Critical Thinking Jobs with Work from Home Options

Critical Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 414 433 453
Rank change year-on-year +19 +20 -14
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 179 253 445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.53% 0.59% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.61% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 142 139 243
10th Percentile £23,500 £39,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £37,113 £42,500 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +9.09% -20.29%
75th Percentile £74,688 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -13.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,001 41,548 64,663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.67% 96.08% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,574 28,801 41,173
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,491
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Critical Thinking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Critical Thinking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Critical Thinking over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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 6 (3.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.56%) CMS
2 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (7.26%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.56%) 1Password
5 1 (0.56%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.56%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (2.79%) NetSuite
1 5 (2.79%) Odoo
1 5 (2.79%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (2.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 3 (1.68%) Shopify
3 1 (0.56%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.56%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.56%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.56%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.56%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (16.20%) Azure
2 23 (12.85%) AWS
3 15 (8.38%) SaaS
4 10 (5.59%) AWS Lambda
4 10 (5.59%) Serverless
5 9 (5.03%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (5.03%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.79%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 5 (2.79%) Azure Machine Learning
8 5 (2.79%) OCI
9 3 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.68%) Slack
10 2 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.12%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.12%) IaaS
11 1 (0.56%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.56%) MailChimp
11 1 (0.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (13.97%) WAN
2 15 (8.38%) LAN
3 14 (7.82%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (7.26%) Wireless
5 10 (5.59%) TCP/IP
6 8 (4.47%) BGP
6 8 (4.47%) NGN
6 8 (4.47%) OSPF
6 8 (4.47%) TACACS
7 7 (3.91%) SD-WAN
8 6 (3.35%) Firewall
9 5 (2.79%) EIGRP
9 5 (2.79%) MPLS
9 5 (2.79%) SNMP
9 5 (2.79%) VLAN
9 5 (2.79%) VPN
10 4 (2.23%) Internet
10 4 (2.23%) Network Security
11 3 (1.68%) RIP
11 3 (1.68%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.03%) Power BI
2 8 (4.47%) Big Data
3 6 (3.35%) Data Lake
3 6 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.79%) Data Mining
4 5 (2.79%) SAP BW
4 5 (2.79%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.68%) Tableau
7 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.56%) DBAmp
8 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.56%) MS Access
8 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.56%) Redis
8 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (8.38%) JIRA
2 4 (2.23%) Git
3 2 (1.12%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.12%) git-flow
3 2 (1.12%) GitLab
3 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.12%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 104 (58.10%) Social Skills
2 67 (37.43%) Finance
3 57 (31.84%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (13.41%) Presentation Skills
5 20 (11.17%) Marketing
6 13 (7.26%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (7.26%) Retail
7 12 (6.70%) Law
8 11 (6.15%) Legal
8 11 (6.15%) Tech for Good
9 8 (4.47%) Banking
10 7 (3.91%) Health Technology
11 5 (2.79%) Back Office
11 5 (2.79%) General Ledger
12 4 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.68%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.68%) Public Sector
14 2 (1.12%) Billing
14 2 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 32 (17.88%) Analyst
2 20 (11.17%) Developer
3 19 (10.61%) Consultant
4 18 (10.06%) Senior
5 16 (8.94%) Project Manager
6 13 (7.26%) Lead
7 10 (5.59%) Help Desk Analyst
7 10 (5.59%) Product Manager
8 9 (5.03%) Architect
9 8 (4.47%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.47%) Designer
9 8 (4.47%) Full Stack Engineer
9 8 (4.47%) Presales Consultant
10 7 (3.91%) AWS Developer
10 7 (3.91%) Graduate
10 7 (3.91%) Python Developer
10 7 (3.91%) Senior Manager
11 6 (3.35%) Graduate Consultant
11 6 (3.35%) Graduate Support Consultant
11 6 (3.35%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.38%) Node.js
2 13 (7.26%) HTML
3 9 (5.03%) React
4 8 (4.47%) CSS
4 8 (4.47%) Django
5 6 (3.35%) GraphQL
5 6 (3.35%) Vue
5 6 (3.35%) Web Services
6 2 (1.12%) .NET
6 2 (1.12%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.12%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.12%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.12%) D3.js
6 2 (1.12%) Sass
6 2 (1.12%) SQLAlchemy
6 2 (1.12%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.56%) JSON
7 1 (0.56%) SignalR
7 1 (0.56%) WPF
7 1 (0.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.50%) Management Information System
2 15 (8.38%) Algorithms
2 15 (8.38%) Data Centre
2 15 (8.38%) Data Structures
3 14 (7.82%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (7.26%) Client/Server
5 12 (6.70%) Product Ownership
6 9 (5.03%) Virtual Team
7 8 (4.47%) IoT
8 7 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (3.35%) Mobile App
10 5 (2.79%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (2.79%) Reinsurance
10 5 (2.79%) Robotics
11 3 (1.68%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.68%) Smart City
12 2 (1.12%) Cloud Native
12 2 (1.12%) Driving Licence
12 2 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (1.12%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.79%) Linux
2 3 (1.68%) Windows
3 2 (1.12%) Android
3 2 (1.12%) Kali Linux
3 2 (1.12%) Unix
4 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (58.66%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (27.37%) Agile
3 36 (20.11%) Computer Science
3 36 (20.11%) Mentoring
3 36 (20.11%) Roadmaps
4 34 (18.99%) Customer Service
4 34 (18.99%) Project Management
5 26 (14.53%) Software Engineering
6 25 (13.97%) Analytics
7 24 (13.41%) Customer Experience
7 24 (13.41%) Data Modelling
8 23 (12.85%) ERP
8 23 (12.85%) Machine Learning
9 21 (11.73%) Decision-Making
9 21 (11.73%) ETL
10 20 (11.17%) Coaching
11 19 (10.61%) Analytical Thinking
12 18 (10.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (10.06%) Data Science
13 17 (9.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 44 (24.58%) Python
2 24 (13.41%) SQL
3 15 (8.38%) TypeScript
4 13 (7.26%) C#
5 12 (6.70%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.68%) Java
7 2 (1.12%) Bash
7 2 (1.12%) C
7 2 (1.12%) PHP
8 1 (0.56%) Go
8 1 (0.56%) Groovy
8 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.56%) R
8 1 (0.56%) Scala
8 1 (0.56%) SOQL
8 1 (0.56%) XAML
Qualifications
1 61 (34.08%) Degree
2 18 (10.06%) Computer Science Degree
2 18 (10.06%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.59%) DV Cleared
4 8 (4.47%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.79%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (2.23%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.68%) MCT
8 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.12%) CCNP
8 2 (1.12%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.12%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.12%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.12%) OSCP
8 2 (1.12%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.12%) PMP
8 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.91%) QA
2 6 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.79%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (2.79%) GAAP
3 5 (2.79%) IFRS
4 4 (2.23%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.23%) SLA
5 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.56%) GDPR
7 1 (0.56%) GRC
7 1 (0.56%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (5.03%) Ansible
2 2 (1.12%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.12%) Nmap
2 2 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.12%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (27.37%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.38%) SAP
3 8 (4.47%) Aruba
3 8 (4.47%) VMware
4 7 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.35%) Dell
5 6 (3.35%) Progress
6 5 (2.79%) Cisco
6 5 (2.79%) Intel
6 5 (2.79%) Oracle
6 5 (2.79%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.79%) PeopleSoft
6 5 (2.79%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.68%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.68%) Juniper
8 2 (1.12%) Adobe
8 2 (1.12%) Google
9 1 (0.56%) Apple
9 1 (0.56%) Ariba
9 1 (0.56%) CA