Critical Thinking
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 70 | 106 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +36 | +15 |
| Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh | - | 0.25% | 0.31% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.28% | 0.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £763 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £775 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +55.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £788 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £490 | £450 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.89% | - | +9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £21.30 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £21.36 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £21.47 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £21.57 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £21.63 |
| Scotland median hourly rate | - | - | £21.47 |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 591 | 712 | 1,207 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 95.17% | 87.25% | 94.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 322 | 415 | 850 |
| 10th Percentile | £232 | £220 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £400 | £405 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £469 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.32% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £575 | £549 |
| 90th Percentile | £630 | £663 | £625 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £463 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.63% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 30 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.48 | £12.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £16.25 | £17.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.44 | £22.59 | £21.26 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.65% | +6.23% | -41.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.54 | £60.75 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £44.65 | - | £57.10 |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £20.94 | £19.50 | £16.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.38% | +18.18% | -58.74% |
Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Critical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in Edinburgh.