (15.74%) Root Cause Analysis
13 30 (15.23%) Anti-Money Laundering
13 30 (15.23%) Quality Management
14 29 (14.72%) Data Governance
15 27 (13.71%) CRM
15 27 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (12.69%) Visualisation
17 23 (11.68%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.23%) SQL
2 10 (5.08%) Python
3 4 (2.03%) T-SQL
4 3 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.02%) VBA
6 1 (0.51%) Bash
6 1 (0.51%) Go
6 1 (0.51%) Java
6 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (15.23%) IRCA
2 20 (10.15%) CIPD
3 19 (9.64%) Degree
4 11 (5.58%) PMI Certification
5 10 (5.08%) PMP
6 8 (4.06%) ACCA
6 8 (4.06%) CIMA
7 5 (2.54%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.52%) CISM
9 3 (1.52%) CISSP
9 3 (1.52%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.52%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.02%) CCNP
10 2 (1.02%) CEH
10 2 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.02%) HND
10 2 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 2 (1.02%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (22.34%) GDPR
2 39 (19.80%) QA
3 30 (15.23%) Data Quality
3 30 (15.23%) ISO 9001
4 28 (14.21%) Actionable Recommendations
5 17 (8.63%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.52%) PMO
7 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.02%) NIST
7 2 (1.02%) SLA
8 1 (0.51%) GRC
8 1 (0.51%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.02%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (11.17%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.61%) Salesforce
3 11 (5.58%) Google
4 6 (3.05%) SAP
5 5 (2.54%) HubSpot
6 4 (2.03%) Adobe
6 4 (2.03%) Databricks
7 3 (1.52%) Xero
8 2 (1.02%) Cognos
8 2 (1.02%) IBM
8 2 (1.02%) Planon
9 1 (0.51%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.51%) Foundry
9 1 (0.51%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.51%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.51%) Palantir