Critical Thinking Jobs in England

Critical Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Critical Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Critical Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 500 330 464
Rank change year-on-year -170 +134 +104
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 396 833 1,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.41% 1.01% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 1.06% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 269 338 429
10th Percentile £24,000 £35,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,526 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +13.38% -16.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,618 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.94% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Critical Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -25 141 £75,000 +9.09% 104
North of England -117 60 £50,750 +19.41% 33
South East -109 59 £55,223 +7.54% 36
South West -62 57 £50,000 -25.93% 30
Midlands -79 52 £42,200 -23.96% 31
West Midlands -44 35 £24,000 -60.00% 11
North West -71 32 £40,000 -5.88% 20
Yorkshire +7 25 £52,500 +29.63% 8
East of England -23 22 £43,500 -47.27% 11
East Midlands -45 13 £44,250 -1.67% 20
North East -50 3 £67,500 +100.00% 8
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 21 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.80%) Confluence
3 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.77%) SAS
5 5 (1.26%) CMS
6 4 (1.01%) ArcGIS
6 4 (1.01%) WordPress
7 2 (0.51%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.25%) Apache
8 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.25%) Luigi
Applications
1 45 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.76%) Sketch
7 2 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.51%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.51%) InDesign
7 2 (0.51%) InVision
7 2 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.51%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.25%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 6 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (1.52%) Oracle General Ledger
1 6 (1.52%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 5 (1.26%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.26%) Odoo
3 3 (0.76%) Maximo
3 3 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.76%) Shopify
4 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.25%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.25%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.25%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 75 (18.94%) Azure
2 53 (13.38%) AWS
3 39 (9.85%) Power Platform
4 30 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (4.29%) SaaS
6 12 (3.03%) GCP
7 11 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (2.78%) Serverless
8 10 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.77%) PaaS
11 6 (1.52%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.52%) Miro
11 6 (1.52%) OCI
12 5 (1.26%) Azure AKS
12 5 (1.26%) Azure Machine Learning
13 4 (1.01%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.59%) Wi-Fi
2 28 (7.07%) Network Security
3 26 (6.57%) Wireless
4 24 (6.06%) 5G
5 22 (5.56%) Bluetooth
5 22 (5.56%) GSM
5 22 (5.56%) ISDN
5 22 (5.56%) LTE
5 22 (5.56%) PSTN
5 22 (5.56%) UMTS
6 17 (4.29%) WAN
7 15 (3.79%) LAN
8 12 (3.03%) Firewall
9 6 (1.52%) BGP
10 5 (1.26%) DNS
10 5 (1.26%) Internet
10 5 (1.26%) OSPF
10 5 (1.26%) SNMP
10 5 (1.26%) VLAN
11 4 (1.01%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.09%) Power BI
2 28 (7.07%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (4.04%) Tableau
4 13 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
5 9 (2.27%) GIS
6 7 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (1.52%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.52%) SAP BW
7 6 (1.52%) SAP HANA
8 5 (1.26%) CockroachDB
8 5 (1.26%) Data Mining
8 5 (1.26%) MySQL
9 4 (1.01%) Big Data
9 4 (1.01%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.01%) Qlik Sense
9 4 (1.01%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.01%) Spatial Data
9 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 42 (10.61%) JIRA
2 26 (6.57%) Burp Suite
2 26 (6.57%) Metasploit
3 24 (6.06%) Git
4 22 (5.56%) LabVIEW
5 8 (2.02%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.26%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.26%) Jaeger
6 5 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (1.01%) Selenium
7 4 (1.01%) Subversion
8 2 (0.51%) Appium
8 2 (0.51%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.51%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.51%) git-flow
8 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.25%) GitLab
9 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.25%) Protractor
General
1 240 (60.61%) Social Skills
2 142 (35.86%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (23.99%) Finance
4 52 (13.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 44 (11.11%) Marketing
6 32 (8.08%) Presentation Skills
7 31 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
7 31 (7.83%) Telecoms
8 29 (7.32%) Retail
9 27 (6.82%) Law
10 25 (6.31%) Banking
11 19 (4.80%) Legal
12 15 (3.79%) Public Sector
13 14 (3.54%) Pharmaceutical
13 14 (3.54%) Publishing
