Innovative Thinking Jobs in England

Innovative Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Innovative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 454 326
Rank change year-on-year +106 -128 +200
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 635 583 1,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.75% 0.63% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.66% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 389 233 251
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £95,000 £72,647
90th Percentile £80,000 £105,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Innovative 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,867 88,602 125,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,758 52,331 73,895
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,338
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London +158 183 £70,000 +0.85% 56
North of England +66 139 £52,084 -25.59% 29
South West +35 104 £60,000 +9.09% 23
South East -10 101 £40,000 +23.08% 44
North West +73 77 £52,084 -13.19% 24
Midlands +39 69 £52,500 -34.38% 17
West Midlands +59 42 £55,964 -22.81% 9
Yorkshire +51 40 £46,457 -41.01% 3
East of England -30 30 £29,000 -3.33% 23
East Midlands -5 27 £50,000 -41.18% 8
North East +11 22 £46,457 - 2
Innovative Thinking
UK

Innovative Thinking
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 16 (2.52%) IIS
2 9 (1.42%) Confluence
3 8 (1.26%) Appian
4 7 (1.10%) CMS
5 4 (0.63%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.47%) SAS
6 3 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.47%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.31%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 50 (7.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (4.88%) Spreadsheet
3 19 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.73%) Simulink
5 4 (0.63%) Adobe Captivate
6 3 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.47%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.47%) Trello
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.31%) Sketch
8 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.31%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 161 (25.35%) Azure
2 158 (24.88%) AWS
3 125 (19.69%) GCP
4 48 (7.56%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.26%) SaaS
7 7 (1.10%) Serverless
8 6 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (0.79%) Amazon S3
9 5 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.79%) Figma
9 5 (0.79%) GitHub
9 5 (0.79%) Route 53
9 5 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (0.79%) WhatsApp
10 4 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.47%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.20%) WAN
2 12 (1.89%) Firewall
3 11 (1.73%) Network Security
4 10 (1.57%) 5G
4 10 (1.57%) SD-WAN
5 8 (1.26%) Wireless
6 6 (0.94%) SAN
7 5 (0.79%) DNS
7 5 (0.79%) Internet
7 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.63%) LAN
8 4 (0.63%) OSPF
8 4 (0.63%) VPN
9 2 (0.31%) Broadband
9 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.16%) DHCP
10 1 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.16%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (17.64%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (17.48%) BigQuery
2 111 (17.48%) Looker
3 43 (6.77%) Power BI
4 36 (5.67%) Tableau
5 13 (2.05%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.89%) Metadata
7 11 (1.73%) SQL Server
8 9 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.63%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.31%) GIS
12 2 (0.31%) Power Query
13 1 (0.16%) Big Data
13 1 (0.16%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.16%) SAP Data Services
13 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
13 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (2.83%) JIRA
2 9 (1.42%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.79%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.79%) Subversion
5 4 (0.63%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.31%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.31%) Postman
7 1 (0.16%) Appium
7 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.16%) Git
7 1 (0.16%) JMeter
7 1 (0.16%) JUnit
7 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.16%) Selenium
7 1 (0.16%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 219 (34.49%) Analytical Skills
2 215 (33.86%) Social Skills
3 79 (12.44%) Finance
4 77 (12.13%) Retail
5 64 (10.08%) Marketing
6 40 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (5.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (4.57%) Banking
9 21 (3.31%) Games
9 21 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.31%) Military
10 20 (3.15%) Financial Institution
11 19 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.36%) Law
12 15 (2.36%) Telecoms
13 13 (2.05%) Public Sector
14 12 (1.89%) Electronics
14 12 (1.89%) Legal
14 12 (1.89%) Retail Banking
15 10 (1.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 151 (23.78%) Architect
2 140 (22.05%) Senior
3 124 (19.53%) Data Architect
4 73 (11.50%) Lead
5 66 (10.39%) Developer
