Innovative Thinking Jobs in the North West

Innovative Thinking
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 213 282 249
Rank change year-on-year +69 -33 -70
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 77 20 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.79% 0.25% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.26% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 66 13 39
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £43,329 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,125 £80,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £103,010 £60,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,062 7,624 8,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.15% 95.74% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 3,949 5,362
10th Percentile £27,775 £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 £65,050 £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%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in the North West

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in the North West

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in the North West

Innovative 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 Innovative Thinking within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Lancashire - 38 £52,084 - 4
Manchester +47 32 £60,000 +33.33% 12
Merseyside +6 4 £32,500 -68.91%
Cheshire - 2 £38,000 - 8
Cumbria - 1 £34,000 - 2
Innovative Thinking
England

Innovative 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 (5.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.58%) Azure
2 8 (10.39%) AWS
2 8 (10.39%) GCP
3 4 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.30%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (36.36%) Tableau
2 8 (10.39%) BigQuery
2 8 (10.39%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (10.39%) Looker
3 1 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.30%) Power Query
General
1 41 (53.25%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.38%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.69%) Retail
4 7 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (7.79%) Games
6 4 (5.19%) Back Office
6 4 (5.19%) Finance
7 1 (1.30%) Legal
7 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (38.96%) Lead
2 29 (37.66%) Developer
3 28 (36.36%) Business Developer
3 28 (36.36%) Lead Developer
3 28 (36.36%) Team Leader
4 14 (18.18%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 14 (18.18%) Delivery Manager
5 11 (14.29%) Senior
6 10 (12.99%) Architect
7 8 (10.39%) Data Architect
8 5 (6.49%) Analyst
8 5 (6.49%) Field Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) Field Service Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) Senior Field Engineer
8 5 (6.49%) Senior Field Service Engineer
9 4 (5.19%) Head of Architecture
9 4 (5.19%) Head of Enterprise Architecture
10 3 (3.90%) Chief Technology Officer
10 3 (3.90%) Graduate
10 3 (3.90%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) .NET
2 1 (1.30%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.30%) CSS
2 1 (1.30%) Ionic Framework
2 1 (1.30%) React
2 1 (1.30%) Sass
2 1 (1.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 1 (1.30%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (6.49%) Driving Licence
2 5 (6.49%) EPoS
3 3 (3.90%) Video\Live Streaming
3 3 (3.90%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.60%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.30%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.30%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (40.26%) Analytics
2 28 (36.36%) Business Forecasting
2 28 (36.36%) Dashboard Development
3 24 (31.17%) Mentoring
4 20 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (19.48%) Agile
6 14 (18.18%) Scrum
7 13 (16.88%) Coaching
7 13 (16.88%) Kanban
8 12 (15.58%) Data Architecture
9 10 (12.99%) Customer Service
9 10 (12.99%) Data Integration
10 8 (10.39%) Data Engineering
10 8 (10.39%) Data Governance
10 8 (10.39%) Data Modelling
10 8 (10.39%) Data Security
10 8 (10.39%) ERD
10 8 (10.39%) ETL
10 8 (10.39%) Platform Engineering
10 8 (10.39%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.19%) SQL
2 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.30%) Rust
2 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (44.16%) Degree
2 5 (6.49%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (5.19%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.60%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) Data Quality
1 8 (10.39%) GDPR
2 5 (6.49%) SLA
3 2 (2.60%) GRC
3 2 (2.60%) NCSC
3 2 (2.60%) NIST
4 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (6.49%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (10.39%) Google
2 5 (6.49%) Dell
2 5 (6.49%) HP
2 5 (6.49%) IBM
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.49%) NetApp
3 1 (1.30%) Intel