Critical Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 486 334
Rank change year-on-year +44 -152 +119
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 133 294 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.41% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.49% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 74 172 213
10th Percentile £39,325 £23,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £31,313 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,529 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +20.98% -7.44% +16.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.59% +1.36% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,887 59,718 56,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.92% 83.64% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,036 41,241 29,108
10th Percentile £26,902 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,810 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.62% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 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
North of England +16 35 £57,500 +12.20% 68
Midlands +48 31 £57,500 +36.26% 37
East of England +53 26 £44,000 +1.15% 35
South East +53 23 £65,000 +13.04% 101
West Midlands +46 21 £57,500 +139.58% 23
North West -16 19 £57,500 +43.75% 48
South West +76 14 £70,000 +40.00% 30
Yorkshire +47 11 £65,759 +25.25% 13
East Midlands +21 10 £57,500 +25.00% 14
North East +45 5 £57,500 -14.81% 7
Scotland +67 4 £103,500 +130.00% 21
Critical Thinking
UK

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (8.27%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.50%) ArcGIS
2 2 (1.50%) CMS
3 1 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.75%) Luigi
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.26%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.50%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.75%) Pipeline Pilot
5 1 (0.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 40 (30.08%) Azure
2 31 (23.31%) Power Platform
3 17 (12.78%) SaaS
4 13 (9.77%) AWS
5 9 (6.77%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (6.77%) IaaS
5 9 (6.77%) PaaS
5 9 (6.77%) Power Automate
5 9 (6.77%) PowerApps
6 6 (4.51%) GCP
7 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.50%) Figma
9 1 (0.75%) Asana
9 1 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.26%) DHCP
2 3 (2.26%) DNS
2 3 (2.26%) VPN
3 2 (1.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.75%) BGP
4 1 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.75%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.75%) Firewall
4 1 (0.75%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.75%) LAN
4 1 (0.75%) MPLS
4 1 (0.75%) Network Security
4 1 (0.75%) OSPF
4 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (23.31%) Power BI
2 18 (13.53%) SQL Server
3 10 (7.52%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (7.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (6.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (6.77%) Star Schema
5 5 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.76%) Tableau
6 4 (3.01%) Data Lake
6 4 (3.01%) MySQL
6 4 (3.01%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.26%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (1.50%) Data Vault
8 2 (1.50%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.50%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.75%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.75%) GIS
9 1 (0.75%) Metadata
9 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.75%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (6.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 8 (6.02%) Git
3 4 (3.01%) JIRA
4 3 (2.26%) GitLab
4 3 (2.26%) Subversion
5 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.75%) Babel
6 1 (0.75%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.75%) webpack
General
1 51 (38.35%) Analytical Skills
2 45 (33.83%) Social Skills
3 39 (29.32%) Finance
4 16 (12.03%) Banking
5 10 (7.52%) Law
6 8 (6.02%) Marketing
6 8 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.51%) Retail
8 5 (3.76%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.26%) Games
9 3 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.26%) Local Government
10 2 (1.50%) Advertising
10 2 (1.50%) Legal
11 1 (0.75%) Back Office
11 1 (0.75%) Cantonese Language
11 1 (0.75%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.75%) Military
11 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (22.56%) Developer
2 25 (18.80%) Analyst
2 25 (18.80%) SQL Developer
3 16 (12.03%) Database Developer
3 16 (12.03%) SQL Database Developer
4 13 (9.77%) Lead
5 9 (6.77%) Business Developer
5 9 (6.77%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 9 (6.77%) ETL Developer
5 9 (6.77%) Power BI Developer
5 9 (6.77%) SQL BI Developer
6 8 (6.02%) Data Manager
6 8 (6.02%) Graduate
6 8 (6.02%) Telesales Specialist
7 5 (3.76%) Architect
7 5 (3.76%) Business Analyst
7 5 (3.76%) Designer
7 5 (3.76%) Project Manager
7 5 (3.76%) SSIS Developer
8 4 (3.01%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.01%) Node.js
1 4 (3.01%) PySpark
2 3 (2.26%) Middleware
2 3 (2.26%) Svelte
3 2 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.75%) CSS
4 1 (0.75%) EDI
4 1 (0.75%) HTML
4 1 (0.75%) Laravel
4 1 (0.75%) LEMP Stack
4 1 (0.75%) Next.js
4 1 (0.75%) Pandas
4 1 (0.75%) React
4 1 (0.75%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (0.75%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (0.75%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.75%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (7.52%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.26%) NHS
4 5 (3.76%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.76%) Renewable Energy
5 4 (3.01%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.01%) Digital Media
5 4 (3.01%) Hackathon
5 4 (3.01%) Operational Technology
5 4 (3.01%) Reinsurance
6 3 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.26%) Robotics
7 2 (1.50%) ASTM
7 2 (1.50%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.50%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.50%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.75%) CCTV
8 1 (0.75%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.76%) Linux
1 5 (3.76%) Windows
2 2 (1.50%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.50%) Unix
3 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (66.17%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (31.58%) Analytics
3 40 (30.08%) Business Intelligence
4 37 (27.82%) Artificial Intelligence
5 34 (25.56%) Decision-Making
6 30 (22.56%) Project Management
7 22 (16.54%) Business Analysis
8 20 (15.04%) Customer Service
8 20 (15.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 18 (13.53%) Mentoring
9 18 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 17 (12.78%) Business Enablement
10 17 (12.78%) PRINCE2
10 17 (12.78%) Technology Enablement
11 16 (12.03%) Database Optimisation
12 13 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (9.02%) Agile
13 12 (9.02%) Analytical Thinking
13 12 (9.02%) Visualisation
14 11 (8.27%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 33 (24.81%) SQL
2 16 (12.03%) T-SQL
3 13 (9.77%) Python
4 5 (3.76%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.01%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.26%) Java
6 3 (2.26%) Julia
6 3 (2.26%) R
6 3 (2.26%) VBA
7 1 (0.75%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.75%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.75%) Bash
7 1 (0.75%) C#
7 1 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.75%) PHP
7 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.75%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.75%) XPath
Qualifications
1 34 (25.56%) Degree
2 21 (15.79%) CBAP
3 19 (14.29%) DBS Check
3 19 (14.29%) Master's Degree
4 18 (13.53%) PMI Certification
4 18 (13.53%) PMP
5 8 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.01%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.50%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.50%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.75%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.75%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.75%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.77%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.77%) GDPR
3 8 (6.02%) QA
4 4 (3.01%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.01%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.50%) SLA
6 1 (0.75%) COSHH
System Software
1 7 (5.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (4.51%) Terraform
2 4 (3.01%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.50%) Ansible
3 2 (1.50%) Grafana
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.78%) YouTube
3 9 (6.77%) Dell
4 4 (3.01%) Adobe
4 4 (3.01%) Databricks
5 3 (2.26%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.26%) SAP
6 2 (1.50%) Freshdesk
6 2 (1.50%) Informatica
6 2 (1.50%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.50%) Splunk
6 2 (1.50%) Veritas
7 1 (0.75%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco
7 1 (0.75%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.75%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (0.75%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (0.75%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.75%) Veeam
7 1 (0.75%) Zscaler