Creative Thinking Jobs in the North West

Creative Thinking
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 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 258 248 175
Rank change year-on-year -10 -73 +24
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 32 58 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.33% 0.73% 1.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.77% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 18 19 58
10th Percentile £23,500 £30,800 £37,725
25th Percentile £26,000 £37,250 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £58,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.91% +1.74% -23.33%
75th Percentile £56,578 £67,500 £69,971
90th Percentile £70,550 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,069 7,579 8,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.15% 95.75% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6,136 3,921 5,378
10th Percentile £27,875 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,298 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the North West

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the North West

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the North West

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the North West 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
Manchester +11 20 £44,000 +35.38% 15
Lancashire -14 7 - - 2
Cheshire - 3 £35,500 - 5
Merseyside +5 1 £31,000 +3.33% 1
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (12.50%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (12.50%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) AWS
1 2 (6.25%) Azure
1 2 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Power Query
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 11 (34.38%) Legal
4 4 (12.50%) Law
4 4 (12.50%) Marketing
5 3 (9.38%) Automotive
6 2 (6.25%) Advertising
6 2 (6.25%) Military
7 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Software Tester
1 7 (21.88%) Tester
2 5 (15.63%) Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Accounts Payable Analyst
3 4 (12.50%) Developer
3 4 (12.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 4 (12.50%) Senior
3 4 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 4 (12.50%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 4 (12.50%) Technologist
4 3 (9.38%) Graduate
4 3 (9.38%) Lead
5 2 (6.25%) Data Scientist
6 1 (3.13%) Commercial Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Lead Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Lead Security Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Hibernate
1 1 (3.13%) JDBC
1 1 (3.13%) REST
1 1 (3.13%) SOAP
1 1 (3.13%) Spring
1 1 (3.13%) Struts
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Social Media
2 2 (6.25%) Blog
2 2 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.13%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.13%) Reinsurance
3 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
1 2 (6.25%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Agile
2 8 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 7 (21.88%) Code Quality
3 7 (21.88%) Customer Service
3 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (21.88%) SDLC
3 7 (21.88%) Software Testing
4 6 (18.75%) Data Analysis
5 5 (15.63%) Logistics
5 5 (15.63%) Waterfall
6 4 (12.50%) Accounts Payable
6 4 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (12.50%) ERP
6 4 (12.50%) Front End Development
6 4 (12.50%) Generative AI
6 4 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (12.50%) Time Management
7 3 (9.38%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.25%) Julia
2 2 (6.25%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) R
2 2 (6.25%) SQL
3 1 (3.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) NCSC
2 1 (3.13%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Facebook
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Twitter
3 1 (3.13%) Informatica
3 1 (3.13%) Instagram
3 1 (3.13%) Snapchat
3 1 (3.13%) TikTok
3 1 (3.13%) YouTube