Analytical Thinking Job Trends in England

Analytical Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 381 471
Rank change year-on-year +87 +90 -66
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 370 328 213
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.70% 0.68% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.75% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 231 180 148
10th Percentile £28,750 £39,750 £32,588
25th Percentile £30,370 £50,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £67,500 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +21.08% -7.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £112,500 £88,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £67,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +25.00% -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in England

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Analytical Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Thinking in England

Analytical Thinking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
London +55 141 £67,500 -1.10% 36
Midlands +62 69 £30,000 -55.56% 19
South East +73 66 £65,000 -1.52% 56
East Midlands +33 44 £30,000 -55.56% 7
East of England +55 39 £30,370 -55.01% 26
North of England -23 35 £36,805 -45.47% 27
West Midlands +22 25 £86,250 +32.69% 12
Yorkshire -12 16 £30,263 -55.17% 13
North West -7 15 £38,000 -43.70% 11
South West -23 15 £52,500 -22.22% 22
North East +7 4 - - 5
Analytical Thinking
UK

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.35%) IIS
2 5 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.54%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) Kinematics
Applications
1 53 (14.32%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.51%) Adobe XD
4 11 (2.97%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.81%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.27%) Endur
3 1 (0.27%) EuroRunner
3 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.27%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 73 (19.73%) SaaS
2 69 (18.65%) Azure
3 51 (13.78%) AWS
4 28 (7.57%) Power Platform
5 26 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (4.05%) Google Analytics
7 14 (3.78%) Amazon Alexa
8 13 (3.51%) Figma
9 8 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.16%) Datadog
10 7 (1.89%) GCP
10 7 (1.89%) IaaS
10 7 (1.89%) PaaS
10 7 (1.89%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.81%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.81%) Kong
12 2 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
2 21 (5.68%) VPN
3 19 (5.14%) Firewall
4 17 (4.59%) VLAN
5 16 (4.32%) WAN
6 15 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (3.24%) Network Security
7 12 (3.24%) Wireless
8 11 (2.97%) DHCP
8 11 (2.97%) DNS
8 11 (2.97%) LAN
9 8 (2.16%) BGP
9 8 (2.16%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (2.16%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (2.16%) Cisco Wireless
9 8 (2.16%) EIGRP
9 8 (2.16%) OSPF
9 8 (2.16%) SNMP
9 8 (2.16%) WAAS
9 8 (2.16%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.03%) Power BI
2 25 (6.76%) SQL Server
3 13 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.97%) NoSQL
5 9 (2.43%) Data Mining
5 9 (2.43%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.16%) Tableau
7 7 (1.89%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.62%) Big Data
8 6 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.35%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.35%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.08%) Looker
10 4 (1.08%) Metadata
11 3 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.81%) Redis
11 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.54%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 12 (3.24%) Axure RP
1 12 (3.24%) Balsamiq
2 7 (1.89%) Chocolatey
3 5 (1.35%) JIRA
4 4 (1.08%) Postman
5 3 (0.81%) Selenium
6 2 (0.54%) MLflow
7 1 (0.27%) Git
7 1 (0.27%) Katalon Studio
General
1 370 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 156 (42.16%) Social Skills
3 71 (19.19%) Finance
4 47 (12.70%) Retail
5 42 (11.35%) Public Sector
6 38 (10.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (8.38%) Law
8 29 (7.84%) German Language
9 22 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (4.59%) Marketing
11 16 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (3.78%) Legal
13 13 (3.51%) Banking
14 8 (2.16%) Italian Language
14 8 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.62%) Automotive
16 5 (1.35%) Manufacturing
17 4 (1.08%) Advertising
17 4 (1.08%) Games
17 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (23.78%) Senior
2 69 (18.65%) Analyst
3 40 (10.81%) Architect
4 39 (10.54%) 2nd Line Support
5 33 (8.92%) Lead
6 27 (7.30%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 27 (7.30%) Business Analyst
7 17 (4.59%) Support Analyst
8 14 (3.78%) IT Engineer
8 14 (3.78%) Software Analyst
