Critical Thinking Jobs in Edinburgh

Critical Thinking
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 106 130
Rank change year-on-year +20 +24 +17
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 4 3 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.45% 0.20% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.22% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - - £37,058
25th Percentile £96,750 £46,306 £43,453
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £103,500 £47,557 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +117.63% -34.40% +31.82%
75th Percentile £110,250 £48,809 £97,290
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £103,500 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +130.00% -30.77% +26.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 869 1,338 1,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.42% 89.74% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 397 941 1,154
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £54,471 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.75% -8.70% +4.78%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in Edinburgh

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in Edinburgh

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Operations Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Audit Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Audit Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Audit Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Audit Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (25.00%) DAMA
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Informatica