Critical Thinking
North West > Cumbria
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria 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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 13 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Critical Thinking | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria | - | - | 15.60% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 17.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £486 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £627 |
| North West median daily rate | £537 | £550 | £486 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.36% | +13.17% | +8.00% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria
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 Cumbria.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 105 | 240 | 100 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria | 77.21% | 89.55% | 91.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 44 | 130 | 66 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £400 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £423 | £463 | £435 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £500 | £476 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.50% | +5.04% | +11.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £539 | £584 | £519 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £670 | £627 |
| North West median daily rate | £455 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.05% | - | +1.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 49 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.15 | - | £19.17 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.82 | £10.95 | £30.18 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.98 | £16.50 | £55.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +118.03% | -70.14% | +11.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £54.89 | £66.61 | £60.43 |
| 90th Percentile | £59.50 | £71.10 | £72.36 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £35.00 | £31.88 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.14% | +9.80% | +46.36% |
Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria
Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.
Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Critical Thinking.