14 10 (2.53%) Back Office
14 10 (2.53%) Tech for Good
15 8 (2.02%) French Language
16 7 (1.77%) Games
16 7 (1.77%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 49 (12.37%) Analyst
2 38 (9.60%) Senior
3 36 (9.09%) Developer
4 30 (7.58%) Architect
4 30 (7.58%) Tester
5 29 (7.32%) Lead
6 28 (7.07%) Project Manager
7 26 (6.57%) Penetration Tester
8 16 (4.04%) Consultant
9 15 (3.79%) Hardware Engineer
10 14 (3.54%) Designer
11 13 (3.28%) Cloud Engineer
12 12 (3.03%) IT Manager
12 12 (3.03%) Senior Manager
13 11 (2.78%) Data Analyst
13 11 (2.78%) Product Manager
13 11 (2.78%) Technical Architect
13 11 (2.78%) Test Engineer
14 10 (2.53%) Help Desk Analyst
14 10 (2.53%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.80%) Node.js
2 18 (4.55%) CSS
3 15 (3.79%) React
4 12 (3.03%) .NET
5 11 (2.78%) HTML
6 10 (2.53%) Vue
7 8 (2.02%) ADO
7 8 (2.02%) AngularJS
8 7 (1.77%) .NET Framework
8 7 (1.77%) Web Services
9 6 (1.52%) Django
9 6 (1.52%) GraphQL
10 5 (1.26%) Kafka
10 5 (1.26%) Middleware
10 5 (1.26%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (1.26%) Sass
10 5 (1.26%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.01%) REST
11 4 (1.01%) WPF
11 4 (1.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.84%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (8.08%) Management Information System
3 23 (5.81%) Algorithms
4 22 (5.56%) Acoustics
4 22 (5.56%) Satnav
5 20 (5.05%) Data Structures
6 18 (4.55%) Product Ownership
7 13 (3.28%) Client/Server
8 12 (3.03%) Mobile App
8 12 (3.03%) Social Media
9 10 (2.53%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.27%) Virtual Team
11 8 (2.02%) Data Centre
11 8 (2.02%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.52%) Credit Risk
13 6 (1.52%) Market Risk
13 6 (1.52%) Reinsurance
14 5 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (1.26%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 46 (11.62%) Linux
2 26 (6.57%) Kali Linux
3 14 (3.54%) Windows
4 11 (2.78%) Android
5 10 (2.53%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.52%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.76%) VMS
7 3 (0.76%) 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 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (59.60%) Problem-Solving
2 139 (35.10%) Agile
3 93 (23.48%) Project Management
4 90 (22.73%) Computer Science
5 65 (16.41%) Cybersecurity
6 64 (16.16%) Mentoring
7 59 (14.90%) Coaching
8 47 (11.87%) Analytical Thinking
8 47 (11.87%) Customer Service
9 45 (11.36%) Analytics
9 45 (11.36%) Data Management
10 44 (11.11%) Information Security
11 43 (10.86%) Test Automation
12 42 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (10.35%) DevOps
14 40 (10.10%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (10.10%) Decision-Making
14 40 (10.10%) Roadmaps
15 38 (9.60%) User Experience
16 37 (9.34%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 81 (20.45%) Python
2 64 (16.16%) SQL
3 35 (8.84%) JavaScript
4 27 (6.82%) C#
5 18 (4.55%) TypeScript
6 15 (3.79%) R
7 12 (3.03%) Java
7 12 (3.03%) PHP
7 12 (3.03%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.01%) Julia
9 3 (0.76%) Bash
9 3 (0.76%) Ruby
9 3 (0.76%) Scala
10 2 (0.51%) C
10 2 (0.51%) Go
10 2 (0.51%) VB
11 1 (0.25%) Bicep
11 1 (0.25%) C++
11 1 (0.25%) SOQL
11 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 175 (44.19%) Degree
2 47 (11.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (5.05%) Security Cleared
4 15 (3.79%) Azure Certification
5 12 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.53%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.27%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.52%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.76%) CCNP
11 3 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.76%) ISEB
11 3 (0.76%) MCSE
11 3 (0.76%) MCT
12 2 (0.51%) CISM
12 2 (0.51%) CISSP
12 2 (0.51%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.07%) QA
2 16 (4.04%) GDPR
3 14 (3.54%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.77%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.52%) GAAP
6 6 (1.52%) IFRS
7 5 (1.26%) SLA
8 4 (1.01%) PMO
9 3 (0.76%) NIST
10 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.25%) COSHH
11 1 (0.25%) GRC
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 21 (5.30%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.03%) Docker
3 7 (1.77%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.25%) NFS
5 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.29%) Terraform
2 14 (3.54%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.52%) Ansible
4 5 (1.26%) Kiali
5 4 (1.01%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.76%) SCCM
7 2 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.51%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (0.51%) WSUS
8 1 (0.25%) Grafana
Vendors
1 101 (25.51%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.06%) SAP
3 15 (3.79%) Google
4 10 (2.53%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.27%) Databricks
6 8 (2.02%) Alteryx
7 7 (1.77%) Oracle
8 6 (1.52%) Pega
8 6 (1.52%) PeopleSoft
8 6 (1.52%) Progress
8 6 (1.52%) Splunk
8 6 (1.52%) UiPath
9 5 (1.26%) Adobe
9 5 (1.26%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.01%) Cisco
10 4 (1.01%) ESRI
10 4 (1.01%) Mapbox
10 4 (1.01%) VMware
11 3 (0.76%) iManage
11 3 (0.76%) Palo Alto