Creative Thinking Contracts in Manchester

Creative Thinking
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Creative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - -44
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 9 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.59% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £522 - £353
25th Percentile £563 - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.38%
75th Percentile £638 - £588
90th Percentile £643 - £648
North West median daily rate £613 £500 £463
% change year-on-year +22.50% +8.11% +20.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Creative Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,332 1,752 2,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.12% 92.26% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 1,281 1,803
10th Percentile £313 £313 £258
25th Percentile £406 £413 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.94%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 66 49
10th Percentile £12.40 £15.75 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.19 £36.15 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.08% +141.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £46.89 £23.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £34.00
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in Manchester

Creative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in Manchester

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in Manchester over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Thinking in Manchester

Creative Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Thinking in Manchester

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) Tableau
General
1 5 (55.56%) Law
2 4 (44.44%) Legal
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Change Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Analytics Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analytics Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Data Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL Change Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Service Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (11.11%) Shiny
1 1 (11.11%) Visualforce
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 5 (55.56%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Data Strategy
3 4 (44.44%) Generative AI
4 3 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) Change Advisory Board
5 2 (22.22%) Change Management
5 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
5 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) ITSM
5 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
5 2 (22.22%) Service Management
5 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (11.11%) Predictive Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Apex Code
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
2 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Workday