Creative Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Creative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Thinking 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 288 298 280
Rank change year-on-year +10 -18 +155
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 1,028 1,139 2,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.00% 1.17% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 1.22% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 386 417 760
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £36,158
25th Percentile £37,283 £47,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,250 £86,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,625 £98,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £55,000 £59,140
% change year-on-year -20.00% -7.00% +18.28%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +25 903 £48,500 -25.38% 289
UK excluding London +98 659 £44,000 -20.00% 167
Work from Home +29 379 £55,000 -15.38% 115
London -39 315 £53,000 -31.61% 123
Midlands +159 237 £44,000 -30.98% 32
West Midlands +142 184 £55,000 -15.38% 14
South East +29 113 £45,000 +5.88% 39
South West +24 105 £42,500 -15.40% 18
North of England -6 80 £33,531 -47.63% 46
Scotland -31 63 £60,000 +14.16% 7
East Midlands +30 53 £36,250 -21.62% 18
East of England -20 47 £40,000 -27.27% 22
Yorkshire +42 37 £60,000 -6.29% 18
North West -18 35 £38,000 -35.04% 27
Northern Ireland +3 9 £30,000 -40.00% 2
North East 0 8 £27,500 -55.35% 3
Wales -2 5 £47,029 +71.01% 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 51 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.02%) CMS
3 15 (1.46%) IIS
3 15 (1.46%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.58%) Confluence
5 4 (0.39%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.39%) WordPress
6 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.097%) Drupal
Applications
1 286 (27.82%) Microsoft Office
2 280 (27.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 76 (7.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.14%) AutoCAD
5 19 (1.85%) Photoshop
6 18 (1.75%) Adobe XD
7 16 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 13 (1.26%) MS Visio
9 12 (1.17%) Adobe Illustrator
9 12 (1.17%) InDesign
10 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.39%) Maya
12 3 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.29%) SketchUp
12 3 (0.29%) UserZoom
13 2 (0.19%) 3ds Max
13 2 (0.19%) CINEMA 4D
14 1 (0.097%) Acrobat
14 1 (0.097%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 42 (4.09%) Endur
2 17 (1.65%) Unit4 Business World
3 16 (1.56%) SDL Web 8
4 10 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.49%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.29%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.097%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.097%) Magento
7 1 (0.097%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 46 (4.47%) Azure
2 42 (4.09%) AWS
3 36 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.02%) Power Platform
5 20 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
5 20 (1.95%) SaaS
6 18 (1.75%) Figma
7 16 (1.56%) GCP
8 10 (0.97%) IaaS
8 10 (0.97%) PaaS
9 9 (0.88%) Google Analytics
9 9 (0.88%) Power Automate
10 7 (0.68%) Canva
11 6 (0.58%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.49%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.49%) Serverless
13 4 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.82%) WAN
2 25 (2.43%) Wireless
3 23 (2.24%) Firewall
4 20 (1.95%) 5G
5 19 (1.85%) SD-WAN
6 17 (1.65%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.07%) Broadband
8 10 (0.97%) Internet
9 8 (0.78%) DNS
9 8 (0.78%) NGN
9 8 (0.78%) TACACS
9 8 (0.78%) VPN
10 7 (0.68%) DHCP
10 7 (0.68%) HTTP
10 7 (0.68%) MQTT
11 6 (0.58%) SAN
12 5 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.49%) Network Security
12 5 (0.49%) VoIP
12 5 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (7.78%) SQL Server
2 47 (4.57%) Relational Database
3 42 (4.09%) RDBMS
4 24 (2.33%) Power BI
5 17 (1.65%) DB2
6 11 (1.07%) Metadata
7 10 (0.97%) Tableau
8 9 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.88%) Data Mining
9 6 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.39%) Looker
11 4 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.29%) Metadata Repository
12 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.29%) QlikView
13 2 (0.19%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 38 (3.70%) Git
2 36 (3.50%) JIRA
3 22 (2.14%) GitLab
4 17 (1.65%) TeamCity
5 16 (1.56%) Moq
5 16 (1.56%) NUnit
5 16 (1.56%) Visual Studio
6 13 (1.26%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.26%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.49%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.29%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.19%) Ant
9 2 (0.19%) PowerBuilder
9 2 (0.19%) Subversion
10 1 (0.097%) Gradle
10 1 (0.097%) Mockito
10 1 (0.097%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.097%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 404 (39.30%) Social Skills
2 230 (22.37%) Finance
3 222 (21.60%) Marketing
4 203 (19.75%) Military
5 166 (16.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 155 (15.08%) Analytical Skills
7 90 (8.75%) Public Sector
8 83 (8.07%) Presentation Skills
9 66 (6.42%) Legal
10 57 (5.54%) Games
11 55 (5.35%) Banking
11 55 (5.35%) Organisational Skills
12 50 (4.86%) Law
13 46 (4.47%) Investment Banking
14 43 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
15 40 (3.89%) Retail
16 34 (3.31%) Telecoms
17 26 (2.53%) Electronics
