Critical Thinking Contracts in Belfast

Critical Thinking
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring Critical Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Critical Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 22 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 2.72% 0.81% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 1.10% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £500 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +107.69% - -
75th Percentile £700 £338 -
90th Percentile £708 - -
County Antrim median daily rate £675 £325 -
% change year-on-year +107.69% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.13 - -
Median hourly rate £35.25 - -
75th Percentile £36.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £35.25 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

Critical Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 135 91 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 91.84% 73.39% 81.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 56 69
10th Percentile £154 £211 £164
25th Percentile £295 £345 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -9.35%
75th Percentile £532 £575 £515
90th Percentile £625 £663 £638
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -9.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 14
10th Percentile £22.50 - £13.40
25th Percentile £23.76 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £32.13 £12.62 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +154.56% -17.25% +34.24%
75th Percentile £58.85 £14.78 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £19.19 £18.12
County Antrim median hourly rate £26.59 £14.19 £15.25
% change year-on-year +87.45% -6.98% -3.11%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in Belfast

Critical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Daily rate trend for Critical Thinking in Belfast

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Belfast

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in Belfast over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Thinking in Belfast

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Project Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Business Forecasting
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Measurement
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (25.00%) Statistics
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) PMO