Creative Thinking Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Creative Thinking
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 40 37
Rank change year-on-year -51 -3 -
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 1 5 17
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.13% 1.49% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 1.62% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 16
10th Percentile - £261 -
25th Percentile £494 £333 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £455 £574
Median % change year-on-year +12.64% -20.76% -
75th Percentile £531 £521 £587
90th Percentile - £559 -
Yorkshire median daily rate £513 £503 £556
% change year-on-year +1.99% -9.54% +1.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 733 308 423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 95.69% 91.94% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 178 260
10th Percentile £316 £213 £375
25th Percentile £400 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £515 £539
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -4.41% +2.62%
75th Percentile £538 £595 £625
90th Percentile £638 £675 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £477 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -4.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £19.25
25th Percentile £14.71 £14.35 £20.31
Median hourly rate £20.08 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -19.58% +52.54%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.38 £29.38
90th Percentile - £21.05 £40.63
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £21.31
% change year-on-year +11.78% +5.58% +1.48%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Creative Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Sheffield -48 1 £513 -1.20% 1
Creative Thinking
Yorkshire

Creative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Legal Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Practice Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management