Analytical Thinking Job Trends in Edinburgh

Analytical Thinking
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 96 108
Rank change year-on-year 0 +12 +42
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 7 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.66% 0.090% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.094% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £44,006
25th Percentile - £66,250 £44,389
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £67,500 £47,529
Median % change year-on-year - +42.02% -34.44%
75th Percentile - £68,750 £50,640
90th Percentile - - £51,006
Scotland median annual salary £27,500 £61,250 £47,529
% change year-on-year -55.10% +28.87% -30.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 911 1,065 962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.38% 96.21% 91.79%
Number of salaries quoted 391 404 775
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £31,100
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +2.31%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Analytical Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 7 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) GitHub
1 7 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
1 7 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 7 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Low-Code
1 7 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) AI
1 7 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 7 (100.00%) Coaching
1 7 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 7 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
1 7 (100.00%) SQL