Creative Problem-Solving Contracts with Work from Home Options

Creative Problem-Solving
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 444 557
Rank change year-on-year +116 +113 -107
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 18 27 63
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 29
10th Percentile £348 £358 £420
25th Percentile £423 £491 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £553 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.60% -7.92% +50.33%
75th Percentile £750 £650 £675
90th Percentile - £673 £790
UK median daily rate £563 £525 £551
% change year-on-year +7.24% -4.63% +22.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,390 22,975 40,674
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.75% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,954 16,256 29,514
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £720
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 528 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.00 £30.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Creative Problem-Solving
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Creative Problem-Solving trend for jobs with a WFH option

Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Creative Problem-Solving.

Creative Problem-Solving daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Creative Problem-Solving daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (11.11%) InDesign
1 2 (11.11%) Photoshop
2 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
1 6 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.56%) Figma
2 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) HTTP
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) MS Access
1 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Navigator
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Axure RP
1 1 (5.56%) Toad
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Front Office
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Advertising
4 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Product Owner
2 4 (22.22%) Digital Product Owner
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Designer
3 3 (16.67%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Designer
5 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Payments Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Product Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Products Support Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) GeoPandas
1 2 (11.11%) React
1 2 (11.11%) TensorFlow
2 1 (5.56%) CSS
2 1 (5.56%) HTML
2 1 (5.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (50.00%) Agile
3 7 (38.89%) Business Case
3 7 (38.89%) DevOps
4 6 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 6 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 6 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
4 6 (33.33%) Product Backlog
4 6 (33.33%) Product Requirements
4 6 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
4 6 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
4 6 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (33.33%) User Stories
4 6 (33.33%) Workflow
4 6 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
6 2 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
6 2 (11.11%) Typography
6 2 (11.11%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.56%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.56%) MBA
2 1 (5.56%) PhD
2 1 (5.56%) SANS
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) SEPA
1 1 (5.56%) TARGET2
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Adobe
2 2 (11.11%) ESRI
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle