Critical Thinking Contracts in the City of London

Critical Thinking
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Critical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Critical Thinking over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 150 155
Rank change year-on-year +45 +5 -32
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 19 21 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.87% 0.58% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.64% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 22
10th Percentile - £410 £513
25th Percentile £130 £419 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -73.33% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £441 £538 £695
90th Percentile £589 £848 £815
Central London median daily rate £140 £525 £553
% change year-on-year -73.33% -5.02% +5.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.71 -
Central London median hourly rate - £20.71 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Critical Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,968 3,305 3,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.57% 91.53% 91.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,396 2,228 2,947
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £479 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £676
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 41
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.13 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £17.08 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +125.31%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the City of London

Critical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Critical Thinking in the City of London

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Thinking in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Critical Thinking in the City of London

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 8 (42.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (15.79%) Power Automate
1 3 (15.79%) Power Platform
1 3 (15.79%) PowerApps
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Power BI
General
1 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 8 (42.11%) Finance
3 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Administrator
1 5 (26.32%) Incident Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Developer
2 3 (15.79%) Intranet Administrator
2 3 (15.79%) Power Platform Developer
2 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) SharePoint Administrator
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Applications Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Applications Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Graduate
3 2 (10.53%) IT Administrator
3 2 (10.53%) IT Graduate
3 2 (10.53%) Junior
3 2 (10.53%) Junior IT Administrator
3 2 (10.53%) Migration Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Migration Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Low-Code
2 1 (5.26%) IoT
2 1 (5.26%) Market Risk
2 1 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Agile
2 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
3 5 (26.32%) Analytical Thinking
3 5 (26.32%) Incident Management
3 5 (26.32%) Problem Management
4 3 (15.79%) DevOps
4 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
4 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.79%) Storytelling
4 3 (15.79%) Waterfall
5 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (10.53%) Migration
6 1 (5.26%) Information Security
6 1 (5.26%) Project Management
6 1 (5.26%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (5.26%) Service Management
6 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma
6 1 (5.26%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft