Critical Thinking Job Trends in Lancashire

Critical Thinking
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 74 -
Rank change year-on-year +19 - -
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 7 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.63% 0.12% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 £48,512 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £49,342 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.29% - -
75th Percentile £26,750 £50,171 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £52,500 £75,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +50.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 972 737 313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 86.86% 89.23% 81.51%
Number of salaries quoted 288 451 247
10th Percentile £25,087 £36,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,988 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,936 £50,055 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.23% +5.38% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,793 £58,943 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,717 £67,968 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Critical Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) IT Support
1 7 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 7 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 7 (100.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) VBScript
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Veeam
1 7 (100.00%) VMware