Analytical Thinking Job Trends in Durham

Analytical Thinking
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 2.57% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £71,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £67,500 - £27,500
% change year-on-year - - -40.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Durham

Analytical Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 192 164 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 70.59% 93.71% 89.88%
Number of salaries quoted 68 44 228
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,100 £26,758
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £56,875 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +19.74% +11.76%
75th Percentile £70,063 £72,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £74,258 £70,000
North East median annual salary £48,445 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.01% +7.37% -5.00%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Analytical Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Durham.

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in Durham

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Analytical Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the Durham region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Darlington - 1 £67,500 -
Analytical Thinking
North East

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Applications
1 6 (85.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) AWS
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) BGP
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco Wireless
1 6 (85.71%) EIGRP
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) LAN
1 6 (85.71%) Network Security
1 6 (85.71%) OSPF
1 6 (85.71%) SNMP
1 6 (85.71%) VLAN
1 6 (85.71%) VPN
1 6 (85.71%) WAAS
1 6 (85.71%) WAN
1 6 (85.71%) Wireless
1 6 (85.71%) Wireless Security
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Network Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Senior
1 6 (85.71%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Collaborative Working
1 6 (85.71%) Computer Science
1 6 (85.71%) Kalman Filter
1 6 (85.71%) Load Balancing
1 6 (85.71%) Project Delivery
1 6 (85.71%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 6 (85.71%) WAN Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CCIE
1 6 (85.71%) CCNP
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (85.71%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (85.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Blue Coat
1 6 (85.71%) CheckPoint
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
1 6 (85.71%) F5
1 6 (85.71%) Infoblox
1 6 (85.71%) Motorola
1 6 (85.71%) ServiceNow
1 6 (85.71%) SolarWinds