Actionable Insight Job Trends in Scotland

Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Actionable Insight skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 136 125
Rank change year-on-year +13 -11 -45
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 17 22 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.41% 0.86% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.95% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 10
10th Percentile £33,050 £35,200 £40,375
25th Percentile £34,250 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% - +10.04%
75th Percentile £56,125 £61,250 £62,342
90th Percentile £81,500 £83,738 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,818 2,313 3,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 68.03% 90.85% 84.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,664 988 1,468
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,017 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £38,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -30.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £76,625 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Actionable Insight job vacancy trend in Scotland

Actionable Insight
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Actionable Insight.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Actionable Insight

Actionable Insight
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Actionable Insight in Scotland over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Actionable Insight in Scotland

Actionable Insight
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Insight within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Edinburgh +5 6 £39,500 -44.07% 39
Glasgow +6 2 £95,000 +111.11% 18
Highlands -2 2 £39,500 -24.76%
Stirling - 2 £32,500 -
Fife - 2 - - 2
West Lothian -4 1 - - 4
Aberdeen - 1 £39,500 - 3
Midlothian - 1 £65,000 - 1
Actionable Insight
UK

Actionable Insight
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) Snowflake
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) AWS
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) Power BI
2 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (17.65%) Tableau
3 1 (5.88%) Looker
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 12 (70.59%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (52.94%) Finance
4 8 (47.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (29.41%) Marketing
6 4 (23.53%) Advertising
7 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
7 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
7 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Business Sales Executive
2 4 (23.53%) New Business Sales Executive
2 4 (23.53%) Sales Executive
3 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Radar Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Accountant
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Risk Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Systems Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Algorithms
1 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) NHS
4 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.88%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (35.29%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (35.29%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (29.41%) Customer Experience
4 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
4 5 (29.41%) Digital Marketing
4 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (29.41%) User Experience
5 4 (23.53%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 4 (23.53%) Customer-Centricity
5 4 (23.53%) Data Modelling
5 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
6 3 (17.65%) Analytics
6 3 (17.65%) ERP
6 3 (17.65%) ETL
6 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
7 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) Python
2 4 (23.53%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) MATLAB
4 1 (5.88%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) ACCA
4 1 (5.88%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Data Quality
2 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
3 2 (11.76%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Adobe
1 1 (5.88%) Google
1 1 (5.88%) Optimizely