Creative Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Creative Problem-Solving
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 44 57
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 0
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 1 9 1
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.31% 2.20% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 2.46% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £257 -
South West median daily rate £600 £257 -
% change year-on-year +133.17% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

Creative Problem-Solving 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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 287 366 412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 88.31% 89.27% 88.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 196 259
10th Percentile £277 £400 £360
25th Percentile £380 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £667 £676 £676
90th Percentile £741 £750 £750
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 27 51
10th Percentile £19.14 £25.80 £33.00
25th Percentile £26.96 £29.00 £48.72
Median hourly rate £33.76 £35.03 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -36.31% +24.96%
75th Percentile £65.69 £71.38 £78.18
90th Percentile £68.60 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.36%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Creative Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Creative Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Creative Problem-Solving

Creative Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 26 October 2025. 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
Cheltenham +11 1 - -
Creative Problem-Solving
South West

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection