Creative Thinking Contracts in London

Creative Thinking
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Creative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 387 442
Rank change year-on-year +62 +55 -52
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 65 90 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.37% 0.35% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.39% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 65 101
10th Percentile £208 £373 £306
25th Percentile £317 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £643
90th Percentile £619 £688 £725
England median daily rate £495 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile - £35.38 £29.14
25th Percentile £18.25 £37.06 £37.19
Median hourly rate £19.50 £49.25 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -60.41% +22.36% +10.27%
75th Percentile £20.75 £58.63 £46.00
90th Percentile - £66.95 £67.50
England median hourly rate £19.50 £48.00 £16.93
% change year-on-year -59.38% +183.52% -23.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Creative Thinking 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 advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,450 23,106 35,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.36% 90.87% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,083 16,714 26,163
10th Percentile £340 £375 £390
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 262 405
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.21 £35.08
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% +11.79% +7.35%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in London.

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in London.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Central London +36 10 £258 -61.13% 7
East London - 3 £495 - 2
West London +23 1 £575 +2.22% 3
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.15%) Confluence
3 2 (3.08%) CMS
4 1 (1.54%) Apache
4 1 (1.54%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.15%) Adobe After Effects
2 4 (6.15%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (6.15%) Adobe Premiere
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (6.15%) Photoshop
3 2 (3.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (3.08%) InDesign
3 2 (3.08%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.38%) Figma
2 5 (7.69%) Azure
3 4 (6.15%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.08%) AWS
4 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.54%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.08%) Internet
1 2 (3.08%) Intranet
2 1 (1.54%) DHCP
2 1 (1.54%) DNS
2 1 (1.54%) FTP
2 1 (1.54%) HTTP
2 1 (1.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) Power BI
2 3 (4.62%) Tableau
3 2 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.54%) Big Data
4 1 (1.54%) MySQL
4 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Git
2 2 (3.08%) Gerrit
2 2 (3.08%) JIRA
2 2 (3.08%) JUnit
2 2 (3.08%) RStudio
2 2 (3.08%) Selenium
2 2 (3.08%) Serenity BDD
2 2 (3.08%) TestNG
2 2 (3.08%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.54%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.54%) Protractor
3 1 (1.54%) REST Assured
General
1 26 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (30.77%) Finance
3 14 (21.54%) Legal
4 9 (13.85%) Marketing
5 6 (9.23%) Law
5 6 (9.23%) Retail
6 5 (7.69%) Banking
6 5 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.08%) Digital Economy
8 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.54%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (1.54%) French Language
9 1 (1.54%) Games
9 1 (1.54%) German Language
9 1 (1.54%) Local Government
9 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (18.46%) Designer
2 8 (12.31%) Analyst
3 6 (9.23%) Lead
4 4 (6.15%) Business Analyst
4 4 (6.15%) Coordinator
4 4 (6.15%) Senior
5 3 (4.62%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 3 (4.62%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (4.62%) Digital Designer
6 2 (3.08%) HR Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 2 (3.08%) Procurement Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Senior Designer
6 2 (3.08%) Senior Digital Designer
6 2 (3.08%) SharePoint Administrator
6 2 (3.08%) Technical Writer
6 2 (3.08%) Test Specialist
6 2 (3.08%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (3.08%) UX Designer
6 2 (3.08%) Validation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) EDI
2 1 (1.54%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.54%) NestJS
2 1 (1.54%) Next.js
2 1 (1.54%) Prisma
2 1 (1.54%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (12.31%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.62%) Graphic Design
4 3 (4.62%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.08%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.08%) Animation
5 2 (3.08%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.54%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Linux
1 1 (1.54%) Unix
1 1 (1.54%) Windows
1 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (23.08%) Agile
3 14 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (16.92%) Decision-Making
5 8 (12.31%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (12.31%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (9.23%) Coaching
6 6 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (9.23%) Data Protection
6 6 (9.23%) Data Strategy
6 6 (9.23%) Kanban
6 6 (9.23%) Project Delivery
6 6 (9.23%) Scrum
6 6 (9.23%) User Experience
7 5 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
7 5 (7.69%) Data Science
7 5 (7.69%) Design Thinking
7 5 (7.69%) Generative AI
7 5 (7.69%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.69%) Python
1 5 (7.69%) SQL
2 2 (3.08%) Java
3 1 (1.54%) Bicep
3 1 (1.54%) Perl
3 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (18.46%) Degree
2 4 (6.15%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.62%) DV Cleared
3 3 (4.62%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (4.62%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.08%) ISTQB
4 2 (3.08%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (1.54%) CBAP
5 1 (1.54%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.54%) GCIA
5 1 (1.54%) GCIH
5 1 (1.54%) GIAC
5 1 (1.54%) IIBA
5 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.54%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) GDPR
2 4 (6.15%) QA
3 3 (4.62%) PMO
4 2 (3.08%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) CSIRT
1 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.54%) Progress Chef
1 1 (1.54%) Puppet
1 1 (1.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.15%) Oracle
3 2 (3.08%) Adobe
3 2 (3.08%) Atlassian
3 2 (3.08%) BT
3 2 (3.08%) Cadence
3 2 (3.08%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.54%) Splunk