Critical Thinking Jobs in Scotland

Critical Thinking
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 157 225 190
Rank change year-on-year +68 -35 +32
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 4 55 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.14% 0.82% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.89% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 16
10th Percentile - - £40,669
25th Percentile £96,750 £28,250 £44,460
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £103,500 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +130.00% -30.77% +26.83%
75th Percentile £110,250 £48,809 £91,822
90th Percentile - £50,285 £97,290
UK median annual salary £65,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.04% +2.73% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,741 6,180 4,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.85% 92.45% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 2,400 2,209
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,813 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,471 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -8.70% +4.78%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,958 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in Scotland

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in Scotland

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +20 4 £103,500 +117.63% 10
Critical Thinking
UK

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Operations Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Audit Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Audit Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Audit Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Audit Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (25.00%) DAMA
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Informatica