Actionable Insight Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Actionable Insight skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 51 30
Rank change year-on-year 0 -21 +62
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 7 2 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.39% 0.47% 5.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 0.57% 5.94%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £47,500 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £59,556
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.94% +3.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 390 351 286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 77.38% 81.82% 92.56%
Number of salaries quoted 175 124 208
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,994
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £35,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +23.71% -3.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £67,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Actionable Insight relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Actionable Insight job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Actionable Insight
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Actionable Insight.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Actionable Insight

Actionable Insight
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Insight within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
County Antrim +7 4 - - 13
County Down - 3 - -
Newry - 2 - -
County Tyrone - 1 - -
Actionable Insight
UK

Actionable Insight
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Azure Data Factory
1 4 (57.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Billing
5 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Commercial Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Insight Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Insight Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Account Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Report Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Analytics
2 6 (85.71%) Decision-Making
2 6 (85.71%) Process Improvement
3 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) Data Analysis
4 4 (57.14%) Time Management
4 4 (57.14%) Visual Analytics
4 4 (57.14%) Visualisation
4 4 (57.14%) WFM
5 3 (42.86%) Data Analytics
5 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
5 3 (42.86%) Storytelling
6 2 (28.57%) AI
6 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
6 2 (28.57%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (28.57%) Customer Insight
6 2 (28.57%) Data Collection
6 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma
6 2 (28.57%) Workforce Productivity
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Data Quality
2 2 (28.57%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) SAP