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 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 89 100
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +49
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 8 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.67% 0.31% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.31% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £54,283
25th Percentile £27,500 - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.34%
75th Percentile £32,500 - £68,750
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% - -29.17%

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 964 962 1,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 81.01% 97.96% 90.70%
Number of salaries quoted 502 433 917
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,918 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% - -2.01%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -10.43%

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 7 (87.50%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (87.50%) GitHub
2 7 (87.50%) GitHub Copilot
2 7 (87.50%) Power Automate
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Junior
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Low-Code
1 7 (87.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) AI
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 7 (87.50%) Asset Management
2 7 (87.50%) CI/CD
2 7 (87.50%) Coaching
2 7 (87.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (87.50%) Data Analysis
2 7 (87.50%) Data Integration
2 7 (87.50%) DevOps
2 7 (87.50%) Pair Programming
2 7 (87.50%) Secure Coding
2 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 7 (87.50%) Visualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Fund Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) FIS
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft