Critical Thinking Contracts in the City of London

Critical Thinking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 106 153
Rank change year-on-year -13 +47 +3
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 3 19 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.87% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.96% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 9
10th Percentile - - £410
25th Percentile £563 £130 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £140 £525
Median % change year-on-year +310.71% -73.33% -8.70%
75th Percentile £588 £441 £538
90th Percentile - £589 £848
Central London median daily rate £700 £140 £525
% change year-on-year +400.00% -73.33% -5.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.22
Median hourly rate - - £20.71
75th Percentile - - £21.19
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £20.71

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,638 1,975 3,332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.28% 90.51% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,036 1,399 2,240
10th Percentile £363 £361 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £568 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -5.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 25
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.35
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -13.58%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

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
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Boomi
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
2 2 (66.67%) Front Office
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Front Office Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) NetSuite Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Equities
1 2 (66.67%) Fixed Income
1 2 (66.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Economics
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Release Management
2 1 (33.33%) Revenue Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CFA
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (66.67%) MBA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce