Critical Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 476 356 469
Rank change year-on-year -120 +113 +103
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 477 926 1,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.94% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.98% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 295 409 464
10th Percentile £25,047 £35,000 £28,700
25th Percentile £41,750 £42,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,290 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £51,350 £41,412
% change year-on-year -7.39% +24.00% -27.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the UK

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in the UK

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in the UK

Critical Thinking
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the UK 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
England -123 392 £56,500 +2.73% 232
UK excluding London -171 296 £47,557 -7.39% 134
Work from Home +4 173 £56,500 -1.74% 112
London +4 154 £75,000 +12.70% 104
North of England -80 61 £51,250 +20.59% 34
Scotland -42 54 £38,529 -35.79% 17
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
Wales -7 9 £25,047 -54.36%
East Midlands -28 9 £46,000 +15.00% 16
North East -41 1 £67,500 +100.00% 6

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.56%) Confluence
3 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.47%) SAS
5 6 (1.26%) CMS
6 4 (0.84%) WordPress
7 2 (0.42%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.21%) Apache
8 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.21%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.21%) Luigi
Applications
1 41 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (6.71%) UserZoom
3 23 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (3.14%) Sketch
5 10 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.63%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.42%) InDesign
8 2 (0.42%) InVision
8 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.21%) 1Password
9 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.26%) Oracle General Ledger
1 6 (1.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 5 (1.05%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.05%) Odoo
3 3 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.63%) Shopify
4 2 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.21%) Maximo
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.21%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.21%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 75 (15.72%) Azure
2 62 (13.00%) AWS
3 47 (9.85%) Figma
4 42 (8.81%) Power Platform
5 33 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
6 32 (6.71%) SurveyMonkey
7 16 (3.35%) SaaS
8 13 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (2.52%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (2.52%) GCP
10 11 (2.31%) Serverless
11 10 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.47%) OCI
14 6 (1.26%) Azure Machine Learning
15 5 (1.05%) Azure Cognitive Services
15 5 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (1.05%) PaaS
16 4 (0.84%) Entra ID
16 4 (0.84%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 36 (7.55%) Wi-Fi
1 36 (7.55%) Wireless
2 32 (6.71%) Network Security
3 30 (6.29%) WAN
4 24 (5.03%) 5G
5 22 (4.61%) Bluetooth
5 22 (4.61%) GSM
5 22 (4.61%) ISDN
5 22 (4.61%) LTE
5 22 (4.61%) PSTN
5 22 (4.61%) UMTS
6 20 (4.19%) LAN
7 14 (2.94%) Firewall
8 10 (2.10%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.68%) BGP
9 8 (1.68%) NGN
9 8 (1.68%) OSPF
9 8 (1.68%) TACACS
9 8 (1.68%) VLAN
10 7 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.39%) Power BI
2 32 (6.71%) SQL Server
3 19 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.35%) Tableau
5 12 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.52%) GIS
6 8 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (1.47%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.47%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (1.47%) Spatial Data
7 7 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.26%) SAP BW
8 6 (1.26%) SAP HANA
9 5 (1.05%) Big Data
9 5 (1.05%) CockroachDB
9 5 (1.05%) Data Mining
9 5 (1.05%) MySQL
10 4 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.84%) Power Query
10 4 (0.84%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 52 (10.90%) JIRA
2 42 (8.81%) Jenkins
3 28 (5.87%) Burp Suite
3 28 (5.87%) Metasploit
4 22 (4.61%) Git
4 22 (4.61%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.47%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.26%) Selenium
7 5 (1.05%) Jaeger
7 5 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.84%) Appium
8 4 (0.84%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.63%) GitLab
10 2 (0.42%) Axure RP
10 2 (0.42%) git-flow
10 2 (0.42%) Subversion
10 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.21%) Maven
11 1 (0.21%) NUnit
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
General
1 286 (59.96%) Social Skills
2 165 (34.59%) Finance
3 156 (32.70%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (20.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 93 (19.50%) Marketing
6 75 (15.72%) Law
7 33 (6.92%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (6.71%) Presentation Skills
9 31 (6.50%) Telecoms
10 30 (6.29%) Retail
11 25 (5.24%) Banking
11 25 (5.24%) Legal
12 19 (3.98%) Public Sector
13 14 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
13 14 (2.94%) Publishing
14 10 (2.10%) Tech for Good
15 8 (1.68%) French Language
16 7 (1.47%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.47%) Games
16 7 (1.47%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 64 (13.42%) Analyst
2 45 (9.43%) Senior
3 42 (8.81%) Developer
4 38 (7.97%) Lead
5 34 (7.13%) Tester
6 32 (6.71%) User Experience Researcher
7 29 (6.08%) Architect
8 28 (5.87%) Penetration Tester
9 25 (5.24%) Consultant
9 25 (5.24%) Project Manager
10 15 (3.14%) Hardware Engineer
11 14 (2.94%) Designer
12 13 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (2.73%) Data Analyst
12 13 (2.73%) Senior Manager
13 12 (2.52%) Product Manager
14 11 (2.31%) Technical Architect
14 11 (2.31%) Test Engineer
15 10 (2.10%) Coordinator
15 10 (2.10%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.45%) HTML
2 25 (5.24%) CSS
3 19 (3.98%) Node.js
4 18 (3.77%) React
5 14 (2.94%) .NET
6 11 (2.31%) Vue
7 10 (2.10%) Web Services
8 8 (1.68%) .NET Framework
8 8 (1.68%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.68%) Django
9 6 (1.26%) GraphQL
9 6 (1.26%) RESTful
10 5 (1.05%) Kafka
10 5 (1.05%) Middleware
10 5 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (1.05%) Sass
10 5 (1.05%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.84%) JSON
11 4 (0.84%) LDAP
11 4 (0.84%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.90%) Management Information System
2 33 (6.92%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (5.24%) Algorithms
4 22 (4.61%) Acoustics
4 22 (4.61%) Satnav
5 20 (4.19%) Data Structures
5 20 (4.19%) Product Ownership
6 18 (3.77%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.73%) Client/Server
8 12 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.52%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.52%) Social Media
9 9 (1.89%) IoT
9 9 (1.89%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.89%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.26%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.26%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.26%) Market Risk
10 6 (1.26%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 48 (10.06%) Linux
2 28 (5.87%) Kali Linux
3 15 (3.14%) Windows
4 10 (2.10%) Android
5 9 (1.89%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.47%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (54.30%) Problem-Solving
2 189 (39.62%) Agile
3 108 (22.64%) Mentoring
4 100 (20.96%) Computer Science
5 95 (19.92%) Project Management
6 91 (19.08%) Analytics
7 86 (18.03%) DevOps
7 86 (18.03%) User Experience
8 77 (16.14%) Roadmaps
9 67 (14.05%) Cybersecurity
10 61 (12.79%) Visualisation
11 60 (12.58%) Data Management
11 60 (12.58%) Data Visualisation
12 56 (11.74%) Customer Service
12 56 (11.74%) Strategic Thinking
13 55 (11.53%) Coaching
13 55 (11.53%) User Research
14 52 (10.90%) Analytical Thinking
15 47 (9.85%) Decision-Making
16 46 (9.64%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 93 (19.50%) Python
2 67 (14.05%) SQL
3 42 (8.81%) JavaScript
4 31 (6.50%) C#
5 18 (3.77%) TypeScript
6 14 (2.94%) Java
7 13 (2.73%) R
8 12 (2.52%) PHP
9 10 (2.10%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.05%) Ruby
11 3 (0.63%) Bash
11 3 (0.63%) Scala
12 2 (0.42%) C
12 2 (0.42%) Go
12 2 (0.42%) Julia
12 2 (0.42%) VB
13 1 (0.21%) C++
13 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.21%) VBA
13 1 (0.21%) XAML
Qualifications
1 228 (47.80%) Degree
2 51 (10.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (5.87%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.52%) Master's Degree
5 10 (2.10%) Azure Certification
6 9 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (1.89%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.26%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (1.26%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.63%) HND
9 3 (0.63%) ISEB
9 3 (0.63%) MCSE
9 3 (0.63%) MCT
9 3 (0.63%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.63%) PMP
9 3 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.42%) CCNP
10 2 (0.42%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.55%) Actionable Recommendations
2 34 (7.13%) QA
3 18 (3.77%) Accessibility
4 15 (3.14%) GDPR
5 9 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.89%) SLA
6 7 (1.47%) Data Quality
7 6 (1.26%) GAAP
7 6 (1.26%) IFRS
8 4 (0.84%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.84%) PMO
9 3 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.63%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.63%) NIST
10 1 (0.21%) COSHH
10 1 (0.21%) GRC
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (4.19%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.73%) Docker
3 11 (2.31%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.42%) NFS
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.94%) Ansible
2 12 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.52%) Terraform
3 5 (1.05%) Kiali
4 3 (0.63%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.42%) SCCM
5 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.42%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (0.42%) WSUS
6 1 (0.21%) Grafana
Vendors
1 115 (24.11%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.71%) Qualtrics
3 25 (5.24%) SAP
4 16 (3.35%) Google
5 15 (3.14%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.14%) VMware
6 12 (2.52%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.89%) Alteryx
7 9 (1.89%) Aruba
8 8 (1.68%) Oracle
9 7 (1.47%) Mapbox
10 6 (1.26%) Adobe
10 6 (1.26%) Cisco
10 6 (1.26%) Databricks
10 6 (1.26%) Pega
10 6 (1.26%) PeopleSoft
10 6 (1.26%) Progress
10 6 (1.26%) Splunk
10 6 (1.26%) UiPath
11 5 (1.05%) Dell