Creative Problem-Solving Contracts in Central London

Creative Problem-Solving
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Creative Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 168 186
Rank change year-on-year +46 +18 -
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 7 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.29% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.17% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - £454 £207
25th Percentile £563 £459 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £498
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +0.40% -
75th Percentile £588 £578 £560
90th Percentile - £651 £671
London median daily rate £663 £515 £600
% change year-on-year +28.64% -14.17% +21.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Creative Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,208 3,529 4,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.60% 91.50% 91.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,571 2,388 3,198
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
London median daily rate £550 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 29 43
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.45 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -15.66% +107.50%
75th Percentile £29.11 £58.75 £54.00
90th Percentile £41.29 £88.30 £65.10
London median hourly rate £28.50 £38.75 £36.41
% change year-on-year -26.45% +6.43% +12.03%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in Central London

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in Central London

Creative Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
City of London +50 7 £575 +15.00% 3
Creative Problem-Solving
London

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 6 (85.71%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) ChatGPT
3 1 (14.29%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Product Owner
2 4 (57.14%) Digital Product Owner
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) Acceptance Criteria
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 6 (85.71%) Backlog Refinement
2 6 (85.71%) Business Case
2 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 6 (85.71%) Product Backlog
2 6 (85.71%) Product Requirements
2 6 (85.71%) Sprint Planning
2 6 (85.71%) Translating Business Requirements
2 6 (85.71%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (85.71%) User Stories
2 6 (85.71%) Workflow
2 6 (85.71%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Feature Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C++
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree