Critical Thinking Jobs in the Midlands

Critical Thinking
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 276 225
Rank change year-on-year +47 -51 +57
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 31 45 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.44% 0.38% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.46% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 30 42 43
10th Percentile £39,713 £14,620 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £20,388 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,350 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.77% -19.33% +61.54%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,243 £73,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £63,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.04% +2.73% -

All Process and 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 6,383 9,729 8,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.58% 81.97% 96.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,623 7,134 4,536
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,834 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,311 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the Midlands

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in the Midlands

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in the Midlands

Critical Thinking
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 14 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
West Midlands +43 21 £57,500 +139.58% 23
East Midlands +34 10 £57,500 +25.00% 11
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (29.03%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (61.29%) Azure
1 19 (61.29%) Power Platform
2 9 (29.03%) Azure Data Factory
2 9 (29.03%) IaaS
2 9 (29.03%) PaaS
2 9 (29.03%) Power Automate
2 9 (29.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (61.29%) Power BI
2 10 (32.26%) SQL Server
3 9 (29.03%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (29.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (29.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (29.03%) Star Schema
4 1 (3.23%) Metadata
4 1 (3.23%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 9 (29.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 14 (45.16%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Law
3 3 (9.68%) Retail
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Digital Health
5 1 (3.23%) Health Technology
5 1 (3.23%) Marketing
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (61.29%) Developer
1 19 (61.29%) SQL Developer
2 10 (32.26%) Database Developer
2 10 (32.26%) SQL Database Developer
3 9 (29.03%) Business Developer
3 9 (29.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 9 (29.03%) ETL Developer
3 9 (29.03%) Power BI Developer
3 9 (29.03%) SQL BI Developer
4 5 (16.13%) SSIS Developer
5 4 (12.90%) Technology Director
6 3 (9.68%) Coordinator
6 3 (9.68%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (6.45%) Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Metadata Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Product Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Project Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Senior Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Technical Manager
8 1 (3.23%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.23%) NHS
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (80.65%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (74.19%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (61.29%) Analytics
4 16 (51.61%) Decision-Making
5 14 (45.16%) Artificial Intelligence
5 14 (45.16%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 12 (38.71%) Customer Service
7 10 (32.26%) Database Optimisation
8 9 (29.03%) Case Management
8 9 (29.03%) CRM
8 9 (29.03%) Data Mapping
8 9 (29.03%) ETL
8 9 (29.03%) Kimball Methodology
9 5 (16.13%) Data Management
10 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (12.90%) Data Visualisation
10 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
10 4 (12.90%) Information Governance
10 4 (12.90%) Project Management
10 4 (12.90%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 19 (61.29%) SQL
2 10 (32.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (32.26%) Data Quality
2 4 (12.90%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) Salesforce