Critical Thinking Jobs in Scotland

Critical Thinking
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 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 229 188 226
Rank change year-on-year -41 +38 -69
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 55 33 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.82% 0.70% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.74% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 13
10th Percentile - £43,453 £39,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £54,956 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £71,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% +42.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile £48,809 £97,290 £55,000
90th Percentile £50,285 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,235 4,465 5,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.26% 91.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,242 2,777
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,905 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +10.30% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in Scotland

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in Scotland

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in Scotland

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the Scotland 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -63 48 £47,500 -32.14% 3
Edinburgh +27 3 £47,557 -36.59% 1
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Aberdeen -11 1 - - 1
Critical Thinking
UK

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (58.18%) UserZoom
2 12 (21.82%) Sketch
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (1.82%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 44 (80.00%) Figma
2 32 (58.18%) SurveyMonkey
3 3 (5.45%) AWS
3 3 (5.45%) Azure
3 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.45%) LAN
1 3 (5.45%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (5.45%) VLAN
1 3 (5.45%) WAN
1 3 (5.45%) Wireless
2 1 (1.82%) Firewall
2 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.82%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 32 (58.18%) Jenkins
2 13 (23.64%) JIRA
General
1 49 (89.09%) Finance
2 47 (85.45%) Law
3 46 (83.64%) Marketing
4 45 (81.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (70.91%) Social Skills
6 10 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (7.27%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.64%) Banking
9 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (58.18%) User Experience Researcher
2 12 (21.82%) Lead
3 8 (14.55%) Analyst
4 3 (5.45%) Support Analyst
4 3 (5.45%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (5.45%) Technical Support
4 3 (5.45%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (3.64%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (1.82%) Business Analyst
6 1 (1.82%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (1.82%) Digital Strategist
6 1 (1.82%) IT Security Specialist
6 1 (1.82%) Network Engineer
6 1 (1.82%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (1.82%) Performance Analyst
6 1 (1.82%) Report Analyst
6 1 (1.82%) Security Engineer
6 1 (1.82%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.82%) Legacy Systems
1 12 (21.82%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.82%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (92.73%) Agile
2 45 (81.82%) Analytics
2 45 (81.82%) Data Visualisation
2 45 (81.82%) User Experience
2 45 (81.82%) UX Research
2 45 (81.82%) Visualisation
3 44 (80.00%) DevOps
3 44 (80.00%) Mentoring
3 44 (80.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 44 (80.00%) User Research
4 33 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
4 33 (60.00%) Benchmarking
4 33 (60.00%) SDLC
4 33 (60.00%) Service Design
5 32 (58.18%) Anthropology
5 32 (58.18%) Cognitive Psychology
5 32 (58.18%) Continuous Integration
5 32 (58.18%) Market Research
5 32 (58.18%) Product Management
5 32 (58.18%) Psychology
Qualifications
1 34 (61.82%) Degree
2 3 (5.45%) HND
3 1 (1.82%) CBAP
3 1 (1.82%) CCNA
3 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (58.18%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (5.45%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.45%) Hyper-V
1 3 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 32 (58.18%) Qualtrics
2 12 (21.82%) ServiceNow
3 5 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.45%) VMware
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco
5 1 (1.82%) Meraki
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle