Creative Thinking Contract Job Trends in Central London

Creative Thinking
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 125 129
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 +43
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 7 5 11
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.34% 0.23% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.25% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £371 £327 £209
25th Percentile £384 £395 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £531 £385
Median % change year-on-year -22.82% +37.99% -42.96%
75th Percentile £467 £683 £475
90th Percentile £498 £761 £528
London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,835 1,981 2,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.29% 92.35% 89.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,285 1,245 1,664
10th Percentile £351 £363 £363
25th Percentile £431 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +0.88% -2.56%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £688
90th Percentile £759 £778 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £555
% change year-on-year -4.55% -0.90% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 22
10th Percentile £19.86 £18.10 £17.19
25th Percentile £23.15 £22.00 £20.56
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.66
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +26.56% -18.06%
75th Percentile £38.63 - £35.69
90th Percentile £42.65 £43.75 £65.00
London median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.63
% change year-on-year -2.86% +14.29% -14.34%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in Central London

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in Central London over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Thinking in Central London

Creative Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 22 January 2026. 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
City of London -6 7 £410 +42.61% 4
Creative Thinking
London

Creative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Matillion
1 1 (14.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Business Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Gen AI Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Gen AI Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Snowflake Data Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Snowflake Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Telephony Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Acceptance Criteria
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (42.86%) User Stories
3 3 (42.86%) Validation
3 3 (42.86%) Wireframes
4 2 (28.57%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) AI
5 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) ETL
5 1 (14.29%) Exploratory Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Generative AI
5 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Salesforce