Critical Thinking Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Critical Thinking
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 83 110
Rank change year-on-year -14 +27 +24
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 3 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.21% 0.30% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.37% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £514 £244 £181
25th Percentile £530 £272 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £318 £253
Median % change year-on-year +77.67% +25.82% -48.15%
75th Percentile £605 £319 £301
90th Percentile £625 £320 £327
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £47.00 £26.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +80.77% +23.81% -52.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,266 1,073 1,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.34% 80.13% 87.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 429 903
10th Percentile £195 £225 £225
25th Percentile £363 £315 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £556 £603
90th Percentile £688 £650 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 232 374
10th Percentile £14.12 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £24.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +22.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £58.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £77.05
England median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -36.33% -11.24% +27.14%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in the East of England

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Critical Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Critical Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the East of England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire - 2 £625 - 4
Essex +1 1 £505 +58.31% 2
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure AKS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Functions
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Agriculture
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Express.js
1 1 (33.33%) MERN Stack
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
1 1 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (33.33%) Snow