Critical Thinking Job Trends in County Down

Critical Thinking
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in County Down requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Down 2.51% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,581 - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £27,581 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
County Down

Critical Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in County Down.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 235 16 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Down 84.23% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 27 8 9
10th Percentile £27,348 - £27,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,426 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +63.80% -21.05%
75th Percentile £65,625 £90,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,000 - £61,000
Northern Ireland median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in County Down

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Critical Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in County Down.

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in County Down

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in County Down

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the County Down region over the 6 months to 25 August 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Banbridge - 2 - -
Downpatrick - 2 - -
Critical Thinking
Northern Ireland

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down 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:

General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Deployment Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Mobile Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Radio Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Fraud Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Podcast
1 1 (14.29%) Social Media
1 1 (14.29%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Logistics
2 6 (85.71%) Project Delivery
2 6 (85.71%) Spectrum Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence