Actionable Recommendations Job Trends

Actionable Recommendations
UK

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 656 589 804
Rank change year-on-year -67 +215 +4
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Recommendations 122 89 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.18% 0.084%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.16% 1.19% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 89 48 58
10th Percentile £39,028 £38,550 £29,750
25th Percentile £48,250 £43,438 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +35.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £109,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £64,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.16% +28.00% -8.90%

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 10,557 7,480 13,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.69% 15.22% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 6,722 4,174 8,703
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%

Actionable Recommendations
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Actionable Recommendations job vacancy trend in the UK

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Actionable Recommendations

Actionable Recommendations
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Actionable Recommendations over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Actionable Recommendations in the UK

Actionable Recommendations
Top 14 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 16 July 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
England -45 106 £65,000 +1.56% 69
Work from Home +43 79 £65,000 +7.01% 37
UK excluding London -63 74 £57,500 -10.16% 40
North of England -8 29 £57,500 -7.81% 12
London -31 25 £82,500 -8.33% 34
South West -47 15 £57,500 -23.96% 4
South East -3 14 £72,500 -36.96% 17
Midlands -14 14 £49,802 +10.67% 5
North West - 14 £52,500 - 6
Yorkshire -28 11 £65,000 +4.21% 4
West Midlands -25 10 £79,887 +77.53% 4
East Midlands -34 4 £28,750 +6.48% 1
North East - 4 £72,466 - 2
East of England -32 2 - - 2

Actionable Recommendations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (2.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.82%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.11%) Power Platform
2 10 (8.20%) GCP
2 10 (8.20%) iPaaS
3 8 (6.56%) SaaS
4 7 (5.74%) AWS
4 7 (5.74%) Azure
5 6 (4.92%) Google Analytics
6 4 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.46%) Contentsquare
7 3 (2.46%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.64%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.82%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.82%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (0.82%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.82%) Miro
9 1 (0.82%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.82%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.20%) Firewall
2 6 (4.92%) Network Security
3 4 (3.28%) Broadband
4 1 (0.82%) SMS
4 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.11%) Power BI
2 8 (6.56%) Tableau
3 6 (4.92%) Looker
4 4 (3.28%) BigQuery
5 3 (2.46%) Power Query
6 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (4.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.82%) JMeter
2 1 (0.82%) LoadRunner
General
1 47 (38.52%) Social Skills
2 42 (34.43%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (27.87%) Finance
3 34 (27.87%) Public Sector
4 12 (9.84%) Advertising
4 12 (9.84%) Marketing
4 12 (9.84%) Retail
5 10 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (5.74%) Legal
7 6 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.28%) General Ledger
10 3 (2.46%) Banking
10 3 (2.46%) Billing
11 2 (1.64%) Law
11 2 (1.64%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.64%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.82%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.82%) Games
12 1 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (17.21%) Analyst
2 19 (15.57%) Lead
3 13 (10.66%) Consultant
4 12 (9.84%) Architect
5 11 (9.02%) Auditor
6 10 (8.20%) Enterprise Architect
6 10 (8.20%) Lead Architect
6 10 (8.20%) Lead Enterprise Architect
7 9 (7.38%) Security Manager
8 7 (5.74%) Senior
8 7 (5.74%) User Researcher
9 5 (4.10%) Business Analyst
9 5 (4.10%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 5 (4.10%) Performance Analyst
9 5 (4.10%) Security Auditor
10 4 (3.28%) Coordinator
10 4 (3.28%) Process Analyst
10 4 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (3.28%) Systems Analyst
10 4 (3.28%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.82%) JSON
1 1 (0.82%) REST
1 1 (0.82%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.02%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.20%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (6.56%) Security Posture
4 5 (4.10%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.28%) SCADA
6 3 (2.46%) Derivative
6 3 (2.46%) Fixed Income
6 3 (2.46%) Hedge funds
6 3 (2.46%) IoT
6 3 (2.46%) Life Science
6 3 (2.46%) OTC Derivatives
6 3 (2.46%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.46%) Social Media
7 2 (1.64%) CMDB
7 2 (1.64%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.64%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.64%) PropTech
8 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.82%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.92%) Linux
1 6 (4.92%) Windows
2 3 (2.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
2 33 (27.05%) Decision-Making
3 32 (26.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (24.59%) Analytics
4 30 (24.59%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (22.13%) Mentoring
6 26 (21.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 24 (19.67%) Coaching
8 22 (18.03%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (18.03%) Roadmaps
9 21 (17.21%) Business Strategy
9 21 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (16.39%) CRM
11 19 (15.57%) Data Analysis
12 18 (14.75%) Incident Response
13 15 (12.30%) Information Security
13 15 (12.30%) Process Improvement
14 14 (11.48%) Agile
14 14 (11.48%) Data Analytics
15 12 (9.84%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.30%) SQL
2 10 (8.20%) Python
3 7 (5.74%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.46%) Bash
4 3 (2.46%) C
4 3 (2.46%) C#
4 3 (2.46%) C++
4 3 (2.46%) Go
4 3 (2.46%) Java
4 3 (2.46%) Objective-C
4 3 (2.46%) Perl
4 3 (2.46%) Ruby
4 3 (2.46%) Rust
4 3 (2.46%) VBA
5 1 (0.82%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 22 (18.03%) Degree
2 17 (13.93%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 11 (9.02%) DV Cleared
4 11 (9.02%) SC Cleared
5 9 (7.38%) CISSP
6 5 (4.10%) CISA
6 5 (4.10%) CISM
7 4 (3.28%) ACCA
7 4 (3.28%) CIMA
7 4 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.46%) CCSAM
8 3 (2.46%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (2.46%) CREST Certified
8 3 (2.46%) GPEN
8 3 (2.46%) GXPN
8 3 (2.46%) OSCE
8 3 (2.46%) OSCP
9 2 (1.64%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (22.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (13.93%) GDPR
3 13 (10.66%) NCSC
4 11 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 11 (9.02%) Data Quality
4 11 (9.02%) NIST
5 8 (6.56%) Accessibility
6 4 (3.28%) WCAG
7 3 (2.46%) MiFID
8 2 (1.64%) COBIT
9 1 (0.82%) GRC
9 1 (0.82%) ITGC
9 1 (0.82%) PERC
9 1 (0.82%) PMO
9 1 (0.82%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.82%) Grafana
1 1 (0.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (12.30%) Google
2 10 (8.20%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.20%) Salesforce
3 6 (4.92%) Oracle
3 6 (4.92%) SAP
4 5 (4.10%) HubSpot
5 4 (3.28%) Xero
6 3 (2.46%) Hotjar
7 2 (1.64%) Adobe
7 2 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.82%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.82%) Carbon Black
8 1 (0.82%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.82%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.82%) New Relic
8 1 (0.82%) Qualtrics
8 1 (0.82%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.82%) Sage
8 1 (0.82%) Sitecore