Analytical Thinking Jobs

Analytical Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Analytical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 440 422 498
Rank change year-on-year -18 +76 +5
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 570 706 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.74% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.78% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 342 293 493
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,600 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +2.63% -5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Analytical Thinking 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 87,477 90,991 161,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.84% 95.49% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,023 54,512 83,003
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking.

Salary trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
England -15 498 £50,000 -16.67% 219
UK excluding London -79 384 £45,000 -7.69% 129
Work from Home -24 236 £52,101 -0.76% 98
London +68 162 £61,250 -5.77% 82
North of England -59 103 £50,000 +6.84% 55
South East -5 92 £45,802 -3.57% 28
South West +7 79 £48,000 +6.67% 14
North West +19 59 £45,000 +9.09% 29
Midlands -14 46 £37,100 -42.92% 25
Yorkshire -29 39 £52,500 +5.00% 22
West Midlands -11 28 £42,350 -34.85% 16
Scotland -56 28 £42,500 -25.09% 2
East Midlands -22 18 £32,000 -50.77% 9
East of England -30 15 £46,000 -23.33% 9
Wales +13 14 £52,101 +30.25%
North East -40 5 £56,075 +21.12% 8
Isle of Man - 4 £54,000 -
Northern Ireland +22 3 £54,408 -16.30% 1

