Creative Problem-Solving Contracts in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 206 243
Rank change year-on-year +8 +37 -27
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 1 8 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.018% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.16% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £500 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £520 £574
Median % change year-on-year - -9.37% +48.40%
75th Percentile - £540 £638
90th Percentile - - £669
England median daily rate £575 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% +16.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £61.25 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +31.58% -
75th Percentile - £63.75 £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £39.56 £47.50
% change year-on-year +39.03% -16.72% -13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,666 4,990 6,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.55% 89.04% 89.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,714 3,437 4,712
10th Percentile £255 £250 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 214 276
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.24 £12.28
25th Percentile £18.23 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.95
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +127.79% -20.18%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.91 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.93 £75.00 £63.25
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.38% +49.28% +11.11%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +13 1 - - 15
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 2
Creative Problem-Solving
England

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree