Creative Thinking Contracts in the South West

Creative Thinking
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 162 122
Rank change year-on-year +32 -40 +12
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 16 7 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.50% 0.19% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.22% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 14
10th Percentile £403 £363 £397
25th Percentile £459 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -17.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £638 £484 £584
90th Percentile £639 £506 £788
England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 31
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.26 - £15.90
Median hourly rate £27.52 - £16.93
75th Percentile £27.77 - £17.97
90th Percentile - - -
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
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,643 3,248 3,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.14% 89.65% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,686 2,392 2,335
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.52%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £589
90th Percentile £700 £722 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 334 195
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.63 £16.32 £20.16
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £48.74
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +26.18% +9.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.37 £70.65
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in the South West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Thinking in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Thinking in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Bristol +21 7 £625 +38.89% 11
Devon - 5 £513 - 2
Somerset - 3 - - 3
Creative Thinking
England

Creative 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 3 (18.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Jenkins
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
2 2 (12.50%) JUnit
2 2 (12.50%) Selenium
3 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Law
3 4 (25.00%) Legal
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
5 2 (12.50%) Finance
6 1 (6.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Test Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Lead
2 4 (25.00%) Senior
2 4 (25.00%) Senior Test Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) SEO Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Analytics Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Data Manager
5 1 (6.25%) ICT Manager
5 1 (6.25%) ICT Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 1 (6.25%) Test Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Validation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
2 5 (31.25%) Data Strategy
2 5 (31.25%) Functional Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Non-Functional Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Scenario Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Test Management
3 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (25.00%) Generative AI
4 3 (18.75%) Application Packaging
4 3 (18.75%) Break/Fix
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Customer Experience
4 3 (18.75%) Network Management
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Server Management
4 3 (18.75%) Software Deployment
5 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) ISTQB
4 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (6.25%) PMP
4 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) BT
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft