Critical Thinking Jobs in the South West

Critical Thinking
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Critical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Critical Thinking over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 245 213 259
Rank change year-on-year -32 +46 -25
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 47 59 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.51% 0.84% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.89% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 31 32 26
10th Percentile £19,750 £47,050 £33,125
25th Percentile £43,500 £55,914 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £83,750 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year -40.30% +85.08% -11.71%
75th Percentile £61,250 £97,290 £55,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - £70,791
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -15.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Critical Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,708 6,650 7,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.27% 94.51% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5,555 3,708 4,953
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the South West

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in the South West

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in the South West

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Bristol +5 24 £50,000 -37.50% 4
Dorset -6 13 £21,500 -49.41% 2
Devon -13 3 - - 2
Wiltshire - 3 £55,000 - 3
Somerset -5 2 £42,000 -54.43% 3
Gloucestershire -28 1 £47,500 -58.18% 2
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (12.77%) SAS
2 1 (2.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.13%) 1Password
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) Power Platform
2 7 (14.89%) SaaS
3 4 (8.51%) Azure
4 3 (6.38%) AWS
4 3 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.13%) IaaS
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Firewall
1 2 (4.26%) Internet
1 2 (4.26%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.26%) Wireless
1 2 (4.26%) Wireless Security
2 1 (2.13%) OpenVPN
2 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (27.66%) Power BI
2 7 (14.89%) Tableau
3 5 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (8.51%) SQL Server
5 3 (6.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (4.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Burp Suite
1 2 (4.26%) JIRA
1 2 (4.26%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.13%) Appium
2 1 (2.13%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.13%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.13%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.13%) Git
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.13%) Selenium
General
1 27 (57.45%) Social Skills
2 22 (46.81%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (21.28%) Banking
3 10 (21.28%) Finance
4 9 (19.15%) Law
5 7 (14.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (14.89%) Marketing
6 6 (12.77%) Investment Banking
6 6 (12.77%) Legal
7 5 (10.64%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (8.51%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
9 3 (6.38%) Automotive
9 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
10 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
10 1 (2.13%) International Banking
10 1 (2.13%) Retail
10 1 (2.13%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 11 (23.40%) Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Senior
3 6 (12.77%) Analytics Manager
3 6 (12.77%) Data Analytics Manager
3 6 (12.77%) Full Stack Engineer
3 6 (12.77%) Testing Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Business Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Consultant
4 4 (8.51%) Data Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Developer
4 4 (8.51%) Research Consultant
4 4 (8.51%) Senior Consultant
4 4 (8.51%) Senior User Researcher
4 4 (8.51%) User Researcher
5 3 (6.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (6.38%) Coordinator
5 3 (6.38%) Engineering Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Senior Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Systems Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) React
2 6 (12.77%) Django
2 6 (12.77%) GraphQL
2 6 (12.77%) Node.js
2 6 (12.77%) Vue
3 1 (2.13%) CSS
3 1 (2.13%) HTML
3 1 (2.13%) Next.js
3 1 (2.13%) RESTful
3 1 (2.13%) SOAP
3 1 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Onboarding
2 7 (14.89%) Management Information System
3 6 (12.77%) Algorithms
3 6 (12.77%) Credit Risk
3 6 (12.77%) Market Risk
4 5 (10.64%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
6 3 (6.38%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (6.38%) Driving Licence
6 3 (6.38%) Mobile App
6 3 (6.38%) Robotics
7 2 (4.26%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (4.26%) Data Structures
7 2 (4.26%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
8 1 (2.13%) Digital Currency
8 1 (2.13%) iPhone
8 1 (2.13%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Windows
2 2 (4.26%) Android
2 2 (4.26%) Apple iOS
2 2 (4.26%) Kali Linux
2 2 (4.26%) Unix
3 1 (2.13%) Linux
3 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (72.34%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (38.30%) Agile
3 14 (29.79%) Project Management
4 13 (27.66%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (25.53%) Analytics
5 12 (25.53%) Machine Learning
6 10 (21.28%) Analytical Thinking
6 10 (21.28%) Decision-Making
6 10 (21.28%) Risk Management
6 10 (21.28%) Roadmaps
7 9 (19.15%) Mentoring
8 8 (17.02%) Client Onboarding
9 7 (14.89%) Artificial Intelligence
9 7 (14.89%) Data Analytics
9 7 (14.89%) Process Improvement
9 7 (14.89%) Scrum
9 7 (14.89%) Service Delivery
9 7 (14.89%) Software Engineering
9 7 (14.89%) Test Automation
9 7 (14.89%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (38.30%) Python
2 7 (14.89%) R
2 7 (14.89%) SQL
3 6 (12.77%) JavaScript
3 6 (12.77%) TypeScript
4 3 (6.38%) C#
5 2 (4.26%) Bash
5 2 (4.26%) VB
6 1 (2.13%) C++
6 1 (2.13%) Go
6 1 (2.13%) Groovy
6 1 (2.13%) Java
6 1 (2.13%) Ruby
6 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (36.17%) Degree
2 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) CHECK Team Member
3 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.26%) CREST Certified
3 2 (4.26%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.26%) OSCP
4 1 (2.13%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (2.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.13%) CBAP
4 1 (2.13%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) ISEB
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.26%) PMO
2 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.13%) QA
2 1 (2.13%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Nmap
2 1 (2.13%) Ansible
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (34.04%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) Alteryx
2 6 (12.77%) Pega
2 6 (12.77%) UiPath
3 1 (2.13%) Apple
3 1 (2.13%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.13%) CA
3 1 (2.13%) Databricks
3 1 (2.13%) Dell
3 1 (2.13%) Google
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) Thales