Critical Thinking Contracts in Chester

Critical Thinking
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Critical Thinking 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 1.25% - 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% - 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £570
75th Percentile - - £580
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £537 £548 £480
% change year-on-year -1.92% +14.06% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66 50 77
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 82.50% 78.13% 81.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 15 41
10th Percentile £312 £453 £375
25th Percentile £350 £552 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +19.05% +21.39%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £600
90th Percentile £768 - £688
Cheshire median daily rate £438 £478 £522
% change year-on-year -8.47% -8.34% +15.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 16
10th Percentile £12.61 £16.00 £17.38
25th Percentile £12.75 £25.50 £30.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.88
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +9.80% +46.36%
75th Percentile £33.40 £41.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £43.36 £47.50 £37.52
Cheshire median hourly rate £18.87 £35.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -46.09% +14.60% +45.43%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in Chester

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Finacle
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement