Creative Problem-Solving Contracts in England

Creative Problem-Solving
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Creative Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 576 664
Rank change year-on-year +73 +88 -85
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 51 69 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 51 72
10th Percentile £239 £225 £400
25th Percentile £378 £416 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £554
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.23% +23.11%
75th Percentile £750 £631 £681
90th Percentile - £675 £750
UK median daily rate £563 £525 £558
% change year-on-year +7.24% -5.83% +23.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £21.08 -
25th Percentile - £27.78 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £39.56 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.03% -16.72% -1.04%
75th Percentile - £51.97 £48.75
90th Percentile - £59.04 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £39.56 £47.50
% change year-on-year +39.03% -16.72% -1.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Creative Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,870 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,878 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.90 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in England.

Daily rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in England.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
South West +40 27 £435 -20.91% 17
London +80 20 £663 +28.33% 45
South East +4 1 - - 24
East of England +2 1 £625 +184.09% 2
Creative Problem-Solving
UK

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (13.73%) Confluence
2 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (49.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (49.02%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (47.06%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (47.06%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (3.92%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (3.92%) InDesign
3 2 (3.92%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.96%) InVision
4 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.96%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.69%) Azure
2 7 (13.73%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.92%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.96%) Figma
4 1 (1.96%) Serverless
4 1 (1.96%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) HTTP
2 1 (1.96%) Network Security
2 1 (1.96%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.96%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.96%) MS Access
2 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Navigator
Development Applications
1 26 (50.98%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) Git
2 1 (1.96%) Grunt
2 1 (1.96%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.96%) Subversion
2 1 (1.96%) Toad
General
1 34 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 30 (58.82%) Finance
3 29 (56.86%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (50.98%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (9.80%) Marketing
6 4 (7.84%) Advertising
7 2 (3.92%) Front Office
7 2 (3.92%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.96%) Automotive
8 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.96%) French Language
8 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.96%) Law
8 1 (1.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (47.06%) Lead
1 24 (47.06%) Project Leader
2 6 (11.76%) Product Owner
3 5 (9.80%) Developer
4 4 (7.84%) Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Digital Product Owner
4 4 (7.84%) Senior
5 2 (3.92%) Architect
5 2 (3.92%) Business Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Consultant
5 2 (3.92%) Designer
5 2 (3.92%) Senior Designer
6 1 (1.96%) Data Analyst
6 1 (1.96%) Products Support Analyst
6 1 (1.96%) Senior Developer
6 1 (1.96%) Software Developer
6 1 (1.96%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.96%) Support Analyst
6 1 (1.96%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (1.96%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) React
2 5 (9.80%) HTML
3 4 (7.84%) CSS
3 4 (7.84%) GeoPandas
3 4 (7.84%) TensorFlow
4 2 (3.92%) jQuery
4 2 (3.92%) Matplotlib
4 2 (3.92%) Node.js
4 2 (3.92%) NumPy
4 2 (3.92%) PyTorch
4 2 (3.92%) RESTful
4 2 (3.92%) scikit-learn
5 1 (1.96%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.96%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.96%) Framer.js
5 1 (1.96%) HTML5
5 1 (1.96%) Redux
5 1 (1.96%) Sass
5 1 (1.96%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.96%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.96%) Animation
3 1 (1.96%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.96%) Life Science
3 1 (1.96%) Social Media
3 1 (1.96%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (1.96%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (68.63%) Agile
3 30 (58.82%) Workshop Facilitation
4 25 (49.02%) Project Management
4 25 (49.02%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (47.06%) Commercial Awareness
5 24 (47.06%) Data Management
5 24 (47.06%) PRINCE2
5 24 (47.06%) Project Delivery
5 24 (47.06%) Project Planning
5 24 (47.06%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 8 (15.69%) DevOps
7 7 (13.73%) Business Case
7 7 (13.73%) Workflow
8 6 (11.76%) Acceptance Criteria
8 6 (11.76%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 6 (11.76%) Backlog Refinement
8 6 (11.76%) Product Backlog
8 6 (11.76%) Product Requirements
8 6 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) JavaScript
2 5 (9.80%) SQL
3 4 (7.84%) Python
3 4 (7.84%) R
4 1 (1.96%) Bash
4 1 (1.96%) C#
4 1 (1.96%) C++
4 1 (1.96%) Java
4 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (50.98%) Security Cleared
2 24 (47.06%) APMP
2 24 (47.06%) DV Cleared
3 7 (13.73%) Degree
4 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.96%) MBA
5 1 (1.96%) PhD
5 1 (1.96%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (47.06%) PMO
2 1 (1.96%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.96%) SEPA
2 1 (1.96%) SLA
2 1 (1.96%) TARGET2
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (50.98%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) ESRI
3 2 (3.92%) Adobe
4 1 (1.96%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.96%) Oracle
4 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow