Analytical Thinking Job Trends in Hampshire

Analytical Thinking
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 145 118
Rank change year-on-year +25 -27 +36
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 5 8 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.20% 0.30% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.37% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile £35,500 £55,250 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £74,688 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £100,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -62.50% +85.19% +5.37%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £56,000
90th Percentile £42,500 - -
South East median annual salary £62,000 £67,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year -7.46% +25.82% -11.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,978 2,165 1,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 80.02% 82.07% 88.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,392 1,279 1,213
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +9.62% -5.45%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Analytical Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Portsmouth - 4 £37,500 - 2
Southampton +16 1 £40,000 -60.00% 1
Analytical Thinking
South East

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Relational Database
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) DBA
1 2 (40.00%) IT Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Junior
1 2 (40.00%) Junior DBA
1 2 (40.00%) XML Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) JSON
1 4 (80.00%) Web Services
1 4 (80.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Data Governance
2 4 (80.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL