Innovative Thinking Contracts in the City of London

Innovative Thinking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 122 170
Rank change year-on-year +2 +48 +14
Contract jobs citing Innovative Thinking 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.092% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.10% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £306 £714 -
25th Percentile £344 £716 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £738 £550
Median % change year-on-year -44.07% +34.09% -29.71%
75th Percentile £481 £766 £575
90th Percentile £519 £771 -
Central London median daily rate £413 £738 £500
% change year-on-year -44.07% +47.50% -36.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Innovative 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,639 1,968 3,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.28% 90.57% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,040 1,396 2,228
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £569 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.10% -5.21% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.13
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £17.08
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -13.58%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in the City of London

Innovative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Innovative Thinking in the City of London

Innovative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Innovative Thinking in the City of London

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Google Docs
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Biopharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
1 1 (33.33%) Online Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Competitive Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Market Research
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cegedim Rx
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Marketo
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce