Critical Thinking Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Critical Thinking
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 72 91
Rank change year-on-year -15 +19 +26
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.38% 0.33% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.39% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £549 £313 -
25th Percentile £566 £318 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £331 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.33% - -
75th Percentile £641 £338 -
90th Percentile £646 £340 -
South East median daily rate £240 £346 £450
% change year-on-year -30.54% -23.22% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,092 768 1,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 83.04% 84.49% 86.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 738 533 619
10th Percentile £312 £356 £313
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £649
90th Percentile £725 £698 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 47 74
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.65 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.25 £21.48
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £50.71
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -30.98% +16.57%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.00 £63.44
90th Percentile £49.75 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.38 £47.78 £53.50
% change year-on-year -53.16% -10.69% +42.67%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Critical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Basingstoke - 1 - -
Fareham - 1 - -
Hayling Island - 1 £650 -
Portsmouth - 1 £575 -
Critical Thinking
South East

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Designer
1 1 (20.00%) Head of Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) Product Designer
1 1 (20.00%) Project Planner
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Planner
1 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) PKI
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (40.00%) Data Science
2 2 (40.00%) Data Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) B2B
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) MCSA
3 1 (20.00%) MCSE
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) VMware