Critical Thinking Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Critical Thinking
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.93% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £304 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 - -
75th Percentile £311 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £308 - £650

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 191 167 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 88.84% 74.55% 91.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 111 161
10th Percentile £227 £140 £193
25th Percentile £302 £204 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £489 £547 £563
90th Percentile £675 £638 £638
South Wales median daily rate £400 £400 £475
% change year-on-year - -15.79% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 6
10th Percentile £12.21 - £19.13
25th Percentile - £15.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £13.08 £20.08 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.86% -17.20% +34.72%
75th Percentile £17.00 £25.60 £26.38
90th Percentile £22.04 £25.79 £34.50
South Wales median hourly rate £16.65 £25.36 £26.00
% change year-on-year -34.35% -2.46% +30.00%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation