Critical Thinking Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Critical Thinking
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 69 73
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 -
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.73% 0.14% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.16% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile - - £473
25th Percentile £525 £725 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £750 £575
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +30.43% -
75th Percentile £575 £775 £738
90th Percentile - - £850
South West median daily rate £725 £633 £600
% change year-on-year +14.62% +5.42% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 708 617 875
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 86.34% 88.02% 86.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 342 545
10th Percentile £263 £221 £303
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £484 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% -12.05% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £650
90th Percentile £725 £743 £704
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 87 117
10th Percentile £15.00 £42.90 £34.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £29.40 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -54.78% +8.33% -7.69%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Critical Thinking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in Bristol

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Critical Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
1 5 (83.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DHCP
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
1 5 (83.33%) Skype
1 5 (83.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Wintel Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
2 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
2 5 (83.33%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) CCNA
2 5 (83.33%) CCNP
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Master's Degree
2 5 (83.33%) MCSE
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 5 (83.33%) Virtual Servers
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) SCCM
1 5 (83.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) SolarWinds
1 5 (83.33%) Splunk
1 5 (83.33%) Veeam
1 5 (83.33%) VMware