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 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 425 429 454
Rank change year-on-year +4 +25 -11
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 173 231 498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.51% 0.58% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.60% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 143 132 241
10th Percentile £23,500 £37,538 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +4.55% -20.29%
75th Percentile £80,625 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -8.71%

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 30,879 38,524 69,675
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.94% 96.06% 97.07%
Number of salaries quoted 23,365 26,722 41,465
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 23 May 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 7 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) Apache
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.58%) CMS
3 1 (0.58%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) Luigi
Applications
1 13 (7.51%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.58%) 1Password
5 1 (0.58%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.58%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (3.47%) Oracle General Ledger
1 6 (3.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 5 (2.89%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.89%) Odoo
3 3 (1.73%) Shopify
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.58%) Raiser’s Edge
4 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (19.08%) Azure
2 26 (15.03%) AWS
3 14 (8.09%) SaaS
4 10 (5.78%) AWS Lambda
4 10 (5.78%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.78%) Serverless
5 9 (5.20%) Cloud Computing
6 7 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.47%) OCI
8 5 (2.89%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 5 (2.89%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (1.73%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (1.73%) GCP
9 3 (1.73%) Slack
10 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.16%) IaaS
10 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 25 (14.45%) WAN
2 15 (8.67%) LAN
3 14 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (6.36%) Wireless
5 8 (4.62%) BGP
5 8 (4.62%) NGN
5 8 (4.62%) OSPF
5 8 (4.62%) TACACS
5 8 (4.62%) TCP/IP
6 7 (4.05%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.89%) EIGRP
7 5 (2.89%) MPLS
7 5 (2.89%) SNMP
7 5 (2.89%) VLAN
7 5 (2.89%) VPN
8 4 (2.31%) Firewall
8 4 (2.31%) Network Security
9 3 (1.73%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (1.73%) IGMP
9 3 (1.73%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.62%) Power BI
2 7 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.47%) Data Lake
3 6 (3.47%) SAP BW
4 5 (2.89%) Big Data
4 5 (2.89%) Data Mining
4 5 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.89%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.73%) Tableau
6 2 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.16%) Redis
6 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.58%) Bigtable
7 1 (0.58%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.58%) MS Access
7 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (6.36%) JIRA
2 5 (2.89%) Git
3 2 (1.16%) git-flow
3 2 (1.16%) GitLab
3 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.16%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.58%) Subversion
4 1 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 103 (59.54%) Social Skills
2 64 (36.99%) Finance
3 52 (30.06%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (13.29%) Presentation Skills
5 19 (10.98%) Marketing
6 13 (7.51%) Retail
7 12 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (5.78%) Tech for Good
9 9 (5.20%) Legal
10 8 (4.62%) Law
11 7 (4.05%) Health Technology
12 6 (3.47%) Back Office
12 6 (3.47%) General Ledger
13 5 (2.89%) Banking
14 3 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.73%) Local Government
14 3 (1.73%) Public Sector
15 2 (1.16%) Billing
15 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (16.76%) Analyst
2 20 (11.56%) Developer
3 19 (10.98%) Consultant
4 17 (9.83%) Senior
5 16 (9.25%) Project Manager
6 15 (8.67%) Lead
7 10 (5.78%) Architect
7 10 (5.78%) Help Desk Analyst
8 9 (5.20%) Designer
8 9 (5.20%) Product Manager
9 8 (4.62%) Full Stack Engineer
9 8 (4.62%) Presales Consultant
10 7 (4.05%) AWS Developer
10 7 (4.05%) Python Developer
10 7 (4.05%) Senior Manager
11 6 (3.47%) Business Intelligence Lead
11 6 (3.47%) Graduate
11 6 (3.47%) Graduate Consultant
11 6 (3.47%) Graduate Support Consultant
11 6 (3.47%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.67%) Node.js
2 13 (7.51%) HTML
3 9 (5.20%) React
4 8 (4.62%) CSS
4 8 (4.62%) Django
5 6 (3.47%) GraphQL
5 6 (3.47%) Vue
5 6 (3.47%) Web Services
6 3 (1.73%) SQLAlchemy
7 2 (1.16%) .NET
7 2 (1.16%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.16%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.16%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.16%) D3.js
7 2 (1.16%) Sass
7 2 (1.16%) Unreal Engine
8 1 (0.58%) JSON
8 1 (0.58%) Pandas
8 1 (0.58%) WPF
8 1 (0.58%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.40%) Management Information System
2 16 (9.25%) Data Centre
2 16 (9.25%) Data Structures
3 15 (8.67%) Algorithms
4 14 (8.09%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (7.51%) Client/Server
6 9 (5.20%) Virtual Team
7 8 (4.62%) IoT
8 7 (4.05%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (4.05%) Product Ownership
9 6 (3.47%) Reinsurance
10 5 (2.89%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (2.89%) Robotics
11 4 (2.31%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.73%) Smart City
13 2 (1.16%) Cloud Native
13 2 (1.16%) Driving Licence
13 2 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
13 2 (1.16%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.89%) Linux
2 4 (2.31%) Android
3 3 (1.73%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (58.38%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (26.01%) Agile
3 37 (21.39%) Project Management
4 36 (20.81%) Computer Science
5 34 (19.65%) Mentoring
6 33 (19.08%) Customer Service
7 31 (17.92%) Roadmaps
8 26 (15.03%) Software Engineering
9 25 (14.45%) Analytics
10 24 (13.87%) Customer Experience
10 24 (13.87%) Data Modelling
10 24 (13.87%) ERP
11 23 (13.29%) Machine Learning
12 22 (12.72%) Decision-Making
13 21 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 19 (10.98%) Coaching
14 19 (10.98%) Data Science
15 18 (10.40%) Analytical Thinking
15 18 (10.40%) ETL
16 16 (9.25%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 40 (23.12%) Python
2 20 (11.56%) SQL
3 15 (8.67%) TypeScript
4 12 (6.94%) JavaScript
5 11 (6.36%) C#
6 3 (1.73%) Java
7 2 (1.16%) C
7 2 (1.16%) PHP
7 2 (1.16%) R
8 1 (0.58%) Go
8 1 (0.58%) Groovy
8 1 (0.58%) Julia
8 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.58%) SOQL
8 1 (0.58%) XAML
Qualifications
1 55 (31.79%) Degree
2 17 (9.83%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (5.20%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.47%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.47%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (2.31%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (1.73%) MCT
8 2 (1.16%) CCNP
8 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.16%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.16%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.16%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.16%) PMP
9 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.58%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.58%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.20%) QA
2 6 (3.47%) GAAP
2 6 (3.47%) IFRS
2 6 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.31%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.31%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.31%) SLA
5 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.73%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.16%) GDPR
7 1 (0.58%) GRC
7 1 (0.58%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (6.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (5.20%) Ansible
2 2 (1.16%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.16%) SCCM
2 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.16%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (28.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.25%) SAP
3 8 (4.62%) Aruba
3 8 (4.62%) VMware
4 7 (4.05%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.47%) Oracle
5 6 (3.47%) PeopleSoft
5 6 (3.47%) Progress
6 5 (2.89%) Cisco
6 5 (2.89%) Dell
6 5 (2.89%) Palo Alto
6 5 (2.89%) SolarWinds
7 4 (2.31%) Intel
8 3 (1.73%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.73%) Google
8 3 (1.73%) Juniper
9 2 (1.16%) Adobe
10 1 (0.58%) Apple
10 1 (0.58%) Ariba
10 1 (0.58%) CA