Critical Thinking Jobs in Merseyside

Critical Thinking
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 93 85
Rank change year-on-year +45 -8 -
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 8 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 1.86% 0.31% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 0.38% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile - £42,542 £40,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £44,401 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% +15.29% -
75th Percentile £63,125 £51,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £66,500 £51,900 -
North West median annual salary £57,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +43.75% -11.11% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 409 1,052 1,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 94.90% 80.67% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 183 727 421
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £59,623
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,600
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in Merseyside

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in Merseyside

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 11 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
Liverpool +52 8 £57,500 +16.16% 1
Critical Thinking
North West

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Power BI
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Marketing
2 4 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Database Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Database Developer
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Digital Media
1 4 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Co-Creation
1 4 (50.00%) Customer Insight
1 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Database Optimisation
2 3 (37.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) BPMN
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
3 1 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) User Stories
3 1 (12.50%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft