Critical Thinking Contracts in London

Critical Thinking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 307 353
Rank change year-on-year +5 +46 +63
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 51 84 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.41% 0.47% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.53% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 47 76
10th Percentile £275 £180 £363
25th Percentile £341 £344 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £563 £569
Median % change year-on-year -9.78% -1.10% +7.31%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £691
90th Percentile £759 £825 £838
England median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 12
10th Percentile £48.20 - £20.22
25th Percentile £56.00 - £21.31
Median hourly rate £69.00 £22.34 £32.31
Median % change year-on-year +208.86% -30.85% -31.27%
75th Percentile £82.00 - £50.42
90th Percentile £89.80 - -
England median hourly rate £69.00 £26.00 £24.34
% change year-on-year +165.38% +6.84% -54.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in London

Critical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in London.

Daily rate trend for Critical Thinking in London

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Thinking in London

Critical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in London.

Hourly rate trend for Critical Thinking in London

Critical Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Critical Thinking in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Critical Thinking in London

Critical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London -11 4 £700 +400.00% 17
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.92%) Confluence
3 1 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.96%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (1.96%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.96%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.96%) SAP GRC
1 1 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (21.57%) Power Platform
2 10 (19.61%) Azure
3 9 (17.65%) AWS
4 5 (9.80%) GitHub
5 4 (7.84%) GCP
6 3 (5.88%) Copilot Studio
6 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (5.88%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.92%) Azure AKS
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.96%) Boomi
8 1 (1.96%) SaaS
8 1 (1.96%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.80%) Firewall
2 3 (5.88%) DNS
3 2 (3.92%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (3.92%) FTP
3 2 (3.92%) HTTP
3 2 (3.92%) SMTP
3 2 (3.92%) SSL
3 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.96%) DHCP
4 1 (1.96%) Internet
4 1 (1.96%) Intranet
4 1 (1.96%) Skype
4 1 (1.96%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.57%) Power BI
2 4 (7.84%) Relational Database
3 3 (5.88%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (3.92%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (3.92%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 2 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.92%) Tableau
5 1 (1.96%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.96%) KDB
5 1 (1.96%) Metadata
5 1 (1.96%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.96%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.96%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.96%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Git
2 4 (7.84%) JIRA
3 2 (3.92%) GitLab
4 1 (1.96%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.96%) Gradle
4 1 (1.96%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.96%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.96%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.96%) Terragrunt
4 1 (1.96%) webpack
General
1 32 (62.75%) Social Skills
2 23 (45.10%) Finance
3 19 (37.25%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (21.57%) Banking
5 8 (15.69%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (9.80%) Front Office
7 3 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (5.88%) Financial Institution
7 3 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.88%) Marketing
8 2 (3.92%) Investment Banking
8 2 (3.92%) Legal
8 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.92%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.96%) Billing
9 1 (1.96%) Law
9 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (19.61%) Analyst
2 5 (9.80%) Developer
3 4 (7.84%) Algorithm Engineer
3 4 (7.84%) Business Analyst
3 4 (7.84%) C++ Software Engineer
3 4 (7.84%) Consultant
3 4 (7.84%) Information Security Engineer
3 4 (7.84%) Security Engineer
3 4 (7.84%) Senior
3 4 (7.84%) Software Engineer
3 4 (7.84%) Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading
4 3 (5.88%) Analytics Manager
4 3 (5.88%) Data Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Change Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Coordinator
5 2 (3.92%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (3.92%) Project Manager
5 2 (3.92%) SAP BusinessObjects Analyst (SAP BO Analyst)
5 2 (3.92%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) YAML
2 4 (7.84%) CSS
2 4 (7.84%) HTML
3 3 (5.88%) JSON
4 2 (3.92%) .NET
4 2 (3.92%) AngularJS
4 2 (3.92%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (3.92%) ZeroMQ
5 1 (1.96%) Ajax
5 1 (1.96%) LangChain
5 1 (1.96%) Material-UI
5 1 (1.96%) Middleware
5 1 (1.96%) Next.js
5 1 (1.96%) Node.js
5 1 (1.96%) PySpark
5 1 (1.96%) React
5 1 (1.96%) Sass
5 1 (1.96%) Spring
5 1 (1.96%) Web Services
5 1 (1.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Distributed Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 5 (9.80%) Algorithms
2 5 (9.80%) Data Structures
3 4 (7.84%) Hedge funds
4 3 (5.88%) Fixed Income
4 3 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.88%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.92%) Equities
5 2 (3.92%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.92%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (74.51%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (49.02%) Agile
3 18 (35.29%) Analytics
4 14 (27.45%) Computer Science
5 12 (23.53%) Project Management
5 12 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (15.69%) Business Analysis
7 8 (15.69%) Data Analysis
7 8 (15.69%) Decision-Making
8 7 (13.73%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (13.73%) CI/CD
8 7 (13.73%) DevOps
8 7 (13.73%) OO
8 7 (13.73%) Risk Management
9 6 (11.76%) Analytical Thinking
9 6 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (11.76%) Change Management
9 6 (11.76%) OOP
9 6 (11.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 14 (27.45%) Python
2 13 (25.49%) SQL
3 5 (9.80%) Bicep
3 5 (9.80%) Java
3 5 (9.80%) PowerShell
4 4 (7.84%) C++
4 4 (7.84%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.92%) C#
5 2 (3.92%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (3.92%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.96%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.96%) R
Qualifications
1 22 (43.14%) Degree
2 10 (19.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (11.76%) Master's Degree
4 3 (5.88%) CISSP
4 3 (5.88%) CRISC
4 3 (5.88%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.88%) PMP
5 2 (3.92%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.92%) CEH
5 2 (3.92%) CFA
5 2 (3.92%) ISSEP
5 2 (3.92%) MBA
5 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.96%) APMP
6 1 (1.96%) CCA
6 1 (1.96%) CISA
6 1 (1.96%) CISM
6 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (9.80%) NIST
2 3 (5.88%) GRC
3 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.92%) GDPR
3 2 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.96%) COBIT
4 1 (1.96%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.96%) P3O
4 1 (1.96%) PMO
4 1 (1.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
1 1 (1.96%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (3.92%) Grafana
1 2 (3.92%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.92%) Terraform
2 1 (1.96%) Ansible
2 1 (1.96%) Puppet
Vendors
1 17 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.88%) SAP
3 3 (5.88%) Sybase
4 2 (3.92%) Cisco
4 2 (3.92%) Oracle
4 2 (3.92%) Planview
4 2 (3.92%) Wrike
5 1 (1.96%) Ariba
5 1 (1.96%) Avaloq
5 1 (1.96%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.96%) Concur
5 1 (1.96%) F5
5 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.96%) Google
5 1 (1.96%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.96%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.96%) MicroStrategy