Creative Problem-Solving Contracts in the UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 409 461
Rank change year-on-year +47 +52 -25
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 29 27 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 19 29
10th Percentile £229 £371 £413
25th Percentile £333 £475 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +33.96%
75th Percentile £609 £563 £673
90th Percentile £664 £608 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -10.55% -0.91% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £21.08 -
25th Percentile - £27.78 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £39.56 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.03% -16.72% -
75th Percentile - £51.97 £48.75
90th Percentile - £59.04 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £39.56 £47.50
% change year-on-year +39.03% -16.72% -13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,598 20,227 27,142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.72% 89.09% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,365 13,876 18,976
10th Percentile £250 £260 £245
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,188 1,246 1,331
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.63 £12.48
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £33.14 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.02% +57.82% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.40 £75.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.02 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.24% +36.35% +11.65%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
South West +27 27 £435 -20.91% 15
South East +9 1 - - 24
Northern Ireland - 1 £513 - 1
Creative Problem-Solving
UK

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 24 (82.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 24 (82.76%) Microsoft Office
1 24 (82.76%) Microsoft Project
1 24 (82.76%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.45%) UserZoom
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Internet
Development Applications
1 25 (86.21%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) LabVIEW
General
1 26 (89.66%) Analytical Skills
1 26 (89.66%) Finance
1 26 (89.66%) Social Skills
2 24 (82.76%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.45%) Banking
3 1 (3.45%) Marketing
3 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (82.76%) Lead
1 24 (82.76%) Project Leader
2 1 (3.45%) Analyst
2 1 (3.45%) Business Analyst
2 1 (3.45%) Developer
2 1 (3.45%) Payments Analyst
2 1 (3.45%) Payments Business Analyst
2 1 (3.45%) Software Developer
2 1 (3.45%) Technical Support
2 1 (3.45%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (89.66%) Agile
3 25 (86.21%) Workshop Facilitation
4 24 (82.76%) Commercial Awareness
4 24 (82.76%) Data Management
4 24 (82.76%) PRINCE2
4 24 (82.76%) Project Delivery
4 24 (82.76%) Project Management
4 24 (82.76%) Project Planning
4 24 (82.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 24 (82.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.45%) Coaching
6 1 (3.45%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.45%) Line Management
6 1 (3.45%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (3.45%) Process Improvement
6 1 (3.45%) Qualitative Research
6 1 (3.45%) User Experience
6 1 (3.45%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 25 (86.21%) Security Cleared
2 24 (82.76%) APMP
2 24 (82.76%) DV Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Degree
4 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (82.76%) PMO
2 1 (3.45%) SEPA
2 1 (3.45%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) TARGET2
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (82.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Qualtrics