Critical Thinking
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 16 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston | 1.41% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.52% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | - | - | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +42.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.94 | - | - |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £41.94 | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston
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 Preston.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 66 | 36 | 81 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 92.96% | 80.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 45 | 21 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £346 | £200 | £326 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £400 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £512 | £575 | £436 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.04% | +31.84% | +36.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £640 | £627 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £680 | £975 | £595 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £500 | £493 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.42% | -10.36% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 5 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.32 | £24.31 | £20.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £34.35 | £25.30 | £20.97 |
| Median hourly rate | £44.53 | £37.00 | £46.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.35% | -19.88% | +22.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £50.17 | £51.88 | £53.58 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.56 | £61.25 | £74.37 |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £47.12 | £40.33 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.85% | -12.68% | +22.18% |
Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.
Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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: