Creative Thinking Contracts

Creative Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 434 463 537
Rank change year-on-year +29 +74 -12
Contract jobs citing Creative Thinking 141 227 325
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.40% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.45% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 157 214
10th Percentile £294 £400 £310
25th Percentile £409 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £579 £650 £619
90th Percentile £638 £688 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £443
% change year-on-year -9.09% +24.22% +10.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 38
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.21 -
25th Percentile £18.25 £29.49 £15.90
Median hourly rate £19.50 £48.00 £16.93
Median % change year-on-year -59.38% +183.52% -23.05%
75th Percentile £57.38 £58.75 £17.97
90th Percentile £63.75 £70.75 £42.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £49.00 £32.61 £16.93
% change year-on-year +50.28% +92.59% -20.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +12 127 £495 -10.00% 291
London +68 65 £463 -15.91% 136
UK excluding London -12 61 £500 -9.09% 159
Work from Home +35 31 £495 -10.33% 115
North of England +21 16 £600 +9.09% 46
South West +14 16 £625 +31.58% 23
South East -14 16 £500 -16.67% 43
North West +27 12 £600 +20.00% 26
Scotland +37 7 £525 - 6
Midlands +5 6 £335 -50.37% 23
East Midlands +12 4 £335 -16.25% 12
East of England -3 4 £488 +5.98% 15
Yorkshire +10 3 - - 19
West Midlands -4 2 - - 11
Northern Ireland +2 1 £513 +28.13% 4

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (5.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.55%) Confluence
3 4 (2.84%) CMS
4 3 (2.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.71%) Apache
5 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.71%) EPiServer
Applications
1 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.96%) Adobe After Effects
3 7 (4.96%) Photoshop
4 5 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.84%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (2.84%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (2.13%) Blender
6 3 (2.13%) Maya
6 3 (2.13%) MS Visio
7 2 (1.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (1.42%) InDesign
7 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.71%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.71%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.71%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (2.13%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.13%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.51%) Azure
2 11 (7.80%) Figma
3 9 (6.38%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.96%) AWS
5 6 (4.26%) SaaS
6 5 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.84%) GCP
8 3 (2.13%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.71%) Azure API Management
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.71%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.71%) IaaS
9 1 (0.71%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.71%) PaaS
9 1 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.26%) Internet
2 3 (2.13%) Intranet
2 3 (2.13%) NAS
2 3 (2.13%) SAN
3 1 (0.71%) 3G
3 1 (0.71%) 4G
3 1 (0.71%) 5G
3 1 (0.71%) Broadband
3 1 (0.71%) DHCP
3 1 (0.71%) DNS
3 1 (0.71%) DSL
3 1 (0.71%) Firewall
3 1 (0.71%) FTP
3 1 (0.71%) HTTP
3 1 (0.71%) Link 16
3 1 (0.71%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.67%) Power BI
2 5 (3.55%) Tableau
3 4 (2.84%) SAP HANA
4 3 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.13%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.42%) MySQL
5 2 (1.42%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.71%) Big Data
6 1 (0.71%) Metadata
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (5.67%) JIRA
2 5 (3.55%) Git
3 4 (2.84%) JUnit
3 4 (2.84%) Selenium
4 3 (2.13%) RStudio
5 2 (1.42%) Gerrit
5 2 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.42%) Mercurial
5 2 (1.42%) Serenity BDD
5 2 (1.42%) TestNG
5 2 (1.42%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.42%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.71%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.71%) Darcs
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.71%) Postman
6 1 (0.71%) Protractor
6 1 (0.71%) REST Assured
General
1 74 (52.48%) Social Skills
2 33 (23.40%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (20.57%) Finance
4 25 (17.73%) Legal
5 17 (12.06%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (9.93%) Marketing
7 13 (9.22%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (7.80%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (7.80%) Law
9 9 (6.38%) Banking
10 8 (5.67%) Retail
11 7 (4.96%) Public Sector
12 4 (2.84%) Games
12 4 (2.84%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.42%) Digital Economy
13 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.42%) Local Government
