Creative Problem-Solving Contracts in the South West

Creative Problem-Solving
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Creative Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 160 170
Rank change year-on-year +31 +10 -
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 27 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.86% 0.17% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.19% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £214 £519 £343
25th Percentile £295 £525 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.91% +29.41% -
75th Percentile £570 £594 £469
90th Percentile £648 £638 £488
England median daily rate £600 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +19.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Creative Problem-Solving 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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,621 3,147 3,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.07% 89.58% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,670 2,306 2,318
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £403 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £592
90th Percentile £700 £723 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 325 198
10th Percentile £13.87 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.40 £20.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.08% +14.03%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.99 £69.88
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +6.61%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

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

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

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

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

Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the South West over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in the South West

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

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

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

Creative Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Gloucestershire - 24 - - 1
Devon - 1 £170 - 4
Dorset - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 £700 - 6
Creative Problem-Solving
England

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 24 (88.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 24 (88.89%) Microsoft Office
1 24 (88.89%) Microsoft Project
1 24 (88.89%) Spreadsheet
Development Applications
1 24 (88.89%) JIRA
General
1 25 (92.59%) Analytical Skills
1 25 (92.59%) Finance
1 25 (92.59%) Social Skills
2 24 (88.89%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (88.89%) Lead
1 24 (88.89%) Project Leader
2 1 (3.70%) Analyst
2 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
2 1 (3.70%) Payments Analyst
2 1 (3.70%) Payments Business Analyst
2 1 (3.70%) Technical Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (88.89%) Agile
2 24 (88.89%) Commercial Awareness
2 24 (88.89%) Data Management
2 24 (88.89%) PRINCE2
2 24 (88.89%) Project Delivery
2 24 (88.89%) Project Management
2 24 (88.89%) Project Planning
2 24 (88.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 24 (88.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (88.89%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (3.70%) Business Analysis
3 1 (3.70%) Business Case
3 1 (3.70%) Coaching
3 1 (3.70%) Commercialisation
3 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (3.70%) Customer Service
3 1 (3.70%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (3.70%) Line Management
3 1 (3.70%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 25 (92.59%) Security Cleared
2 24 (88.89%) APMP
2 24 (88.89%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (88.89%) PMO
2 1 (3.70%) SEPA
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
2 1 (3.70%) TARGET2
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (88.89%) Microsoft