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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 436 391 492
Rank change year-on-year -45 +101 -15
Permanent jobs citing Analytical Thinking 566 809 1,116
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 349 335 463
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £35,600
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £74,375
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.62% +8.42% -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 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 12 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 12 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 -22 492 £50,000 -18.70% 197
UK excluding London -100 382 £45,000 -12.62% 126
Work from Home -10 230 £48,811 -7.03% 119
London +81 160 £60,000 -7.69% 78
North of England -56 104 £50,000 +5.26% 38
South East -24 94 £50,000 +1.01% 28
South West +19 80 £48,000 +6.67% 19
North West +32 60 £45,000 +20.00% 19
Midlands -28 41 £31,500 -51.54% 26
Yorkshire -36 39 £52,500 +5.00% 13
Scotland -47 29 £42,500 -29.17% 7
West Midlands +9 26 £42,200 -35.08% 19
East Midlands -20 15 £31,000 -52.31% 7
Wales +15 14 £52,101 +30.25% 1
East of England -34 12 £46,000 -22.36% 11
Isle of Man - 6 £54,000 - 1
North East -33 5 £56,075 +21.12% 10
Northern Ireland +18 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 (3.36%) Confluence
1 19 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.06%) 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 61 (10.78%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (8.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (4.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.59%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.53%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.35%) Sketch
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.59%) 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 61 (10.78%) Azure
2 53 (9.36%) Power Platform
3 48 (8.48%) AWS
4 44 (7.77%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (4.06%) Dynamics 365
5 23 (4.06%) SaaS
6 13 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
6 13 (2.30%) WhatsApp
7 12 (2.12%) PaaS
8 11 (1.94%) GCP
9 9 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.41%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.41%) Serverless
11 7 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.06%) Datadog
12 6 (1.06%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.88%) Entra ID
14 4 (0.71%) IaaS
14 4 (0.71%) iPaaS
14 4 (0.71%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.12%) Firewall
2 15 (2.65%) Network Security
3 14 (2.47%) DNS
4 13 (2.30%) VPN
5 12 (2.12%) DHCP
6 8 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.24%) LAN
7 7 (1.24%) WAN
8 5 (0.88%) WebEx
9 4 (0.71%) Broadband
9 4 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.53%) BGP
10 3 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.53%) EIGRP
10 3 (0.53%) MPLS
10 3 (0.53%) OSPF
10 3 (0.53%) SAN
10 3 (0.53%) SSL
10 3 (0.53%) VLAN
10 3 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.60%) Power BI
2 37 (6.54%) SQL Server
3 29 (5.12%) MySQL
4 23 (4.06%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.83%) RDBMS
6 13 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 12 (2.12%) Tableau
8 8 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.06%) SAP HANA
10 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.71%) Big Data
11 4 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
12 3 (0.53%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.53%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.35%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.35%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 30 (5.30%) JIRA
2 25 (4.42%) Git
3 15 (2.65%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.71%) GitLab
4 4 (0.71%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.71%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.35%) git-flow
6 1 (0.18%) Axure RP
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
1 566 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 290 (51.24%) Social Skills
3 170 (30.04%) Finance
4 68 (12.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 44 (7.77%) Retail
6 42 (7.42%) Legal
7 40 (7.07%) Manufacturing
8 38 (6.71%) Law
9 36 (6.36%) Banking
10 29 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (5.12%) Pharmaceutical
11 27 (4.77%) Public Sector
12 26 (4.59%) Electronics
13 25 (4.42%) Investment Banking
14 24 (4.24%) Marketing
15 20 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (3.36%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.77%) Front Office
18 9 (1.59%) French Language
Job Titles
1 143 (25.27%) Analyst
2 72 (12.72%) Senior
3 52 (9.19%) Developer
4 46 (8.13%) Business Analyst
5 44 (7.77%) Lead
6 36 (6.36%) Project Manager
7 22 (3.89%) Consultant
8 21 (3.71%) Architect
8 21 (3.71%) IT Manager
9 18 (3.18%) Senior Developer
10 16 (2.83%) Lead Business Analyst
11 15 (2.65%) Electronics Engineer
11 15 (2.65%) Manufacturing Engineer
11 15 (2.65%) Software Design Engineer
12 14 (2.47%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (2.47%) Senior Manager
13 13 (2.30%) IT Analyst
14 12 (2.12%) DBA
14 12 (2.12%) MySQL DBA
14 12 (2.12%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.60%) .NET
2 20 (3.53%) HTML
3 19 (3.36%) CSS
4 16 (2.83%) AngularJS
5 13 (2.30%) React
6 10 (1.77%) RESTful
7 9 (1.59%) Vue
8 8 (1.41%) HTML5
8 8 (1.41%) Spring
9 7 (1.24%) .NET Framework
9 7 (1.24%) CSS3
9 7 (1.24%) Hibernate
10 6 (1.06%) .NET Core
11 5 (0.88%) ASP.NET
11 5 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (0.88%) EDI
11 5 (0.88%) HTML5 Canvas
11 5 (0.88%) SAP TM
12 4 (0.71%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.71%) Self-Motivation
2 29 (5.12%) Management Information System
3 26 (4.59%) Algorithms
4 20 (3.53%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.36%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.65%) Driving Licence
6 15 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.30%) Life Science
8 12 (2.12%) Virtual Team
9 9 (1.59%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.59%) Market Risk
9 9 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (1.41%) Housing Association
10 8 (1.41%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.06%) Credit Risk
12 6 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.06%) FMCG
12 6 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.06%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.48%) Windows
2 25 (4.42%) Linux
3 14 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.12%) Unix
5 11 (1.94%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.77%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.71%) VMS
8 3 (0.53%) CentOS
8 3 (0.53%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 1 (0.18%) HPUX
9 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) Solaris
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (42.23%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (21.02%) Agile
3 108 (19.08%) Decision-Making
4 98 (17.31%) Project Management
5 85 (15.02%) Strategic Thinking
6 82 (14.49%) Computer Science
7 80 (14.13%) Project Delivery
8 71 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 66 (11.66%) Analytics
10 63 (11.13%) Customer Service
11 60 (10.60%) Software Engineering
12 55 (9.72%) Critical Thinking
13 51 (9.01%) Time Management
14 50 (8.83%) Roadmaps
14 50 (8.83%) Service Delivery
15 49 (8.66%) Risk Management
16 48 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
17 45 (7.95%) Stakeholder Management
18 41 (7.24%) Line Management
19 39 (6.89%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 76 (13.43%) C#
2 53 (9.36%) Python
3 50 (8.83%) SQL
4 47 (8.30%) JavaScript
5 31 (5.48%) Java
6 21 (3.71%) C
7 20 (3.53%) PHP
8 19 (3.36%) C++
9 13 (2.30%) PowerShell
10 12 (2.12%) R
11 10 (1.77%) Bash
12 8 (1.41%) TypeScript
13 7 (1.24%) 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
1 193 (34.10%) Degree
2 55 (9.72%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.36%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.42%) Master's Degree
5 24 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.83%) PhD
7 14 (2.47%) Azure Certification
8 13 (2.30%) PMI Certification
9 12 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.12%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 9 (1.59%) CISSP
11 9 (1.59%) DBS Check
12 7 (1.24%) PgMP
13 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.88%) Postgraduate
15 4 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 4 (0.71%) SAFe Agilist
15 4 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
16 3 (0.53%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.48%) QA
2 19 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (2.30%) SLA
4 11 (1.94%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.77%) GDPR
6 7 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.24%) ISO 9000
7 4 (0.71%) 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 2 (0.35%) PMO
10 1 (0.18%) GxP
10 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (3.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.24%) Docker
3 5 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.35%) IAG
5 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (3.00%) Terraform
2 9 (1.59%) Ansible
3 6 (1.06%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.53%) Graphite
5 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.53%) Nagios
5 3 (0.53%) SCCM
5 3 (0.53%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 131 (23.14%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.83%) SAP
3 18 (3.18%) Oracle
3 18 (3.18%) Salesforce
4 16 (2.83%) VMware
5 11 (1.94%) Cisco
6 10 (1.77%) Xamarin
7 9 (1.59%) Google
8 7 (1.24%) Juniper
9 6 (1.06%) Alteryx
9 6 (1.06%) Pega
9 6 (1.06%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.06%) UiPath
10 4 (0.71%) Aruba
10 4 (0.71%) Citrix
10 4 (0.71%) Computacenter
10 4 (0.71%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.71%) Workday
10 4 (0.71%) YouTube
11 3 (0.53%) Sage