Creative Problem-Solving
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 515 | 608 | 709 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +93 | +101 | -53 |
| Contract jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving | 56 | 79 | 136 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.13% | 0.14% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18 | 56 | 77 |
| 10th Percentile | £272 | £225 | £348 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £423 | £460 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £528 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.94% | -4.09% | +25.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £738 | £616 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £675 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £569 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +5.00% | +33.96% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £21.08 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £27.78 | £46.25 |
| 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 excluding London median hourly rate | £55.00 | £39.56 | £47.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.03% | -16.72% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,673 | 51,121 | 79,325 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.13% | 89.77% | 90.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,631 | 35,432 | 55,673 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £344 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +7.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £480 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | +9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,440 | 1,683 | 1,892 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.99 | £16.01 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.05 | £36.00 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.13% | +40.19% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.54 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | +75.00% | -4.99% |
Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving.
Creative Problem-Solving
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
Creative Problem-Solving
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving.
Creative Problem-Solving
Top 8 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +93 | 52 | £600 | +14.29% | 143 |
| UK excluding London | +66 | 30 | £569 | +8.33% | 119 |
| South West | +27 | 27 | £435 | -20.91% | 11 |
| London | +80 | 21 | £663 | +25.89% | 52 |
| Work from Home | +101 | 19 | £500 | -13.04% | 106 |
| South East | +27 | 1 | - | - | 32 |
| East of England | +1 | 1 | £625 | +184.09% | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £513 | - |
Creative Problem-Solving
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:
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