9 13 (3.51%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
9 13 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 13 (3.51%) ERP Analyst
9 13 (3.51%) ERP Support
9 13 (3.51%) SaaS Analyst
9 13 (3.51%) Software Support Analyst
10 12 (3.24%) Applications Support
10 12 (3.24%) Designer
10 12 (3.24%) Developer
10 12 (3.24%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.05%) HTML
2 13 (3.51%) CSS
3 10 (2.70%) React
4 9 (2.43%) .NET
4 9 (2.43%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.62%) Web Services
5 6 (1.62%) XML
6 5 (1.35%) JSON
6 5 (1.35%) Play Framework
7 4 (1.08%) .NET Framework
7 4 (1.08%) Node.js
8 3 (0.81%) Middleware
8 3 (0.81%) REST
8 3 (0.81%) Vue
9 2 (0.54%) FastAPI
9 2 (0.54%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.54%) Playwright
9 2 (0.54%) PyTorch
9 2 (0.54%) Swagger
9 2 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 86 (23.24%) Onboarding
2 31 (8.38%) Product Ownership
3 22 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (5.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (3.51%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.43%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (1.89%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.62%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.62%) NHS
10 5 (1.35%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.35%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.35%) PKI
10 5 (1.35%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (0.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.81%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.03%) Windows
2 6 (1.62%) Android
3 5 (1.35%) Linux
4 3 (0.81%) OpenWrt
4 3 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.27%) AIX
5 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.27%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (52.16%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (27.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 90 (24.32%) AI
4 74 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 72 (19.46%) Agile
6 70 (18.92%) Mentoring
7 66 (17.84%) Roadmaps
8 64 (17.30%) E-Commerce
9 62 (16.76%) ERP
10 58 (15.68%) CRM
11 55 (14.86%) Customer Service
12 54 (14.59%) Analytics
13 51 (13.78%) LLM
14 49 (13.24%) Generative AI
15 48 (12.97%) Open Source
16 47 (12.70%) Actionable Insight
17 45 (12.16%) Data Privacy
18 42 (11.35%) Decision-Making
19 41 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
20 40 (10.81%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 72 (19.46%) SQL
2 45 (12.16%) Python
3 43 (11.62%) C#
4 25 (6.76%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.97%) Java
6 6 (1.62%) R
6 6 (1.62%) Scala
7 5 (1.35%) C++
7 5 (1.35%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.81%) C
8 3 (0.81%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.54%) VBA
10 1 (0.27%) Go
10 1 (0.27%) Groovy
10 1 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 146 (39.46%) Degree
2 45 (12.16%) Security Cleared
3 41 (11.08%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.59%) Azure Certification
5 17 (4.59%) CISSP
6 12 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (3.24%) Master's Degree
7 11 (2.97%) CCNP
8 9 (2.43%) ACCA
9 8 (2.16%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.16%) CCIE
9 8 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.89%) CISM
11 6 (1.62%) MBA
12 5 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.81%) APMP
15 2 (0.54%) CISMP
15 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (13.24%) QA
2 33 (8.92%) PMO
3 29 (7.84%) Data Quality
4 16 (4.32%) Accessibility
5 12 (3.24%) WCAG
6 9 (2.43%) GDPR
6 9 (2.43%) SLA
7 8 (2.16%) NIST
8 7 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.89%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (1.35%) NCSC
10 4 (1.08%) SEPA
10 4 (1.08%) TARGET2
11 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.27%) COBIT
12 1 (0.27%) GRC
System Software
1 11 (2.97%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.16%) ProxySG
3 3 (0.81%) Docker
4 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.54%) vSphere
4 2 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (3.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.89%) SCCM
3 6 (1.62%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.62%) Terraform
4 4 (1.08%) Ansible
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
5 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 112 (30.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.32%) Google
3 14 (3.78%) Adobe
3 14 (3.78%) Cisco
4 11 (2.97%) Databricks
4 11 (2.97%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.43%) CheckPoint
5 9 (2.43%) VMware
5 9 (2.43%) Xero
6 8 (2.16%) Blue Coat
6 8 (2.16%) Dynatrace
6 8 (2.16%) F5
6 8 (2.16%) Infoblox
6 8 (2.16%) Motorola
6 8 (2.16%) SolarWinds
7 7 (1.89%) AppDynamics
7 7 (1.89%) Tenable
8 6 (1.62%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.62%) SAP
9 5 (1.35%) Salesforce