Analytical Thinking Jobs in the West Midlands

Analytical Thinking
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 227 230
Rank change year-on-year +48 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 20 26 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.47% 0.35% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.43% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 16 15 32
10th Percentile £36,250 - £56,425
25th Percentile £42,250 £24,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,200 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.64% -35.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £51,875 £81,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £90,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year - -18.70% +17.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,916 6,106 6,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.18% 82.86% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,639 4,548 3,220
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.85% +5.10%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,108 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Analytical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Analytical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Thinking in the West Midlands

Analytical Thinking
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Analytical Thinking in the West Midlands

Analytical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Analytical Thinking in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Analytical Thinking in the West Midlands

Analytical Thinking
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Thinking within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Birmingham +46 10 £45,000 - 13
Shropshire - 3 £37,500 - 2
Solihull - 2 £47,500 -
Warwickshire -4 1 - - 22
Walsall - 1 £42,000 -
Analytical Thinking
England

Analytical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (35.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Google Analytics
1 2 (10.00%) Google Tag Manager
1 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (5.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (5.00%) FlexRay
1 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Looker
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.00%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (5.00%) GitLab
General
1 20 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (60.00%) Finance
4 3 (15.00%) Billing
4 3 (15.00%) Local Government
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.00%) Automotive
6 1 (5.00%) Banking
6 1 (5.00%) Electronics
6 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.00%) Law
6 1 (5.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Analyst
2 8 (40.00%) Business Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) CRM Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) CRM Business Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) CRM Systems Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) Finance Business Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) Finance Systems Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) Financial Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) Financial Business Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Analytics Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Google Analytics Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Google Analytics Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Lead
5 2 (10.00%) Performance Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Performance Manager
5 2 (10.00%) QA Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior
6 1 (5.00%) Technical Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Playwright
2 1 (5.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (5.00%) Hibernate
2 1 (5.00%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (5.00%) React
2 1 (5.00%) REST
2 1 (5.00%) Spring
2 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Legacy Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Taxonomies
2 1 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.00%) Infotainment
2 1 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (55.00%) Decision-Making
3 10 (50.00%) Project Management
3 10 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (45.00%) Agile
5 8 (40.00%) Business Transformation
5 8 (40.00%) User Stories
6 7 (35.00%) Backlog Management
6 7 (35.00%) Change Management
6 7 (35.00%) CRM
6 7 (35.00%) Order to Cash
6 7 (35.00%) Process Improvement
6 7 (35.00%) Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (35.00%) Product Roadmap
6 7 (35.00%) Record to Report
6 7 (35.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (35.00%) Roadmaps
6 7 (35.00%) Scenario Testing
6 7 (35.00%) Test Scripting
6 7 (35.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Python
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
1 2 (10.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (5.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) PMO
2 2 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) Google
4 1 (5.00%) Databricks