Creative Problem-Solving Contracts in England

Creative Problem-Solving
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 570 682
Rank change year-on-year +75 +112 -96
Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 47 69 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 51 73
10th Percentile £208 £225 £313
25th Percentile £316 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -0.91% +16.40%
75th Percentile £684 £625 £675
90th Percentile £750 £675 £750
UK median daily rate £506 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.11% -0.91% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £21.08 £26.25
25th Percentile - £27.78 £33.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £39.56 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.03% -16.72% -13.64%
75th Percentile - £51.97 £48.75
90th Percentile - £59.04 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £39.56 £47.50
% change year-on-year +39.03% -16.72% -13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in England.

Daily rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in England.

Hourly rate trend for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 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
South West +30 27 £435 -20.91% 13
London +74 16 £569 +4.88% 58
East of England +6 1 £625 +177.78% 5
South East +2 1 - - 31
Creative Problem-Solving
UK

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 6 (12.77%) Confluence
2 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.13%) Apache
3 1 (2.13%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 25 (53.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (53.19%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (51.06%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (51.06%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (4.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (4.26%) InDesign
3 2 (4.26%) Photoshop
4 1 (2.13%) InVision
4 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.13%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.15%) Azure
2 8 (17.02%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.26%) AWS
4 1 (2.13%) ChatGPT
4 1 (2.13%) Figma
4 1 (2.13%) GitHub
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.13%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.13%) SaaS
4 1 (2.13%) ShareGate
4 1 (2.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) HTTP
2 1 (2.13%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Big Data
1 1 (2.13%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.13%) MS Access
1 1 (2.13%) Power BI
1 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Navigator
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 25 (53.19%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) Git
2 1 (2.13%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.13%) Toad
2 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (68.09%) Social Skills
2 30 (63.83%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (61.70%) Finance
4 25 (53.19%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (10.64%) Marketing
6 4 (8.51%) Advertising
7 2 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.13%) Automotive
8 1 (2.13%) Banking
8 1 (2.13%) French Language
8 1 (2.13%) Front Office
8 1 (2.13%) Law
8 1 (2.13%) Legal
8 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (51.06%) Lead
1 24 (51.06%) Project Leader
2 6 (12.77%) Product Owner
3 5 (10.64%) Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Developer
4 4 (8.51%) Digital Product Owner
5 3 (6.38%) Senior
6 2 (4.26%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Consultant
6 2 (4.26%) Data Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Designer
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Designer
7 1 (2.13%) .NET Developer
7 1 (2.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Business Manager
7 1 (2.13%) Payments Business Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Product Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Products Support Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (2.13%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) HTML
1 4 (8.51%) React
2 3 (6.38%) CSS
3 2 (4.26%) .NET
3 2 (4.26%) GeoPandas
3 2 (4.26%) RESTful
3 2 (4.26%) TensorFlow
4 1 (2.13%) .NET Core
4 1 (2.13%) .NET Framework
4 1 (2.13%) Framer.js
4 1 (2.13%) HTML5
4 1 (2.13%) jQuery
4 1 (2.13%) Matplotlib
4 1 (2.13%) Node.js
4 1 (2.13%) NumPy
4 1 (2.13%) PyTorch
4 1 (2.13%) Redux
4 1 (2.13%) Sass
4 1 (2.13%) scikit-learn
4 1 (2.13%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.13%) Animation
3 1 (2.13%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (2.13%) Life Science
3 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.13%) Social Media
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (74.47%) Agile
3 30 (63.83%) Workshop Facilitation
4 25 (53.19%) Project Management
5 24 (51.06%) Commercial Awareness
5 24 (51.06%) Data Management
5 24 (51.06%) PRINCE2
5 24 (51.06%) Project Delivery
5 24 (51.06%) Project Planning
5 24 (51.06%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 24 (51.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (17.02%) DevOps
6 8 (17.02%) Workflow
7 7 (14.89%) Business Case
8 6 (12.77%) Acceptance Criteria
8 6 (12.77%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 6 (12.77%) Backlog Refinement
8 6 (12.77%) Product Backlog
8 6 (12.77%) Product Requirements
8 6 (12.77%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
1 5 (10.64%) SQL
2 3 (6.38%) Python
2 3 (6.38%) R
3 2 (4.26%) C#
4 1 (2.13%) Bash
4 1 (2.13%) C++
4 1 (2.13%) Java
4 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (53.19%) Security Cleared
2 24 (51.06%) APMP
2 24 (51.06%) DV Cleared
3 6 (12.77%) Degree
4 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (51.06%) PMO
2 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.13%) SEPA
2 1 (2.13%) SLA
2 1 (2.13%) TARGET2
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (57.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) Adobe
2 2 (4.26%) ESRI
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow