Actionable Recommendations Job Trends in Scotland

Actionable Recommendations
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 202 165
Rank change year-on-year +60 -37 -
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 4 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.16% 0.045% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.04% 0.41% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,738 £60,743 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.86% - -
UK median annual salary £83,119 £45,000 £62,675
% change year-on-year +84.71% -28.20% -10.46%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 385 483 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.27% 10.92% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 79 156 186
10th Percentile £35,447 £27,669 £31,625
25th Percentile £51,500 £36,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -13.64% +14.82%
75th Percentile £75,900 £59,813 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,915 £68,750 £78,419
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +9.09%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Recommendations in Scotland

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Actionable Recommendations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Actionable Recommendations

Actionable Recommendations
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 Recommendations within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 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 +13 4 £83,738 +37.86%
Actionable Recommendations
UK

Actionable Recommendations
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 1 (25.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Tableau
2 3 (75.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 4 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Predictive Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft