Critical Thinking Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Critical Thinking
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 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 121 107 130
Rank change year-on-year -14 +23 +71
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 1 3 14
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.055% 0.20% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.067% 0.23% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 14
10th Percentile - £44,897 £38,498
25th Percentile £46,000 £49,618 £50,667
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £59,718 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -11.53% -10.00%
75th Percentile £52,000 £70,298 £84,375
90th Percentile - £75,308 £88,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,000 £43,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.64% -35.56% +50.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,497 1,320 1,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 82.98% 87.13% 93.36%
Number of salaries quoted 886 660 1,373
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £53,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.72% -5.36% +1.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.57% - -4.34%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Critical Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Critical Thinking job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Critical Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -15 1 £49,000 -17.95% 9
Critical Thinking
Yorkshire

Critical Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) User Research