Actionable Recommendations Job Trends in the North of England

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 Recommendations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 278 375
Rank change year-on-year -13 +97 +34
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 29 8 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.16% 0.11% 0.071%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.92% 0.60% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 23 8 10
10th Percentile £35,000 £55,276 £42,358
25th Percentile £35,625 £59,145 £44,441
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,372 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.13% +24.74% +22.30%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £71,775 £62,875
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +30.00% -8.90%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

Actionable Recommendations falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,510 1,342 2,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.19% 17.71% 13.72%
Number of salaries quoted 998 632 1,633
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,625 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Actionable Recommendations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend in the North of England

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Actionable Recommendations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Actionable Recommendations

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Actionable Recommendations in the North of England

Actionable Recommendations
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 Recommendations within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Yorkshire -48 13 £65,000 +4.21% 5
North West - 12 £36,250 - 8
North East - 4 £75,253 - 1
Actionable Recommendations
England

Actionable Recommendations
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:

Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) iPaaS
2 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
3 3 (10.34%) Google Sheets
3 3 (10.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
1 2 (6.90%) Network Security
2 1 (3.45%) Broadband
2 1 (3.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 16 (55.17%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Finance
3 8 (27.59%) Public Sector
4 7 (24.14%) Marketing
5 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
6 4 (13.79%) Advertising
6 4 (13.79%) General Ledger
6 4 (13.79%) Retail
7 3 (10.34%) Billing
8 2 (6.90%) Social Housing
9 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) CRM Executive
2 6 (20.69%) Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Salesforce Executive
3 5 (17.24%) Architect
3 5 (17.24%) Enterprise Architect
3 5 (17.24%) Lead
3 5 (17.24%) Lead Architect
3 5 (17.24%) Lead Enterprise Architect
3 5 (17.24%) User Researcher
4 4 (13.79%) Process Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Senior
4 4 (13.79%) Senior User Researcher
4 4 (13.79%) Support Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Systems Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Systems Support
4 4 (13.79%) Systems Support Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Product Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.90%) Housing Association
2 2 (6.90%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 15 (51.72%) Mentoring
3 13 (44.83%) Decision-Making
4 11 (37.93%) CRM
5 10 (34.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (31.03%) Coaching
7 8 (27.59%) Business Strategy
8 7 (24.14%) Agile
8 7 (24.14%) Customer Engagement
8 7 (24.14%) Data Governance
8 7 (24.14%) Data Protection
8 7 (24.14%) Process Improvement
8 7 (24.14%) User Experience
8 7 (24.14%) User Research
9 6 (20.69%) Data Analysis
10 5 (17.24%) Enterprise Architecture
10 5 (17.24%) Event-Driven
10 5 (17.24%) Microservices
10 5 (17.24%) Qualitative Research
10 5 (17.24%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) ACCA
2 4 (13.79%) CIMA
3 2 (6.90%) CCNP
3 2 (6.90%) CEH
3 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.90%) CISM
3 2 (6.90%) CISSP
3 2 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) Data Quality
1 7 (24.14%) GDPR
2 6 (20.69%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.90%) NIST
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Salesforce
2 5 (17.24%) HubSpot
3 3 (10.34%) Google
3 3 (10.34%) Xero
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft