Creative Thinking Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Creative Thinking
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - 71
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.36% - 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% - 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £530 - £605
25th Percentile £538 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £625
75th Percentile £613 - £638
90th Percentile £620 - £645
South West median daily rate £900 £500 £613
% change year-on-year +80.00% -18.37% +33.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Creative Thinking 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 717 624 841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 85.87% 89.53% 86.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 346 524
10th Percentile £263 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £495 £536
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -7.69% +7.25%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £650
90th Percentile £721 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 82 118
10th Percentile £15.60 £37.15 £35.00
25th Percentile £19.26 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £32.75 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -49.62% +8.33% -7.69%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Creative Thinking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in Bristol

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Creative Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Creative Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Visual Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 3 (100.00%) Content Writing
1 3 (100.00%) Infographics
1 3 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft