Analytical Thinking Job Trends in the South West

Analytical Thinking
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 142 201
Rank change year-on-year -29 +59 +24
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 14 51 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.28% 1.18% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 1.40% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11 22 13
10th Percentile £28,250 £52,500 £35,100
25th Percentile £42,500 £66,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +17.39% +53.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £90,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £93,750 £93,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £58,920
% change year-on-year -25.93% +14.56% +6.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,635 3,643 4,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.48% 84.45% 91.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,465 1,869 3,032
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,775
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +6.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Analytical Thinking job vacancy trend in the South West

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Analytical Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Analytical Thinking

Analytical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the South West over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Analytical Thinking in the South West

Analytical Thinking
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Wiltshire +7 5 £45,000 -51.35% 3
Bristol -13 5 £55,000 -21.43% 9
Somerset -13 3 - - 2
Devon +3 1 £29,000 -46.05%
Analytical Thinking
England

Analytical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (7.14%) Confluence
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (21.43%) AutoCAD
3 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) AWS
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
1 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 14 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
3 4 (28.57%) Automotive
3 4 (28.57%) Retail
4 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Business Support Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Support Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Email Executive
3 1 (7.14%) Email Marketing Executive
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support
3 1 (7.14%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (7.14%) IT Technician
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing Executive
3 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Support Technician
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) EDI
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
2 1 (7.14%) Middleware
2 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
1 1 (7.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
3 3 (21.43%) Logistics
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (21.43%) User Experience
3 3 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (7.14%) Analytics
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Email Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (7.14%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) SABSA
4 1 (7.14%) Six Sigma
4 1 (7.14%) System Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Time Management
4 1 (7.14%) Use Case
4 1 (7.14%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CISM
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) NCSC
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
1 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft