Creative Thinking Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Creative Thinking
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 83 94
Rank change year-on-year - +11 +45
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 0 1 9
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England - 0.088% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.10% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £188 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -62.50% -9.09%
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £69.00 £49.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +40.82% -30.00% +35.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,356 957 1,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.49% 84.24% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 556 411 794
10th Percentile £192 £240 £239
25th Percentile £363 £338 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £576 £586 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 443 182 355
10th Percentile £14.25 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.45 £15.62 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +40.78% -3.14%
75th Percentile £60.96 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in the East of England

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Creative Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Creative Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Creative Thinking