Critical Thinking Jobs in the East of England

Critical Thinking
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Critical Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Critical Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 196 209
Rank change year-on-year +47 +13 -3
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 25 21 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.76% 0.34% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.43% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5 18 6
10th Percentile - £23,050 £38,125
25th Percentile £28,125 £32,000 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £43,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% -47.27% +120.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £70,313 £88,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £74,375 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -

All Process and 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 3,077 4,934 5,096
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 93.84% 80.62% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,497 3,705 2,213
10th Percentile £28,125 £25,809 £26,904
25th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £37,791
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £76,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the East of England

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the East of England.

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in the East of England

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 10 May 2025.

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 10 May 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
Suffolk - 17 - - 1
Essex +22 3 - - 14
Hertfordshire +27 2 £48,250 -31.07% 6
Bedfordshire - 2 £28,750 - 4
Cambridgeshire +33 1 £60,000 -7.69% 1
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 17 (68.00%) SaaS
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) Asana
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) DHCP
1 2 (8.00%) DNS
1 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (8.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 24 (96.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (76.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Law
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Marketing
4 1 (4.00%) Military
4 1 (4.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Analyst
2 2 (8.00%) Support Specialist
2 2 (8.00%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (8.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (8.00%) Technical Support Specialist
3 1 (4.00%) Data Manager
3 1 (4.00%) Insight Manager
3 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (68.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (12.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (8.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (8.00%) Robotics
4 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
1 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (96.00%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (72.00%) Project Management
2 18 (72.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 17 (68.00%) Business Analysis
3 17 (68.00%) Business Enablement
3 17 (68.00%) PRINCE2
3 17 (68.00%) Technology Enablement
4 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (12.00%) Time Management
5 2 (8.00%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (8.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (8.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (8.00%) ITIL
5 2 (8.00%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (4.00%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.00%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Java
1 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (88.00%) Degree
2 19 (76.00%) Master's Degree
3 17 (68.00%) CBAP
3 17 (68.00%) PMI Certification
3 17 (68.00%) PMP
4 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (8.00%) A+ Certification
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Certification
5 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (8.00%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (68.00%) YouTube
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.00%) Freshdesk
4 1 (4.00%) Veritas