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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 118 133
Rank change year-on-year -7 +15 +42
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 22 27 92
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.76% 1.08% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.15% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 13 5 11
10th Percentile - £38,500 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £61,123
90th Percentile £91,250 - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +4.55%

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 2,302 2,344 3,623
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 79.85% 93.95% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,134 974 2,064
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,444
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.45% -8.09%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -16 8 £78,750 - 5
Glasgow +12 7 £45,000 -59.09% 1
Highlands - 4 £52,500 -
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
West Lothian - 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (4.55%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Power Platform
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) AWS
4 1 (4.55%) GCP
4 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Broadband
2 1 (4.55%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) Power BI
2 4 (18.18%) Tableau
3 3 (13.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (13.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
5 1 (4.55%) Power Query
5 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 12 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (45.45%) Finance
4 2 (9.09%) Games
5 1 (4.55%) Billing
5 1 (4.55%) Law
5 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Report Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Insight Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Analyst Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Report Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Forecast Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
6 1 (4.55%) Commercial Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Designer
6 1 (4.55%) Digital Transformation
6 1 (4.55%) Digital Transformation Specialist
6 1 (4.55%) Insight Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Problem Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (9.09%) Social Media
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.55%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (4.55%) Low-Code
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Analytics
2 11 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (40.91%) Decision-Making
5 8 (36.36%) Visualisation
6 7 (31.82%) Process Improvement
7 6 (27.27%) Agile
7 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (27.27%) Data Analytics
8 5 (22.73%) Data Analysis
9 4 (18.18%) AI
9 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
9 4 (18.18%) Data Integration
10 3 (13.64%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 3 (13.64%) Dashboard Development
10 3 (13.64%) Data Extraction
10 3 (13.64%) Data Visualisation
10 3 (13.64%) Performance Management
10 3 (13.64%) Scorecard
10 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (9.09%) Python
4 1 (4.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) SLA
2 1 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) GRC
2 1 (4.55%) NIST
2 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
2 1 (4.55%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Anaplan
2 3 (13.64%) Alteryx
2 3 (13.64%) Hyperion
2 3 (13.64%) IBM
2 3 (13.64%) Oracle
2 3 (13.64%) SAP
2 3 (13.64%) Teradata
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) FIS