Critical Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 311 465
Rank change year-on-year -179 +154 +11
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 300 583 482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 1.03% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 1.08% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 179 195 241
10th Percentile £23,500 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,250 £39,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,557 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +25.00% -30.43%
75th Percentile £59,375 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,750 £87,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in the UK excluding London

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England -85 60 £50,000 +17.65% 31
South East -95 55 £57,500 +13.47% 37
South West -48 54 £50,000 -35.48% 27
Scotland -52 52 £38,529 -32.09% 12
Midlands -53 49 £42,500 -22.73% 36
West Midlands -42 35 £24,000 -58.26% 14
North West -50 34 £40,000 -5.88% 16
Yorkshire +9 25 £52,500 +29.63% 10
East of England -15 21 £43,500 -47.27% 11
East Midlands -31 10 £46,000 +2.22% 22
Wales -11 9 £25,047 -49.85%
North East -46 1 £67,500 +100.00% 6
Critical Thinking
UK

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (5.33%) Confluence
2 14 (4.67%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.00%) SAS
5 3 (1.00%) CMS
6 2 (0.67%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.67%) WordPress
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.33%) Luigi
Applications
1 30 (10.00%) UserZoom
2 26 (8.67%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (4.00%) Sketch
5 9 (3.00%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.67%) InDesign
7 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.67%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.33%) 1Password
8 1 (0.33%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.67%) NetSuite
1 5 (1.67%) Odoo
2 3 (1.00%) Shopify
3 2 (0.67%) Maximo
3 2 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.33%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.33%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 43 (14.33%) Azure
2 42 (14.00%) Figma
3 32 (10.67%) AWS
3 32 (10.67%) Power Platform
4 30 (10.00%) SurveyMonkey
5 23 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (3.33%) SaaS
7 9 (3.00%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (2.33%) GCP
9 4 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.33%) npm
10 3 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.00%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.00%) Miro
10 3 (1.00%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.00%) Slack
11 2 (0.67%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (0.67%) Wix.com
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.00%) Wi-Fi
2 25 (8.33%) Wireless
3 22 (7.33%) 5G
3 22 (7.33%) Bluetooth
3 22 (7.33%) GSM
3 22 (7.33%) ISDN
3 22 (7.33%) LTE
3 22 (7.33%) PSTN
3 22 (7.33%) UMTS
4 15 (5.00%) LAN
4 15 (5.00%) WAN
5 3 (1.00%) DNS
5 3 (1.00%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (1.00%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.00%) VLAN
6 2 (0.67%) Firewall
6 2 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.67%) NAS
6 2 (0.67%) SAN
6 2 (0.67%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.67%) Power BI
2 18 (6.00%) SQL Server
3 15 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (4.33%) Tableau
5 10 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (3.00%) GIS
7 8 (2.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.67%) MySQL
10 4 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (1.33%) Spatial Data
11 3 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (1.00%) Data Mining
11 3 (1.00%) MS Access
11 3 (1.00%) Power Query
11 3 (1.00%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.67%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.67%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 43 (14.33%) JIRA
2 30 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 22 (7.33%) LabVIEW
4 20 (6.67%) Git
5 3 (1.00%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.00%) Subversion
6 2 (0.67%) Appium
6 2 (0.67%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.67%) git-flow
6 2 (0.67%) Selenium
6 2 (0.67%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.33%) Maven
7 1 (0.33%) Moq
7 1 (0.33%) NUnit
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.33%) Protractor
7 1 (0.33%) Sourcetree
7 1 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 176 (58.67%) Social Skills
2 96 (32.00%) Finance
3 88 (29.33%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (26.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 62 (20.67%) Marketing
6 58 (19.33%) Law
7 30 (10.00%) Telecoms
8 26 (8.67%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (7.33%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (5.67%) Retail
11 12 (4.00%) Banking
11 12 (4.00%) Public Sector
12 10 (3.33%) Legal
13 6 (2.00%) Investment Banking
13 6 (2.00%) Publishing
14 5 (1.67%) Automotive
14 5 (1.67%) Games
15 3 (1.00%) Local Government
15 3 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 55 (18.33%) Analyst
2 30 (10.00%) User Experience Researcher
3 27 (9.00%) Lead
4 26 (8.67%) Developer
5 23 (7.67%) Project Manager
6 20 (6.67%) Senior
7 15 (5.00%) Hardware Engineer
8 14 (4.67%) Architect
9 13 (4.33%) Data Analyst
10 12 (4.00%) Consultant
11 11 (3.67%) Test Engineer
12 10 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (3.33%) Coordinator
12 10 (3.33%) Help Desk Analyst
13 9 (3.00%) Business Analyst
13 9 (3.00%) Support Analyst
14 8 (2.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 8 (2.67%) Hardware Test Engineer
15 7 (2.33%) Full Stack Engineer
15 7 (2.33%) Graduate Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.00%) React
2 11 (3.67%) CSS
2 11 (3.67%) Node.js
2 11 (3.67%) Vue
3 7 (2.33%) HTML
4 6 (2.00%) AngularJS
4 6 (2.00%) Django
4 6 (2.00%) GraphQL
5 5 (1.67%) .NET
6 4 (1.33%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.33%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.33%) React Native
6 4 (1.33%) REST
6 4 (1.33%) RESTful
6 4 (1.33%) WPF
7 3 (1.00%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (1.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 3 (1.00%) WCF
7 3 (1.00%) Web Services
7 3 (1.00%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.67%) Management Information System
2 22 (7.33%) Acoustics
2 22 (7.33%) Satnav
3 21 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.33%) Product Ownership
5 12 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (3.67%) Mobile App
7 9 (3.00%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.33%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.33%) Driving Licence
9 6 (2.00%) Credit Risk
9 6 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.00%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.00%) Data Structures
9 6 (2.00%) Market Risk
10 4 (1.33%) Social Media
11 3 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.00%) PKI
11 3 (1.00%) Robotics
12 2 (0.67%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.67%) Android
2 10 (3.33%) Apple iOS
2 10 (3.33%) Windows
3 9 (3.00%) Linux
4 3 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (49.33%) Agile
2 144 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (28.67%) Mentoring
4 73 (24.33%) Analytics
5 69 (23.00%) User Experience
6 67 (22.33%) Project Management
7 62 (20.67%) DevOps
8 52 (17.33%) Roadmaps
9 51 (17.00%) Visualisation
10 50 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
10 50 (16.67%) User Research
11 48 (16.00%) Data Management
12 43 (14.33%) Strategic Thinking
12 43 (14.33%) UX Research
13 41 (13.67%) Coaching
14 39 (13.00%) Service Design
15 38 (12.67%) Customer Service
15 38 (12.67%) Decision-Making
16 37 (12.33%) Analytical Thinking
16 37 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 61 (20.33%) Python
2 39 (13.00%) SQL
3 31 (10.33%) JavaScript
4 18 (6.00%) C#
5 12 (4.00%) PHP
6 11 (3.67%) R
7 7 (2.33%) PowerShell
7 7 (2.33%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.00%) Java
8 3 (1.00%) Julia
9 2 (0.67%) Bash
9 2 (0.67%) Ruby
9 2 (0.67%) VB
10 1 (0.33%) C++
10 1 (0.33%) Go
10 1 (0.33%) Groovy
10 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.33%) VBA
10 1 (0.33%) XAML
Qualifications
1 130 (43.33%) Degree
2 16 (5.33%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.67%) Azure Certification
3 11 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.00%) HND
7 3 (1.00%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.00%) MCSE
7 3 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.67%) CBAP
8 2 (0.67%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.67%) GCFA
8 2 (0.67%) GCFE
8 2 (0.67%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.67%) OSCP
9 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.33%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 26 (8.67%) QA
3 15 (5.00%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.33%) SLA
5 5 (1.67%) GDPR
6 4 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.33%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.00%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.67%) PMO
9 1 (0.33%) COSHH
9 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 15 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.00%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (3.67%) Terraform
2 5 (1.67%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.00%) SCCM
5 2 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.67%) WSUS
6 1 (0.33%) Ansible
6 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 78 (26.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.00%) Qualtrics
3 15 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 10 (3.33%) Google
4 10 (3.33%) SAP
5 7 (2.33%) VMware
6 6 (2.00%) Alteryx
6 6 (2.00%) Pega
6 6 (2.00%) Progress
6 6 (2.00%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.00%) UiPath
7 4 (1.33%) Adobe
7 4 (1.33%) Databricks
7 4 (1.33%) Intel
7 4 (1.33%) Mapbox
8 3 (1.00%) NETGEAR
8 3 (1.00%) WatchGuard
9 2 (0.67%) ESRI
9 2 (0.67%) IBM
9 2 (0.67%) Sage