Critical Thinking Contract Job Trends in East London

Critical Thinking
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 18 36
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 -
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 2 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in East London 1.89% 5.26% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 5.88% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile - £393 -
25th Percentile - £427 £875
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £528 £900
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% -41.39% -
75th Percentile - £582 £925
90th Percentile - £595 -
London median daily rate £520 £528 £500
% change year-on-year -1.42% +5.50% -13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 96 102 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 90.57% 89.47% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 84 215
10th Percentile £190 £391 £400
25th Percentile £430 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £579
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -11.42% +10.20%
75th Percentile £638 £596 £650
90th Percentile £821 £650 £770
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 17
10th Percentile £21.67 £25.05 £11.95
25th Percentile £23.33 £25.65 £14.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.63 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +40.68% -15.81%
75th Percentile £45.20 £27.62 £25.66
90th Percentile £75.86 £28.21 £38.28
London median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £30.08
% change year-on-year -1.44% +16.36% -19.79%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in East London

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Financial Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality