Critical Thinking Contracts in England

Critical Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 413 438
Rank change year-on-year +64 +25 +9
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 191 260 368
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.51% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.57% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 166 227
10th Percentile £247 £319 £350
25th Percentile £350 £400 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.62%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £609
90th Percentile £750 £831 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 5
10th Percentile £23.60 £19.86 £47.00
25th Percentile £25.50 £20.22 £49.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £24.34 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -54.51% +16.30%
75th Percentile £35.00 £45.99 £69.05
90th Percentile - £50.42 -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £21.67 £53.50
% change year-on-year +19.98% -59.50% +24.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Critical Thinking in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +37 81 £563 +1.12% 101
Midlands +32 30 £275 -21.43% 18
North of England +34 21 £579 +5.27% 37
South East +11 21 £538 +34.38% 37
East Midlands +33 19 £269 -10.71% 8
North West +20 17 £548 +10.99% 21
South West +10 17 £538 -2.27% 19
West Midlands +26 11 £607 +73.43% 10
East of England - 9 £500 - 14
Yorkshire +18 4 £650 +13.04% 14
Critical Thinking
UK

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 24 (12.57%) Confluence
2 22 (11.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (6.81%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.14%) SAS
5 3 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.57%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.57%) nginx
6 2 (1.05%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.52%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.52%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 23 (12.04%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (7.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.09%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.57%) SAP SD
3 2 (1.05%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.52%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.52%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.52%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.52%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.66%) Azure
2 13 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (6.28%) AWS
4 9 (4.71%) GCP
4 9 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.66%) Azure App Service
5 7 (3.66%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.14%) PaaS
7 5 (2.62%) Azure AKS
8 4 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.57%) CloudBees
9 3 (1.57%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 3 (1.57%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.57%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.57%) SaaS
9 3 (1.57%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.05%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.57%) DNS
2 17 (8.90%) DHCP
3 9 (4.71%) VSAN
4 5 (2.62%) Intranet
5 4 (2.09%) HTTP
5 4 (2.09%) Internet
5 4 (2.09%) SSH
5 4 (2.09%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.09%) VPN
6 3 (1.57%) Firewall
6 3 (1.57%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.05%) Kerberos
7 2 (1.05%) Skype
8 1 (0.52%) SMTP
8 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.52%) SSL
8 1 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.24%) MongoDB
2 7 (3.66%) Power BI
2 7 (3.66%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.62%) KDB
4 4 (2.09%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.57%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (1.57%) Big Data
5 3 (1.57%) ClickHouse
5 3 (1.57%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.57%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.05%) Tableau
7 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.52%) MS Access
7 1 (0.52%) MySQL
7 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.52%) SQL Navigator
Development Applications
1 28 (14.66%) JIRA
2 7 (3.66%) Git
3 4 (2.09%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.57%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.05%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.05%) Selenium
6 1 (0.52%) GoCD
6 1 (0.52%) Gradle
6 1 (0.52%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.52%) JUnit
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.52%) Toad
General
1 136 (71.20%) Social Skills
2 77 (40.31%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (24.61%) Finance
4 22 (11.52%) Public Sector
5 21 (10.99%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (8.38%) Military
7 13 (6.81%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (6.28%) Telecoms
9 10 (5.24%) French Language
10 9 (4.71%) German Language
10 9 (4.71%) Marketing
11 8 (4.19%) Banking
11 8 (4.19%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (2.62%) Front Office
13 5 (2.62%) Legal
14 4 (2.09%) Arabic Language
14 4 (2.09%) Spanish Language
15 3 (1.57%) Manufacturing
16 2 (1.05%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 38 (19.90%) Analyst
2 22 (11.52%) Senior
3 19 (9.95%) Developer
4 15 (7.85%) Integration Engineer
4 15 (7.85%) Project Manager
4 15 (7.85%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 15 (7.85%) Test Engineer
5 10 (5.24%) Business Analyst
6 9 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (4.19%) Java Developer
7 8 (4.19%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (4.19%) Software Engineer
8 7 (3.66%) Architect
8 7 (3.66%) SAP Analyst
8 7 (3.66%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 6 (3.14%) Administrator
9 6 (3.14%) Incident Manager
9 6 (3.14%) Integration Analyst
9 6 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.14%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.24%) .NET
2 9 (4.71%) Spring
3 8 (4.19%) HTML
4 6 (3.14%) CSS
4 6 (3.14%) Flash
4 6 (3.14%) JSON
4 6 (3.14%) LDAP
4 6 (3.14%) Node.js
4 6 (3.14%) RESTful
5 5 (2.62%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.09%) Kafka
6 4 (2.09%) React
6 4 (2.09%) scikit-learn
7 3 (1.57%) Apache Beam
7 3 (1.57%) Django
7 3 (1.57%) Flask
7 3 (1.57%) Hibernate
7 3 (1.57%) Keycloak
8 2 (1.05%) Jest
8 2 (1.05%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.47%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (9.95%) PKI
3 14 (7.33%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.24%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (5.24%) Virtual Team
5 9 (4.71%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.66%) Algorithms
7 6 (3.14%) Clustering
8 5 (2.62%) Data Structures
8 5 (2.62%) Derivative
8 5 (2.62%) Fixed Income
9 4 (2.09%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (1.05%) Blockchain
11 2 (1.05%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.05%) Distributed Applications
11 2 (1.05%) FMCG
11 2 (1.05%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 24 (12.57%) Windows
2 18 (9.42%) Windows Server
3 17 (8.90%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (5.24%) Linux
5 6 (3.14%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.62%) Android
7 4 (2.09%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.05%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (53.93%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (37.17%) Agile
3 35 (18.32%) Project Management
4 32 (16.75%) Decision-Making
5 30 (15.71%) Computer Science
6 26 (13.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (13.09%) Time Management
8 22 (11.52%) DevOps
9 21 (10.99%) Analytical Thinking
10 18 (9.42%) People Management
10 18 (9.42%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (8.38%) Business Analysis
11 16 (8.38%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (8.38%) Conflict Management
11 16 (8.38%) Incident Management
11 16 (8.38%) Test Scripting
12 15 (7.85%) Regression Testing
12 15 (7.85%) Risk Management
13 14 (7.33%) Asset Management
14 13 (6.81%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 38 (19.90%) SQL
2 20 (10.47%) Java
3 16 (8.38%) Python
4 13 (6.81%) C#
4 13 (6.81%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.71%) PowerShell
6 7 (3.66%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.62%) Bicep
8 3 (1.57%) Go
8 3 (1.57%) Groovy
8 3 (1.57%) R
8 3 (1.57%) Ruby
8 3 (1.57%) Scala
9 2 (1.05%) Perl
9 2 (1.05%) PHP
10 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (26.18%) Degree
2 30 (15.71%) Security Cleared
3 28 (14.66%) SC Cleared
4 22 (11.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 16 (8.38%) MCSE
5 16 (8.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (7.85%) HNC
6 15 (7.85%) HND
6 15 (7.85%) MCSA
7 14 (7.33%) Master's Degree
8 10 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.66%) CCNA
9 7 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.62%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (2.09%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (2.09%) PMI Certification
11 4 (2.09%) PMP
11 4 (2.09%) Postgraduate
12 3 (1.57%) CIMA
12 3 (1.57%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.76%) QA
2 8 (4.19%) SLA
3 6 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.57%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (1.57%) NIST
4 3 (1.57%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.05%) PMO
6 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.52%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.52%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (13.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (12.57%) Active Directory
3 9 (4.71%) VMware NSX
4 8 (4.19%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.62%) Docker
5 5 (2.62%) Hyper-V
6 4 (2.09%) NFS
7 3 (1.57%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (4.19%) vCenter Server
2 5 (2.62%) Ansible
3 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.57%) Grafana
4 3 (1.57%) Terraform
5 2 (1.05%) PingFederate
5 2 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.05%) WSUS
6 1 (0.52%) Nessus
6 1 (0.52%) Nmap
6 1 (0.52%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.52%) Puppet
6 1 (0.52%) SCCM
6 1 (0.52%) SCOM
Vendors
1 45 (23.56%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.61%) VMware
3 19 (9.95%) SAP
4 9 (4.71%) Atlassian
5 8 (4.19%) Cisco
6 6 (3.14%) Oracle
6 6 (3.14%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.62%) ION Trading
8 4 (2.09%) Avaya
8 4 (2.09%) Citrix
8 4 (2.09%) Databricks
8 4 (2.09%) Ivanti
8 4 (2.09%) Sun
9 2 (1.05%) Cadence
9 2 (1.05%) DocuSign
9 2 (1.05%) ESRI
9 2 (1.05%) Google
9 2 (1.05%) Ping Identity
9 2 (1.05%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.05%) Teradata