Critical Thinking Jobs in England

Critical Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 492 345
Rank change year-on-year +45 -147 +134
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 241 389 812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.43% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.52% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 129 268 344
10th Percentile £38,500 £24,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,702 £41,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £95,875
UK median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.36% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London +62 103 £72,500 -3.33% 319
Midlands +55 37 £57,500 +35.77% 27
North of England +15 37 £57,500 +15.00% 38
South East +50 27 £50,000 -13.04% 57
East of England +54 25 £44,000 +1.15% 28
West Midlands +47 25 £57,500 +139.58% 21
North West -10 22 £57,500 +43.75% 31
East Midlands +46 12 £57,500 +25.00% 6
South West +69 11 £70,000 +40.00% 43
Yorkshire +41 10 £65,000 +23.81% 4
North East +54 5 £57,500 -14.81% 3
Critical Thinking
UK

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (7.47%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.83%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.83%) CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
4 1 (0.41%) IIS
4 1 (0.41%) Luigi
4 1 (0.41%) nginx
4 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (9.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.66%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.24%) Trello
5 2 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.41%) Pipeline Pilot
6 1 (0.41%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.41%) Magento
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.41%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 60 (24.90%) Azure
2 49 (20.33%) Power Platform
3 39 (16.18%) AWS
4 25 (10.37%) SaaS
5 16 (6.64%) Snowflake
6 14 (5.81%) GCP
7 12 (4.98%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (4.98%) Power Automate
7 12 (4.98%) PowerApps
8 11 (4.56%) PaaS
9 9 (3.73%) IaaS
10 5 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.07%) Serverless
11 4 (1.66%) Amazon Bedrock
12 3 (1.24%) Figma
13 2 (0.83%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.83%) Azure App Service
13 2 (0.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.07%) DNS
2 4 (1.66%) Firewall
2 4 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.24%) DHCP
3 3 (1.24%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.83%) HTTP
4 2 (0.83%) Kerberos
4 2 (0.83%) Network Security
4 2 (0.83%) SSL
4 2 (0.83%) VLAN
4 2 (0.83%) VPN
5 1 (0.41%) Internet
5 1 (0.41%) LAN
5 1 (0.41%) Skype
5 1 (0.41%) SWIFTNet
5 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.41%) Value-Added Service
5 1 (0.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (19.50%) Power BI
2 31 (12.86%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (8.71%) SQL Server
4 10 (4.15%) Data Lake
4 10 (4.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (3.73%) Star Schema
6 8 (3.32%) Data Vault
6 8 (3.32%) MySQL
6 8 (3.32%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.90%) Tableau
8 6 (2.49%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.49%) Semantic Layer
9 4 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.66%) Qlik Sense
10 3 (1.24%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.24%) Metadata
10 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.83%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (5.81%) Git
2 11 (4.56%) JIRA
3 9 (3.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (2.49%) GitLab
5 5 (2.07%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.66%) Subversion
7 2 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.83%) Spinnaker
7 2 (0.83%) YouTrack
8 1 (0.41%) Mocha
8 1 (0.41%) Selenium
8 1 (0.41%) Sinon.JS
8 1 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 90 (37.34%) Finance
2 87 (36.10%) Social Skills
3 84 (34.85%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (14.11%) Law
5 28 (11.62%) Marketing
6 21 (8.71%) Banking
7 18 (7.47%) Retail
8 14 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (4.15%) Legal
11 9 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.07%) Social Housing
13 4 (1.66%) Advertising
13 4 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.66%) Military
13 4 (1.66%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.24%) Games
14 3 (1.24%) Local Government
15 2 (0.83%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 54 (22.41%) Developer
2 41 (17.01%) Senior
3 38 (15.77%) Analyst
4 25 (10.37%) SQL Developer
5 20 (8.30%) Senior Developer
6 18 (7.47%) Lead
7 16 (6.64%) Database Developer
7 16 (6.64%) SQL Database Developer
8 11 (4.56%) Graduate
9 10 (4.15%) Architect
9 10 (4.15%) Business Analyst
9 10 (4.15%) Designer
9 10 (4.15%) Senior Manager
9 10 (4.15%) Software Engineer
10 9 (3.73%) Business Developer
10 9 (3.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 9 (3.73%) ETL Developer
10 9 (3.73%) IT Manager
10 9 (3.73%) Power BI Developer
10 9 (3.73%) SQL BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.49%) Middleware
1 6 (2.49%) React
2 5 (2.07%) CSS
2 5 (2.07%) HTML
2 5 (2.07%) Node.js
3 4 (1.66%) AngularJS
3 4 (1.66%) LangChain
3 4 (1.66%) PySpark
3 4 (1.66%) React Native
3 4 (1.66%) REST
3 4 (1.66%) Svelte
4 3 (1.24%) .NET
4 3 (1.24%) GraphQL
4 3 (1.24%) RESTful
5 2 (0.83%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.83%) Django
5 2 (0.83%) EDI
5 2 (0.83%) Flask
5 2 (0.83%) Spring
5 2 (0.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.37%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (7.05%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.56%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.32%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.90%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.90%) NHS
7 6 (2.49%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.49%) Housing Association
8 5 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.66%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.66%) Hackathon
9 4 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.66%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.66%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.66%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.66%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.24%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.66%) Linux
1 4 (1.66%) Windows
2 2 (0.83%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (62.24%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (22.82%) Business Intelligence
3 52 (21.58%) Analytics
4 51 (21.16%) Artificial Intelligence
5 46 (19.09%) Agile
5 46 (19.09%) Decision-Making
6 38 (15.77%) Project Management
7 35 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (12.45%) Customer Service
9 26 (10.79%) Mentoring
10 25 (10.37%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 25 (10.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 24 (9.96%) Business Analysis
11 24 (9.96%) CI/CD
12 21 (8.71%) Test Automation
13 20 (8.30%) Analytical Thinking
13 20 (8.30%) Customer Experience
13 20 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (7.88%) CRM
14 19 (7.88%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 61 (25.31%) SQL
2 52 (21.58%) Python
3 16 (6.64%) Java
3 16 (6.64%) T-SQL
4 11 (4.56%) JavaScript
5 8 (3.32%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.49%) R
7 5 (2.07%) C#
7 5 (2.07%) VBA
8 4 (1.66%) C
8 4 (1.66%) C++
8 4 (1.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (1.66%) Julia
9 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.41%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.41%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.41%) PHP
9 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.41%) Swift
9 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 56 (23.24%) Degree
2 22 (9.13%) CBAP
3 20 (8.30%) DBS Check
4 19 (7.88%) Master's Degree
4 19 (7.88%) PMI Certification
4 19 (7.88%) PMP
5 15 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (4.15%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.66%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.66%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.83%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.83%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.64%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.39%) QA
3 9 (3.73%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.73%) GDPR
4 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.83%) SLA
5 1 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.41%) COSHH
5 1 (0.41%) DICOM
5 1 (0.41%) HL7
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.41%) MiFID
System Software
1 14 (5.81%) Docker
2 5 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.83%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 28 (11.62%) Terraform
2 10 (4.15%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.49%) Ansible
4 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.83%) Puppet
5 2 (0.83%) Salt
6 1 (0.41%) Grafana
6 1 (0.41%) Istio
6 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 43 (17.84%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.47%) Google
3 17 (7.05%) YouTube
4 12 (4.98%) Adobe
5 10 (4.15%) Dell
6 9 (3.73%) SAP
7 8 (3.32%) Databricks
7 8 (3.32%) TikTok
8 6 (2.49%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.07%) Ariba
9 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.66%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.66%) Remedy
11 3 (1.24%) Oracle
11 3 (1.24%) Splunk
12 2 (0.83%) Blue Coat
12 2 (0.83%) Broadcom
12 2 (0.83%) Guidewire
12 2 (0.83%) Symantec
12 2 (0.83%) Veritas