Actionable Insights (or Actionable Intelligence, Actionable Recommendations)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Actionable Insight skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Actionable Insight over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 72 440
Rank change year-on-year +16 +368 +92
Permanent jobs citing Actionable Insight 4,238 4,332 1,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.28% 4.27% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.00% 4.47% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 551 253 317
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,723 £33,103
25th Percentile £41,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.04% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +4.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Actionable Insight
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Actionable Insight in the UK

Actionable Insight
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Actionable Insight in the UK

Actionable Insight
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Actionable Insight over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Actionable Insight in the UK

Actionable Insight
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Actionable Insight within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -6 3,177 £48,750 -6.25% 192
England +34 3,132 £52,500 -4.55% 418
Work from Home +31 2,256 £50,000 -9.20% 207
London +187 853 £60,000 - 237
South East +25 762 £45,000 -14.29% 42
North of England +16 640 £55,000 +5.77% 49
South West -15 496 £60,000 +9.33% 21
Scotland -34 471 £51,500 +7.95% 10
North West +7 432 £60,000 -14.29% 33
Midlands -23 316 £57,500 +27.78% 37
Wales -1 276 £42,500 - 11
East Midlands -22 210 £35,000 -7.89% 16
Yorkshire +10 201 £40,000 -8.57% 15
Northern Ireland +11 178 £35,000 - 5
West Midlands -9 106 £57,500 +17.95% 21
East of England -22 42 £43,000 - 23
North East -18 7 £44,225 +4.06% 1

Actionable Insight
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
1 330 (7.79%) ArcGIS
1 330 (7.79%) GeoServer
2 116 (2.74%) WebLogic
3 81 (1.91%) Apache
4 63 (1.49%) Confluence
5 48 (1.13%) SAS
6 43 (1.01%) Oracle Service Bus
7 36 (0.85%) Apache Spark
8 14 (0.33%) Skype for Business
9 12 (0.28%) JBoss
9 12 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
9 12 (0.28%) SharePoint
10 5 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.094%) Jupyter
11 4 (0.094%) TWiki
12 2 (0.047%) MS Project Server
13 1 (0.024%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 665 (15.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 76 (1.79%) MS Visio
4 53 (1.25%) Sketch
5 38 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 32 (0.76%) UserZoom
7 7 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
7 7 (0.17%) SPSS
8 6 (0.14%) InVision
9 4 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.047%) EViews
11 1 (0.024%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (0.024%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 75 (1.77%) Remedy ITSM
2 58 (1.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 37 (0.87%) Siebel CRM
4 8 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.17%) HFM
5 7 (0.17%) Hyperion Planning
6 5 (0.12%) Shopify
7 4 (0.094%) BASE24
8 2 (0.047%) Primavera
9 1 (0.024%) Magento
9 1 (0.024%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.024%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 995 (23.48%) AWS
2 886 (20.91%) Azure
3 244 (5.76%) Power Platform
4 187 (4.41%) SaaS
5 147 (3.47%) GCP
6 111 (2.62%) Figma
7 91 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
8 75 (1.77%) Serverless
9 73 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
10 72 (1.70%) Miro
11 70 (1.65%) SurveyMonkey
12 67 (1.58%) Amazon S3
13 61 (1.44%) OpenShift
14 57 (1.34%) PowerApps
15 56 (1.32%) Power Automate
16 50 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
17 46 (1.09%) Heroku
18 41 (0.97%) AWS CloudFormation
18 41 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
19 31 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 453 (10.69%) Broadband
2 363 (8.57%) VSAT
3 191 (4.51%) Firewall
4 108 (2.55%) VPN
5 107 (2.52%) TCP/IP
6 106 (2.50%) DNS
7 92 (2.17%) Internet
8 56 (1.32%) WAN
9 55 (1.30%) IPsec
10 54 (1.27%) SNMP
11 49 (1.16%) LAN
12 46 (1.09%) BGP
12 46 (1.09%) SSL
13 44 (1.04%) DHCP
14 38 (0.90%) HTTP
15 27 (0.64%) Network Security
16 23 (0.54%) AMQP
17 21 (0.50%) Wireless
18 18 (0.42%) Cisco ASA
19 16 (0.38%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 424 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 354 (8.35%) GIS
3 330 (7.79%) QGIS
4 282 (6.65%) Tableau
5 242 (5.71%) Power BI
6 219 (5.17%) Oracle Database
7 134 (3.16%) Oracle Database 11g
8 112 (2.64%) Relational Database
9 111 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
10 101 (2.38%) RDBMS
11 88 (2.08%) MongoDB
12 87 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
13 76 (1.79%) SQL Server
14 51 (1.20%) Big Data
15 47 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
16 43 (1.01%) Oracle Database 10g
16 43 (1.01%) VLDB
17 41 (0.97%) Data Lake
18 35 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
19 30 (0.71%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 268 (6.32%) Git
2 173 (4.08%) JIRA
3 120 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 36 (0.85%) JDeveloper
5 24 (0.57%) Ant
5 24 (0.57%) GitLab
6 23 (0.54%) Selenium
7 18 (0.42%) Subversion
8 15 (0.35%) Robot Framework
9 13 (0.31%) SonarQube
10 12 (0.28%) IntelliJ
10 12 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 10 (0.24%) Trac
12 9 (0.21%) TestRail
13 8 (0.19%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.094%) eggPlant
15 3 (0.071%) ER Studio
15 3 (0.071%) ERwin
16 2 (0.047%) TeamCity
17 1 (0.024%) Axure RP
General
1 1,548 (36.53%) Social Skills
2 979 (23.10%) Finance
3 903 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
4 479 (11.30%) Influencing Skills
5 302 (7.13%) Presentation Skills
6 282 (6.65%) Aerospace
7 234 (5.52%) Marketing
8 190 (4.48%) Retail
9 119 (2.81%) Public Sector
10 107 (2.52%) Law
11 99 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 71 (1.68%) Games
13 49 (1.16%) Telecoms
14 40 (0.94%) Police
14 40 (0.94%) Social Science
15 36 (0.85%) Banking
15 36 (0.85%) Local Government
16 34 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
17 30 (0.71%) Manufacturing
18 27 (0.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1,237 (29.19%) Senior
2 1,010 (23.83%) Analyst
3 859 (20.27%) Architect
4 506 (11.94%) Software Engineer
5 439 (10.36%) Senior Analyst
6 374 (8.82%) Software Architect
7 319 (7.53%) Developer
8 265 (6.25%) Lead
9 246 (5.80%) Senior Software Engineer
10 222 (5.24%) Project Manager
11 217 (5.12%) Solutions Architect
12 211 (4.98%) Data Analyst
13 202 (4.77%) Senior Developer
14 183 (4.32%) Consultant
15 171 (4.03%) Presales Manager
16 132 (3.11%) Financial Analyst
17 128 (3.02%) Commercial Analyst
18 107 (2.52%) Senior Data Analyst
19 99 (2.34%) Support Analyst
20 91 (2.15%) Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 419 (9.89%) React
2 348 (8.21%) .NET
3 331 (7.81%) Leaflet
3 331 (7.81%) OpenLayers
4 330 (7.79%) PostGIS
5 316 (7.46%) CSS
6 305 (7.20%) .NET Core
7 128 (3.02%) AngularJS
8 123 (2.90%) RabbitMQ
9 116 (2.74%) Node.js
10 102 (2.41%) Spring
11 100 (2.36%) HTML
12 69 (1.63%) Spring Boot
13 60 (1.42%) TensorFlow
14 54 (1.27%) YAML
15 49 (1.16%) Django
16 46 (1.09%) scikit-learn
17 45 (1.06%) Hibernate
17 45 (1.06%) Pandas
18 43 (1.01%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 139 (3.28%) Public Cloud
2 103 (2.43%) Management Information System
3 98 (2.31%) Data Centre
4 97 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
5 95 (2.24%) Algorithms
5 95 (2.24%) PKI
6 77 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
6 77 (1.82%) Product Ownership
7 58 (1.37%) Cloud Native
8 55 (1.30%) Virtual Team
9 38 (0.90%) Onboarding
10 33 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
11 27 (0.64%) Market Risk
12 22 (0.52%) CMDB
13 21 (0.50%) Satnav
13 21 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
14 19 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
15 18 (0.42%) NHS
16 16 (0.38%) Cyber Threat
16 16 (0.38%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 499 (11.77%) Linux
2 266 (6.28%) Windows
3 122 (2.88%) Unix
4 111 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 104 (2.45%) Ubuntu
6 56 (1.32%) CentOS
7 54 (1.27%) Data ONTAP
8 51 (1.20%) Solaris
9 47 (1.11%) VMS
10 29 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
11 28 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
11 28 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
12 26 (0.61%) Windows Server
13 24 (0.57%) Debian
14 14 (0.33%) Mac OS X
15 8 (0.19%) AIX
16 4 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.094%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,927 (45.47%) Agile
2 882 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
3 834 (19.68%) Decision-Making
4 775 (18.29%) DevOps
5 679 (16.02%) Mentoring
6 648 (15.29%) Business Case
7 644 (15.20%) Project Management
8 582 (13.73%) TOGAF
9 561 (13.24%) Software Engineering
10 550 (12.98%) Analytics
11 488 (11.51%) Validation
12 469 (11.07%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 460 (10.85%) Presales
14 453 (10.69%) Budgeting
15 438 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
16 431 (10.17%) Visualisation
17 401 (9.46%) Model Validation
18 396 (9.34%) Technical Architecture
19 386 (9.11%) Requirements Management
20 381 (8.99%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 869 (20.50%) Python
2 670 (15.81%) SQL
3 461 (10.88%) JavaScript
4 255 (6.02%) C#
5 238 (5.62%) Java
6 141 (3.33%) PL/SQL
7 123 (2.90%) Bash
8 117 (2.76%) PowerShell
9 74 (1.75%) R
10 57 (1.34%) C++
11 42 (0.99%) Go
12 41 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 38 (0.90%) Ruby
14 36 (0.85%) Perl
15 28 (0.66%) C
15 28 (0.66%) Shell Script
15 28 (0.66%) T-SQL
16 26 (0.61%) MATLAB
17 16 (0.38%) Bicep
18 15 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,736 (40.96%) Security Cleared
2 1,357 (32.02%) SC Cleared
3 636 (15.01%) Degree
4 456 (10.76%) ACCA
4 456 (10.76%) CIMA
5 276 (6.51%) DV Cleared
6 178 (4.20%) DBS Check
7 135 (3.19%) Master's Degree
8 77 (1.82%) AWS Certification
9 71 (1.68%) Azure Certification
10 52 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 49 (1.16%) PhD
12 46 (1.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 31 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
14 30 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
15 18 (0.42%) CISSP
16 16 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
17 15 (0.35%) CISM
17 15 (0.35%) GCIA
17 15 (0.35%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (3.73%) Accessibility
2 124 (2.93%) Actionable Recommendations
3 123 (2.90%) QA
4 71 (1.68%) SLA
5 62 (1.46%) PMO
6 60 (1.42%) Data Quality
7 59 (1.39%) WCAG
8 32 (0.76%) COBIT
9 21 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
10 17 (0.40%) NIST
11 14 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 12 (0.28%) GDPR
13 8 (0.19%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.14%) GRC
14 6 (0.14%) IFRS
15 4 (0.094%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.071%) HAZOP
17 1 (0.024%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 1 (0.024%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 185 (4.37%) Docker
2 119 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (1.49%) Active Directory
4 50 (1.18%) Hyper-V
5 43 (1.01%) Oracle RAC
6 40 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (0.38%) pfSense
8 15 (0.35%) VMware NSX
9 10 (0.24%) NFS
10 8 (0.19%) Firmware
10 8 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.19%) vSphere
11 3 (0.071%) KVM
12 1 (0.024%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 274 (6.47%) Ansible
2 196 (4.62%) Kubernetes
3 120 (2.83%) Terraform
4 66 (1.56%) Prometheus
5 57 (1.34%) Puppet
6 54 (1.27%) vCenter Server
7 43 (1.01%) Data Guard
7 43 (1.01%) Oracle RMAN
8 32 (0.76%) OpenView
9 28 (0.66%) Grafana
10 27 (0.64%) OpenSSO
10 27 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
11 16 (0.38%) ZABBIX
12 13 (0.31%) SCCM
13 12 (0.28%) WSUS
14 10 (0.24%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 10 (0.24%) SCDPM
15 3 (0.071%) FortiGate
16 1 (0.024%) HP Fortify
16 1 (0.024%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 765 (18.05%) Microsoft
2 394 (9.30%) Oracle
3 333 (7.86%) ESRI
4 172 (4.06%) Databricks
5 162 (3.82%) VMware
6 156 (3.68%) Google
7 151 (3.56%) Red Hat
8 102 (2.41%) Remedy
9 70 (1.65%) Qualtrics
10 66 (1.56%) Palo Alto
11 63 (1.49%) ServiceNow
12 58 (1.37%) Sparx
13 54 (1.27%) NetApp
13 54 (1.27%) SolidFire
14 43 (1.01%) Sun
15 42 (0.99%) Cisco
16 37 (0.87%) HP
16 37 (0.87%) Siebel
17 32 (0.76%) BMC
18 27 (0.64%) Fortinet