Innovative Thinking Contracts in London

Innovative Thinking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 358 460
Rank change year-on-year +27 +102 +28
Contract jobs citing Innovative Thinking 22 33 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.21% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 23
10th Percentile £287 £363 £450
25th Percentile £300 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £666
90th Percentile £775 £750 £685
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £19.50 -
England median hourly rate £29.23 £19.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +49.90% -48.00% +158.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Innovative 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in London

Innovative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Innovative Thinking in London.

Daily rate trend for Innovative Thinking in London

Innovative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Innovative Thinking in London

Innovative Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Innovative Thinking in London.

Hourly rate trend for Innovative Thinking in London

Innovative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +5 3 £413 -44.07% 2
Innovative Thinking
England

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (4.55%) Confluence
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
1 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
2 3 (13.64%) ChatGPT
2 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (13.64%) GCP
2 3 (13.64%) PowerApps
3 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (9.09%) Snowflake
4 1 (4.55%) Asana
4 1 (4.55%) ClickUp
4 1 (4.55%) Google Docs
4 1 (4.55%) IaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.55%) PaaS
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (9.09%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.55%) MySQL
3 1 (4.55%) Power BI
3 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Git
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 10 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (40.91%) Finance
4 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 3 (13.64%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Marketing
6 2 (9.09%) Advertising
6 2 (9.09%) Banking
6 2 (9.09%) Financial Institution
6 2 (9.09%) Legal
6 2 (9.09%) Local Government
6 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Retail
7 1 (4.55%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Analyst
1 4 (18.18%) Architect
2 3 (13.64%) E-Commerce Architect
2 3 (13.64%) E-Commerce Solution Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Data Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Development Officer
3 2 (9.09%) Engineering Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) PMO Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Test Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Communications Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Consultant
4 1 (4.55%) Coordinator
4 1 (4.55%) Copywriter
4 1 (4.55%) Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Project Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Technical Copywriter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) HTML
2 1 (4.55%) ATL
2 1 (4.55%) CSS
2 1 (4.55%) CSS3
2 1 (4.55%) HTML5
2 1 (4.55%) Laravel
2 1 (4.55%) React
2 1 (4.55%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Blog
1 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) Social Media
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.55%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.55%) NHS
3 1 (4.55%) Online Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (31.82%) Strategic Thinking
3 6 (27.27%) Agile
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 4 (18.18%) Storytelling
5 4 (18.18%) Time Management
6 3 (13.64%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (13.64%) Business Strategy
6 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.64%) DevOps
6 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.64%) Order Management
6 3 (13.64%) Project Management
6 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (9.09%) Data Integration
7 2 (9.09%) Data Management
7 2 (9.09%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Java
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 2 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) Scala
3 1 (4.55%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) QA
2 2 (9.09%) PMO
3 1 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Google
3 2 (9.09%) Facebook
3 2 (9.09%) Instagram
3 2 (9.09%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.55%) Cegedim Rx
4 1 (4.55%) Marketo
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle