Creative Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Creative Problem-Solving
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 - 100
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.25% - 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% - 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £533 - -
25th Percentile £544 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £598 - -
North West median daily rate £575 £358 -
% change year-on-year +60.84% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £16.50
75th Percentile - - £16.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - - £16.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,066 970 1,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 90.11% 90.32% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 578 976
10th Percentile £306 £294 £301
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £645 £677 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 35 46
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.94 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.45 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £28.43 £32.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% -0.76% -17.09%
75th Percentile £57.50 £33.75 £59.38
90th Percentile £64.25 £63.00 £75.63
North West median hourly rate £40.00 £30.20 £38.00
% change year-on-year +32.45% -20.53% +39.45%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Creative Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in Manchester

Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum Master
2 2 (66.67%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (66.67%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Active Listening