Critical Thinking Jobs in the South West

Critical Thinking
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 238 176 272
Rank change year-on-year -62 +96 -35
Permanent jobs citing Critical Thinking 57 80 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.54% 1.24% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.31% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 42 28 19
10th Percentile £27,625 £38,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £54,208 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +42.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £61,250 £86,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £79,000 £97,290 £57,166
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,437 6,100 8,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 79.87% 94.60% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,959 3,496 4,999
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,241
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £53,519 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +7.04% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,675 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Critical Thinking in the South West

Critical Thinking
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Critical Thinking in the South West

Critical Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Critical Thinking in the South West

Critical Thinking
Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol -17 24 £50,000 -20.00% 14
Dorset -28 13 £21,500 -49.41% 3
Wiltshire - 10 £53,750 - 2
Devon -19 5 £70,000 - 5
Somerset -17 1 - - 4
Gloucestershire -31 1 £47,500 -64.81% 2
Critical Thinking
England

Critical Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (10.53%) SAS
2 4 (7.02%) ArcGIS
2 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (3.51%) Confluence
5 1 (1.75%) Apache
5 1 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (1.75%) Luigi
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.75%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 19 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 9 (15.79%) Azure
3 7 (12.28%) SaaS
4 4 (7.02%) AWS
4 4 (7.02%) Miro
5 3 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (3.51%) GCP
7 1 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.75%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.75%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 1 (1.75%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.75%) IaaS
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.75%) Serverless
7 1 (1.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) Skype
2 1 (1.75%) DHCP
2 1 (1.75%) DNS
2 1 (1.75%) OpenVPN
2 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (33.33%) Power BI
2 13 (22.81%) Tableau
3 9 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (7.02%) Qlik Sense
4 4 (7.02%) SQL Server
5 3 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (3.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.75%) Bigtable
7 1 (1.75%) CouchDB
7 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.75%) Redis
7 1 (1.75%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) JIRA
2 5 (8.77%) Git
3 4 (7.02%) Subversion
4 1 (1.75%) Appium
4 1 (1.75%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.75%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.75%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.75%) Selenium
General
1 36 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 29 (50.88%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (17.54%) Banking
3 10 (17.54%) Finance
4 9 (15.79%) Law
5 7 (12.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (12.28%) Marketing
6 6 (10.53%) Investment Banking
6 6 (10.53%) Legal
7 4 (7.02%) Back Office
7 4 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
8 3 (5.26%) Automotive
8 3 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (5.26%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.75%) International Banking
9 1 (1.75%) Military
9 1 (1.75%) Retail
9 1 (1.75%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 16 (28.07%) Analyst
2 10 (17.54%) Senior
3 9 (15.79%) Data Analyst
4 6 (10.53%) Analytics Manager
4 6 (10.53%) Data Analytics Manager
4 6 (10.53%) Full Stack Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Testing Manager
5 4 (7.02%) Business Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) Consultant
5 4 (7.02%) Lead
5 4 (7.02%) Project Manager
5 4 (7.02%) Research Consultant
5 4 (7.02%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (7.02%) Senior User Researcher
5 4 (7.02%) User Researcher
6 3 (5.26%) Coordinator
6 3 (5.26%) Developer
6 3 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Senior Manager
6 3 (5.26%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) Django
1 6 (10.53%) GraphQL
1 6 (10.53%) Node.js
1 6 (10.53%) React
1 6 (10.53%) Vue
2 4 (7.02%) ADO
3 1 (1.75%) Pandas
3 1 (1.75%) PySpark
3 1 (1.75%) RESTful
3 1 (1.75%) SOAP
3 1 (1.75%) SQLAlchemy
3 1 (1.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Onboarding
2 7 (12.28%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.53%) Algorithms
3 6 (10.53%) Credit Risk
3 6 (10.53%) Data Structures
3 6 (10.53%) Driving Licence
3 6 (10.53%) Market Risk
4 4 (7.02%) Product Ownership
4 4 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (5.26%) PKI
5 3 (5.26%) Robotics
6 2 (3.51%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.75%) Digital Currency
7 1 (1.75%) iPhone
7 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.75%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.77%) Windows
2 3 (5.26%) Windows Server
2 3 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (3.51%) Android
3 2 (3.51%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.51%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.75%) Linux
4 1 (1.75%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.75%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (50.88%) Agile
3 19 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (31.58%) Analytics
4 18 (31.58%) Project Management
5 14 (24.56%) Decision-Making
5 14 (24.56%) Mentoring
6 12 (21.05%) Machine Learning
7 10 (17.54%) Analytical Thinking
7 10 (17.54%) Risk Management
7 10 (17.54%) Roadmaps
8 8 (14.04%) Client Onboarding
8 8 (14.04%) Coaching
8 8 (14.04%) Process Improvement
8 8 (14.04%) Scrum
8 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (12.28%) Data Analysis
9 7 (12.28%) Data Analytics
9 7 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (12.28%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (38.60%) Python
2 16 (28.07%) SQL
3 11 (19.30%) R
4 6 (10.53%) JavaScript
4 6 (10.53%) TypeScript
5 4 (7.02%) Julia
6 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
6 2 (3.51%) VB
7 1 (1.75%) Go
7 1 (1.75%) Groovy
7 1 (1.75%) Java
7 1 (1.75%) Ruby
7 1 (1.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (40.35%) Degree
2 13 (22.81%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.02%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.26%) MCSE
6 2 (3.51%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.75%) CBAP
7 1 (1.75%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.75%) ISEB
7 1 (1.75%) MCSA
7 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.51%) PMO
1 2 (3.51%) QA
2 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.75%) SEPA
System Software
1 3 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) Docker
2 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) WSUS
2 1 (1.75%) Ansible
2 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (38.60%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.53%) Alteryx
2 6 (10.53%) Pega
2 6 (10.53%) UiPath
3 4 (7.02%) ESRI
4 3 (5.26%) Databricks
4 3 (5.26%) IBM
5 2 (3.51%) Google
6 1 (1.75%) Apple
6 1 (1.75%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.75%) CA
6 1 (1.75%) Dell
6 1 (1.75%) Oracle
6 1 (1.75%) Thales
6 1 (1.75%) VMware