Critical Thinking Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Critical Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 407 437
Rank change year-on-year +64 +30 +10
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 89 181 243
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.54% 0.53% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.58% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 53 145 132
10th Percentile £41,250 £23,500 £37,885
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.04% -3.83% +6.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £54,882
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.77% -0.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,361 31,014 40,730
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.62% 91.60% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9,801 23,557 28,305
10th Percentile £29,913 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Critical Thinking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Critical Thinking trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Critical Thinking.

Critical Thinking salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Critical Thinking over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Critical Thinking salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (14.61%) SharePoint
2 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (4.49%) Apache Spark
4 2 (2.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (2.25%) ArcGIS
4 2 (2.25%) CMS
5 1 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (1.12%) Confluence
5 1 (1.12%) Luigi
5 1 (1.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (3.37%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (3.37%) Trello
4 2 (2.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (2.25%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (34.83%) Azure
2 24 (26.97%) Power Platform
3 18 (20.22%) AWS
4 11 (12.36%) Azure Data Factory
4 11 (12.36%) Power Automate
4 11 (12.36%) Snowflake
5 10 (11.24%) PowerApps
6 9 (10.11%) GCP
6 9 (10.11%) IaaS
6 9 (10.11%) PaaS
7 5 (5.62%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (4.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (3.37%) Figma
10 2 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (1.12%) Asana
11 1 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.37%) Firewall
1 3 (3.37%) LAN
2 2 (2.25%) BGP
2 2 (2.25%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (2.25%) EIGRP
2 2 (2.25%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.25%) MPLS
2 2 (2.25%) Network Security
2 2 (2.25%) OSPF
2 2 (2.25%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.25%) VPN
2 2 (2.25%) WAN
2 2 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.12%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.12%) Skype
3 1 (1.12%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (25.84%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (24.72%) Power BI
3 9 (10.11%) Data Lake
3 9 (10.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (10.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (10.11%) Star Schema
3 9 (10.11%) Tableau
4 7 (7.87%) Metadata
5 5 (5.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (4.49%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (4.49%) Apache Hive
6 4 (4.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 4 (4.49%) Big Data
6 4 (4.49%) BigQuery
6 4 (4.49%) Hadoop
6 4 (4.49%) SAP BW
6 4 (4.49%) SQL Server
7 3 (3.37%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (2.25%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (10.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (5.62%) Git
3 4 (4.49%) JIRA
4 3 (3.37%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.37%) Subversion
5 1 (1.12%) Babel
5 1 (1.12%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.12%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.12%) webpack
General
1 48 (53.93%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (43.82%) Finance
3 33 (37.08%) Social Skills
4 10 (11.24%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (11.24%) Retail
5 9 (10.11%) Banking
5 9 (10.11%) Law
6 5 (5.62%) Marketing
7 4 (4.49%) Games
7 4 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.37%) Environmental Health
9 2 (2.25%) Back Office
10 1 (1.12%) Billing
10 1 (1.12%) Cantonese Language
10 1 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Local Government
10 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.12%) Military
10 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Police
Job Titles
1 21 (23.60%) Developer
2 16 (17.98%) Senior
3 14 (15.73%) Lead
4 11 (12.36%) Architect
5 9 (10.11%) Analyst
5 9 (10.11%) Business Developer
5 9 (10.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 9 (10.11%) ETL Developer
5 9 (10.11%) Power BI Developer
5 9 (10.11%) SQL BI Developer
5 9 (10.11%) SQL Developer
6 7 (7.87%) Data Manager
6 7 (7.87%) Senior Developer
7 5 (5.62%) Buyer
7 5 (5.62%) Consultant
7 5 (5.62%) Data Architect
7 5 (5.62%) SSIS Developer
8 4 (4.49%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.49%) Cloud Architect
8 4 (4.49%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.37%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (3.37%) React
2 2 (2.25%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.25%) GraphQL
2 2 (2.25%) PySpark
2 2 (2.25%) Spring
3 1 (1.12%) CSS
3 1 (1.12%) EDI
3 1 (1.12%) HTML
3 1 (1.12%) LEMP Stack
3 1 (1.12%) Next.js
3 1 (1.12%) Node.js
3 1 (1.12%) Shiny
3 1 (1.12%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (1.12%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (1.12%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (1.12%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.24%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.87%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (5.62%) NHS
4 4 (4.49%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.49%) Hackathon
5 3 (3.37%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.25%) ASTM
6 2 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.25%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.25%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.25%) Reinsurance
6 2 (2.25%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (2.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.12%) Housing Association
7 1 (1.12%) PMI
7 1 (1.12%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.12%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.37%) Linux
1 3 (3.37%) Windows
2 1 (1.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (55.06%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (29.21%) Analytics
3 25 (28.09%) Business Intelligence
4 24 (26.97%) Decision-Making
4 24 (26.97%) Mentoring
5 23 (25.84%) Analytical Thinking
6 19 (21.35%) ETL
7 17 (19.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (14.61%) Line Management
9 12 (13.48%) Artificial Intelligence
9 12 (13.48%) Coaching
9 12 (13.48%) Data Modelling
9 12 (13.48%) Performance Management
9 12 (13.48%) Project Management
9 12 (13.48%) Visualisation
10 11 (12.36%) Customer Service
10 11 (12.36%) Data Science
10 11 (12.36%) Strategic Thinking
11 10 (11.24%) CRM
11 10 (11.24%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 27 (30.34%) SQL
2 15 (16.85%) Python
3 4 (4.49%) JavaScript
3 4 (4.49%) PL/SQL
3 4 (4.49%) R
4 3 (3.37%) C#
4 3 (3.37%) Java
4 3 (3.37%) Julia
4 3 (3.37%) VBA
5 2 (2.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.12%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.12%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.12%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.12%) XPath
Qualifications
1 23 (25.84%) Degree
2 6 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.49%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.37%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.12%) CBAP
5 1 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.12%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.12%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.12%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (19.10%) Data Quality
2 8 (8.99%) QA
3 4 (4.49%) Accessibility
4 3 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.25%) GDPR
5 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.25%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.25%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.49%) HDFS
2 2 (2.25%) Docker
3 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (12.36%) Terraform
2 3 (3.37%) Ansible
2 3 (3.37%) Grafana
2 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.37%) Prometheus
3 2 (2.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (14.61%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.36%) Adobe
2 11 (12.36%) Google
2 11 (12.36%) SAP
3 8 (8.99%) Databricks
4 7 (7.87%) TikTok
5 5 (5.62%) Ariba
5 5 (5.62%) Oracle
6 4 (4.49%) Teradata
7 3 (3.37%) Splunk
8 2 (2.25%) Cisco
8 2 (2.25%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.25%) Juniper
8 2 (2.25%) Mercator
8 2 (2.25%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.25%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.25%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.12%) AppDynamics
9 1 (1.12%) IBM
9 1 (1.12%) Yealink