Innovative Thinking Contract Job Trends in London

Innovative Thinking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 372 366
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +165
Contract jobs citing Innovative Thinking 6 20 65
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.045% 0.13% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% 0.14% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 47
10th Percentile £336 £368 £335
25th Percentile £391 £503 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £734
90th Percentile £649 £600 £835
England median daily rate £475 £550 £588
% change year-on-year -13.64% -6.38% +11.90%

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 12,293 14,285 18,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.49% 89.32% 90.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,121 9,275 13,553
10th Percentile £332 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 178 225
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.43 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.02 £24.18 £21.50
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.65 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.46% -8.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £47.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £64.98 £78.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Innovative Thinking job vacancy trend in London

Innovative Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Innovative Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in London over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Innovative Thinking in London

Innovative Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Innovative Thinking.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Innovative Thinking

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 13 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
Central London +11 1 - - 9
Innovative Thinking
England

Innovative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (16.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) ChatGPT
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Backend Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Copywriter
3 1 (16.67%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce Architect
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce Solution Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Salesforce Solution Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Backend Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Copywriter
3 1 (16.67%) Telephony Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) GraphQL
1 1 (16.67%) Node.js
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Blog
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (16.67%) Conversational UI
3 1 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Order Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Storytelling
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce