Critical Thinking Contracts in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Critical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Critical Thinking over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 270 348 318
Rank change year-on-year +78 -30 +20
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 122 113 202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.47% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.52% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 88 130
10th Percentile £266 £271 £313
25th Percentile £413 £372 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -2.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £615 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £733 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 4
10th Percentile £22.47 £14.13 £50.15
25th Percentile £24.15 £20.22 £51.50
Median hourly rate £25.27 £20.71 £61.28
Median % change year-on-year +22.05% -66.21% +42.50%
75th Percentile £40.27 £21.47 £69.05
90th Percentile £67.11 £21.67 -
UK median hourly rate £25.36 £21.67 £53.50
% change year-on-year +17.03% -59.50% +20.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Critical Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,621 21,650 27,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.77% 89.55% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,595 15,013 19,156
10th Percentile £243 £252 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,028 1,330 1,375
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.01
25th Percentile £15.17 £16.19 £14.00
Median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.60 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Midlands +36 30 £275 -21.43% 17
South East -2 22 £538 +34.38% 36
North of England +35 21 £579 +0.70% 37
East Midlands +33 19 £269 -10.71% 6
North West +20 17 £548 +10.99% 18
South West +10 17 £538 -2.27% 16
Wales +28 13 £600 +9.09% 3
Scotland +26 11 £450 +12.50% 10
West Midlands +25 11 £607 +73.43% 11
East of England - 7 £500 - 13
Yorkshire +26 4 £650 +8.33% 16
Northern Ireland - 1 £325 - 3
Critical Thinking
UK

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 26 (21.31%) Confluence
2 17 (13.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (10.66%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.46%) Jupyter
4 3 (2.46%) nginx
5 2 (1.64%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.56%) Acrobat
2 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Oracle Cash Management
1 4 (3.28%) Oracle Receivables
1 4 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.46%) SAP SD
3 2 (1.64%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.82%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.82%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.82%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.82%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.38%) Azure
2 6 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (4.10%) AWS
3 5 (4.10%) Azure AKS
3 5 (4.10%) Azure App Service
3 5 (4.10%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.28%) OCI
5 3 (2.46%) CloudBees
5 3 (2.46%) GCP
5 3 (2.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 2 (1.64%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (15.57%) DNS
2 17 (13.93%) DHCP
3 9 (7.38%) VSAN
4 6 (4.92%) Firewall
5 2 (1.64%) Skype
5 2 (1.64%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.10%) Power BI
2 4 (3.28%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (3.28%) SAP HANA
3 3 (2.46%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (2.46%) ClickHouse
3 3 (2.46%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.46%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (1.64%) Big Data
4 2 (1.64%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.64%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.82%) MySQL
5 1 (0.82%) SQLite
5 1 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (22.95%) JIRA
2 3 (2.46%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.64%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.82%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.82%) Git
4 1 (0.82%) GoCD
4 1 (0.82%) JUnit
General
1 96 (78.69%) Social Skills
2 63 (51.64%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (18.03%) Public Sector
4 16 (13.11%) Finance
4 16 (13.11%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (12.30%) Military
6 9 (7.38%) Marketing
7 8 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (6.56%) Local Government
7 8 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.74%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.46%) French Language
10 3 (2.46%) Legal
11 2 (1.64%) Banking
12 1 (0.82%) Advertising
12 1 (0.82%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (24.59%) Analyst
2 20 (16.39%) Senior
