Creative Thinking Contracts in the City of London

Creative Thinking
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 Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 157 175
Rank change year-on-year +42 +18 -34
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 10 15 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.45% 0.41% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.45% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 17
10th Percentile £147 £521 £393
25th Percentile £171 £600 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £258 £713 £500
Median % change year-on-year -63.86% +42.50% -31.03%
75th Percentile £453 £800 £650
90th Percentile £661 £950 £763
Central London median daily rate £258 £713 £517
% change year-on-year -63.86% +37.81% -28.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Creative Thinking 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 1,993 3,339 3,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.51% 91.81% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,406 2,252 2,942
10th Percentile £359 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £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 23 41
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the City of London

Creative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in the City of London

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in the City of London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Thinking in the City of London

Creative Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for Creative Thinking in the City of London

Creative 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (20.00%) Photoshop
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Intranet
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Administrator
1 2 (20.00%) Analyst
1 2 (20.00%) Designer
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint Administrator
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Graphic Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Intranet Administrator
2 1 (10.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Animation
1 2 (20.00%) Graphic Design
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Change Management
2 2 (20.00%) Content Writing
2 2 (20.00%) Generative AI
2 2 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Validation
3 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (10.00%) Splunk