Critical Thinking Contracts in the South East

Critical Thinking
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Critical Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Critical Thinking over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 180 213
Rank change year-on-year +2 +33 -12
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 20 36 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.36% 0.64% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.71% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 29 35
10th Percentile £212 £256 £150
25th Percentile £509 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £423 £388
Median % change year-on-year +27.22% +9.03% +29.17%
75th Percentile £556 £475 £575
90th Percentile £594 £583 £770
England median daily rate £525 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +8.02% -2.80% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £5.00 -
England median hourly rate £26.00 £21.67 £59.78
% change year-on-year +19.98% -63.75% +29.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,658 5,044 6,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.40% 89.18% 89.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,721 3,504 4,640
10th Percentile £250 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 222 278
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.31 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -19.63%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.63 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.45
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Critical Thinking in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Thinking in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Critical Thinking in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +5 10 £538 +2.38% 11
Thames Valley -18 8 £170 -57.50% 18
Berkshire -22 7 - - 8
Surrey +10 2 £563 +32.35% 3
Buckinghamshire +14 1 £170 -38.18% 7
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (45.00%) Confluence
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) DHCP
1 9 (45.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 9 (45.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (45.00%) Military
4 7 (35.00%) Telecoms
5 4 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Analyst
1 9 (45.00%) Integration Engineer
1 9 (45.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
1 9 (45.00%) Test Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Senior
3 7 (35.00%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Business Requirements Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Requirements Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Requirements Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Java Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Java Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) PKI
2 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Windows
1 9 (45.00%) Windows Server
1 9 (45.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (45.00%) Regression Testing
2 9 (45.00%) Test Scripting
3 7 (35.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 7 (35.00%) Business Analysis
3 7 (35.00%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (35.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 7 (35.00%) Portfolio Management
3 7 (35.00%) Project Management
3 7 (35.00%) User Stories
4 6 (30.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (5.00%) API Development
5 1 (5.00%) Clean Code
5 1 (5.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (5.00%) Statistics
5 1 (5.00%) TDD
5 1 (5.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) MCSA
1 9 (45.00%) MCSE
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
1 9 (45.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.00%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (45.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow