Critical Thinking Job Trends in the East of England

Critical Thinking
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 182 143
Rank change year-on-year +34 -39 +55
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 11 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.26% 0.057% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.065% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £36,475 - £48,100
25th Percentile £49,188 - £53,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.72%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £77,500
90th Percentile - - £83,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,965 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.89% -2.46% -3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,101 3,079 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 74.17% 87.30% 86.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,821 1,190 1,578
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in the East of England

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Critical Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in the East of England

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Hertfordshire - 7 - - 7
Suffolk - 3 £62,500 - 8
Cambridgeshire - 1 £29,000 - 6
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Graduate
1 6 (54.55%) Telesales Specialist
2 3 (27.27%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Executive
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Service Executive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
1 3 (27.27%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Telesales
2 6 (54.55%) EAM
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL
4 1 (9.09%) ITSM
4 1 (9.09%) Order Management
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Service Management
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Time Management
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Dell