Analytical Thinking Jobs

Analytical Thinking
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 443 426
Rank change year-on-year +65 -17 +63
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 386 571 683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.54% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.65% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 161 342 291
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £80,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% -2.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,280 87,832 90,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.56% 83.69% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 25,832 61,251 54,293
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Analytical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Analytical Thinking.

Salary trend for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 2 June 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
England +73 358 £47,500 -5.00% 2,276
UK excluding London +52 225 £43,500 -3.33% 2,039
Work from Home +58 171 £51,250 -1.63% 1,232
London +80 131 £64,500 +5.31% 451
North of England +30 84 £34,750 -30.50% 445
North West +14 60 £42,500 -5.56% 206
South East +44 51 £52,500 +14.62% 519
Midlands +51 28 £45,000 +21.29% 400
South West +65 25 £62,500 +30.21% 253
East of England +52 25 £32,500 -29.35% 327
Yorkshire +40 24 £26,500 -49.52% 185
West Midlands +55 21 £45,000 +6.26% 227
Scotland +89 7 - - 90
East Midlands +28 7 £43,500 +35.94% 149
Northern Ireland +42 4 - - 31
Wales +30 1 £60,000 +15.16% 55

Analytical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (5.44%) IBM Domino
2 11 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.55%) Moodle
5 5 (1.30%) CMS
6 4 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.04%) Confluence
6 4 (1.04%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.52%) SAS
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.26%) IIS
8 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 55 (14.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (8.29%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.52%) SPSS
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 12 (3.11%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.04%) Shopify
3 2 (0.52%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.52%) Raiser’s Edge
3 2 (0.52%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (11.92%) AWS
2 37 (9.59%) Azure
2 37 (9.59%) Power Platform
3 30 (7.77%) SaaS
4 20 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.11%) Google Analytics
6 9 (2.33%) GCP
7 7 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (1.81%) Snowflake
8 6 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.55%) Google Tag Manager
9 5 (1.30%) Figma
9 5 (1.30%) Google Ads
10 4 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.04%) Contentstack
10 4 (1.04%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.04%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.04%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.04%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.78%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.89%) Firewall
2 8 (2.07%) DNS
3 6 (1.55%) LAN
3 6 (1.55%) VPN
4 5 (1.30%) Network Security
4 5 (1.30%) SSH
4 5 (1.30%) WAN
5 4 (1.04%) DHCP
5 4 (1.04%) Internet
5 4 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.78%) HTTP
6 3 (0.78%) NAS
6 3 (0.78%) SAN
6 3 (0.78%) SMTP
7 2 (0.52%) ATM
7 2 (0.52%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.52%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.52%) NetScaler
7 2 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.73%) Big Data
2 37 (9.59%) SQL Server
3 34 (8.81%) Power BI
4 19 (4.92%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (4.15%) Tableau
6 6 (1.55%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.55%) Metadata
6 6 (1.55%) SAP BW
7 5 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.30%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (1.04%) Apache Hive
8 4 (1.04%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.04%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.04%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.04%) Looker
8 4 (1.04%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.78%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.78%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (2.59%) JIRA
2 6 (1.55%) GitLab
3 4 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.78%) JUnit
4 3 (0.78%) Mockito
5 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.52%) Git
6 1 (0.26%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.26%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.26%) JMeter
6 1 (0.26%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.26%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.26%) Selenium
6 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 386 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 225 (58.29%) Social Skills
3 102 (26.42%) Finance
4 96 (24.87%) Marketing
5 58 (15.03%) Advertising
6 29 (7.51%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (6.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (6.22%) Manufacturing
