Creative Problem-Solving Contracts in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Creative Problem-Solving 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 157 204 214
Rank change year-on-year +47 +10 +32
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 2 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.066% 0.018% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% 0.021% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £520
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.45%
75th Percentile - - £540
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £358 £569 £525
% change year-on-year -37.08% +8.38% -5.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £43.00 £34.68 £62.50
% change year-on-year +23.99% -44.51% +31.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley +44 2 - - 11
Oxfordshire +5 1 - - 4
Berkshire - 1 - - 5
Creative Problem-Solving
England

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) CATIA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Big Data
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) CAD Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CAD
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Informatics
2 1 (50.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Bash
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP