Creative Thinking Contracts in Edinburgh

Creative Thinking
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Creative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 72 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.16% 0.37% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.42% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £203 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.01% - -
75th Percentile £217 £538 -
90th Percentile - £560 -
Scotland median daily rate £250 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -52.38% -2.33% +13.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 604 710 1,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.57% 86.80% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 418 824
10th Percentile £240 £219 £251
25th Percentile £406 £398 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% - -
75th Percentile £538 £573 £544
90th Percentile £610 £663 £624
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 8
10th Percentile - £13.25 £12.36
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £22.00 £19.17 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year +14.76% -10.69% -27.24%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.94
90th Percentile £47.22 - £58.40
Scotland median hourly rate £19.90 £19.50 £15.99
% change year-on-year +2.05% +21.95% -57.28%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in Edinburgh

Creative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in Edinburgh

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media