Creative Thinking Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Creative Thinking
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 80 88
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 +15
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 9 2 11
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.70% 0.20% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.24% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile - £340 £513
25th Percentile - £400 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £620
Median % change year-on-year - -19.35% +30.53%
75th Percentile £519 £600 £646
90th Percentile £530 £660 £655
South East median daily rate £400 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -27.27% - +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.50 - £32.50
Median hourly rate £83.00 - £35.00
75th Percentile £84.50 - £37.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £83.00 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - +225.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,080 823 1,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 84.11% 83.22% 87.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 716 559 633
10th Percentile £311 £356 £325
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £649
90th Percentile £713 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 61 81
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.41 £21.05
Median hourly rate £20.71 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.86% +27.55% +8.89%
75th Percentile £25.15 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £48.88 - £70.00
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +21.84%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Creative Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Creative Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 4 December 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
Basingstoke - 4 £500 - 2
Fareham - 1 - - 1
Portsmouth - 1 - - 1
Creative Thinking
South East

Creative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) IT Support
1 3 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Data Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Head of Strategy
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) ITSM
3 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Time Management
4 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (22.22%) Data Analytics
4 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
4 2 (22.22%) Data Science
4 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Mathematics
4 2 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (22.22%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
1 3 (33.33%) SCOM
1 3 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) VMware