Actionable Recommendations Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 482 593
Rank change year-on-year +4 +111 +113
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 71 31 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.34% 0.71% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 46 20 70
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £38,431 £55,921 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £64,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.22% +28.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,640 £75,000 £61,123
90th Percentile £77,500 £105,000 £62,875
UK median annual salary £56,000 £64,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +21.90% +2.44%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,310 4,386 8,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.93% 15.87% 14.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,858 2,325 5,881
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,716 £32,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +13.03% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.09%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Actionable Recommendations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Actionable Recommendations

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Actionable Recommendations in the UK excluding London

Actionable Recommendations
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Recommendations within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 March 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
North of England -27 23 £37,500 -39.88% 22
South East +7 20 £72,500 -3.33% 14
Midlands -10 17 £51,058 +89.10% 8
East Midlands -35 11 £51,058 +89.10% 3
North West - 11 £35,000 - 14
Yorkshire -43 9 £63,076 +1.13% 6
South West -31 7 £48,750 -41.79% 2
West Midlands +2 6 £45,497 - 5
North East - 3 £63,076 - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Scotland -16 1 - -
Wales - 1 - -
Actionable Recommendations
UK

Actionable Recommendations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (7.04%) IIS
2 3 (4.23%) Confluence
3 1 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 19 (26.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (8.45%) Salesforce CRM
2 5 (7.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (30.99%) Power Platform
2 18 (25.35%) Azure
3 12 (16.90%) AWS
4 11 (15.49%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (15.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 6 (8.45%) Snowflake
6 4 (5.63%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.23%) SaaS
8 1 (1.41%) dbt
8 1 (1.41%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.41%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.41%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.27%) Firewall
2 1 (1.41%) Broadband
2 1 (1.41%) Internet
2 1 (1.41%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (30.99%) Power BI
2 11 (15.49%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (15.49%) SQL Server
2 11 (15.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (8.45%) Tableau
4 5 (7.04%) Big Data
4 5 (7.04%) Data Mining
4 5 (7.04%) Hadoop
4 5 (7.04%) NoSQL
5 4 (5.63%) Power Query
6 2 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.41%) QGIS
7 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (9.86%) Burp Suite
1 7 (9.86%) Metasploit
2 4 (5.63%) JIRA
3 1 (1.41%) Git
General
1 37 (52.11%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (46.48%) Social Skills
3 22 (30.99%) Finance
4 18 (25.35%) Marketing
5 15 (21.13%) Retail
6 11 (15.49%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (7.04%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (7.04%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (5.63%) Advertising
8 4 (5.63%) General Ledger
9 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.82%) Law
10 1 (1.41%) Legal
10 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 12 (16.90%) Senior
2 11 (15.49%) Business Manager
2 11 (15.49%) Insight Manager
3 8 (11.27%) Analyst
3 8 (11.27%) Security Manager
4 7 (9.86%) CRM Executive
4 7 (9.86%) Security Specialist
4 7 (9.86%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
5 6 (8.45%) Salesforce Executive
5 6 (8.45%) User Researcher
6 5 (7.04%) Data Science Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Senior Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Senior User Researcher
7 4 (5.63%) CRM Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Process Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) Process Improvement Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) Support Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) Systems Support
7 4 (5.63%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.04%) Play Framework
2 1 (1.41%) GeoPandas
2 1 (1.41%) MapLibre
2 1 (1.41%) NetworkX
2 1 (1.41%) PostGIS
2 1 (1.41%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (11.27%) Security Posture
3 7 (9.86%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (9.86%) Insider Threat
4 5 (7.04%) Algorithms
4 5 (7.04%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.41%) Housing Association
7 1 (1.41%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 41 (57.75%) Decision-Making
3 29 (40.85%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (38.03%) Analytics
5 26 (36.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (35.21%) Data Analysis
7 23 (32.39%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (30.99%) Visualisation
9 19 (26.76%) CRM
9 19 (26.76%) Process Improvement
10 17 (23.94%) AI
11 15 (21.13%) Penetration Testing
12 14 (19.72%) Data Modelling
12 14 (19.72%) Information Security
13 13 (18.31%) Agile
13 13 (18.31%) Customer Insight
14 12 (16.90%) Storytelling
15 11 (15.49%) Customer Engagement
15 11 (15.49%) Visual Analytics
15 11 (15.49%) Workforce Productivity
Programming Languages
1 24 (33.80%) SQL
2 13 (18.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 8 (11.27%) Python
4 6 (8.45%) R
4 6 (8.45%) Scala
5 5 (7.04%) Java
6 4 (5.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (30.99%) Degree
2 11 (15.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 9 (12.68%) CISSP
4 8 (11.27%) CEH
4 8 (11.27%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (11.27%) Security Cleared
5 7 (9.86%) CCNA
5 7 (9.86%) CISMP
5 7 (9.86%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (9.86%) CREST Certified
5 7 (9.86%) GIAC
5 7 (9.86%) GPEN
5 7 (9.86%) MCSE
5 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 7 (9.86%) OSCP
5 7 (9.86%) SC Cleared
6 5 (7.04%) Master's Degree
6 5 (7.04%) MBA
7 2 (2.82%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (23.94%) GDPR
2 11 (15.49%) Data Quality
3 9 (12.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (11.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (7.04%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.82%) NIST
7 1 (1.41%) COBIT
7 1 (1.41%) ITGC
7 1 (1.41%) PMO
Systems Management
1 7 (9.86%) Nmap
2 1 (1.41%) Argo
Vendors
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.49%) Salesforce
3 7 (9.86%) Cisco
4 5 (7.04%) BT
4 5 (7.04%) Databricks
4 5 (7.04%) HubSpot
4 5 (7.04%) Oracle
5 4 (5.63%) SAP
6 1 (1.41%) Google
6 1 (1.41%) Mapbox
6 1 (1.41%) Qualtrics