Creative Problem-Solving
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 528 | 620 | 728 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +92 | +108 | -115 |
| Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving | 51 | 80 | 132 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.14% | 0.15% | 0.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 55 | 77 |
| 10th Percentile | £315 | £225 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £422 | £460 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £531 | £525 | £558 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.19% | -5.83% | +23.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £713 | £600 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £675 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £444 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.38% | - | +35.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.42 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £24.52 | £61.25 | £46.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.68 | £62.50 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.51% | +31.58% | -1.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £44.84 | £63.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £50.94 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £34.68 | £62.50 | £47.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.51% | +31.58% | +15.85% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 37,600 | 53,916 | 80,351 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.32% | 89.91% | 90.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24,240 | 37,368 | 56,382 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £340 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +8.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +9.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,433 | 1,775 | 1,932 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £16.25 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £37.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.41% | +48.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £59.50 | £65.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.50 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.29% | +75.00% | -8.34% |
Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving.
Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving.
Creative Problem-Solving
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
Creative Problem-Solving
Top 10 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 26 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +95 | 48 | £563 | +7.24% | 130 |
| UK excluding London | +71 | 27 | £444 | -15.38% | 119 |
| South West | +38 | 22 | £435 | -20.91% | 19 |
| Work from Home | +112 | 20 | £525 | -0.47% | 113 |
| London | +92 | 19 | £663 | +30.54% | 39 |
| Midlands | +26 | 2 | £363 | -30.86% | 14 |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £363 | - | 8 |
| South East | +18 | 1 | - | - | 23 |
| East of England | +11 | 1 | £625 | +190.70% | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £513 | - |
Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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