13 2 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.42%) Publishing
13 2 (1.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (14.89%) Analyst
1 21 (14.89%) Designer
2 11 (7.80%) Senior
3 10 (7.09%) Lead
4 8 (5.67%) Service Designer
5 7 (4.96%) Developer
5 7 (4.96%) Procurement Officer
6 6 (4.26%) Business Analyst
6 6 (4.26%) Integration Analyst
6 6 (4.26%) SAP Analyst
7 5 (3.55%) Architect
8 4 (2.84%) Business Integration Analyst
8 4 (2.84%) Coordinator
8 4 (2.84%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (2.84%) Integration Specialist
8 4 (2.84%) Senior Designer
8 4 (2.84%) Software Engineer
9 3 (2.13%) Digital Designer
9 3 (2.13%) Validation Specialist
9 3 (2.13%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) CSS
1 3 (2.13%) EDI
1 3 (2.13%) REST
1 3 (2.13%) Unreal Engine
2 2 (1.42%) HTML
2 2 (1.42%) Swagger
3 1 (0.71%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.71%) jQuery
3 1 (0.71%) JSON
3 1 (0.71%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.71%) NestJS
3 1 (0.71%) Next.js
3 1 (0.71%) OpenAPI
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.71%) Prisma
3 1 (0.71%) React
3 1 (0.71%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.71%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.35%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (7.80%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.38%) Virtual Team
4 8 (5.67%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.55%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.55%) Graphic Design
6 3 (2.13%) Animation
6 3 (2.13%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (2.13%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.13%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.42%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.42%) Social Media
8 1 (0.71%) Blog
8 1 (0.71%) CBDC
8 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.71%) NHS
8 1 (0.71%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.55%) Windows
2 3 (2.13%) Linux
3 1 (0.71%) Unix
3 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (36.88%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (29.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (26.24%) Agile
4 23 (16.31%) Decision-Making
5 19 (13.48%) Business Analysis
5 19 (13.48%) Strategic Thinking
6 18 (12.77%) Project Management
7 16 (11.35%) Artificial Intelligence
8 14 (9.93%) Change Management
9 13 (9.22%) Customer Experience
9 13 (9.22%) Impact Assessments
10 12 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (8.51%) Data Protection
10 12 (8.51%) Data Strategy
10 12 (8.51%) Design Thinking
11 11 (7.80%) Coaching
11 11 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (7.80%) Customer-Centricity
11 11 (7.80%) Scrum
12 10 (7.09%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.80%) Python
2 8 (5.67%) SQL
3 4 (2.84%) C++
3 4 (2.84%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.13%) C#
4 3 (2.13%) Java
5 1 (0.71%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.71%) Bicep
5 1 (0.71%) C
5 1 (0.71%) Go
5 1 (0.71%) Perl
5 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.71%) Rust
5 1 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (17.73%) Degree
2 15 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.55%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.55%) ISTQB
4 5 (3.55%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.13%) CIPD
5 3 (2.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 3 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.42%) CBAP
6 2 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.71%) CSPO
7 1 (0.71%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.71%) GCIA
7 1 (0.71%) GCIH
7 1 (0.71%) IIBA
7 1 (0.71%) MBA
7 1 (0.71%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.09%) GDPR
2 8 (5.67%) QA
3 4 (2.84%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.13%) PMO
5 1 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.71%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.71%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 3 (2.13%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (2.13%) vSphere
2 1 (0.71%) Docker
2 1 (0.71%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.71%) CSIRT
1 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
1 1 (0.71%) Puppet
1 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (20.57%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.93%) Oracle
3 10 (7.09%) SAP
4 6 (4.26%) Adobe
5 4 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.13%) BT
6 3 (2.13%) Citrix
6 3 (2.13%) HP
6 3 (2.13%) VMware
7 2 (1.42%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.42%) Cadence
7 2 (1.42%) OpenText
8 1 (0.71%) Google
8 1 (0.71%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.71%) Qualtrics
8 1 (0.71%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.71%) Sparx
8 1 (0.71%) Splunk
8 1 (0.71%) Zscaler