Actionable Insight Contracts in the UK excluding London

Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Actionable Insight skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Actionable Insight over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 384 398
Rank change year-on-year +147 +14 -65
Contract jobs citing Actionable Insight 162 63 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.78% 0.27% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.31% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 37 76
10th Percentile £308 £453 £380
25th Percentile £363 £500 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £698 £705 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £21.80
25th Percentile - - £22.25
Median hourly rate - £13.57 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - -43.46% +20.00%
75th Percentile - - £25.25
90th Percentile - - £25.40
UK median hourly rate £48.75 £80.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -39.06% +113.33% +11.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Actionable Insight is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,354 20,436 27,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.24% 89.17% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,295 14,024 19,087
10th Percentile £250 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £579
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,139 1,241 1,336
10th Percentile £12.47 £10.63 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £62.38
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Actionable Insight as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London

Actionable Insight
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London

Actionable Insight
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London

Actionable Insight
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Actionable Insight in the UK excluding London

Actionable Insight
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Insight within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +43 45 £506 -11.96% 49
Midlands +60 39 £550 +14.58% 28
West Midlands +48 36 £567 +18.02% 18
North of England +46 36 £425 -22.73% 60
North West +24 20 £413 -22.54% 40
Scotland +36 18 £538 -0.92% 12
Yorkshire +27 13 £464 -16.29% 14
South West +18 11 £550 -38.89% 25
East of England - 11 £550 - 21
East Midlands +12 3 £375 - 10
North East - 2 £513 - 6
Northern Ireland - 2 £331 - 3
Wales +17 1 £380 +1.33% 5
Actionable Insight
UK

Actionable Insight
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.47%) Confluence
2 3 (1.85%) CMS
3 2 (1.23%) Apache
3 2 (1.23%) SAS
4 1 (0.62%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (8.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.62%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.62%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 34 (20.99%) Power Platform
2 28 (17.28%) Snowflake
3 17 (10.49%) Azure
4 5 (3.09%) AWS
5 4 (2.47%) Google Analytics
6 3 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 3 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (1.85%) dbt
6 3 (1.85%) GCP
6 3 (1.85%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (1.23%) Adverity
7 2 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.23%) Google Data Studio
7 2 (1.23%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.23%) OCI
7 2 (1.23%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.23%) Sprout Social
8 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 23 (14.20%) Network Security
2 18 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (4.32%) Wireless
4 1 (0.62%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (35.19%) Tableau
2 34 (20.99%) Power BI
3 18 (11.11%) Big Data
4 7 (4.32%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.70%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.09%) Data Mining
7 4 (2.47%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.47%) Looker
8 3 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (1.23%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (1.23%) GIS
9 2 (1.23%) Metadata
9 2 (1.23%) Power Query
9 2 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.62%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.09%) JIRA
2 3 (1.85%) Git
3 1 (0.62%) GitLab
General
1 94 (58.02%) Analytical Skills
2 47 (29.01%) Social Skills
3 41 (25.31%) Finance
4 24 (14.81%) Legal
5 18 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 12 (7.41%) Marketing
7 10 (6.17%) Telecoms
8 9 (5.56%) Military
9 7 (4.32%) Retail
10 6 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.47%) Banking
12 3 (1.85%) Health Technology
13 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.62%) Advertising
14 1 (0.62%) Automotive
14 1 (0.62%) Games
14 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.62%) Publishing
14 1 (0.62%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 83 (51.23%) Analyst
2 39 (24.07%) Data Analyst
3 28 (17.28%) Lead
4 14 (8.64%) User Researcher
5 12 (7.41%) Lead Data Analyst
6 11 (6.79%) Senior
7 8 (4.94%) Data Engineer
7 8 (4.94%) SQL Analyst
7 8 (4.94%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 7 (4.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
8 7 (4.32%) Developer
8 7 (4.32%) SQL Data Analyst
9 6 (3.70%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.70%) Consultant
9 6 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (3.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 5 (3.09%) Marketing Analyst
11 4 (2.47%) Data Scientist
11 4 (2.47%) Database Analyst
11 4 (2.47%) Database Marketing Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.11%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (1.85%) ADO
2 3 (1.85%) Flask
2 3 (1.85%) Pandas
3 2 (1.23%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.62%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.62%) CSS
4 1 (0.62%) HTML
4 1 (0.62%) Middleware
4 1 (0.62%) PostGIS
4 1 (0.62%) PySpark
4 1 (0.62%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.20%) Credit Risk
2 22 (13.58%) Cyber Defence
2 22 (13.58%) Management Information System
3 20 (12.35%) Distributed Applications
4 14 (8.64%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (4.32%) Operational Technology
6 5 (3.09%) NHS
6 5 (3.09%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.47%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.47%) Social Media
8 3 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.62%) FMCG
10 1 (0.62%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.11%) Linux
1 18 (11.11%) Windows
2 16 (9.88%) Android
2 16 (9.88%) Apple iOS
2 16 (9.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (52.47%) Analytics
2 57 (35.19%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (34.57%) Decision-Making
4 42 (25.93%) Data Analysis
5 41 (25.31%) Business Intelligence
5 41 (25.31%) Visualisation
6 32 (19.75%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (17.28%) Data Visualisation
8 27 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
9 24 (14.81%) Data Management
9 24 (14.81%) Security Operations
10 23 (14.20%) Information Security
11 22 (13.58%) Data Pipeline
11 22 (13.58%) Data Science
12 20 (12.35%) Agile
12 20 (12.35%) Data Engineering
12 20 (12.35%) SIEM
13 18 (11.11%) Security Architecture
14 17 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (9.88%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 47 (29.01%) SQL
2 20 (12.35%) Python
3 5 (3.09%) R
4 3 (1.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.85%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (0.62%) LookML
Qualifications
1 29 (17.90%) Degree
2 24 (14.81%) DV Cleared
2 24 (14.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.85%) CISSP
3 3 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.23%) CEH
4 2 (1.23%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.62%) ACCA
5 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.62%) CIMA
5 1 (0.62%) CISA
5 1 (0.62%) CISM
5 1 (0.62%) CSPO
5 1 (0.62%) GIAC
5 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.62%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (22.22%) Actionable Recommendations
2 8 (4.94%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.85%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.23%) GDPR
4 2 (1.23%) PMO
5 1 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.62%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.62%) HAZOP
5 1 (0.62%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.62%) Nessus
1 1 (0.62%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 29 (17.90%) Alteryx
2 16 (9.88%) Red Hat
3 15 (9.26%) Microsoft
4 6 (3.70%) Google
4 6 (3.70%) Splunk
5 4 (2.47%) Databricks
5 4 (2.47%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.85%) SAP
7 2 (1.23%) Anaplan
7 2 (1.23%) Brandwatch
7 2 (1.23%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.23%) Facebook
7 2 (1.23%) FireEye
7 2 (1.23%) Hootsuite
7 2 (1.23%) Instagram
7 2 (1.23%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.23%) Oracle
7 2 (1.23%) Twitter
7 2 (1.23%) YouTube
8 1 (0.62%) Optimizely