Creative Problem-Solving Contracts in the City of London

Creative Problem-Solving
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 170 182
Rank change year-on-year +47 +12 -
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 8 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.36% 0.16% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.18% 0.26%
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
Central London median daily rate £575 £500 £498
% change year-on-year +15.00% +0.40% +53.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,003 3,388 3,920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.18% 91.69% 91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 2,265 2,992
10th Percentile £354 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £808 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 27 40
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.22 £19.36 £23.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -14.63% +78.26%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the City of London

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the City of London

Creative Problem-Solving
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (87.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (12.50%) ChatGPT
3 1 (12.50%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
1 1 (12.50%) Parquet
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Product Owner
2 4 (50.00%) Digital Product Owner
3 2 (25.00%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Database Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 7 (87.50%) DevOps
3 6 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 6 (75.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 6 (75.00%) Backlog Refinement
3 6 (75.00%) Business Case
3 6 (75.00%) Product Backlog
3 6 (75.00%) Product Requirements
3 6 (75.00%) Sprint Planning
3 6 (75.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (75.00%) User Stories
3 6 (75.00%) Workflow
3 6 (75.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
5 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
5 1 (12.50%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C++
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft