Critical Thinking Contract Job Trends in Corsham

Critical Thinking
Wiltshire > Corsham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Corsham 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 23 31 33
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 -6
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 13 17 16
As % of all contract jobs in Corsham 7.56% 5.54% 5.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.93% 6.54% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 15
10th Percentile £529 £488 £469
25th Percentile £565 £503 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +19.52% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £738 £643 £575
90th Percentile - £725 £665
Wiltshire median daily rate £628 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +19.52% - -8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Corsham

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 Corsham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 164 260 283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Corsham 95.35% 84.69% 91.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 196 213
10th Percentile £450 £463 £447
25th Percentile £519 £511 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £590 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +4.89% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £723 £753 £723
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 11
10th Percentile £18.76 - £40.85
25th Percentile £18.87 - £42.55
Median hourly rate £20.44 - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.70%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £62.25
90th Percentile £26.17 - £64.50
Wiltshire median hourly rate £22.38 £12.79 £60.00
% change year-on-year +75.00% -78.68% +10.09%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Corsham

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

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in Corsham

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Corsham

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

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

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Corsham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in Corsham over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Thinking in Corsham

Critical Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Critical Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham 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 9 (69.23%) Confluence
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (7.69%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) DNS
1 6 (46.15%) VPN
2 5 (38.46%) BGP
2 5 (38.46%) Unified Communications
3 3 (23.08%) DHCP
3 3 (23.08%) IPsec
3 3 (23.08%) MPLS
3 3 (23.08%) Skype
4 2 (15.38%) OSPF
4 2 (15.38%) VLAN
4 2 (15.38%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) JIRA
2 2 (15.38%) Bitbucket
3 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (92.31%) Social Skills
3 7 (53.85%) Public Sector
4 4 (30.77%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Coordinator
1 3 (23.08%) Network Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Security Assurance Coordinator
1 3 (23.08%) Test Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Telephony Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Product Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) NETCONF
1 3 (23.08%) RESTCONF
2 1 (7.69%) JFC
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) PKI
2 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Waterfall
3 5 (38.46%) NsoIT
4 4 (30.77%) Service Management
4 4 (30.77%) System Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
5 3 (23.08%) Network Virtualisation
5 3 (23.08%) Regression Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Test Scripting
5 3 (23.08%) Validation
6 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 1 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (7.69%) Epics
6 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.69%) Requirements Management
6 1 (7.69%) Resource Management
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) SC Cleared
1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) Degree
3 6 (46.15%) DV Cleared
4 5 (38.46%) CCNP
4 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (23.08%) CESG Certified Professional
5 3 (23.08%) CISA
5 3 (23.08%) CISSP
5 3 (23.08%) MCSA
5 3 (23.08%) MCSE
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (23.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (7.69%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (23.08%) JSP 440
1 3 (23.08%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (23.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) VMware
2 6 (46.15%) Atlassian
3 5 (38.46%) Cisco
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 4 (30.77%) SolarWinds
5 1 (7.69%) Veeam