Analytical Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Analytical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Thinking over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 432 406 504
Rank change year-on-year -26 +98 -11
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 570 792 1,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.80% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.84% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 348 323 469
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +6.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,600 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Analytical Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Analytical Thinking in the UK

Analytical Thinking
Top 18 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 18 May 2024. 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 -17 497 £50,000 -16.67% 228
UK excluding London -95 382 £45,000 -10.00% 154
Work from Home -19 235 £49,608 -4.14% 86
London +77 164 £60,000 -7.69% 81
North of England -53 103 £50,000 +6.05% 52
South East -27 94 £50,000 +5.26% 38
South West +16 80 £48,000 +6.67% 18
North West +31 59 £45,000 +20.00% 26
Midlands -28 42 £32,000 -50.77% 26
Yorkshire -29 39 £52,500 +5.00% 19
Scotland -55 29 £42,500 -29.17% 8
West Midlands +2 26 £42,200 -35.08% 16
East Midlands -17 16 £31,500 -51.54% 10
Wales +9 14 £52,101 +30.25% 2
East of England -45 13 £46,000 -23.33% 14
North East -35 5 £56,075 +21.12% 11
Isle of Man - 5 £54,000 - 1
Northern Ireland +17 2 £54,408 -16.30% 1

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 19 (3.33%) Confluence
1 19 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.05%) SAS
3 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.53%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.18%) Drupal
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 60 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (4.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Sketch
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.58%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.88%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.53%) Q-Pulse
5 3 (0.53%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.53%) Sage 300 ERP
5 3 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 64 (11.23%) Azure
2 53 (9.30%) Power Platform
3 49 (8.60%) AWS
4 46 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
5 23 (4.04%) SaaS
6 14 (2.46%) PaaS
7 13 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (2.28%) WhatsApp
8 12 (2.11%) GCP
9 9 (1.58%) Serverless
10 8 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.40%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.05%) Datadog
12 6 (1.05%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.88%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.88%) IaaS
14 4 (0.70%) iPaaS
14 4 (0.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.44%) Firewall
2 15 (2.63%) DNS
2 15 (2.63%) Network Security
3 13 (2.28%) VPN
4 12 (2.11%) DHCP
5 9 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.23%) LAN
6 7 (1.23%) WAN
7 5 (0.88%) WebEx
8 4 (0.70%) Broadband
8 4 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.53%) BGP
9 3 (0.53%) EIGRP
9 3 (0.53%) MPLS
9 3 (0.53%) OSPF
9 3 (0.53%) SAN
9 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.53%) SSL
9 3 (0.53%) VLAN
9 3 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.54%) Power BI
2 36 (6.32%) SQL Server
3 29 (5.09%) MySQL
4 23 (4.04%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.81%) RDBMS
6 13 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (2.11%) Tableau
8 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.05%) SAP HANA
9 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.70%) Big Data
10 4 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.53%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.53%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.35%) MS Access
12 2 (0.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 30 (5.26%) JIRA
2 25 (4.39%) Git
3 15 (2.63%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.70%) GitLab
4 4 (0.70%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.35%) git-flow
6 1 (0.18%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.18%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.18%) Moq
6 1 (0.18%) NUnit
6 1 (0.18%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 570 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 296 (51.93%) Social Skills
3 167 (29.30%) Finance
4 67 (11.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (7.54%) Retail
6 42 (7.37%) Legal
7 40 (7.02%) Manufacturing
8 38 (6.67%) Law
9 36 (6.32%) Banking
10 32 (5.61%) Pharmaceutical
11 29 (5.09%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (4.74%) Public Sector
13 26 (4.56%) Electronics
14 25 (4.39%) Investment Banking
15 23 (4.04%) Marketing
16 21 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (3.33%) Telecoms
19 10 (1.75%) French Language
19 10 (1.75%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 144 (25.26%) Analyst
2 74 (12.98%) Senior
3 52 (9.12%) Developer
4 46 (8.07%) Lead
5 44 (7.72%) Business Analyst
6 36 (6.32%) Project Manager
7 22 (3.86%) Consultant
7 22 (3.86%) IT Manager
8 21 (3.68%) Architect
9 18 (3.16%) Senior Developer
10 16 (2.81%) Lead Business Analyst
11 15 (2.63%) Electronics Engineer
11 15 (2.63%) Manufacturing Engineer
11 15 (2.63%) Software Design Engineer
12 14 (2.46%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (2.46%) Senior Manager
13 13 (2.28%) IT Analyst
14 12 (2.11%) DBA
14 12 (2.11%) MySQL DBA
14 12 (2.11%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.54%) .NET
2 19 (3.33%) HTML
3 18 (3.16%) CSS
4 16 (2.81%) AngularJS
5 12 (2.11%) React
6 10 (1.75%) RESTful
7 9 (1.58%) Vue
8 8 (1.40%) Spring
9 7 (1.23%) .NET Framework
9 7 (1.23%) Hibernate
9 7 (1.23%) HTML5
10 6 (1.05%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.05%) CSS3
11 5 (0.88%) ADO
11 5 (0.88%) ASP.NET
11 5 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (0.88%) HTML5 Canvas
11 5 (0.88%) SAP TM
12 4 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.84%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (5.09%) Algorithms
2 29 (5.09%) Management Information System
3 20 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.33%) Product Ownership
5 16 (2.81%) Life Science
6 15 (2.63%) Driving Licence
6 15 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.28%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.75%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.58%) Market Risk
9 9 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (1.40%) Housing Association
10 8 (1.40%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.05%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.05%) FMCG
12 6 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.05%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.60%) Windows
2 25 (4.39%) Linux
3 14 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.11%) Unix
5 11 (1.93%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.93%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.70%) VMS
7 3 (0.53%) CentOS
7 3 (0.53%) Windows Embedded Compact
8 1 (0.18%) Android
8 1 (0.18%) HPUX
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Solaris
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (41.75%) Problem-Solving
2 116 (20.35%) Agile
3 107 (18.77%) Decision-Making
4 100 (17.54%) Project Management
5 86 (15.09%) Strategic Thinking
6 85 (14.91%) Computer Science
7 79 (13.86%) Project Delivery
8 71 (12.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (11.93%) Analytics
10 63 (11.05%) Software Engineering
11 62 (10.88%) Customer Service
12 54 (9.47%) Critical Thinking
13 51 (8.95%) Time Management
14 50 (8.77%) Service Delivery
15 49 (8.60%) Risk Management
15 49 (8.60%) Roadmaps
16 48 (8.42%) Business Intelligence
17 44 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
18 41 (7.19%) Line Management
19 40 (7.02%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 76 (13.33%) C#
2 53 (9.30%) Python
3 49 (8.60%) SQL
4 46 (8.07%) JavaScript
5 31 (5.44%) Java
6 21 (3.68%) C
7 20 (3.51%) PHP
8 19 (3.33%) C++
9 13 (2.28%) PowerShell
10 12 (2.11%) R
11 10 (1.75%) Bash
12 8 (1.40%) TypeScript
13 7 (1.23%) Perl
14 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.35%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.35%) VBA
16 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 196 (34.39%) Degree
2 55 (9.65%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.91%) Master's Degree
5 24 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.33%) PhD
7 15 (2.63%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.28%) PMI Certification
9 12 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.11%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 9 (1.58%) CISSP
11 9 (1.58%) DBS Check
12 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (1.23%) PgMP
13 5 (0.88%) Postgraduate
13 5 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.70%) SAFe Agilist
14 4 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.53%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.61%) QA
2 20 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.28%) SLA
4 10 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 10 (1.75%) GDPR
5 9 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.23%) ISO 9000
7 4 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.53%) NIST
8 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) GxP
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (3.16%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.23%) Docker
3 6 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.35%) IAG
4 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (3.16%) Terraform
2 9 (1.58%) Ansible
3 6 (1.05%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.53%) Graphite
6 3 (0.53%) Nagios
6 3 (0.53%) SCCM
6 3 (0.53%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 130 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.77%) SAP
3 18 (3.16%) Oracle
3 18 (3.16%) Salesforce
4 16 (2.81%) VMware
5 12 (2.11%) Cisco
6 10 (1.75%) Xamarin
7 9 (1.58%) Google
8 7 (1.23%) Juniper
9 6 (1.05%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.05%) Pega
9 6 (1.05%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.05%) UiPath
10 5 (0.88%) Computacenter
10 5 (0.88%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.70%) Aruba
11 4 (0.70%) Citrix
11 4 (0.70%) Workday
11 4 (0.70%) YouTube
12 3 (0.53%) Qualtrics