3 15 (12.30%) Integration Engineer
3 15 (12.30%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 15 (12.30%) Test Engineer
4 9 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (6.56%) Bid Manager
5 8 (6.56%) Business Analyst
5 8 (6.56%) Project Manager
5 8 (6.56%) Senior Bid Manager
5 8 (6.56%) Senior Manager
6 7 (5.74%) SAP Analyst
6 7 (5.74%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (5.74%) Virtualisation Engineer
7 6 (4.92%) Integration Analyst
7 6 (4.92%) Test Manager
8 5 (4.10%) Architect
8 5 (4.10%) Developer
8 5 (4.10%) Security Consultant
8 5 (4.10%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.92%) .NET
1 6 (4.92%) Flash
2 5 (4.10%) AngularJS
2 5 (4.10%) RESTful
3 3 (2.46%) Apache Beam
3 3 (2.46%) Kafka
3 3 (2.46%) Keycloak
4 2 (1.64%) Jest
4 2 (1.64%) Node.js
4 2 (1.64%) React
5 1 (0.82%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.82%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (0.82%) Dagger
5 1 (0.82%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (0.82%) Retrofit
5 1 (0.82%) RxJava
5 1 (0.82%) Spring
5 1 (0.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.57%) PKI
2 9 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (7.38%) Virtual Team
3 7 (5.74%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.92%) Clustering
4 6 (4.92%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.46%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.64%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.82%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.82%) Life Science
8 1 (0.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (15.57%) Windows
2 17 (13.93%) Windows Server
2 17 (13.93%) Windows Server 2012
3 8 (6.56%) Linux
4 2 (1.64%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.64%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.82%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (54.10%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (39.34%) Agile
3 33 (27.05%) Project Management
4 22 (18.03%) Decision-Making
4 22 (18.03%) Time Management
5 20 (16.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (14.75%) Risk Management
7 16 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (12.30%) Conflict Management
8 15 (12.30%) People Management
8 15 (12.30%) PRINCE2
8 15 (12.30%) Regression Testing
8 15 (12.30%) Test Scripting
9 14 (11.48%) Asset Management
9 14 (11.48%) Business Analysis
10 12 (9.84%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (9.84%) Validation
11 10 (8.20%) DevOps
12 9 (7.38%) Service Management
12 9 (7.38%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 26 (21.31%) SQL
2 7 (5.74%) Java
2 7 (5.74%) TypeScript
3 5 (4.10%) Bicep
3 5 (4.10%) C#
4 4 (3.28%) Python
5 3 (2.46%) Go
5 3 (2.46%) Groovy
5 3 (2.46%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.46%) Ruby
5 3 (2.46%) Scala
6 2 (1.64%) PHP
6 2 (1.64%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.82%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 36 (29.51%) Security Cleared
2 35 (28.69%) Degree
2 35 (28.69%) SC Cleared
3 22 (18.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 16 (13.11%) MCSE
4 16 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (12.30%) HNC
5 15 (12.30%) HND
5 15 (12.30%) MCSA
6 10 (8.20%) Master's Degree
7 9 (7.38%) PMI Certification
7 9 (7.38%) PMP
8 7 (5.74%) CCNA
8 7 (5.74%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.28%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (3.28%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (2.46%) Postgraduate
10 3 (2.46%) SAP Certification
11 2 (1.64%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.82%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.20%) QA
2 4 (3.28%) PMO
3 3 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (2.46%) NIST
3 3 (2.46%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.64%) SLA
5 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.82%) HAZOP
System Software
1 25 (20.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (15.57%) Active Directory
3 9 (7.38%) VMware NSX
4 8 (6.56%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.46%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (2.46%) Docker
6 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (6.56%) vCenter Server
2 4 (3.28%) Ansible
3 3 (2.46%) Grafana
3 3 (2.46%) Terraform
4 2 (1.64%) WSUS
5 1 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.82%) Puppet
5 1 (0.82%) SCCM
5 1 (0.82%) SCOM
Vendors
1 34 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 26 (21.31%) VMware
3 12 (9.84%) SAP
4 9 (7.38%) Atlassian
5 8 (6.56%) Adobe
6 7 (5.74%) Cisco
7 4 (3.28%) Oracle
8 2 (1.64%) Databricks
8 2 (1.64%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.64%) Teradata
8 2 (1.64%) Veeam
9 1 (0.82%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.82%) Splunk