Critical Thinking Contracts in Berkshire

Critical Thinking
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Critical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Critical Thinking over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 98 127
Rank change year-on-year -21 +29 -36
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 7 17 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.35% 0.94% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 1.03% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 2
10th Percentile - £366 £355
25th Percentile - £400 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £376
Median % change year-on-year - +19.60% -20.79%
75th Percentile - £581 £398
90th Percentile - £859 £400
South East median daily rate £538 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +34.38% -11.11% +16.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,766 1,647 2,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.92% 90.69% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 1,060 1,374
10th Percentile £213 £345 £269
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £707 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 48 44
10th Percentile £20.17 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £25.72 £17.38
Median hourly rate £61.60 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% +174.67% -1.06%
75th Percentile £71.75 £73.69 £39.38
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.51 £76.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -18.18%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in Berkshire

Critical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Critical Thinking in Berkshire

Critical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Critical Thinking in Berkshire

Critical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -3 7 - - 6
Critical Thinking
South East

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

General
1 7 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Senior
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Business Requirements Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Business Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Requirements Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 7 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 7 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 7 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
1 7 (100.00%) User Stories
2 6 (85.71%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management