Creative Problem-Solving Jobs

Creative Problem-Solving
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Creative Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 626 726 802
Rank change year-on-year +100 +76 -73
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 263 251 459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.25% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.26% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 128 129 188
10th Percentile £34,000 £40,450 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,077 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £75,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +9.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £112,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £122,500 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -24.07% +22.73% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Creative Problem-Solving 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 84,735 96,775 152,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,708 57,079 82,921
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
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 Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the UK

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the UK

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in the UK

Creative Problem-Solving
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 Problem-Solving within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +122 235 £52,500 -30.00% 141
UK excluding London +48 197 £51,250 -24.07% 114
Work from Home +142 146 £57,500 -32.35% 143
North of England +125 90 £60,000 +36.36% 29
London +97 64 £62,500 -16.67% 48
North West +63 62 £60,000 -11.11% 16
South West +12 38 £42,500 -15.00% 12
Yorkshire +96 24 £47,500 +15.85% 11
Midlands +11 23 £61,250 -2.00% 16
Scotland -37 18 £55,000 -21.43% 12
West Midlands +25 17 £57,500 -8.00% 5
South East -8 16 £52,500 -50.00% 29
Northern Ireland +31 7 - - 2
East Midlands -2 6 £80,000 +220.00% 11
North East -1 4 £42,750 +84.45% 2
East of England -42 4 £30,000 -60.00% 3
Wales - 1 - - 11

Creative Problem-Solving
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 12 (4.56%) CMS
2 8 (3.04%) Confluence
3 6 (2.28%) Drupal
4 3 (1.14%) WordPress
5 2 (0.76%) SAS
6 1 (0.38%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.38%) Moodle
Applications
1 45 (17.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 33 (12.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.28%) Photoshop
5 5 (1.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (1.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (1.14%) UserZoom
7 2 (0.76%) CINEMA 4D
7 2 (0.76%) InDesign
7 2 (0.76%) SketchUp
7 2 (0.76%) SPSS
8 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.38%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 4 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.76%) SAP R/3
2 2 (0.76%) Shopify
2 2 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (16.73%) Azure
2 30 (11.41%) AWS
3 19 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (6.46%) GitHub
5 13 (4.94%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.80%) Pulumi
7 8 (3.04%) Datadog
8 7 (2.66%) Azure AKS
8 7 (2.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (2.66%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (2.66%) GCP
8 7 (2.66%) SaaS
9 5 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.90%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.52%) Figma
10 4 (1.52%) Miro
11 3 (1.14%) Canva
11 3 (1.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.04%) OSPF
1 8 (3.04%) VPN
1 8 (3.04%) Wireless
2 5 (1.90%) Firewall
2 5 (1.90%) NAS
3 4 (1.52%) Internet
4 3 (1.14%) BGP
4 3 (1.14%) IGMP
4 3 (1.14%) IPv6
4 3 (1.14%) Multicast
4 3 (1.14%) RIP
4 3 (1.14%) SNMP
4 3 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.14%) VLAN
4 3 (1.14%) VoIP
4 3 (1.14%) VRRP
5 2 (0.76%) RS-232
6 1 (0.38%) DNS
6 1 (0.38%) HTTP
6 1 (0.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.13%) MySQL
2 13 (4.94%) Power BI
3 8 (3.04%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (2.66%) MariaDB
4 7 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.66%) Redis
4 7 (2.66%) Tableau
5 4 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.52%) Data Hub
5 4 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.76%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (0.76%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.76%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.76%) GIS
6 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.76%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (4.94%) JIRA
2 10 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.66%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (1.52%) Appium
4 4 (1.52%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.52%) ESLint
4 4 (1.52%) Gatling
4 4 (1.52%) Git
4 4 (1.52%) IntelliJ
4 4 (1.52%) JBehave
4 4 (1.52%) JMeter
4 4 (1.52%) JUnit
4 4 (1.52%) SpecFlow
5 3 (1.14%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.14%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.76%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.76%) webpack
7 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 113 (42.97%) Social Skills
2 69 (26.24%) Retail
3 62 (23.57%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (19.39%) Marketing
5 39 (14.83%) Finance
6 34 (12.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (5.32%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.94%) Banking
8 13 (4.94%) Military
9 12 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (4.18%) Games
10 11 (4.18%) Law
11 10 (3.80%) Legal
12 8 (3.04%) Public Sector
13 7 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.90%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.52%) Manufacturing
16 3 (1.14%) French Language
16 3 (1.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (16.35%) Senior
2 26 (9.89%) Analyst
3 23 (8.75%) Developer
4 16 (6.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 16 (6.08%) Technical Engineer
5 15 (5.70%) Lead
5 15 (5.70%) Project Manager
6 13 (4.94%) Architect
6 13 (4.94%) Senior Manager
7 12 (4.56%) Electrical Engineer
7 12 (4.56%) Senior Electrical Engineer
8 11 (4.18%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (4.18%) IT Engineer
8 11 (4.18%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (3.80%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 10 (3.80%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
9 10 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (3.80%) Support Engineer
9 10 (3.80%) Technical Support
9 10 (3.80%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.60%) CSS
2 19 (7.22%) HTML
3 15 (5.70%) .NET
4 13 (4.94%) React
5 7 (2.66%) ARM Templates
5 7 (2.66%) REST
6 6 (2.28%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.90%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.90%) Vue
8 4 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.52%) HTML5
8 4 (1.52%) Jest
8 4 (1.52%) Laravel
8 4 (1.52%) Redux
8 4 (1.52%) XML
9 3 (1.14%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.14%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (0.76%) Entity Framework
10 2 (0.76%) Kafka
10 2 (0.76%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.98%) Renewable Energy
2 20 (7.60%) Product Ownership
2 20 (7.60%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.42%) Driving Licence
4 8 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.04%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.04%) NHS
5 7 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.66%) Fibre Optics
5 7 (2.66%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (2.66%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.28%) Blog
7 5 (1.90%) Social Media
8 3 (1.14%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.14%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.14%) Photography
8 3 (1.14%) Smart City
9 2 (0.76%) Podcast
9 2 (0.76%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.46%) Apple iOS
2 16 (6.08%) Android
3 11 (4.18%) Windows
4 9 (3.42%) Linux
5 7 (2.66%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.90%) VMS
6 5 (1.90%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 263 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (39.54%) Agile
3 68 (25.86%) Analytics
3 68 (25.86%) Collaborative Culture
4 43 (16.35%) Collaborative Working
5 36 (13.69%) User Experience
6 34 (12.93%) Business Development
7 32 (12.17%) DevOps
8 29 (11.03%) Project Management
9 27 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (9.89%) Business Intelligence
10 26 (9.89%) Time Management
11 23 (8.75%) Decision-Making
11 23 (8.75%) Mathematics
12 22 (8.37%) Logistics
13 20 (7.60%) Infrastructure as Code
13 20 (7.60%) Migration
14 18 (6.84%) Mentoring
14 18 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (6.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 42 (15.97%) Python
2 37 (14.07%) C#
3 34 (12.93%) SQL
4 29 (11.03%) Java
5 28 (10.65%) JavaScript
6 15 (5.70%) Ruby
7 14 (5.32%) TypeScript
8 13 (4.94%) PHP
9 12 (4.56%) Swift
10 11 (4.18%) PowerShell
11 10 (3.80%) Groovy
12 9 (3.42%) Go
13 8 (3.04%) Bash
14 3 (1.14%) R
15 2 (0.76%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.76%) Tcl
16 1 (0.38%) C
16 1 (0.38%) C++
16 1 (0.38%) Perl
16 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (19.01%) Degree
2 19 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.94%) HNC
4 7 (2.66%) Azure Certification
4 7 (2.66%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.90%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.52%) HND
7 3 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.14%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.14%) MCT
8 2 (0.76%) ACCA
8 2 (0.76%) CIMA
9 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.22%) QA
2 6 (2.28%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.90%) SEPA
3 5 (1.90%) TARGET2
4 3 (1.14%) SLA
5 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (4.18%) Docker
2 5 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (4.94%) Terraform
2 12 (4.56%) Kubernetes
3 11 (4.18%) Prometheus
4 8 (3.04%) Ansible
4 8 (3.04%) Grafana
4 8 (3.04%) Progress Chef
4 8 (3.04%) Puppet
5 5 (1.90%) Graphite
6 3 (1.14%) Consul
6 3 (1.14%) Packer
7 1 (0.38%) SCCM
7 1 (0.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (19.39%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.66%) New Relic
2 7 (2.66%) SaltStack
3 6 (2.28%) Apple
3 6 (2.28%) Cisco
3 6 (2.28%) Xamarin
4 5 (1.90%) Adobe
4 5 (1.90%) Aruba
4 5 (1.90%) CheckPoint
4 5 (1.90%) HP
4 5 (1.90%) Juniper
4 5 (1.90%) Meraki
4 5 (1.90%) Palo Alto
4 5 (1.90%) VMware
5 4 (1.52%) SAP
6 3 (1.14%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.14%) Databricks
6 3 (1.14%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.14%) Facebook
6 3 (1.14%) Progress