18 25 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
19 16 (1.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 194 (18.87%) Graduate
2 144 (14.01%) Senior
3 105 (10.21%) Analyst
4 90 (8.75%) Lead
5 70 (6.81%) Developer
6 57 (5.54%) Consultant
7 50 (4.86%) Architect
8 46 (4.47%) Software Engineer
9 44 (4.28%) Designer
10 43 (4.18%) Project Manager
11 40 (3.89%) Business Strategy Analyst
11 40 (3.89%) Strategy Analyst
12 39 (3.79%) Senior Manager
13 32 (3.11%) Development Manager
14 31 (3.02%) IT Manager
15 27 (2.63%) Coordinator
16 23 (2.24%) Business Analyst
16 23 (2.24%) Endur Manager
16 23 (2.24%) Senior Consultant
16 23 (2.24%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.42%) HTML
2 54 (5.25%) CSS
3 44 (4.28%) .NET
4 33 (3.21%) React
5 27 (2.63%) Entity Framework
6 26 (2.53%) ASP.NET
7 23 (2.24%) Web Services
8 22 (2.14%) .NET Framework
9 21 (2.04%) RESTful
10 20 (1.95%) SOAP
11 17 (1.65%) ASP.NET MVC
11 17 (1.65%) jQuery
12 16 (1.56%) ASP.NET MVC 5
12 16 (1.56%) Classic ASP
12 16 (1.56%) Semantic HTML
13 14 (1.36%) .NET Core
14 11 (1.07%) Spring
14 11 (1.07%) Vue
15 10 (0.97%) Node.js
16 9 (0.88%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 199 (19.36%) Onboarding
2 100 (9.73%) Self-Motivation
3 70 (6.81%) Product Ownership
4 49 (4.77%) Management Information System
5 42 (4.09%) Swaptions
6 38 (3.70%) Social Media
7 23 (2.24%) ARM Cortex
7 23 (2.24%) Verilog
8 22 (2.14%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.14%) Virtual Team
9 21 (2.04%) CCTV
10 20 (1.95%) GNSS
11 17 (1.65%) Blog
11 17 (1.65%) IoT
12 16 (1.56%) Legacy Code
13 14 (1.36%) Housing Association
14 13 (1.26%) Algorithms
14 13 (1.26%) CESG
15 11 (1.07%) FPGA
16 10 (0.97%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 54 (5.25%) Windows
2 42 (4.09%) Linux
3 28 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.04%) Unix
5 16 (1.56%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.58%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.49%) Android
9 5 (0.49%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.19%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.097%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.097%) VMS
11 1 (0.097%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (25.88%) Continuous Improvement
2 246 (23.93%) Customer Service
3 227 (22.08%) Agile
4 223 (21.69%) Customer Experience
5 212 (20.62%) Data Analysis
6 206 (20.04%) Process Improvement
7 201 (19.55%) Performance Metrics
8 198 (19.26%) Logistics
9 196 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
10 191 (18.58%) Contingency Planning
11 153 (14.88%) Project Management
12 108 (10.51%) Mentoring
13 107 (10.41%) Computer Science
14 104 (10.12%) SDLC
15 98 (9.53%) Roadmaps
16 90 (8.75%) Strategic Thinking
16 90 (8.75%) User Experience
17 89 (8.66%) Project Delivery
18 83 (8.07%) Decision-Making
19 78 (7.59%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 97 (9.44%) Python
2 88 (8.56%) Java
3 66 (6.42%) SQL
4 58 (5.64%) JavaScript
5 56 (5.45%) VB
6 41 (3.99%) C#
7 40 (3.89%) C++
8 32 (3.11%) TypeScript
9 31 (3.02%) Tcl
10 23 (2.24%) SystemVerilog
11 20 (1.95%) Perl
11 20 (1.95%) T-SQL
12 19 (1.85%) C
13 18 (1.75%) Bash
13 18 (1.75%) R
14 11 (1.07%) MATLAB
14 11 (1.07%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.29%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.29%) Swift
16 2 (0.19%) Julia
Qualifications
1 438 (42.61%) Degree
2 86 (8.37%) Security Cleared
3 48 (4.67%) SC Cleared
4 47 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (3.31%) DV Cleared
6 19 (1.85%) CISA
6 19 (1.85%) HND
7 18 (1.75%) ACCA
8 16 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 16 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (1.36%) CREST Certified
10 13 (1.26%) CISMP
10 13 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 12 (1.17%) HNC
11 12 (1.17%) IISP
12 11 (1.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 8 (0.78%) A+ Certification
13 8 (0.78%) CCNP
13 8 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.16%) QA
2 50 (4.86%) PMO
3 19 (1.85%) NIST
4 17 (1.65%) ITGC
5 15 (1.46%) SLA
6 14 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.36%) GDPR
7 13 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 13 (1.26%) JSP 440
7 13 (1.26%) WCAG
8 12 (1.17%) NIST 800
8 12 (1.17%) RMADS
9 8 (0.78%) Data Quality
10 7 (0.68%) Good Clinical Practice
11 4 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.39%) NCSC
12 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.29%) JTAG
12 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (1.85%) Firmware
2 15 (1.46%) Docker
3 11 (1.07%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.49%) vSphere
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.097%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (2.04%) Kubernetes
2 15 (1.46%) SCOM
3 8 (0.78%) Ansible
4 5 (0.49%) NetCrunch
4 5 (0.49%) Terraform
5 2 (0.19%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.19%) WebSphere Cast Iron
6 1 (0.097%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.097%) SCCM
6 1 (0.097%) WSUS
6 1 (0.097%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 163 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.23%) Oracle
3 48 (4.67%) Adobe
4 42 (4.09%) OpenLink
4 42 (4.09%) SAP
4 42 (4.09%) Sybase
4 42 (4.09%) TIBCO
5 24 (2.33%) Google
6 22 (2.14%) VMware
7 17 (1.65%) Sage
8 16 (1.56%) Cisco
9 10 (0.97%) Facebook
10 8 (0.78%) Altera
10 8 (0.78%) Aruba
10 8 (0.78%) Green Hills
10 8 (0.78%) Motorola
10 8 (0.78%) TikTok
10 8 (0.78%) Xilinx
11 7 (0.68%) Computacenter
11 7 (0.68%) NVIDIA