Creative Thinking Contracts in the North of England

Creative Thinking
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 188 229
Rank change year-on-year +27 +41 -48
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 16 17 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.35% 0.30% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.34% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 14
10th Percentile £393 £419 £339
25th Percentile £471 £531 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £413
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +33.33% +28.91%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £484
90th Percentile £639 - £488
England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,931 5,040 6,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.92% 90.39% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,403 3,455 4,566
10th Percentile £300 £300 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +4.17% +9.71%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 372 202 264
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.52 £15.18 £13.35
Median hourly rate £18.65 £27.50 £18.94
Median % change year-on-year -32.20% +45.18% +7.41%
75th Percentile £45.22 £43.75 £33.95
90th Percentile £62.38 £65.00 £63.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +10.23%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the North of England

Creative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in the North of England

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Thinking in the North of England

Creative Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Thinking in the North of England

Creative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
North West +28 11 £600 +20.00% 25
Yorkshire +12 4 £350 -36.36% 16
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Adobe After Effects
1 3 (18.75%) Blender
1 3 (18.75%) Maya
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (18.75%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Law
3 4 (25.00%) Legal
3 4 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Games
4 3 (18.75%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Lead
2 3 (18.75%) Integration Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) SAP Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Business Integration Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Data Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Data Scientist
4 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Integration Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce Developer
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Trainer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (6.25%) JSON
2 1 (6.25%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (6.25%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) Swagger
2 1 (6.25%) Visualforce
2 1 (6.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Reality
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Team
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
2 5 (31.25%) Data Strategy
2 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (25.00%) Generative AI
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (18.75%) Interaction Design
4 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
5 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 1 (6.25%) Change Management
6 1 (6.25%) ETL
6 1 (6.25%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) C++
2 1 (6.25%) Apex Code
2 1 (6.25%) C#
2 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (25.00%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) Adobe
3 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
3 1 (6.25%) Zscaler