Creative Thinking Contracts in London

Creative Thinking
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 391 437
Rank change year-on-year +60 +46 -60
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 70 104 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.39% 0.39% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.43% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 71 106
10th Percentile £247 £388 £300
25th Percentile £350 £459 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +3.29% +18.33%
75th Percentile £578 £638 £643
90th Percentile £658 £850 £725
England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 6
10th Percentile - £35.38 £29.14
25th Percentile £18.25 £37.06 £37.19
Median hourly rate £19.50 £49.25 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -60.41% +22.36% +10.27%
75th Percentile £20.75 £58.63 £46.00
90th Percentile £46.55 £66.95 £67.50
England median hourly rate £19.50 £50.00 £16.93
% change year-on-year -61.00% +195.33% -23.05%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,768 24,449 35,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.61% 91.02% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,296 17,572 26,215
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 279 425
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.60 £17.20
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.57 £23.91
Median hourly rate £29.00 £39.00 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -25.64% +7.11% +12.03%
75th Percentile £47.50 £63.88 £50.75
90th Percentile £65.90 £80.00 £68.50
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.77 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.19% +51.01% +1.46%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Creative Thinking in London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London +41 10 £258 -63.86% 12
East London - 2 £495 - 2
West London +14 1 £575 +2.22% 6
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.71%) Confluence
3 2 (2.86%) CMS
4 1 (1.43%) Apache
4 1 (1.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.71%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (5.71%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (5.71%) Adobe Premiere
3 4 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (5.71%) Photoshop
4 2 (2.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (2.86%) InDesign
4 2 (2.86%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.29%) Figma
2 6 (8.57%) Azure
3 5 (7.14%) AWS
4 4 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.29%) GCP
6 2 (2.86%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.86%) SaaS
7 1 (1.43%) Asana
7 1 (1.43%) Dropbox
7 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.43%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.43%) IaaS
7 1 (1.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.86%) Internet
1 2 (2.86%) Intranet
2 1 (1.43%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.86%) Power BI
2 2 (2.86%) Tableau
3 1 (1.43%) Big Data
3 1 (1.43%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Git
2 2 (2.86%) Axure RP
2 2 (2.86%) Gerrit
2 2 (2.86%) JIRA
2 2 (2.86%) JUnit
2 2 (2.86%) Selenium
2 2 (2.86%) Serenity BDD
2 2 (2.86%) TestNG
2 2 (2.86%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.43%) Protractor
3 1 (1.43%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.43%) RStudio
General
1 29 (41.43%) Social Skills
2 22 (31.43%) Finance
3 21 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (20.00%) Legal
5 9 (12.86%) Marketing
6 8 (11.43%) Retail
7 7 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (8.57%) Banking
8 6 (8.57%) Law
9 4 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.86%) Digital Economy
10 2 (2.86%) Games
10 2 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.43%) Billing
11 1 (1.43%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (1.43%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.43%) Local Government
11 1 (1.43%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (17.14%) Designer
2 8 (11.43%) Analyst
3 6 (8.57%) Senior
4 5 (7.14%) Business Analyst
4 5 (7.14%) Lead
5 4 (5.71%) Coordinator
6 3 (4.29%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 2 (2.86%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Architect
7 2 (2.86%) Digital Designer
7 2 (2.86%) HR Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Procurement Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Project Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Senior Designer
7 2 (2.86%) Senior Digital Designer
7 2 (2.86%) Senior Manager
7 2 (2.86%) Service Designer
7 2 (2.86%) Tester
7 2 (2.86%) UX Designer
7 2 (2.86%) Validation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.29%) EDI
2 1 (1.43%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.43%) NestJS
2 1 (1.43%) Next.js
2 1 (1.43%) Prisma
2 1 (1.43%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.86%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (11.43%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.29%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.86%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.86%) Animation
5 2 (2.86%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.29%) Windows
1 3 (4.29%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.43%) Linux
2 1 (1.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.14%) Agile
1 19 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
4 9 (12.86%) Decision-Making
5 8 (11.43%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (11.43%) Innovative Thinking
5 8 (11.43%) Kanban
5 8 (11.43%) Project Delivery
6 7 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
6 7 (10.00%) Scrum
6 7 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 7 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 6 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (8.57%) Data Management
7 6 (8.57%) Data Protection
7 6 (8.57%) DevOps
7 6 (8.57%) Project Management
7 6 (8.57%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.71%) SQL
2 3 (4.29%) Bicep
2 3 (4.29%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.86%) Java
3 2 (2.86%) Python
4 1 (1.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (14.29%) Degree
2 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.29%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.86%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.43%) CBAP
6 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.43%) IIBA
6 1 (1.43%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.43%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) QA
2 5 (7.14%) GDPR
3 2 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.86%) PMO
4 1 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (4.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.29%) Progress Chef
1 3 (4.29%) Puppet
1 3 (4.29%) Terraform
2 1 (1.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (18.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.71%) Oracle
3 2 (2.86%) Adobe
3 2 (2.86%) Atlassian
3 2 (2.86%) BT
3 2 (2.86%) Cadence
3 2 (2.86%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.43%) Reuters
4 1 (1.43%) Splunk