Creative Thinking Contracts in Reading

Creative Thinking
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Creative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 87 78
Rank change year-on-year +30 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 3 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.50% 0.34% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.37% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 7
10th Percentile - £520 £468
25th Percentile £513 £522 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +27.54%
75th Percentile £538 £574 £603
90th Percentile - £575 £669
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +1.20% -5.68% +29.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in Reading

Creative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in Reading

Creative Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Creative Thinking in Reading

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Procurement Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Podcast
1 2 (66.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Measurement
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) E-business
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle