Critical Thinking Contracts in the Midlands

Critical Thinking
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 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 110 138 156
Rank change year-on-year +28 +18 +5
Contract jobs citing Critical Thinking 31 20 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.05% 0.62% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 0.71% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 13 34
10th Percentile £254 £276 £387
25th Percentile £264 £308 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £350 £498
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -29.65% +65.83%
75th Percentile £494 £450 £538
90th Percentile £611 £458 £554
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £20.71 -
England median hourly rate £26.00 £26.80 £66.00
% change year-on-year -2.97% -59.40% +42.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,373 2,816 4,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.50% 87.48% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 1,978 3,231
10th Percentile £234 £258 £250
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 101 130
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +31.51% +24.91%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £24.50
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Critical Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Critical Thinking in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Critical Thinking in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Critical Thinking in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Critical Thinking in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Critical Thinking in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Critical Thinking within the Midlands 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands +22 19 £269 -10.71% 22
West Midlands +16 12 £607 +73.43% 12
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (6.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (22.58%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) Azure AKS
2 5 (16.13%) Azure App Service
2 5 (16.13%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) DHCP
1 1 (3.23%) DNS
1 1 (3.23%) SAN
1 1 (3.23%) WAN
General
1 27 (87.10%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Public Sector
3 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Test Manager
2 5 (16.13%) Angular Developer
2 5 (16.13%) Developer
2 5 (16.13%) Production Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Quality Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Senior
4 2 (6.45%) Site Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Data Analyst
5 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) IT Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Lead
5 1 (3.23%) Project Leader
5 1 (3.23%) Technical Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) .NET
1 5 (16.13%) AngularJS
1 5 (16.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (16.13%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (16.13%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Linux
2 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (61.29%) Time Management
3 16 (51.61%) Decision-Making
4 15 (48.39%) Conflict Management
4 15 (48.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (48.39%) People Management
5 13 (41.94%) Asset Management
6 9 (29.03%) Agile
7 7 (22.58%) Project Management
8 5 (16.13%) DevOps
8 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (16.13%) Microservices
8 5 (16.13%) User Experience
8 5 (16.13%) UX Design
9 4 (12.90%) Coaching
9 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
9 4 (12.90%) Technical Leadership
10 3 (9.68%) Knowledge Management
10 3 (9.68%) Logistics
10 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) SQL
2 5 (16.13%) Bicep
2 5 (16.13%) C#
2 5 (16.13%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) HNC
1 15 (48.39%) HND
2 5 (16.13%) Degree
3 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (32.26%) QA
2 3 (9.68%) HAZOP
3 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
1 2 (6.45%) VMware
2 1 (3.23%) Citrix
2 1 (3.23%) SAP
2 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds