Analytical Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Analytical Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Analytical Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 427 365
Rank change year-on-year +59 -62 +85
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 220 384 490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.51% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.63% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 94 238 192
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,100 £36,250
25th Percentile £30,313 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £74,665
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £56,618
% change year-on-year - -11.69% +2.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Analytical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Analytical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Analytical Thinking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
North of England +32 83 £34,750 -30.50% 284
North West +9 59 £42,500 -5.56% 134
South East +45 50 £52,500 +9.60% 402
Midlands +68 27 £45,000 +21.29% 260
East of England +56 24 £32,500 -29.35% 205
South West +50 24 £62,500 +30.21% 151
Yorkshire +45 24 £26,500 -49.52% 115
West Midlands +52 21 £45,000 +6.26% 148
Scotland +97 7 - - 53
East Midlands +34 6 £43,500 +35.94% 96
Northern Ireland +44 4 - - 17
Wales +34 1 £60,000 +15.16% 34
Analytical Thinking
UK

Analytical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (9.55%) IBM Domino
2 8 (3.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.45%) CMS
3 1 (0.45%) IIS
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) Umbraco
Applications
1 33 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (9.55%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.18%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.09%) AWS
2 27 (12.27%) SaaS
3 14 (6.36%) Azure
4 7 (3.18%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.73%) Google Analytics
5 6 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.27%) GCP
7 4 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.82%) Google Ads
8 3 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.36%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.36%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.36%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.36%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.91%) Google Tag Manager
10 1 (0.45%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (0.45%) Figma
10 1 (0.45%) GitHub
10 1 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.27%) DNS
1 5 (2.27%) SSH
2 4 (1.82%) Firewall
2 4 (1.82%) Internet
2 4 (1.82%) LAN
2 4 (1.82%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.82%) VPN
2 4 (1.82%) WAN
3 3 (1.36%) HTTP
3 3 (1.36%) Network Security
3 3 (1.36%) SMTP
3 3 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.91%) ATM
4 2 (0.91%) DHCP
4 2 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.91%) NAS
4 2 (0.91%) SAN
5 1 (0.45%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.45%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.45%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.64%) Big Data
2 22 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.82%) Looker
4 4 (1.82%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.82%) Power BI
4 4 (1.82%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.36%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.91%) Hazelcast
7 1 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.45%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.45%) MySQL
7 1 (0.45%) Power Query
7 1 (0.45%) Redis
7 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.27%) GitLab
2 4 (1.82%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.36%) JUnit
3 3 (1.36%) Mockito
4 2 (0.91%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.45%) Git
5 1 (0.45%) JIRA
5 1 (0.45%) JMeter
5 1 (0.45%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.45%) Log4Net
5 1 (0.45%) Selenium
5 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 220 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 124 (56.36%) Social Skills
3 58 (26.36%) Marketing
4 46 (20.91%) Finance
5 32 (14.55%) Advertising
6 22 (10.00%) Manufacturing
6 22 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (7.73%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (4.09%) Electronics
10 8 (3.64%) Automotive
11 7 (3.18%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.73%) Banking
13 5 (2.27%) Legal
13 5 (2.27%) Retail
14 4 (1.82%) Arabic Language
14 4 (1.82%) German Language
14 4 (1.82%) Italian Language
15 3 (1.36%) Billing
15 3 (1.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 50 (22.73%) Analyst
2 43 (19.55%) Senior
3 32 (14.55%) Senior Manager
4 30 (13.64%) Account Manager
4 30 (13.64%) Senior Account Manager
5 24 (10.91%) IT Support
6 23 (10.45%) Support Engineer
7 21 (9.55%) QA Manager
7 21 (9.55%) Quality Manager
7 21 (9.55%) Software Support Engineer
8 18 (8.18%) IT Engineer
8 18 (8.18%) IT Support Engineer
9 15 (6.82%) Project Manager
10 11 (5.00%) Business Analyst
10 11 (5.00%) Developer
10 11 (5.00%) Lead
11 9 (4.09%) Financial Analyst
12 8 (3.64%) Applications Support
12 8 (3.64%) Finance Business Analyst
13 7 (3.18%) Finance Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.55%) AngularJS
2 6 (2.73%) .NET
2 6 (2.73%) React
2 6 (2.73%) REST
3 5 (2.27%) .NET Framework
3 5 (2.27%) ASP.NET
3 5 (2.27%) Hibernate
3 5 (2.27%) RabbitMQ
3 5 (2.27%) Spring
4 4 (1.82%) .NET Core
4 4 (1.82%) Entity Framework
4 4 (1.82%) HTML
5 3 (1.36%) CSS
5 3 (1.36%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (1.36%) OAuth
5 3 (1.36%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.36%) Playwright
5 3 (1.36%) RESTful
5 3 (1.36%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.36%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.64%) Digital Media
1 30 (13.64%) Marketing Technology
2 25 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (8.64%) Mobile App
3 19 (8.64%) Social Media
4 15 (6.82%) FMCG
5 11 (5.00%) Data Structures
6 8 (3.64%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.18%) Taxonomies
8 5 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.27%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.82%) CMDB
9 4 (1.82%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.82%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.82%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.91%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.91%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.45%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 36 (16.36%) Windows
2 19 (8.64%) Android
3 10 (4.55%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.73%) Linux
5 3 (1.36%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (28.64%) Project Management
3 51 (23.18%) Process Improvement
4 50 (22.73%) Strategic Thinking
5 41 (18.64%) Digital Marketing
6 40 (18.18%) Analytics
7 37 (16.82%) Customer Retention
7 37 (16.82%) Decision-Making
7 37 (16.82%) Marketing Strategy
8 36 (16.36%) CRM
9 35 (15.91%) Artificial Intelligence
9 35 (15.91%) Time Management
10 34 (15.45%) Collaborative Working
11 31 (14.09%) Epics
12 28 (12.73%) Agile
13 27 (12.27%) Market Research
14 25 (11.36%) Customer Service
14 25 (11.36%) Data Analysis
14 25 (11.36%) Mentoring
15 23 (10.45%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.18%) SQL
2 17 (7.73%) Java
3 9 (4.09%) C#
4 8 (3.64%) C++
4 8 (3.64%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.73%) Python
5 6 (2.73%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.82%) VBA
7 2 (0.91%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.91%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (25.00%) Degree
2 18 (8.18%) Master's Degree
3 12 (5.45%) DBS Check
4 11 (5.00%) MBA
5 5 (2.27%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.82%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.36%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.36%) FFIEC
7 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.91%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.91%) CEH
8 2 (0.91%) CISM
8 2 (0.91%) CISSP
8 2 (0.91%) MOS
9 1 (0.45%) ACCA
9 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (13.64%) QA
2 12 (5.45%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.09%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.27%) NIST
5 3 (1.36%) GDPR
5 3 (1.36%) PMO
5 3 (1.36%) SLA
6 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (1.36%) Docker
2 2 (0.91%) Firmware
2 2 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.27%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.91%) Terraform
3 1 (0.45%) Ansible
3 1 (0.45%) Grafana
3 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 63 (28.64%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.18%) Zoho
3 11 (5.00%) Capita
3 11 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.64%) Google
5 4 (1.82%) Facebook
5 4 (1.82%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.36%) SAP
7 2 (0.91%) Databricks
7 2 (0.91%) VMware
8 1 (0.45%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle
8 1 (0.45%) PayPal
8 1 (0.45%) Pega