Creative Thinking Jobs in the South West

Creative Thinking
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 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 186 223 259
Rank change year-on-year +37 +36 -15
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 96 58 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.05% 0.83% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.88% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 33 16 23
10th Percentile £30,750 £38,125 £36,075
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,238 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -15.40% - +0.98%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,625 £71,875
90th Percentile £62,500 £64,542 £100,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £66,911 £62,500
% change year-on-year -25.27% +7.06% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,698 6,620 7,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.16% 94.53% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,535 3,691 4,984
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,892
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the South West

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the South West

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the South West

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in the South 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 South 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
Bristol -5 36 £32,500 -35.31% 11
Devon - 26 - - 3
Dorset +1 17 £42,500 -22.73% 1
Gloucestershire -14 14 £32,500 -23.53% 4
Wiltshire -15 3 - - 2
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 12 (12.50%) IIS
2 1 (1.04%) Drupal
Applications
1 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.04%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.04%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.42%) SaaS
2 6 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.08%) Google Analytics
3 2 (2.08%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 17 (17.71%) 5G
1 17 (17.71%) SD-WAN
1 17 (17.71%) WAN
2 4 (4.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (9.38%) Visual Studio
2 5 (5.21%) LabVIEW
General
1 48 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (38.54%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (23.96%) Marketing
4 21 (21.88%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (17.71%) Electronics
6 15 (15.63%) Aerospace
6 15 (15.63%) Military
7 14 (14.58%) Finance
8 10 (10.42%) Aviation
8 10 (10.42%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (5.21%) Advertising
11 4 (4.17%) Banking
11 4 (4.17%) Front Office
11 4 (4.17%) Investment Banking
11 4 (4.17%) Law
12 3 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (32.29%) Senior
2 22 (22.92%) Software Engineer
3 17 (17.71%) Consultant
4 13 (13.54%) Senior Software Engineer
5 12 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 12 (12.50%) Developer
5 12 (12.50%) Security Consultant
5 12 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
5 12 (12.50%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 12 (12.50%) Senior Security Consultant
6 11 (11.46%) Cyber Defence Consultant
7 10 (10.42%) Lead
7 10 (10.42%) Project Leader
7 10 (10.42%) Technical Leader
7 10 (10.42%) Technical Project Leader
8 7 (7.29%) FPGA Developer
8 7 (7.29%) Project Manager
8 7 (7.29%) Software Project Leader
9 6 (6.25%) Analyst
10 5 (5.21%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.21%) React
1 5 (5.21%) Vue
2 4 (4.17%) .NET
2 4 (4.17%) AngularJS
2 4 (4.17%) CSS
2 4 (4.17%) HTML
2 4 (4.17%) OpenAPI
2 4 (4.17%) RESTful
2 4 (4.17%) Swagger
3 1 (1.04%) J2EE
3 1 (1.04%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.67%) GNSS
2 14 (14.58%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (12.50%) CESG
4 11 (11.46%) Management Information System
5 10 (10.42%) FPGA
6 9 (9.38%) ARM Cortex
6 9 (9.38%) Verilog
7 7 (7.29%) MicroBlaze
7 7 (7.29%) Robotics
7 7 (7.29%) VHDL
8 5 (5.21%) Algorithms
8 5 (5.21%) Social Media
9 4 (4.17%) Fixed Income
9 4 (4.17%) Onboarding
10 2 (2.08%) Product Ownership
11 1 (1.04%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.67%) Linux
2 7 (7.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (41.67%) Project Management
2 33 (34.38%) Innovative Thinking
2 33 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (28.13%) B2B
4 26 (27.08%) Computer Science
4 26 (27.08%) Defect Tracking
4 26 (27.08%) Requirements Analysis
5 22 (22.92%) Software Engineering
5 22 (22.92%) Validation
6 20 (20.83%) Customer Requirements
7 19 (19.79%) Mentoring
7 19 (19.79%) SDLC
7 19 (19.79%) Signal Processing
8 17 (17.71%) Test Assurance
8 17 (17.71%) Test Automation
9 15 (15.63%) Project Delivery
10 14 (14.58%) Configuration Management
11 12 (12.50%) Information Assurance
11 12 (12.50%) Information Security
11 12 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (28.13%) C++
2 23 (23.96%) Python
3 16 (16.67%) Perl
3 16 (16.67%) Tcl
4 13 (13.54%) VB
5 12 (12.50%) C
6 10 (10.42%) Java
6 10 (10.42%) MATLAB
7 9 (9.38%) Bash
7 9 (9.38%) SystemVerilog
8 6 (6.25%) JavaScript
9 5 (5.21%) C#
10 1 (1.04%) PHP
10 1 (1.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (42.71%) Degree
2 27 (28.13%) Security Cleared
3 12 (12.50%) CISMP
3 12 (12.50%) IISP
4 5 (5.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (5.21%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.17%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.04%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (19.79%) PMO
2 12 (12.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 12 (12.50%) JSP 440
2 12 (12.50%) NIST
2 12 (12.50%) NIST 800
3 11 (11.46%) RMADS
4 3 (3.13%) JTAG
4 3 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 7 (7.29%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (7.29%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (7.29%) Altera
1 7 (7.29%) Green Hills
1 7 (7.29%) Motorola
1 7 (7.29%) Xilinx
2 6 (6.25%) Adobe
2 6 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.08%) Google
4 1 (1.04%) Oracle