Creative Thinking Contracts in the Thames Valley

Creative Thinking
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 112 146
Rank change year-on-year -9 +34 -13
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 11 38 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.42% 1.33% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 1.46% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 26 20
10th Percentile £325 £525 £130
25th Percentile £430 £556 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +41.18% +3.03%
75th Percentile £547 £675 £486
90th Percentile £584 £803 £560
South East median daily rate £500 £600 £431
% change year-on-year -16.67% +39.13% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £16.00 £15.21 -
% change year-on-year +5.19% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the Thames Valley

Creative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in the Thames Valley

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Thinking in the Thames Valley

Creative Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Thinking in the Thames Valley

Creative Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire -4 9 £500 -4.76% 11
Buckinghamshire +9 1 £600 -7.69% 8
Oxfordshire -2 1 - - 4
Creative Thinking
South East

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) SaaS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Azure API Management
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Functions
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (9.09%) ChatGPT
3 1 (9.09%) Figma
3 1 (9.09%) IaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) PaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) 3G
1 1 (9.09%) 4G
1 1 (9.09%) 5G
1 1 (9.09%) Broadband
1 1 (9.09%) DSL
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Postman
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Legal
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Developer
1 2 (18.18%) Procurement Officer
2 1 (9.09%) Author
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Developer
2 1 (9.09%) C# Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Communications Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Product Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Product Owner
2 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Product Designer
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Support Officer
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
1 1 (9.09%) OpenAPI
1 1 (9.09%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Product Ownership
2 2 (18.18%) Graphic Design
3 1 (9.09%) Animation
3 1 (9.09%) Blog
3 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (9.09%) Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Assurance
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
4 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Prototyping
4 1 (9.09%) Security Patching
4 1 (9.09%) SIEM
4 1 (9.09%) SOLID
4 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CSPO
1 1 (9.09%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Numerate Degree
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
2 2 (18.18%) HP
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) Adobe
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce