Critical Thinking Contracts in the City of London

Critical Thinking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Critical Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Critical Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 130 174
Rank change year-on-year +11 +44 -6
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 8 20 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.38% 0.72% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.80% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 11
10th Percentile - £508 £320
25th Percentile £515 £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £725 £573
Median % change year-on-year -26.90% +26.64% +4.09%
75th Percentile £545 £825 £631
90th Percentile - £885 £888
Central London median daily rate £530 £725 £573
% change year-on-year -26.90% +26.64% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £12.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,941 2,497 4,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 91.43% 89.92% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,193 1,754 2,734
10th Percentile £375 £363 £363
25th Percentile £470 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £690 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 51
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.00 £21.13
Median hourly rate £50.00 £32.75 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.67% -35.15% +49.63%
75th Percentile £112.00 £52.63 £58.75
90th Percentile £137.50 £71.25 £78.75
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.75 £43.24
% change year-on-year +6.87% -24.26% +26.25%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the City of London

Critical Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Critical Thinking in the City of London

Critical Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Critical Thinking in the City of London

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) XCTest
General
1 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
4 1 (12.50%) Front Office
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Incident Manager
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Android Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Android Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) iOS Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) React Native
2 1 (12.50%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Equities
1 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
1 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
4 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
4 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Clean Code
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Cryptography
5 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) MVVM
5 2 (25.00%) Operational Stability
5 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (25.00%) SDLC
5 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
5 2 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) Kotlin
1 1 (12.50%) Objective-C
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) R
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (12.50%) CFA
3 1 (12.50%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) SAP