Critical Thinking Jobs in the Thames Valley

Critical Thinking
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 196 246
Rank change year-on-year -15 +50 -34
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 33 63 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.47% 1.07% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 1.13% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 19
10th Percentile £31,350 - £25,625
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,025 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £51,350 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.71% +36.93% +15.38%
75th Percentile £73,750 £86,250 £45,750
90th Percentile £83,000 £88,750 £60,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,675 £53,000
% change year-on-year +13.47% -4.39% -24.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,846 5,559 6,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.91% 94.83% 93.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,916 3,042 3,882
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,026 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the Thames Valley

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in the Thames Valley

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in the Thames Valley

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Buckinghamshire -5 30 £62,500 -16.67% 8
Berkshire +2 2 £120,000 +133.69% 7
Oxfordshire -29 1 £31,500 - 2
Critical Thinking
South East

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (3.03%) CMS
1 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) Azure
1 2 (6.06%) PaaS
2 1 (3.03%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (3.03%) Azure AKS
2 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (3.03%) Canva
2 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.03%) Google Analytics
2 1 (3.03%) MailChimp
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.03%) Miro
2 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (66.67%) 5G
1 22 (66.67%) Bluetooth
1 22 (66.67%) GSM
1 22 (66.67%) ISDN
1 22 (66.67%) LTE
1 22 (66.67%) PSTN
1 22 (66.67%) UMTS
1 22 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
1 22 (66.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Data Mining
2 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.03%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 22 (66.67%) LabVIEW
2 1 (3.03%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Maven
2 1 (3.03%) Protractor
General
1 22 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 22 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Marketing
6 1 (3.03%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Finance
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Hardware Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) Test Engineer
3 8 (24.24%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) Lead
5 5 (15.15%) Analyst
5 5 (15.15%) Hardware Technician
6 3 (9.09%) Associate Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 3 (9.09%) QA Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Quality Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) QA Technician
7 2 (6.06%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) Architect
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Architect
8 1 (3.03%) Business Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Change Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Marketing Executive
8 1 (3.03%) Supply Chain Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) ADO
1 1 (3.03%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.03%) Jest
1 1 (3.03%) Node.js
1 1 (3.03%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (66.67%) Acoustics
1 22 (66.67%) Satnav
2 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.03%) Blog
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Linux
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (75.76%) Coaching
2 23 (69.70%) Agile
3 22 (66.67%) Data Management
3 22 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 22 (66.67%) Test Scripting
4 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.15%) Mentoring
6 4 (12.12%) CRM
6 4 (12.12%) DevOps
7 3 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 3 (9.09%) Data Science
7 3 (9.09%) ETL
7 3 (9.09%) Time Management
8 2 (6.06%) Analytics
8 2 (6.06%) Campaign Analysis
8 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (6.06%) Decision-Making
8 2 (6.06%) SIEM
8 2 (6.06%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 22 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) Java
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (69.70%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) Azure Certification
2 2 (6.06%) GCFA
2 2 (6.06%) GCFE
2 2 (6.06%) OSCP
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Adobe
2 1 (3.03%) Databricks
2 1 (3.03%) Google
2 1 (3.03%) Hootsuite
2 1 (3.03%) SAP