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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 150 154
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 3 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.11% 0.060% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.70% 0.46% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,738 £60,743 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.86% - -
UK median annual salary £58,091 £60,743 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.37% +1.24% -14.29%

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 430 433 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 16.23% 13.08% 10.28%
Number of salaries quoted 89 143 186
10th Percentile £26,500 £24,650 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £39,250 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,300 £55,022
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -8.58% +10.04%
75th Percentile £83,738 £65,625 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +6.19%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend 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 21 October 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 +12 3 £83,738 +37.86%
Actionable Recommendations
UK

Actionable Recommendations
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 1 (33.33%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Tableau
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Predictive Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft