Critical Thinking Jobs in the South East

Critical Thinking
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 345 236 365
Rank change year-on-year -109 +129 -37
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 59 142 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.32% 1.07% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 1.13% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 22 55 55
10th Percentile - £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,223 £51,350 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.54% +1.68% -30.34%
75th Percentile £65,573 £58,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,000 £83,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.60% +13.38% -16.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,283 12,518 20,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.98% 94.30% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10,406 7,566 11,829
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Critical Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the South East

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in the South East

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in the South East

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the South East 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
Thames Valley -32 36 £62,500 +21.71% 13
Buckinghamshire +12 32 £62,500 -16.67% 4
Kent -30 9 £66,181 +32.36% 1
Hampshire -49 7 £50,000 +11.11% 7
West Sussex +14 4 - - 2
Berkshire -6 3 £86,000 +67.48% 8
Surrey -21 3 £57,500 -23.33% 1
Oxfordshire -46 1 £31,500 - 1
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (5.08%) Confluence
2 1 (1.69%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (8.47%) NetSuite
1 5 (8.47%) Odoo
2 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.47%) Azure
3 4 (6.78%) PaaS
4 3 (5.08%) Azure AKS
4 3 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.08%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (5.08%) SaaS
5 1 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) AWS
5 1 (1.69%) Canva
5 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.69%) GCP
5 1 (1.69%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.69%) MailChimp
5 1 (1.69%) Miro
5 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (38.98%) Wi-Fi
1 23 (38.98%) Wireless
2 22 (37.29%) 5G
2 22 (37.29%) Bluetooth
2 22 (37.29%) GSM
2 22 (37.29%) ISDN
2 22 (37.29%) LTE
2 22 (37.29%) PSTN
2 22 (37.29%) UMTS
3 3 (5.08%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.69%) BGP
4 1 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.69%) Firewall
4 1 (1.69%) LAN
4 1 (1.69%) Network Security
4 1 (1.69%) NGFW
4 1 (1.69%) VPN
4 1 (1.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) GIS
1 5 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (5.08%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.69%) MS Access
3 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (37.29%) LabVIEW
2 3 (5.08%) JIRA
3 1 (1.69%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.69%) Maven
3 1 (1.69%) Protractor
General
1 23 (38.98%) Telecoms
2 22 (37.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (35.59%) Social Skills
4 10 (16.95%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (15.25%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.78%) Finance
7 3 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.39%) Legal
8 2 (3.39%) Local Government
8 2 (3.39%) Marketing
9 1 (1.69%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.69%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (25.42%) Hardware Engineer
2 10 (16.95%) Test Engineer
3 8 (13.56%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 7 (11.86%) Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) Lead
5 6 (10.17%) Network Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Developer
6 5 (8.47%) ERP Developer
6 5 (8.47%) Hardware Technician
7 4 (6.78%) Architect
8 3 (5.08%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 3 (5.08%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (5.08%) Associate Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Azure Architect
8 3 (5.08%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.08%) Business Intelligence Lead
8 3 (5.08%) DevOps Architect
8 3 (5.08%) QA Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Quality Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.08%) ADO
2 1 (1.69%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.69%) Jest
2 1 (1.69%) Node.js
2 1 (1.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (37.29%) Acoustics
1 22 (37.29%) Satnav
2 8 (13.56%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.39%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.69%) Blog
4 1 (1.69%) CCTV
4 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.47%) Windows
2 2 (3.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (54.24%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (47.46%) Agile
3 27 (45.76%) Data Management
4 25 (42.37%) Coaching
5 22 (37.29%) Test Automation
5 22 (37.29%) Test Scripting
6 10 (16.95%) Project Management
7 8 (13.56%) Data Modelling
7 8 (13.56%) ERP
8 6 (10.17%) DevOps
8 6 (10.17%) Project Delivery
9 5 (8.47%) Asset Management
9 5 (8.47%) Computer Science
9 5 (8.47%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
9 5 (8.47%) Customer Service
9 5 (8.47%) Mathematics
9 5 (8.47%) Mentoring
9 5 (8.47%) Quality Management
9 5 (8.47%) Time Management
10 4 (6.78%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (45.76%) Python
2 3 (5.08%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.08%) SQL
3 1 (1.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 35 (59.32%) Degree
2 5 (8.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.78%) Azure Certification
4 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.39%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) GCFA
5 2 (3.39%) GCFE
5 2 (3.39%) OSCP
5 2 (3.39%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) CCNP
6 1 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.86%) QA
2 2 (3.39%) GDPR
3 1 (1.69%) COSHH
3 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (6.78%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Terraform
2 2 (3.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.86%) SAP
3 5 (8.47%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.08%) Databricks
4 3 (5.08%) NETGEAR
4 3 (5.08%) WatchGuard
5 2 (3.39%) Cisco
6 1 (1.69%) Adobe
6 1 (1.69%) Ariba
6 1 (1.69%) Aruba
6 1 (1.69%) Google
6 1 (1.69%) Hootsuite
6 1 (1.69%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.69%) VMware
6 1 (1.69%) Workday