Critical Thinking Contracts in Wiltshire

Critical Thinking
South West > Wiltshire

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 67 51
Rank change year-on-year -8 -16 -2
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 15 27 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.59% 2.46% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 2.67% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 27 17
10th Percentile £513 £460 £420
25th Percentile £514 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -6.67%
75th Percentile £608 £631 £601
90th Percentile £703 £680 £638
South West median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £50.15
25th Percentile - - £51.50
Median hourly rate - - £61.28
75th Percentile - - £69.05
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £61.28
% change year-on-year - - +37.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 780 1,010 835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 82.54% 92.07% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 849 598
10th Percentile £315 £400 £350
25th Percentile £463 £467 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £655 £669 £619
90th Percentile £724 £725 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 24
10th Percentile £12.00 £60.45 £15.26
25th Percentile £14.54 £62.75 £29.75
Median hourly rate £15.52 £68.15 £59.25
Median % change year-on-year -77.23% +15.02% +18.50%
75th Percentile £30.25 £77.50 £69.05
90th Percentile £52.13 £85.25 £73.50
South West median hourly rate £54.00 £61.50 £48.61
% change year-on-year -12.20% +26.52% +8.02%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in Wiltshire

Critical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Critical Thinking in Wiltshire

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Thinking in Wiltshire

Critical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Critical Thinking in Wiltshire

Critical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Corsham -25 13 £538 -2.27%
Swindon - 1 - - 3
Critical Thinking
South West

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 13 (86.67%) Confluence
2 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (13.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) DNS
2 8 (53.33%) DHCP
3 7 (46.67%) VSAN
4 2 (13.33%) Skype
4 2 (13.33%) Unified Communications
5 1 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 13 (86.67%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Bitbucket
General
1 14 (93.33%) Analytical Skills
1 14 (93.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Public Sector
3 6 (40.00%) Military
4 1 (6.67%) Advertising
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Integration Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Test Engineer
2 6 (40.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Planning Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (33.33%) Flash
2 1 (6.67%) .NET
2 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) PKI
2 5 (33.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
1 8 (53.33%) Windows Server
1 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 10
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (46.67%) NsoIT
2 7 (46.67%) Service Management
2 7 (46.67%) System Testing
2 7 (46.67%) Waterfall
3 6 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 6 (40.00%) Test Scripting
3 6 (40.00%) Validation
4 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 5 (33.33%) High Availability
4 5 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
4 5 (33.33%) Power Management
5 2 (13.33%) ITIL
6 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (6.67%) Display Advertising
6 1 (6.67%) Information Security
6 1 (6.67%) Open Source
6 1 (6.67%) Pay per click
6 1 (6.67%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) SC Cleared
1 14 (93.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 8 (53.33%) Degree
4 7 (46.67%) MCSE
4 7 (46.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (40.00%) CCNA
5 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (40.00%) MCSA
6 5 (33.33%) Master's Degree
7 4 (26.67%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (6.67%) CCNP
8 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
8 1 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 14 (93.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (46.67%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (46.67%) VMware NSX
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (13.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) vCenter Server
2 2 (13.33%) WSUS
3 1 (6.67%) Ansible
3 1 (6.67%) Progress Chef
3 1 (6.67%) Puppet
3 1 (6.67%) SCCM
3 1 (6.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) VMware
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (46.67%) Atlassian
4 6 (40.00%) Cisco
5 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds
5 2 (13.33%) Veeam
6 1 (6.67%) Splunk