Analytical Thinking Job Trends in Essex

Analytical Thinking
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 52 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.43% 0.22% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.28% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £66,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £67,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £68,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £30,370 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -55.01% +22.73% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 561 362 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 79.57% 79.04% 86.52%
Number of salaries quoted 324 135 292
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £25,125
25th Percentile £29,938 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -4.59% +3.81%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,375
90th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £48,750 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.36% - -

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in Essex

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Analytical Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the Essex region over the 6 months to 9 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
Chelmsford - 2 £52,500 - 2
Brentwood - 1 - -
Analytical Thinking
East of England

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DOCSIS
1 1 (33.33%) DSL
1 1 (33.33%) GPON
1 1 (33.33%) IPv4
1 1 (33.33%) IPv6
1 1 (33.33%) PPP
1 1 (33.33%) RTP
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
1 2 (66.67%) PowerPivot
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Reinsurance
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) VBA
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree