Critical Thinking
South East > Hampshire
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 128 | 169 | 135 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | -34 | +83 |
| DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Critical Thinking | 4 | 15 | 11 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire | 0.17% | 0.38% | 0.48% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.19% | 0.48% | 0.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,750 | - | £53,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,875 | £42,500 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -13.04% | -25.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £56,250 | £77,500 | £61,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £62,000 |
| South East median annual salary | £44,387 | £52,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.64% | +4.00% | -6.28% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire
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 Hampshire.
| DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,118 | 3,096 | 2,171 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire | 90.44% | 78.70% | 94.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,238 | 2,173 | 1,537 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £31,250 | £28,780 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £41,250 | £41,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £54,125 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.10% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £66,250 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £80,000 | £82,500 |
| South East median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire
Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.
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Salary Trend in Hampshire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Critical Thinking.
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Job Locations in Hampshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 August 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 DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southampton | +27 | 1 | £40,000 | -20.00% | 2 |
| Fareham | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Critical Thinking South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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: