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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 138 126
Rank change year-on-year -45 -12 +12
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 3 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.064% 0.081% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.077% 0.092% 0.23%
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 - - £536
90th Percentile - - £657
England median daily rate £450 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -16.28% +7.50% -9.09%
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% -
75th Percentile £61.00 - £16.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.01 £30.25 £38.26
% change year-on-year -43.77% -20.93% +9.31%

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 3,885 2,172 2,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.10% 87.72% 81.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,374 1,397 1,471
10th Percentile £306 £219 £275
25th Percentile £405 £355 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £606
90th Percentile £671 £644 £711
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 178 100
10th Percentile £13.51 £12.62 £12.74
25th Percentile £17.10 £16.13 £14.22
Median hourly rate £25.47 £21.39 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +15.62% -32.73%
75th Percentile £43.96 £26.51 £37.50
90th Percentile £69.57 £50.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

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 3 August 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 -58 3 - - 5
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) WAAS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Interaction Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Interaction Design
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Service Design
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) AirWatch
1 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) MobileIron
1 1 (33.33%) VMware