Creative Problem-Solving Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Creative Problem-Solving
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.48% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £435 - -
25th Percentile £485 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £534 -
% change year-on-year -1.69% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 722 681 1,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 87.20% 85.45% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 428 808
10th Percentile £290 £329 £323
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 18 19
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.00 £12.94
25th Percentile - £19.19 £16.71
Median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +44.74% -9.52%
75th Percentile £66.88 £37.50 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £44.00 £30.02
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.00 £19.00 £21.31
% change year-on-year +31.58% -10.84% +12.16%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Creative Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Creative Problem-Solving.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Creative Problem-Solving

Creative Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Leeds - 4 £525 - 11
Creative Problem-Solving
Yorkshire

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Automate
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (75.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Data Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility