Critical Thinking Jobs in the Midlands

Critical Thinking
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Critical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Critical Thinking over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 229 264
Rank change year-on-year -42 +35 -2
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 44 104 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.38% 1.09% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 1.13% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 41 48 54
10th Percentile £14,620 £37,500 £24,050
25th Percentile £19,350 £41,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,200 £52,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.62% +66.67% -56.25%
75th Percentile £60,741 £70,313 £51,875
90th Percentile £63,750 £85,000 £66,225
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,882 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.77% -0.21% -15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Critical 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 advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,646 9,184 10,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.40% 96.58% 94.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,120 4,626 6,973
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,900
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £61,563 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,625 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the Midlands

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in the Midlands

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in the Midlands

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Midlands -23 31 £24,000 -56.36% 10
East Midlands -37 9 £46,000 -8.00% 11
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) Azure
2 7 (15.91%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (15.91%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.55%) AWS
4 2 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (4.55%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.55%) SaaS
4 2 (4.55%) WhatsApp
5 1 (2.27%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.27%) LAN
1 12 (27.27%) WAN
2 10 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (4.55%) DNS
3 2 (4.55%) Firewall
3 2 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (4.55%) NAS
3 2 (4.55%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) Power BI
2 6 (13.64%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
3 4 (9.09%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (9.09%) GIS
3 4 (9.09%) Spatial Data
4 2 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.55%) MySQL
4 2 (4.55%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.27%) Git
2 1 (2.27%) Moq
2 1 (2.27%) NUnit
2 1 (2.27%) Sourcetree
General
1 31 (70.45%) Social Skills
2 17 (38.64%) Finance
3 14 (31.82%) Retail
4 13 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Billing
6 2 (4.55%) Law
6 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.27%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (2.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (36.36%) Analyst
2 10 (22.73%) Help Desk Analyst
3 6 (13.64%) Consultant
3 6 (13.64%) Graduate
3 6 (13.64%) Graduate Consultant
3 6 (13.64%) Graduate Support Consultant
3 6 (13.64%) Support Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Support Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Designer
5 4 (9.09%) GIS Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Principal Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Senior
6 3 (6.82%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 3 (6.82%) Developer
6 3 (6.82%) Lead
6 3 (6.82%) Senior Designer
6 3 (6.82%) Senior Service Designer
6 3 (6.82%) Service Designer
6 3 (6.82%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) CSS
1 4 (9.09%) HTML
2 2 (4.55%) LDAP
2 2 (4.55%) SAML
2 2 (4.55%) ServiceStack
3 1 (2.27%) .NET
3 1 (2.27%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.27%) FHIR
3 1 (2.27%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) PropTech
4 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.27%) IoT
4 1 (2.27%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.27%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (43.18%) Mentoring
3 12 (27.27%) Asset Management
3 12 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 11 (25.00%) Project Management
5 10 (22.73%) Computer Science
5 10 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (22.73%) ERP
6 9 (20.45%) Agile
7 8 (18.18%) Coaching
7 8 (18.18%) Task Automation
7 8 (18.18%) User Experience
8 7 (15.91%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (15.91%) Mathematics
9 6 (13.64%) Business Case
9 6 (13.64%) Project Planning
10 5 (11.36%) Data Modelling
10 5 (11.36%) ETL
10 5 (11.36%) Time Management
10 5 (11.36%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.27%) SQL
2 10 (22.73%) Python
3 4 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 4 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.55%) Bash
5 1 (2.27%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (38.64%) Degree
2 1 (2.27%) ACCA
2 1 (2.27%) CIMA
2 1 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.55%) QA
3 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.55%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (52.27%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.09%) Mapbox
3 2 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.55%) VMware