Creative Thinking Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Creative Thinking
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 121 127
Rank change year-on-year -57 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 5 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.12% 0.049% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.055% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £308
25th Percentile - - £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £335
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.37%
75th Percentile - - £393
90th Percentile - - £427
England median daily rate £500 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.33 - £8.75
Median hourly rate £60.67 £29.33 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +106.84% +134.64% -75.00%
75th Percentile £61.00 - £16.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £60.67 £30.69 £19.50
% change year-on-year +97.67% +57.38% -59.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,580 1,813 2,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.64% 88.53% 81.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,251 1,185 1,520
10th Percentile £305 £206 £231
25th Percentile £401 £358 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £551 £600
90th Percentile £670 £647 £688
England median daily rate £515 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -1.55% -0.36% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 103 173
10th Percentile £13.54 £12.62 £11.07
25th Percentile £16.72 £14.90 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.87 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.49% -0.68% -15.56%
75th Percentile £52.50 £28.18 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.37 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.77% -23.93% +0.54%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 June 2026. 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
West Midlands -55 5 - - 4
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) WAAS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Interaction Designer
3 1 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Application Packaging
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (40.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Business Enablement
2 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) AirWatch
1 2 (40.00%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (40.00%) MobileIron
2 2 (40.00%) VMware