Critical Thinking Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Critical Thinking
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.89% - 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% - 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £538
75th Percentile £613 - £556
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £295 £538
% change year-on-year +94.92% -45.12% +10.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 113 93 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 71.07% 83.04% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 50 118
10th Percentile £305 £320 £400
25th Percentile £416 £413 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £556 £622 £634
90th Percentile £647 £660 £808
Hampshire median daily rate £530 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -3.64% -3.51% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 58
10th Percentile £16.11 £31.25 £28.73
25th Percentile £25.01 £35.00 £59.44
Median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £53.46 £63.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £60.56 £72.00 £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £56.38 £53.75
% change year-on-year -63.26% +4.88% +21.13%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 3 (100.00%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Planner
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (100.00%) Change Control
1 3 (100.00%) Cost Management
1 3 (100.00%) Earned Value Management
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) SAP