Critical Thinking Job Trends in East Ayrshire

Critical Thinking
Scotland > East Ayrshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Ayrshire requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Ayrshire 11.76% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary - - £45,878
% change year-on-year - - -8.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Ayrshire

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 East Ayrshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16 15 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Ayrshire 94.12% 83.33% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 13 18
10th Percentile £46,320 - -
25th Percentile £55,801 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £60,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.50% +140.00% -19.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 - -
90th Percentile £85,420 - -
Scotland median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in East Ayrshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the East Ayrshire region over the 6 months to 14 September 2025. 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
Kilmarnock - 2 - -
Critical Thinking
Scotland

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Ayrshire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Innovation Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management