Critical Thinking Jobs in London

Critical Thinking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 360 342
Rank change year-on-year +69 -18 +104
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 102 148 288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.80% 0.62% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.68% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 49 97 169
10th Percentile £46,612 £41,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,185 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £66,550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +12.70% +6.48%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £109,400 £95,500 £107,500
England median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +11.36% -2.65% +2.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,216 21,652 31,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.32% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,929 15,871 22,511
10th Percentile £41,700 £37,500 £42,789
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,055
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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in London

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in London

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in London

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London +43 22 £65,000 -33.33% 10
West London +12 3 - - 28
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.98%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.98%) Confluence
3 1 (0.98%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (13.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.92%) Chatbot
3 3 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.94%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.96%) Trello
5 1 (0.98%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.98%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.98%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.98%) Magento
2 1 (0.98%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (28.43%) AWS
2 22 (21.57%) Azure
3 15 (14.71%) Power Platform
3 15 (14.71%) Snowflake
4 10 (9.80%) GCP
5 7 (6.86%) SaaS
6 4 (3.92%) Amazon Bedrock
6 4 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.92%) Serverless
7 3 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.94%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.96%) Azure App Service
8 2 (1.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.96%) GitHub
8 2 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.96%) PaaS
8 2 (1.96%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.98%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.98%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.92%) Firewall
2 3 (2.94%) DNS
3 2 (1.96%) HTTP
3 2 (1.96%) HTTPS
3 2 (1.96%) Kerberos
3 2 (1.96%) Network Security
3 2 (1.96%) SSL
3 2 (1.96%) VLAN
4 1 (0.98%) DHCP
4 1 (0.98%) Internet
4 1 (0.98%) SWIFTNet
4 1 (0.98%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (20.59%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (13.73%) Power BI
3 6 (5.88%) Data Vault
3 6 (5.88%) NoSQL
3 6 (5.88%) Semantic Layer
4 5 (4.90%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (3.92%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.94%) Tableau
7 2 (1.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.96%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.96%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.96%) HDInsight
7 2 (1.96%) Metadata
7 2 (1.96%) MySQL
7 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.98%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.98%) Power Query
8 1 (0.98%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (6.86%) JIRA
2 4 (3.92%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.94%) Git
4 2 (1.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (1.96%) Spinnaker
4 2 (1.96%) YouTrack
5 1 (0.98%) GitLab
5 1 (0.98%) Selenium
General
1 53 (51.96%) Finance
2 40 (39.22%) Social Skills
3 36 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (21.57%) Law
5 19 (18.63%) Marketing
6 12 (11.76%) Retail
7 11 (10.78%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (7.84%) Legal
9 7 (6.86%) Banking
10 5 (4.90%) Social Housing
11 3 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.94%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.96%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (1.96%) Front Office
12 2 (1.96%) Games
12 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.96%) Military
13 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.98%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 33 (32.35%) Senior
2 20 (19.61%) Developer
3 17 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 10 (9.80%) Analyst
4 10 (9.80%) Software Engineer
5 8 (7.84%) Senior Manager
6 7 (6.86%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.88%) Architect
7 6 (5.88%) Consultant
7 6 (5.88%) Designer
7 6 (5.88%) IT Manager
7 6 (5.88%) Lead
7 6 (5.88%) Senior IT Manager
7 6 (5.88%) Service Designer
8 5 (4.90%) Buyer
8 5 (4.90%) Compliance Advisor
8 5 (4.90%) Safety Advisor
9 4 (3.92%) IT Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Senior IT Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.92%) AngularJS
1 4 (3.92%) LangChain
1 4 (3.92%) React
1 4 (3.92%) React Native
1 4 (3.92%) REST
2 3 (2.94%) CSS
2 3 (2.94%) GraphQL
2 3 (2.94%) HTML
2 3 (2.94%) RESTful
3 2 (1.96%) Django
3 2 (1.96%) Flask
3 2 (1.96%) Middleware
3 2 (1.96%) PySpark
3 2 (1.96%) pytest
3 2 (1.96%) Spring
3 2 (1.96%) Web Services
4 1 (0.98%) EDI
4 1 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.98%) Shiny
4 1 (0.98%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 7 (6.86%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.86%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.88%) Housing Association
4 4 (3.92%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.94%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.94%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.96%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.96%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.96%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.98%) Freedom of Information Act
7 1 (0.98%) Online Games
7 1 (0.98%) Podcast
7 1 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (51.96%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (30.39%) Agile
3 19 (18.63%) Test Automation
4 16 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (14.71%) CI/CD
5 15 (14.71%) DataOps
6 14 (13.73%) Artificial Intelligence
6 14 (13.73%) Customer Experience
6 14 (13.73%) DevOps
7 13 (12.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (12.75%) SDLC
8 12 (11.76%) Decision-Making
8 12 (11.76%) Risk Management
8 12 (11.76%) Software Engineering
8 12 (11.76%) Thought Leadership
9 11 (10.78%) Analytical Thinking
9 11 (10.78%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (10.78%) Scrum
9 11 (10.78%) Service Management
9 11 (10.78%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 39 (38.24%) Python
2 25 (24.51%) SQL
3 13 (12.75%) Java
4 4 (3.92%) C
4 4 (3.92%) C++
4 4 (3.92%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.94%) C#
5 3 (2.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (2.94%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.96%) R
7 1 (0.98%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.98%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.98%) Ruby
7 1 (0.98%) Swift
Qualifications
1 23 (22.55%) Degree
2 8 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.92%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.94%) CBAP
6 2 (1.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.96%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.96%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.96%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.98%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.98%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 6 (5.88%) QA
2 4 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.96%) GDPR
4 1 (0.98%) DICOM
4 1 (0.98%) HL7
4 1 (0.98%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.98%) MiFID
System Software
1 6 (5.88%) Docker
2 4 (3.92%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.96%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 24 (23.53%) Terraform
2 7 (6.86%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.90%) Ansible
4 2 (1.96%) Puppet
4 2 (1.96%) Salt
5 1 (0.98%) Istio
Vendors
1 20 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 16 (15.69%) Google
3 8 (7.84%) Adobe
3 8 (7.84%) TikTok
4 6 (5.88%) Databricks
5 5 (4.90%) Ariba
5 5 (4.90%) SAP
5 5 (4.90%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.92%) OpenAI
6 4 (3.92%) Remedy
7 3 (2.94%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.96%) Blue Coat
8 2 (1.96%) Broadcom
8 2 (1.96%) Netskope
8 2 (1.96%) Splunk
8 2 (1.96%) Symantec
8 2 (1.96%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.98%) Facebook
9 1 (0.98%) Instagram
9 1 (0.98%) Pardot