Critical Thinking Jobs in England

Critical Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 351 480
Rank change year-on-year -123 +129 +92
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 392 829 1,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.95% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.99% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 269 358 422
10th Percentile £24,000 £35,000 £28,506
25th Percentile £41,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,290 £86,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -8.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,974 83,734 131,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.66% 95.60% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 49,663 73,196
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in England.

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in England

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +4 154 £75,000 +12.70% 104
North of England -80 61 £51,250 +20.59% 34
South East -72 54 £57,500 +11.98% 31
South West -39 52 £50,000 -39.39% 20
Midlands -61 46 £42,200 -19.62% 26
North West -41 34 £40,000 -11.11% 20
West Midlands -27 33 £24,000 -57.52% 10
Yorkshire +29 26 £52,500 +22.81% 8
East of England -3 20 £43,500 -47.27% 9
East Midlands -28 9 £46,000 +15.00% 16
North East -41 1 £67,500 +100.00% 6
Critical Thinking
UK

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 18 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.08%) Confluence
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.79%) SAS
4 6 (1.53%) CMS
5 4 (1.02%) WordPress
6 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.26%) Apache
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.26%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.26%) Luigi
Applications
1 41 (10.46%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.30%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.77%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.77%) Sketch
5 2 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.51%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.51%) InDesign
5 2 (0.51%) InVision
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.26%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.53%) Oracle General Ledger
1 6 (1.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 5 (1.28%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.28%) Odoo
3 3 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.77%) Shopify
4 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.26%) Maximo
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.26%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.26%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 68 (17.35%) Azure
2 56 (14.29%) AWS
3 38 (9.69%) Power Platform
4 29 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.08%) SaaS
6 12 (3.06%) GCP
7 11 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (2.81%) Serverless
8 10 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (1.53%) OCI
11 5 (1.28%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.28%) PaaS
12 4 (1.02%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 4 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.02%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.02%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 33 (8.42%) Wi-Fi
2 29 (7.40%) Network Security
3 25 (6.38%) Wireless
4 24 (6.12%) 5G
5 22 (5.61%) Bluetooth
5 22 (5.61%) GSM
5 22 (5.61%) ISDN
5 22 (5.61%) LTE
5 22 (5.61%) PSTN
5 22 (5.61%) UMTS
6 16 (4.08%) WAN
7 14 (3.57%) LAN
8 11 (2.81%) Firewall
9 6 (1.53%) DNS
9 6 (1.53%) Internet
10 5 (1.28%) BGP
10 5 (1.28%) OSPF
10 5 (1.28%) SNMP
10 5 (1.28%) VLAN
11 4 (1.02%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.18%) Power BI
2 29 (7.40%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.08%) Tableau
4 12 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.30%) GIS
6 6 (1.53%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.53%) SAP BW
6 6 (1.53%) SAP HANA
7 5 (1.28%) CockroachDB
7 5 (1.28%) Data Mining
7 5 (1.28%) MySQL
7 5 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.02%) Big Data
8 4 (1.02%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.02%) Spatial Data
8 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 39 (9.95%) JIRA
2 28 (7.14%) Burp Suite
2 28 (7.14%) Metasploit
3 22 (5.61%) Git
3 22 (5.61%) LabVIEW
4 10 (2.55%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.79%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.53%) Selenium
7 5 (1.28%) Jaeger
7 5 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.02%) Appium
8 4 (1.02%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.77%) GitLab
10 2 (0.51%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.51%) git-flow
10 2 (0.51%) Subversion
10 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.26%) Moq
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 233 (59.44%) Social Skills
2 142 (36.22%) Analytical Skills
3 102 (26.02%) Finance
4 51 (13.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (11.73%) Marketing
6 32 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (7.91%) Telecoms
8 29 (7.40%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (7.40%) Retail
9 24 (6.12%) Law
10 23 (5.87%) Banking
11 19 (4.85%) Legal
12 15 (3.83%) Public Sector
13 14 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
13 14 (3.57%) Publishing
14 10 (2.55%) Tech for Good
15 8 (2.04%) French Language
16 7 (1.79%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.79%) Games
16 7 (1.79%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 48 (12.24%) Analyst
2 42 (10.71%) Senior
3 38 (9.69%) Developer
4 34 (8.67%) Tester
5 28 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
6 26 (6.63%) Lead
7 25 (6.38%) Architect
7 25 (6.38%) Project Manager
8 16 (4.08%) Consultant
9 15 (3.83%) Hardware Engineer
10 14 (3.57%) Designer
11 13 (3.32%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (3.06%) Product Manager
12 12 (3.06%) Senior Manager
13 11 (2.81%) Technical Architect
13 11 (2.81%) Test Engineer
14 10 (2.55%) Help Desk Analyst
14 10 (2.55%) IT Manager
15 9 (2.30%) Data Analyst
16 8 (2.04%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.36%) CSS
2 19 (4.85%) Node.js
3 17 (4.34%) React
4 14 (3.57%) .NET
4 14 (3.57%) HTML
5 10 (2.55%) Vue
5 10 (2.55%) Web Services
6 8 (2.04%) .NET Framework
6 8 (2.04%) AngularJS
6 8 (2.04%) Django
7 6 (1.53%) GraphQL
8 5 (1.28%) Kafka
8 5 (1.28%) Middleware
8 5 (1.28%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (1.28%) RESTful
8 5 (1.28%) Sass
8 5 (1.28%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.02%) LDAP
9 4 (1.02%) REST
9 4 (1.02%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.42%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (8.16%) Management Information System
3 25 (6.38%) Algorithms
4 22 (5.61%) Acoustics
4 22 (5.61%) Satnav
5 20 (5.10%) Data Structures
5 20 (5.10%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.32%) Client/Server
7 12 (3.06%) Mobile App
7 12 (3.06%) Social Media
8 9 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.30%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.79%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.53%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.53%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.53%) Market Risk
10 6 (1.53%) Reinsurance
11 5 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.28%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 48 (12.24%) Linux
2 28 (7.14%) Kali Linux
3 14 (3.57%) Windows
4 10 (2.55%) Android
5 9 (2.30%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.53%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
2 135 (34.44%) Agile
3 96 (24.49%) Computer Science
4 89 (22.70%) Project Management
5 66 (16.84%) Cybersecurity
6 61 (15.56%) Mentoring
7 55 (14.03%) Coaching
8 49 (12.50%) Customer Service
9 47 (11.99%) Data Management
10 46 (11.73%) Analytical Thinking
10 46 (11.73%) Information Security
11 45 (11.48%) Test Automation
12 42 (10.71%) Analytics
12 42 (10.71%) Roadmaps
13 41 (10.46%) DevOps
14 40 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 40 (10.20%) Software Engineering
15 38 (9.69%) Decision-Making
15 38 (9.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 81 (20.66%) Python
2 61 (15.56%) SQL
3 38 (9.69%) JavaScript
4 30 (7.65%) C#
5 18 (4.59%) TypeScript
6 14 (3.57%) Java
7 13 (3.32%) R
8 12 (3.06%) PHP
9 10 (2.55%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.28%) Ruby
11 3 (0.77%) Bash
11 3 (0.77%) Scala
12 2 (0.51%) C
12 2 (0.51%) Go
12 2 (0.51%) Julia
12 2 (0.51%) VB
13 1 (0.26%) Groovy
13 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.26%) VBA
13 1 (0.26%) XAML
Qualifications
1 176 (44.90%) Degree
2 50 (12.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (4.08%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.81%) Master's Degree
5 10 (2.55%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.53%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (1.28%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.77%) ISEB
10 3 (0.77%) MCSE
10 3 (0.77%) MCT
10 3 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.51%) CCNP
11 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.51%) CISM
11 2 (0.51%) CISSP
11 2 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.16%) QA
2 15 (3.83%) GDPR
3 14 (3.57%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.53%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.53%) GAAP
4 6 (1.53%) IFRS
4 6 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.28%) SLA
6 4 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.02%) PMO
7 3 (0.77%) NIST
8 1 (0.26%) COSHH
8 1 (0.26%) GRC
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (4.85%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.32%) Docker
3 8 (2.04%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.51%) NFS
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (3.06%) Kubernetes
1 12 (3.06%) Terraform
2 6 (1.53%) Ansible
3 5 (1.28%) Kiali
4 3 (0.77%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.51%) SCCM
5 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.51%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (0.51%) WSUS
6 1 (0.26%) Grafana
Vendors
1 92 (23.47%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.38%) SAP
3 16 (4.08%) Google
4 12 (3.06%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.30%) Alteryx
6 7 (1.79%) Oracle
7 6 (1.53%) Databricks
7 6 (1.53%) Pega
7 6 (1.53%) PeopleSoft
7 6 (1.53%) Progress
7 6 (1.53%) Splunk
7 6 (1.53%) UiPath
8 5 (1.28%) Adobe
8 5 (1.28%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.28%) Dell
9 4 (1.02%) Intel
9 4 (1.02%) Mapbox
9 4 (1.02%) VMware
10 3 (0.77%) iManage
10 3 (0.77%) ServiceNow