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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 530 | 610 | 720 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +80 | +110 | -50 |
| Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving | 55 | 79 | 135 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.13% | 0.14% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.15% | 0.16% | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 55 | 75 |
| 10th Percentile | £264 | £245 | £318 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £438 | £458 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £530 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.30% | -3.64% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £619 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £675 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £569 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +5.00% | +33.96% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £21.08 | £26.25 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £27.78 | £33.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £39.56 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.03% | -16.72% | -13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £51.97 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £59.04 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £39.56 | £47.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.03% | -16.72% | - |
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 | 36,703 | 50,479 | 79,939 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.70% | 89.71% | 90.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,654 | 34,954 | 56,109 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £344 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £640 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +3.04% | +9.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,498 | 1,668 | 1,904 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.74 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.70 | £15.52 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.13 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.04% | +40.67% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.00 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.57% | +75.00% | -4.99% |
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 28 May 2024.
Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving.
Creative Problem-Solving
Top 8 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 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +90 | 51 | £575 | +8.49% | 145 |
| UK excluding London | +43 | 30 | £569 | +8.33% | 117 |
| South West | +25 | 27 | £435 | -20.91% | 15 |
| London | +66 | 20 | £575 | +9.26% | 46 |
| Work from Home | +95 | 18 | £488 | -15.22% | 105 |
| South East | +8 | 1 | - | - | 26 |
| East of England | +6 | 1 | £625 | +177.78% | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £513 | - | 1 |
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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