Creative Thinking Contracts in England

Creative Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Creative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 403 438 523
Rank change year-on-year +35 +85 -50
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 140 229 265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.45% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.50% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 148 155
10th Percentile £309 £404 £283
25th Percentile £413 £462 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £599 £675 £640
90th Percentile £638 £758 £705
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 41
10th Percentile £14.55 £36.13 -
25th Percentile £18.25 £39.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £19.50 £51.25 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year -61.95% +202.72% -23.05%
75th Percentile £27.77 £66.25 £17.97
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.25 £57.00
UK median hourly rate £19.50 £51.25 £16.93
% change year-on-year -61.95% +202.72% -23.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Creative Thinking 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 32,221 46,232 65,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,198 32,361 46,326
10th Percentile £300 £325 £329
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £649
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 1,634 1,784
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.90 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.89 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.04
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.09
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Creative Thinking in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
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 Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
London +77 72 £485 -11.82% 96
North of England +36 19 £575 +4.55% 42
South East -15 19 £519 -19.42% 41
South West +31 16 £600 +35.59% 28
North West +31 14 £613 +22.50% 23
Midlands +17 9 £488 -2.50% 18
East Midlands +16 6 £513 +13.89% 9
Yorkshire +11 4 £388 -29.55% 16
East of England +8 4 £488 +5.98% 21
West Midlands +7 3 £375 -26.83% 9
Creative Thinking
UK

Creative Thinking
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 12 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.57%) Confluence
3 3 (2.14%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (2.14%) CMS
4 1 (0.71%) Apache
4 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.71%) EPiServer
Applications
1 18 (12.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.57%) Adobe After Effects
4 5 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (3.57%) Photoshop
5 4 (2.86%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (2.86%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (2.86%) Sketch
6 2 (1.43%) InDesign
6 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.43%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.71%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.71%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.71%) Blender
7 1 (0.71%) Maya
Business Applications
1 4 (2.86%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.00%) Figma
2 13 (9.29%) Azure
3 12 (8.57%) AWS
4 7 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.00%) SaaS
5 6 (4.29%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.57%) GCP
7 3 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.14%) Serverless
8 2 (1.43%) Azure API Management
8 2 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.43%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.43%) IaaS
8 2 (1.43%) PaaS
9 1 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.71%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.71%) Dropbox
9 1 (0.71%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.57%) Internet
2 3 (2.14%) Intranet
2 3 (2.14%) NAS
2 3 (2.14%) SAN
3 1 (0.71%) 3G
3 1 (0.71%) 4G
3 1 (0.71%) 5G
3 1 (0.71%) Broadband
3 1 (0.71%) DHCP
3 1 (0.71%) DNS
3 1 (0.71%) DSL
3 1 (0.71%) Firewall
3 1 (0.71%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.71%) Network Security
3 1 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.29%) Power BI
2 4 (2.86%) SAP HANA
2 4 (2.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.86%) Tableau
3 3 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.14%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.43%) MySQL
5 1 (0.71%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (5.71%) JIRA
2 6 (4.29%) Git
3 4 (2.86%) JUnit
3 4 (2.86%) Selenium
4 3 (2.14%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.43%) Axure RP
5 2 (1.43%) Gerrit
5 2 (1.43%) Postman
5 2 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (1.43%) RStudio
5 2 (1.43%) Serenity BDD
5 2 (1.43%) TestNG
5 2 (1.43%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.71%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.71%) Darcs
6 1 (0.71%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.71%) Protractor
6 1 (0.71%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 75 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 32 (22.86%) Finance
3 30 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (16.43%) Legal
5 20 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (10.00%) Marketing
6 14 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (8.57%) Law
8 11 (7.86%) Banking
9 10 (7.14%) Retail
10 9 (6.43%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (5.71%) Public Sector
12 4 (2.86%) Aerospace
12 4 (2.86%) Electronics
13 3 (2.14%) Games
13 3 (2.14%) Manufacturing
13 3 (2.14%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.43%) Digital Economy
14 2 (1.43%) Local Government
15 1 (0.71%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 22 (15.71%) Analyst
2 16 (11.43%) Designer
3 14 (10.00%) Senior
4 10 (7.14%) Lead
5 8 (5.71%) Business Analyst
6 7 (5.00%) Developer
6 7 (5.00%) SAP Analyst
7 6 (4.29%) Architect
7 6 (4.29%) Integration Analyst
7 6 (4.29%) Test Engineer
8 5 (3.57%) Senior Test Engineer
9 4 (2.86%) Business Integration Analyst
9 4 (2.86%) Coordinator
9 4 (2.86%) Integration Specialist
9 4 (2.86%) Service Designer
9 4 (2.86%) Validation Engineer
9 4 (2.86%) Verification Engineer
10 3 (2.14%) Senior Designer
10 3 (2.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.14%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.57%) REST
2 3 (2.14%) CSS
2 3 (2.14%) EDI
2 3 (2.14%) Swagger
3 2 (1.43%) HTML
3 2 (1.43%) OpenAPI
3 2 (1.43%) SOAP
4 1 (0.71%) .NET
4 1 (0.71%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.71%) jQuery
4 1 (0.71%) JSON
4 1 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.71%) NestJS
4 1 (0.71%) Next.js
4 1 (0.71%) Prisma
4 1 (0.71%) React
4 1 (0.71%) Shiny
4 1 (0.71%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.71%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.71%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 9 (6.43%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.71%) Graphic Design
4 8 (5.71%) Virtual Team
5 5 (3.57%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.14%) Animation
7 3 (2.14%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.43%) Digital Media
8 2 (1.43%) Social Media
9 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.71%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.71%) Blog
9 1 (0.71%) CBDC
9 1 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.71%) NHS
9 1 (0.71%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.71%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.29%) Windows
2 2 (1.43%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.71%) Linux
3 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (26.43%) Agile
3 33 (23.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (12.86%) Project Management
5 16 (11.43%) Decision-Making
6 15 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence
6 15 (10.71%) Business Analysis
6 15 (10.71%) Strategic Thinking
7 14 (10.00%) Change Management
7 14 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (8.57%) Data Protection
8 12 (8.57%) DevOps
8 12 (8.57%) Scrum
9 11 (7.86%) Data Strategy
9 11 (7.86%) Project Delivery
9 11 (7.86%) User Experience
9 11 (7.86%) Validation
10 10 (7.14%) Customer Experience
10 10 (7.14%) Innovative Thinking
11 9 (6.43%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.43%) Python
1 9 (6.43%) SQL
2 5 (3.57%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.86%) C#
3 4 (2.86%) Java
4 2 (1.43%) Bicep
4 2 (1.43%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.71%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.71%) C
5 1 (0.71%) C++
5 1 (0.71%) Go
5 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.71%) R
5 1 (0.71%) Rust
5 1 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (16.43%) Degree
2 21 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.57%) ISTQB
6 4 (2.86%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (2.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (1.43%) CBAP
8 2 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.43%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.71%) CSPO
9 1 (0.71%) IIBA
9 1 (0.71%) ISEB
9 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.71%) PMP
9 1 (0.71%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.71%) QA
2 10 (7.14%) GDPR
3 3 (2.14%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.43%) PMO
5 1 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.71%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.71%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 3 (2.14%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (2.14%) vSphere
2 2 (1.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.43%) Progress Chef
1 2 (1.43%) Puppet
1 2 (1.43%) Terraform
2 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (22.14%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.14%) Oracle
3 9 (6.43%) SAP
4 7 (5.00%) Adobe
5 4 (2.86%) Citrix
5 4 (2.86%) HP
6 3 (2.14%) BT
6 3 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.14%) VMware
7 2 (1.43%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.71%) Google
8 1 (0.71%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.71%) Reuters
8 1 (0.71%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.71%) Splunk
8 1 (0.71%) Workday