Actionable Insight Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Actionable Insight skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 86 101
Rank change year-on-year -25 +15 +12
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 79 128 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.16% 3.40% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 3.77% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 36 17 53
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,250 -
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -21.74%
75th Percentile £60,313 £56,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.82% +8.33% -21.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,810 3,394 4,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.67% 90.07% 81.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,363 1,458 2,591
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Actionable Insight job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Actionable Insight
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Actionable Insight.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Actionable Insight

Actionable Insight
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Actionable Insight in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Actionable Insight in the Thames Valley

Actionable Insight
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Insight within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Buckinghamshire +14 29 £55,000 +15.79% 2
Oxfordshire -2 27 £55,000 +29.41% 5
Berkshire -53 23 £43,000 -31.20% 8
Actionable Insight
South East

Actionable Insight
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (3.80%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.27%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.72%) Google Analytics
2 13 (16.46%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.59%) SaaS
4 4 (5.06%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (5.06%) Google Tag Manager
5 3 (3.80%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.53%) Azure
6 2 (2.53%) Google Ads
6 2 (2.53%) Meta Ads
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.27%) AWS
7 1 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (1.27%) Figma
7 1 (1.27%) GitHub
7 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.46%) Power BI
2 5 (6.33%) Metadata
3 3 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.53%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (2.53%) Tableau
5 1 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.27%) Power Query
5 1 (1.27%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Axure RP
1 1 (1.27%) Balsamiq
1 1 (1.27%) Git
1 1 (1.27%) JIRA
1 1 (1.27%) MLflow
General
1 44 (55.70%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (31.65%) Finance
3 24 (30.38%) Social Skills
4 18 (22.78%) Marketing
5 14 (17.72%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (16.46%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (15.19%) Retail
8 8 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (8.86%) Law
9 7 (8.86%) Telecoms
10 6 (7.59%) Public Sector
11 5 (6.33%) Legal
12 3 (3.80%) Advertising
12 3 (3.80%) Billing
13 2 (2.53%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (1.27%) Banking
14 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (34.18%) Analyst
2 15 (18.99%) Senior
3 8 (10.13%) Senior Analyst
3 8 (10.13%) Technical Engineer
4 5 (6.33%) Data Analyst
4 5 (6.33%) E-Commerce Manager
4 5 (6.33%) Financial Analyst
4 5 (6.33%) Programme Manager
4 5 (6.33%) Report Analyst
4 5 (6.33%) Senior Manager
4 5 (6.33%) Senior Programme Manager
5 4 (5.06%) Analytics Manager
5 4 (5.06%) IT Manager
5 4 (5.06%) Performance Analyst
5 4 (5.06%) SEO Executive
5 4 (5.06%) Vendor Manager
6 3 (3.80%) Lead
6 3 (3.80%) QA Leader
6 3 (3.80%) Senior Billing Analyst
6 3 (3.80%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) CSS
1 2 (2.53%) HTML
2 1 (1.27%) PySpark
2 1 (1.27%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.13%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (6.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.06%) Blog
3 4 (5.06%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.53%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.53%) Smart Home
5 2 (2.53%) SystemC
6 1 (1.27%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (41.77%) Continuous Improvement
1 33 (41.77%) Decision-Making
2 30 (37.97%) Analytics
3 21 (26.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (18.99%) Budgeting
5 14 (17.72%) Agile
5 14 (17.72%) Financial Modelling
6 13 (16.46%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (16.46%) CRM
6 13 (16.46%) Data Analysis
6 13 (16.46%) E-Commerce
7 12 (15.19%) Logistics
8 11 (13.92%) AI
8 11 (13.92%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 11 (13.92%) Performance Metrics
8 11 (13.92%) Process Improvement
9 9 (11.39%) B2C
9 9 (11.39%) Planning and Forecasting
9 9 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (10.13%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.78%) SQL
2 3 (3.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (3.80%) Python
3 2 (2.53%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (17.72%) ACCA
1 14 (17.72%) CIMA
2 11 (13.92%) Degree
3 8 (10.13%) NVQ Level 3
4 6 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.59%) Security Cleared
5 5 (6.33%) PMP
6 4 (5.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.27%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.66%) Data Quality
2 8 (10.13%) PMO
3 6 (7.59%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (6.33%) Accessibility
5 4 (5.06%) QA
6 3 (3.80%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 3 (3.80%) GLP
6 3 (3.80%) GMP
6 3 (3.80%) Good Clinical Practice
6 3 (3.80%) GxP
7 2 (2.53%) WCAG
8 1 (1.27%) GDPR
8 1 (1.27%) PERC
Vendors
1 16 (20.25%) Google
2 13 (16.46%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.86%) SAP
4 6 (7.59%) Oracle
5 5 (6.33%) Salesforce
6 4 (5.06%) Ahrefs
6 4 (5.06%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (2.53%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (1.27%) Adobe
8 1 (1.27%) Databricks