Critical Thinking Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Critical Thinking
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.29% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 314 184 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 90.23% 92.00% 85.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 95 93
10th Percentile £173 £305 £230
25th Percentile £364 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.06% -11.82%
75th Percentile £520 £610 £588
90th Percentile £575 £650 £719
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 7
10th Percentile £15.85 £13.75 £13.70
25th Percentile £17.88 £14.69 £30.88
Median hourly rate £48.00 £16.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -66.32% +111.11%
75th Percentile £54.38 £17.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £58.00 £19.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £48.00 £16.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +200.00% -50.77% +44.44%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Critical Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility