Actionable Recommendations Jobs

Actionable Recommendations
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Actionable Recommendations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 620 758 897
Rank change year-on-year +138 +139 +179
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 72 138 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.14% 0.089%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.81% 1.02% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 49 84 34
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,000 £34,723
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,421 £36,667
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -2.44% -24.07%
75th Percentile £90,000 £62,381 £57,931
90th Percentile £108,500 £70,000 £68,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +28.00% +5.26% -25.78%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,849 13,550 19,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.00% 13.76% 19.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,601 9,267 9,193
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Recommendations in the UK

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Actionable Recommendations.

Salary trend for Actionable Recommendations in the UK

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Actionable Recommendations in the UK

Actionable Recommendations
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +138 60 £64,500 +29.00% 140
UK excluding London +137 38 £64,000 +28.00% 62
Work from Home +168 33 £64,000 +28.00% 72
London +108 24 £82,500 +26.92% 100
Midlands +80 13 £45,000 -10.00% 9
East Midlands +56 9 £27,000 -40.00% 2
Yorkshire +77 8 £62,372 +4.73% 5
North of England +74 8 £62,372 +13.40% 8
South West +99 7 £83,738 +67.48% 12
Scotland +98 4 £83,738 +39.22% 5
South East +96 4 £59,498 +30.05% 22
West Midlands +42 4 £45,000 -10.00% 7
East of England +55 2 £83,738 +161.68% 3

Actionable Recommendations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (5.56%) CMS
2 3 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.39%) Confluence
3 1 (1.39%) IBM Domino
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.39%) SAS
3 1 (1.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.78%) Trello
2 1 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.06%) Power Platform
2 7 (9.72%) Google Analytics
3 5 (6.94%) Azure
3 5 (6.94%) SaaS
4 4 (5.56%) AWS
4 4 (5.56%) Snowflake
5 2 (2.78%) MailChimp
6 1 (1.39%) Asana
6 1 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.39%) Canva
6 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.39%) GCP
6 1 (1.39%) Google Sheets
6 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.39%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.17%) Wireless
2 2 (2.78%) Firewall
2 2 (2.78%) Internet
2 2 (2.78%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.39%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.39%) Intranet
3 1 (1.39%) Network Security
3 1 (1.39%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (22.22%) Tableau
2 13 (18.06%) Power BI
3 3 (4.17%) Data Hub
4 2 (2.78%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.78%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.39%) Big Data
5 1 (1.39%) BigQuery
5 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.39%) KNIME
5 1 (1.39%) Looker
5 1 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.78%) JIRA
1 2 (2.78%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.39%) GitLab
2 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (47.22%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (44.44%) Finance
3 27 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 13 (18.06%) Marketing
5 7 (9.72%) Billing
5 7 (9.72%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (6.94%) Retail
7 4 (5.56%) Banking
7 4 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.39%) Legal
9 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (29.17%) Analyst
2 20 (27.78%) Senior
3 12 (16.67%) Lead
4 9 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 8 (11.11%) Business Analyst
6 6 (8.33%) Credit Analyst
6 6 (8.33%) Data Scientist
6 6 (8.33%) Derivatives Business Analyst
6 6 (8.33%) OTC Derivatives Analyst
6 6 (8.33%) OTC Derivatives Business Analyst
6 6 (8.33%) Penetration Tester
6 6 (8.33%) Senior Strategy Analyst
6 6 (8.33%) Strategy Analyst
6 6 (8.33%) Tester
7 5 (6.94%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 5 (6.94%) Senior Tester
7 5 (6.94%) Web Manager
8 4 (5.56%) Data Analyst
8 4 (5.56%) Senior Data Scientist
8 4 (5.56%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.33%) CSS
1 6 (8.33%) HTML
2 3 (4.17%) PyTorch
2 3 (4.17%) scikit-learn
2 3 (4.17%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.39%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.39%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Derivative
1 7 (9.72%) OTC Derivatives
2 6 (8.33%) Credit Risk
3 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.17%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (4.17%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.78%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.78%) Life Science
5 2 (2.78%) Social Media
6 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.39%) IoT
6 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.39%) Pricing Data
6 1 (1.39%) PropTech
6 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 41 (56.94%) Analytics
3 28 (38.89%) Visualisation
4 26 (36.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (36.11%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (30.56%) Data Analytics
6 21 (29.17%) Data Visualisation
7 20 (27.78%) Data Analysis
7 20 (27.78%) Data Science
7 20 (27.78%) Decision-Making
8 15 (20.83%) Machine Learning
9 13 (18.06%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (15.28%) Agile
12 10 (13.89%) Project Management
13 9 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
13 9 (12.50%) Business Analysis
13 9 (12.50%) Data Governance
13 9 (12.50%) SEO
14 8 (11.11%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.78%) Python
2 19 (26.39%) SQL
3 4 (5.56%) R
4 2 (2.78%) Bash
4 2 (2.78%) C#
5 1 (1.39%) Bicep
5 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (23.61%) Degree
2 9 (12.50%) DBS Check
3 5 (6.94%) CHECK Team Member
3 5 (6.94%) CREST Certified
4 4 (5.56%) ACCA
4 4 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.17%) CHECK Team Leader
5 3 (4.17%) CISSP
5 3 (4.17%) Master's Degree
5 3 (4.17%) OSCP
6 2 (2.78%) CISA
6 2 (2.78%) CRISC
6 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.39%) CEH
7 1 (1.39%) CISM
7 1 (1.39%) IIBA
7 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.39%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (8.33%) Accessibility
2 6 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 4 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.56%) GDPR
3 4 (5.56%) NIST
3 4 (5.56%) PCI DSS
4 3 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (4.17%) GRC
5 2 (2.78%) QA
6 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.39%) NCSC
6 1 (1.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Nmap
2 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.72%) Google
3 1 (1.39%) Adobe
3 1 (1.39%) Ahrefs
3 1 (1.39%) Instagram
3 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.39%) Screaming Frog
3 1 (1.39%) YouTube