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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 138 87
Rank change year-on-year +14 -51 +128
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 21 67 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.83% 1.53% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.79% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 17 14 8
10th Percentile £35,200 £43,125 -
25th Percentile £37,000 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,709
Median % change year-on-year - +10.04% -43.87%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,671 £50,786
90th Percentile £83,738 £69,434 £64,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +2.22%

All Process and 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 2,276 3,750 2,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.92% 85.83% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 999 1,592 2,004
10th Percentile £26,924 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,950 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Actionable Insight as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Insight 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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
Edinburgh +3 10 £57,500 -13.36% 15
Glasgow +38 5 £45,000 -10.00% 6
West Lothian - 2 - - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £55,000 -
North Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Highlands - 1 £52,500 - 1
Actionable Insight
UK

Actionable Insight
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.76%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (61.90%) Power Platform
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (14.29%) Snowflake
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Intranet
1 1 (4.76%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (61.90%) Power BI
2 10 (47.62%) Tableau
3 2 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (4.76%) Power Query
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 14 (66.67%) Finance
2 10 (47.62%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Automotive
4 2 (9.52%) Law
4 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Insight Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Lead
3 4 (19.05%) Report Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Data Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Financial Controller
5 2 (9.52%) HR Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Report Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Data Analytics Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Digital Transformation
6 1 (4.76%) Digital Transformation Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Information Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Lead Data Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Oracle Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Oracle HRMS Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.76%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (61.90%) Analytics
3 10 (47.62%) Decision-Making
4 8 (38.10%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (38.10%) Data Visualisation
4 8 (38.10%) Visualisation
5 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (28.57%) Customer Service
5 6 (28.57%) Data Extraction
5 6 (28.57%) Data Science
6 5 (23.81%) Machine Learning
7 4 (19.05%) ETL
7 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (14.29%) Dashboard Development
8 3 (14.29%) Data Analytics
8 3 (14.29%) Data Management
8 3 (14.29%) Predictive Analytics
8 3 (14.29%) Statistical Analysis
8 3 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) Python
3 3 (14.29%) R
4 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) ACCA
1 2 (9.52%) CIMA
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) NIST
2 1 (4.76%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Alteryx
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) Genesys
2 3 (14.29%) Verint
3 2 (9.52%) Teradata
3 2 (9.52%) Xero