10 16 (4.15%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (3.63%) Retail
12 13 (3.37%) Legal
13 11 (2.85%) Automotive
13 11 (2.85%) Electronics
13 11 (2.85%) Public Sector
14 10 (2.59%) Banking
15 7 (1.81%) Law
16 4 (1.04%) Billing
16 4 (1.04%) Games
16 4 (1.04%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 98 (25.39%) Analyst
2 91 (23.58%) Senior
3 51 (13.21%) Senior Manager
4 49 (12.69%) Account Manager
4 49 (12.69%) Senior Account Manager
5 25 (6.48%) Business Analyst
5 25 (6.48%) IT Support
6 23 (5.96%) Lead
6 23 (5.96%) Support Engineer
7 21 (5.44%) QA Manager
7 21 (5.44%) Quality Manager
7 21 (5.44%) Software Support Engineer
8 19 (4.92%) Project Manager
9 18 (4.66%) Financial Analyst
9 18 (4.66%) IT Engineer
9 18 (4.66%) IT Support Engineer
10 16 (4.15%) Data Analyst
11 14 (3.63%) Developer
12 13 (3.37%) Finance Business Analyst
12 13 (3.37%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.37%) AngularJS
2 10 (2.59%) React
3 8 (2.07%) .NET
3 8 (2.07%) HTML
4 7 (1.81%) REST
5 6 (1.55%) .NET Framework
5 6 (1.55%) Hibernate
5 6 (1.55%) Spring
6 5 (1.30%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.30%) CSS
6 5 (1.30%) Node.js
6 5 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (1.04%) .NET Core
7 4 (1.04%) Django
7 4 (1.04%) Entity Framework
7 4 (1.04%) Express.js
7 4 (1.04%) Flask
7 4 (1.04%) MACH
7 4 (1.04%) Next.js
7 4 (1.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.95%) Marketing Technology
2 49 (12.69%) Digital Media
3 29 (7.51%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (6.74%) Algorithms
5 22 (5.70%) Social Media
6 20 (5.18%) Mobile App
7 17 (4.40%) Life Science
8 15 (3.89%) FMCG
8 15 (3.89%) Management Information System
9 12 (3.11%) Data Structures
9 12 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (3.11%) Taxonomies
10 9 (2.33%) Virtual Team
11 8 (2.07%) Onboarding
11 8 (2.07%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.81%) Learning Management System
13 6 (1.55%) Hackathon
14 5 (1.30%) Driving Licence
14 5 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 54 (13.99%) Windows
2 20 (5.18%) Android
3 11 (2.85%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.59%) Linux
5 7 (1.81%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (50.78%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (28.76%) Project Management
3 103 (26.68%) Process Improvement
4 97 (25.13%) Strategic Thinking
5 88 (22.80%) Analytics
6 77 (19.95%) Decision-Making
7 64 (16.58%) Artificial Intelligence
8 63 (16.32%) Digital Marketing
9 62 (16.06%) Agile
10 60 (15.54%) Collaborative Working
11 58 (15.03%) Marketing Strategy
12 57 (14.77%) CRM
12 57 (14.77%) Customer Retention
13 55 (14.25%) Time Management
14 53 (13.73%) Business Intelligence
15 51 (13.21%) Epics
16 50 (12.95%) Mentoring
17 48 (12.44%) Computer Science
18 41 (10.62%) Data Analysis
19 39 (10.10%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 55 (14.25%) SQL
2 27 (6.99%) Python
3 23 (5.96%) Java
4 16 (4.15%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.85%) C#
6 10 (2.59%) C++
7 9 (2.33%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.55%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.04%) VBA
10 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.52%) R
10 2 (0.52%) Scala
10 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.26%) C
Qualifications
1 106 (27.46%) Degree
2 40 (10.36%) Master's Degree
3 17 (4.40%) PhD
4 13 (3.37%) DBS Check
5 12 (3.11%) Security Cleared
6 11 (2.85%) MBA
7 9 (2.33%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.30%) MOS
9 3 (0.78%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.78%) CEH
9 3 (0.78%) CISM
9 3 (0.78%) CISSP
9 3 (0.78%) FFIEC
9 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.52%) CCAB
10 2 (0.52%) CIPD
10 2 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (9.33%) QA
2 19 (4.92%) Data Quality
3 16 (4.15%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.85%) GDPR
5 5 (1.30%) NIST
6 4 (1.04%) SLA
7 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.78%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.52%) GRC
8 2 (0.52%) IFRS
8 2 (0.52%) JTAG
9 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (1.81%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (1.04%) HDFS
3 4 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.78%) Docker
4 3 (0.78%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.52%) Firmware
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.30%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.04%) Matomo
3 3 (0.78%) SCCM
3 3 (0.78%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.52%) Terraform
5 1 (0.26%) Ansible
5 1 (0.26%) Grafana
5 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 93 (24.09%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.74%) Google
3 23 (5.96%) Salesforce
4 18 (4.66%) Zoho
5 13 (3.37%) SAP
6 11 (2.85%) Capita
7 10 (2.59%) TikTok
8 9 (2.33%) Adobe
9 8 (2.07%) Databricks
9 8 (2.07%) Facebook
10 6 (1.55%) VMware
11 5 (1.30%) Cisco
11 5 (1.30%) Oracle
11 5 (1.30%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.04%) Teradata
13 3 (0.78%) Bloomberg
13 3 (0.78%) Citrix
13 3 (0.78%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.78%) YouTube