6 42 (6.61%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 42 (6.61%) Delivery Manager
7 40 (6.30%) Lead Developer
8 38 (5.98%) Team Leader
9 31 (4.88%) Software Engineer
10 28 (4.41%) Business Developer
11 27 (4.25%) Analyst
11 27 (4.25%) Consultant
12 24 (3.78%) Senior Architect
13 22 (3.46%) Project Manager
14 21 (3.31%) Senior Manager
15 20 (3.15%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 20 (3.15%) Field Engineer
15 20 (3.15%) Field Service Engineer
15 20 (3.15%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.68%) .NET
1 17 (2.68%) React
2 7 (1.10%) HTML
3 6 (0.94%) AngularJS
3 6 (0.94%) Vue
4 5 (0.79%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.79%) CSS
5 3 (0.47%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.47%) Node.js
5 3 (0.47%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.31%) DOM
6 2 (0.31%) Express.js
6 2 (0.31%) JSON
6 2 (0.31%) JWT
6 2 (0.31%) Kafka
6 2 (0.31%) RESTful
6 2 (0.31%) SAP TM
6 2 (0.31%) Spring
6 2 (0.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 1 (0.16%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 194 (30.55%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (5.51%) Driving Licence
3 22 (3.46%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.15%) EPoS
4 20 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (2.36%) CESG
6 14 (2.20%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.89%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.73%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (1.57%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.42%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.42%) GNSS
10 9 (1.42%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (1.42%) Virtual Reality
11 8 (1.26%) CCTV
11 8 (1.26%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.10%) Robotics
13 6 (0.94%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (7.09%) Windows
2 26 (4.09%) Linux
3 13 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
3 13 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.26%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.94%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (33.39%) Problem-Solving
2 182 (28.66%) Mentoring
3 149 (23.46%) Agile
4 128 (20.16%) Data Architecture
4 128 (20.16%) Platform Engineering
5 125 (19.69%) Data Modelling
6 124 (19.53%) Data Integration
7 120 (18.90%) ETL
8 119 (18.74%) Data Security
9 113 (17.80%) Data Engineering
10 112 (17.64%) Data Governance
11 111 (17.48%) ERD
12 92 (14.49%) Project Management
13 62 (9.76%) Analytics
14 60 (9.45%) Creative Thinking
15 59 (9.29%) Scrum
16 56 (8.82%) Coaching
17 52 (8.19%) Customer Service
18 50 (7.87%) Kanban
19 49 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.77%) Python
2 37 (5.83%) SQL
3 33 (5.20%) Java
4 20 (3.15%) Perl
5 19 (2.99%) C++
6 14 (2.20%) C#
6 14 (2.20%) MATLAB
7 9 (1.42%) Bash
7 9 (1.42%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.26%) Scala
9 7 (1.10%) R
10 6 (0.94%) C
11 5 (0.79%) Delphi
12 4 (0.63%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.16%) Go
13 1 (0.16%) Rust
13 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 144 (22.68%) Degree
2 54 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 25 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (3.15%) HNC
4 20 (3.15%) HND
5 19 (2.99%) CISMP
6 18 (2.83%) DBS Check
6 18 (2.83%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.89%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.89%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.89%) IISP
8 11 (1.73%) SC Cleared
9 10 (1.57%) CCNP
9 10 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.42%) CISM
10 9 (1.42%) CISSP
11 8 (1.26%) A+ Certification
11 8 (1.26%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (17.64%) Data Quality
1 112 (17.64%) GDPR
2 31 (4.88%) SLA
3 24 (3.78%) NIST
4 19 (2.99%) PMO
5 15 (2.36%) JSP 440
6 13 (2.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 12 (1.89%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.89%) RMADS
8 6 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.63%) NCSC
9 4 (0.63%) QA
10 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.47%) JTAG
11 2 (0.31%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (2.99%) Docker
2 17 (2.68%) Firmware
3 13 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.42%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.83%) Terraform
3 11 (1.73%) Ansible
3 11 (1.73%) Progress Chef
3 11 (1.73%) Puppet
3 11 (1.73%) Salt
4 5 (0.79%) Packer
Vendors
1 114 (17.95%) Google
2 58 (9.13%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.57%) Dell
4 20 (3.15%) HP
4 20 (3.15%) IBM
5 19 (2.99%) VMware
6 18 (2.83%) Cisco
7 9 (1.42%) NetApp
8 6 (0.94%) Adobe
9 5 (0.79%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.79%) Facebook
9 5 (0.79%) Oracle
9 5 (0.79%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.79%) SAP
10 4 (0.63%) Progress
11 3 (0.47%) Mercator
11 3 (0.47%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.47%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.31%) Databricks
12 2 (0.31%) HubSpot