Creative Thinking Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Creative Thinking
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 48 54 54
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +20
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.46% 0.27% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.31% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £366 - £474
25th Percentile £372 £525 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% +2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £397 £575 £591
90th Percentile £399 - £611
South East median daily rate £450 £538 £545
% change year-on-year -16.28% -1.38% -0.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 373 321 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 84.97% 86.29% 91.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 233 374
10th Percentile £213 £235 £275
25th Percentile £350 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £637 £656 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £518
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.62% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 17
10th Percentile - £15.35 £14.87
25th Percentile £15.91 £22.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +50.00% +54.84%
75th Percentile £29.61 £49.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £30.89 £55.63 -
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £55.00
% change year-on-year -51.22% -16.14% +37.50%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Creative Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Creative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. 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
Milton Keynes - 2 £388 - 4
Creative Thinking
South East

Creative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 2 (100.00%) SAP R/3
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) General Ledger
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Accountant
1 2 (100.00%) Project Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Cash Management
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ACCA
1 2 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP