Creative Problem-Solving
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 | 485 | 526 | 642 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +41 | +116 | +82 |
| Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving | 35 | 56 | 76 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.13% | 0.15% | 0.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 19 | 51 |
| 10th Percentile | £215 | £281 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £308 | £385 | £422 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £358 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.91% | +4.76% | -5.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £519 | £725 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £537 | £750 | £675 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £421 | £569 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.07% | +8.33% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £18.42 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £24.52 | £61.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.00 | £34.68 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.99% | -44.51% | +31.58% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £44.84 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £50.94 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £34.68 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -44.51% | +31.58% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 26,594 | 37,597 | 53,655 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.84% | 86.31% | 89.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,149 | 24,227 | 37,238 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £743 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £483 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.50% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,071 | 2,443 | 1,746 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.41 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.21 | £16.00 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.65 | £37.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.65% | -4.42% | +49.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.38 | £59.98 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £37.34 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.35% | +3.72% | +80.00% |
Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving.
Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving.
Creative Problem-Solving
Top 13 Contract Locations
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 UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +35 | 31 | £358 | -37.08% | 285 |
| Work from Home | +42 | 20 | £337 | -38.73% | 108 |
| London | +34 | 16 | £316 | -45.04% | 143 |
| UK excluding London | +47 | 15 | £421 | -26.07% | 164 |
| Midlands | - | 7 | £336 | - | 32 |
| East Midlands | - | 6 | £336 | - | 10 |
| North West | - | 4 | £464 | - | 24 |
| North of England | - | 4 | £464 | - | 39 |
| South East | +47 | 2 | - | - | 50 |
| South West | +20 | 2 | £506 | +16.38% | 16 |
| East of England | +30 | 1 | £700 | +12.00% | 25 |
| Northern Ireland | -8 | 1 | £450 | -12.20% | 3 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 21 |
Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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