Analytical Thinking
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 19 (3.33%) Confluence
1 19 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.05%) SAS
3 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.35%) CMS
4 2 (0.35%) IIS
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 59 (10.35%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (8.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (4.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (2.11%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Sketch
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.58%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.88%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.53%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.53%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.53%) Sage 300 ERP
5 3 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.18%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 63 (11.05%) Azure
2 53 (9.30%) Power Platform
3 49 (8.60%) AWS
4 46 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
6 21 (3.68%) SaaS
7 13 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (2.28%) GCP
7 13 (2.28%) PaaS
7 13 (2.28%) WhatsApp
8 9 (1.58%) Serverless
9 8 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.40%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.05%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.88%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.70%) AWS Fargate
13 4 (0.70%) Datadog
13 4 (0.70%) iPaaS
13 4 (0.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.91%) Firewall
2 14 (2.46%) Network Security
3 13 (2.28%) DNS
4 11 (1.93%) VPN
5 10 (1.75%) DHCP
6 7 (1.23%) LAN
6 7 (1.23%) WAN
6 7 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.88%) WebEx
8 4 (0.70%) Broadband
9 3 (0.53%) BGP
9 3 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.53%) EIGRP
9 3 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.53%) MPLS
9 3 (0.53%) OSPF
9 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.53%) SSL
9 3 (0.53%) Wireless
10 2 (0.35%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.54%) Power BI
2 35 (6.14%) SQL Server
3 28 (4.91%) MySQL
4 23 (4.04%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.81%) RDBMS
6 13 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (2.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (2.11%) Tableau
8 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.05%) SAP HANA
8 6 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (0.70%) Big Data
10 4 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.53%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.53%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.35%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.35%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 32 (5.61%) JIRA
2 25 (4.39%) Git
3 15 (2.63%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.70%) GitLab
4 4 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.35%) git-flow
6 1 (0.18%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.18%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.18%) Moq
6 1 (0.18%) NUnit
6 1 (0.18%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 570 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 299 (52.46%) Social Skills
3 164 (28.77%) Finance
4 67 (11.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (7.37%) Legal
5 42 (7.37%) Retail
6 40 (7.02%) Manufacturing
7 38 (6.67%) Law
8 35 (6.14%) Banking
9 32 (5.61%) Pharmaceutical
10 28 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (4.39%) Electronics
11 25 (4.39%) Investment Banking
11 25 (4.39%) Public Sector
12 21 (3.68%) Marketing
12 21 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (3.16%) Telecoms
15 12 (2.11%) French Language
16 10 (1.75%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 143 (25.09%) Analyst
2 77 (13.51%) Senior
3 52 (9.12%) Developer
4 45 (7.89%) Lead
5 42 (7.37%) Business Analyst
6 37 (6.49%) Project Manager
7 24 (4.21%) IT Manager
8 22 (3.86%) Consultant
9 20 (3.51%) Architect
10 18 (3.16%) Senior Developer
11 16 (2.81%) Lead Business Analyst
12 15 (2.63%) Electronics Engineer
12 15 (2.63%) Manufacturing Engineer
12 15 (2.63%) Senior Manager
12 15 (2.63%) Software Design Engineer
13 14 (2.46%) Cloud Engineer
14 13 (2.28%) IT Analyst
14 13 (2.28%) Systems Analyst
15 12 (2.11%) DBA
15 12 (2.11%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.72%) .NET
2 20 (3.51%) HTML
3 17 (2.98%) CSS
4 16 (2.81%) AngularJS
5 12 (2.11%) React
6 10 (1.75%) RESTful
7 9 (1.58%) Vue
8 8 (1.40%) .NET Framework
8 8 (1.40%) Spring
9 7 (1.23%) Hibernate
9 7 (1.23%) HTML5
10 6 (1.05%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.05%) ADO
10 6 (1.05%) ASP.NET
10 6 (1.05%) CSS3
11 5 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (0.88%) HTML5 Canvas
11 5 (0.88%) SAP TM
11 5 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.84%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 29 (5.09%) Algorithms
4 20 (3.51%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.81%) Life Science
7 15 (2.63%) Driving Licence
7 15 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (2.63%) Virtual Team
8 12 (2.11%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.58%) Market Risk
9 9 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (1.40%) Housing Association
10 8 (1.40%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.05%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.05%) PMI
13 5 (0.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.25%) Windows
2 24 (4.21%) Linux
3 14 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.11%) Unix
5 11 (1.93%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.58%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.70%) VMS
8 3 (0.53%) CentOS
8 3 (0.53%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 1 (0.18%) Android
9 1 (0.18%) HPUX
9 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) Solaris
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (41.23%) Problem-Solving
2 116 (20.35%) Agile
3 108 (18.95%) Decision-Making
4 102 (17.89%) Project Management
5 88 (15.44%) Strategic Thinking
6 82 (14.39%) Computer Science
7 78 (13.68%) Project Delivery
8 74 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 67 (11.75%) Analytics
10 62 (10.88%) Customer Service
10 62 (10.88%) Software Engineering
11 55 (9.65%) Time Management
12 52 (9.12%) Critical Thinking
13 50 (8.77%) Risk Management
13 50 (8.77%) Roadmaps
13 50 (8.77%) Service Delivery
14 47 (8.25%) Business Intelligence
15 44 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
16 41 (7.19%) Creative Thinking
16 41 (7.19%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (13.51%) C#
2 53 (9.30%) Python
3 48 (8.42%) SQL
4 46 (8.07%) JavaScript
5 32 (5.61%) Java
6 21 (3.68%) C
7 19 (3.33%) C++
7 19 (3.33%) PHP
8 13 (2.28%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.11%) R
10 10 (1.75%) Bash
11 8 (1.40%) TypeScript
12 7 (1.23%) Perl
13 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.35%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.35%) VBA
15 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 194 (34.04%) Degree
2 53 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.96%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.74%) Master's Degree
5 21 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.33%) PhD
7 14 (2.46%) PMI Certification
8 13 (2.28%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.93%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 9 (1.58%) CISSP
12 9 (1.58%) DBS Check
13 7 (1.23%) PgMP
13 7 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.88%) Postgraduate
16 4 (0.70%) SAFe Agilist
16 4 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
17 3 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.96%) QA
2 21 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.28%) SLA
4 10 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (1.75%) GDPR
5 7 (1.23%) ISO 9000
6 4 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.53%) NIST
7 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.18%) GxP
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.18%) NCSC
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.23%) Docker
3 6 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.35%) IAG
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (3.33%) Terraform
2 9 (1.58%) Ansible
3 6 (1.05%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.53%) Graphite
5 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.53%) Nagios
5 3 (0.53%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 127 (22.28%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.77%) SAP
3 19 (3.33%) Oracle
4 18 (3.16%) Salesforce
5 14 (2.46%) VMware
6 11 (1.93%) Cisco
7 10 (1.75%) Xamarin
8 9 (1.58%) Google
9 7 (1.23%) Computacenter
9 7 (1.23%) Juniper
10 6 (1.05%) Alteryx
10 6 (1.05%) Pega
10 6 (1.05%) SolarWinds
10 6 (1.05%) UiPath
11 5 (0.88%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.70%) Aruba
12 4 (0.70%) Citrix
12 4 (0.70%) Samsung
12 4 (0.70%) Workday
12 4 (0.70%) YouTube