Critical Thinking
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Critical Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 198 | 220 | 197 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | -23 | +39 |
| Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking | 17 | 21 | 26 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands | 0.22% | 0.31% | 0.52% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.27% | 0.35% | 0.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 6 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £37,500 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £39,063 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | £47,500 | £46,715 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.58% | +1.68% | -18.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £44,750 | £57,313 | £54,063 |
| 90th Percentile | £54,350 | £60,433 | £67,625 |
| England median annual salary | £52,500 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.00% | -3.85% | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands
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 the Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 6,361 | 5,982 | 4,476 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands | 81.66% | 89.64% | 88.86% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,507 | 2,641 | 3,683 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £31,250 | £26,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £49,479 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.76% | +5.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £67,500 | £63,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £80,000 | £76,250 |
| England median annual salary | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | -4.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Critical Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the Midlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Critical Thinking.
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Salary Histogram in the Midlands
Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.
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Job Locations in the Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | +26 | 16 | £32,500 | -38.10% | 67 |
| East Midlands | -18 | 1 | £38,000 | -10.59% | 38 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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: