Critical Thinking Contracts with Work from Home Options

Critical Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 331 409
Rank change year-on-year +58 +78 -28
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 68 126 222
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.46% 0.53% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.59% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 93 156
10th Percentile £325 £381 £355
25th Percentile £405 £419 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -1.96% +7.37%
75th Percentile £540 £600 £638
90th Percentile £588 £795 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £523
% change year-on-year +2.44% -1.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £27.40 £15.47 -
25th Percentile £30.25 £31.17 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.92 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.65% - -
75th Percentile - £32.67 -
90th Percentile - £33.32 -
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £21.67 £66.00
% change year-on-year +19.98% -67.17% +53.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Critical Thinking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Critical Thinking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Critical Thinking.

Critical Thinking daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Critical Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Critical Thinking over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Critical Thinking daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Critical Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Critical Thinking.

Critical Thinking hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (8.82%) Confluence
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.47%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.47%) Sketch
4 1 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (2.94%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.47%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (1.47%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.12%) Azure
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.88%) Azure AKS
3 4 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.41%) AWS
4 3 (4.41%) Power Automate
4 3 (4.41%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (2.94%) OCI
5 2 (2.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (2.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.47%) AWS CodeBuild
6 1 (1.47%) AWS CodeDeploy
6 1 (1.47%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (1.47%) AWS Fargate
6 1 (1.47%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.47%) Figma
6 1 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.41%) DHCP
1 3 (4.41%) DNS
2 2 (2.94%) Firewall
3 1 (1.47%) BGP
3 1 (1.47%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (1.47%) OSPF
3 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.47%) Skype
3 1 (1.47%) SSL
3 1 (1.47%) VPN
3 1 (1.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.41%) Power BI
3 2 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.47%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (8.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) Balsamiq
General
1 41 (60.29%) Social Skills
2 25 (36.76%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (30.88%) Finance
4 9 (13.24%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 6 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (8.82%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.88%) French Language
8 3 (4.41%) German Language
8 3 (4.41%) Military
8 3 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.94%) Banking
9 2 (2.94%) Marketing
9 2 (2.94%) Public Speaking
10 1 (1.47%) Arabic Language
10 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.47%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.47%) Law
10 1 (1.47%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (33.82%) Analyst
2 10 (14.71%) Senior
3 9 (13.24%) Developer
3 9 (13.24%) Project Manager
4 7 (10.29%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Business Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Business Requirements Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Requirements Analyst
5 5 (7.35%) Senior Requirements Analyst
6 4 (5.88%) .NET Developer
6 4 (5.88%) Full Stack Developer
7 3 (4.41%) Full Stack .NET Developer
7 3 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) Power Platform Developer
7 3 (4.41%) React Developer
7 3 (4.41%) Test Engineer
8 2 (2.94%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
8 2 (2.94%) Information Officer
8 2 (2.94%) Salesforce Solution Architect
8 2 (2.94%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) .NET
1 4 (5.88%) React
1 4 (5.88%) YAML
2 2 (2.94%) CSS
2 2 (2.94%) HTML
2 2 (2.94%) jQuery
2 2 (2.94%) scikit-learn
2 2 (2.94%) XML
3 1 (1.47%) ADO
3 1 (1.47%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.24%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.88%) Low-Code
3 4 (5.88%) PKI
4 3 (4.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.94%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.94%) Blockchain
5 2 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (2.94%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.47%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.47%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.82%) Windows
2 4 (5.88%) Windows Server
2 4 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (4.41%) Linux
4 2 (2.94%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.47%) Android
5 1 (1.47%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.47%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (38.24%) Agile
3 21 (30.88%) Project Management
4 9 (13.24%) Business Analysis
4 9 (13.24%) DevOps
5 8 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (11.76%) Decision-Making
5 8 (11.76%) Time Management
5 8 (11.76%) User Stories
6 7 (10.29%) Information Security
6 7 (10.29%) Infrastructure Management
6 7 (10.29%) Portfolio Management
6 7 (10.29%) User Experience
7 6 (8.82%) Acceptance Criteria
7 6 (8.82%) Commercial Awareness
7 6 (8.82%) Customer-Centricity
7 6 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (8.82%) PRINCE2
7 6 (8.82%) Project Delivery
7 6 (8.82%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.71%) SQL
2 6 (8.82%) C#
3 4 (5.88%) Bicep
3 4 (5.88%) TypeScript
4 2 (2.94%) Java
4 2 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.94%) Python
5 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (22.06%) Degree
2 10 (14.71%) SC Cleared
2 10 (14.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.88%) MCSE
3 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.41%) CIMA
4 3 (4.41%) MCSA
4 3 (4.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.94%) ACCA
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.94%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.94%) PMP
5 2 (2.94%) Postgraduate
5 2 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.47%) CCNP
6 1 (1.47%) CISA
6 1 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.47%) CISM
6 1 (1.47%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.35%) QA
2 3 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.41%) PMO
3 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.94%) WCAG
4 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.47%) GDPR
4 1 (1.47%) NIST
4 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.94%) Docker
4 1 (1.47%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.94%) Terraform
2 1 (1.47%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.47%) Nessus
2 1 (1.47%) Nmap
2 1 (1.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.88%) VMware
3 3 (4.41%) Oracle
3 3 (4.41%) SAP
3 3 (4.41%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.94%) Conga
4 2 (2.94%) DocuSign
4 2 (2.94%) MuleSoft
4 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.94%) Verint
5 1 (1.47%) Adobe
5 1 (1.47%) Ariba
5 1 (1.47%) Avaya
5 1 (1.47%) CA
5 1 (1.47%) Cisco
5 1 (1.47%) Citrix
5 1 (1.47%) Ivanti
5 1 (1.47%) OpenText
5 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.47%) Sun