Creative Thinking Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Creative Thinking
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 92 90
Rank change year-on-year -32 -2 +50
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 2 6 23
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.12% 0.42% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.50% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 19
10th Percentile - £244 -
25th Percentile £494 £291 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £388 £587
Median % change year-on-year +32.26% -34.04% -2.09%
75th Percentile £531 £491 -
90th Percentile - £541 £600
England median daily rate £513 £520 £551
% change year-on-year -1.44% -5.63% +4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year - +133.38% -
England median hourly rate £41.94 £55.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -24.77% -14.23% +108.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,504 1,207 1,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.95% 84.52% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 972 695 1,158
10th Percentile £263 £288 £300
25th Percentile £380 £404 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £620
90th Percentile £650 £654 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 39 29
10th Percentile £17.36 - £14.89
25th Percentile £18.87 £12.55 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £19.00 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -10.84% +12.16%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.75 £26.78
90th Percentile £75.50 £50.25 £44.10
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.40% -6.74% +27.14%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Creative Thinking
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
West Yorkshire -11 1 - - 8
South Yorkshire -30 1 £513 +127.78%
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (50.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Legal Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Practice Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility