Creative Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 294 291 296
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 +137
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 948 1,229 2,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 1.18% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.24% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 391 457 724
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,283 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +4.00% +5.93%
75th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,150 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,920 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year -21.96% -7.56% +13.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,360 99,485 147,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 59,619 58,411 83,272
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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 Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
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 Thinking within the UK 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
England +7 819 £50,000 -25.93% 267
UK excluding London +37 525 £42,920 -21.96% 152
Work from Home +22 368 £55,000 -18.52% 108
London -10 363 £55,000 -31.38% 118
Midlands +93 138 £44,000 -29.60% 16
West Midlands +107 106 £51,250 -21.15% 7
South West +24 97 £42,500 -15.40% 27
South East +34 96 £42,920 -17.06% 44
North of England -33 71 £32,000 -49.42% 41
Scotland -40 65 £60,000 +0.80% 7
East of England -10 45 £40,000 -39.62% 18
Yorkshire +41 32 £69,500 +8.54% 15
East Midlands +5 32 £30,000 -42.86% 9
North West -10 32 £41,000 -29.91% 23
Northern Ireland +12 8 £30,000 -14.29% 2
North East +1 7 £27,500 -55.35% 3
Wales +3 5 £47,029 +71.01%

Creative Thinking
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 52 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (2.85%) CMS
3 14 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.37%) IIS
5 4 (0.42%) Confluence
5 4 (0.42%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.42%) WordPress
6 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 215 (22.68%) Microsoft Office
2 210 (22.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 110 (11.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.32%) AutoCAD
5 19 (2.00%) Photoshop
6 18 (1.90%) Adobe XD
7 16 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 12 (1.27%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (1.27%) InDesign
9 9 (0.95%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.42%) Maya
10 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.32%) SketchUp
11 3 (0.32%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.21%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.21%) CINEMA 4D
13 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 44 (4.64%) Endur
2 18 (1.90%) Unit4 Business World
3 13 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (1.27%) SDL Web 8
5 8 (0.84%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.32%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 48 (5.06%) AWS
2 46 (4.85%) Azure
3 34 (3.59%) Power Platform
4 32 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (2.22%) SaaS
6 20 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
7 19 (2.00%) Figma
8 14 (1.48%) GCP
9 10 (1.05%) IaaS
9 10 (1.05%) PaaS
10 9 (0.95%) Google Analytics
10 9 (0.95%) Power Automate
11 8 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.84%) Serverless
12 7 (0.74%) Canva
13 6 (0.63%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (0.53%) OneDrive
15 4 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
15 4 (0.42%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.06%) WAN
2 24 (2.53%) Wireless
3 22 (2.32%) Firewall
4 21 (2.22%) 5G
4 21 (2.22%) SD-WAN
5 15 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.05%) Broadband
7 8 (0.84%) HTTP
7 8 (0.84%) Internet
7 8 (0.84%) MQTT
7 8 (0.84%) NGN
7 8 (0.84%) TACACS
8 6 (0.63%) DHCP
8 6 (0.63%) DNS
8 6 (0.63%) SAN
8 6 (0.63%) VPN
9 5 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (0.53%) Network Security
9 5 (0.53%) VoIP
9 5 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (8.44%) SQL Server
2 48 (5.06%) Relational Database
3 44 (4.64%) RDBMS
4 27 (2.85%) Power BI
5 18 (1.90%) DB2
6 16 (1.69%) Metadata
7 12 (1.27%) Tableau
8 10 (1.05%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.84%) Data Mining
10 7 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.63%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.53%) Looker
13 4 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (0.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.32%) QlikView
15 2 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 34 (3.59%) Git
2 30 (3.16%) JIRA
3 17 (1.79%) Visual Studio
4 16 (1.69%) GitLab
5 14 (1.48%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.37%) Balsamiq
6 13 (1.37%) TeamCity
7 12 (1.27%) Moq
7 12 (1.27%) NUnit
8 5 (0.53%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.32%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.21%) Ant
10 2 (0.21%) PowerBuilder
10 2 (0.21%) Subversion
11 1 (0.11%) Gradle
11 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 385 (40.61%) Social Skills
2 276 (29.11%) Finance
3 228 (24.05%) Marketing
4 167 (17.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 149 (15.72%) Analytical Skills
6 101 (10.65%) Military
7 99 (10.44%) Public Sector
8 92 (9.70%) Banking
9 88 (9.28%) Presentation Skills
10 83 (8.76%) Investment Banking
11 57 (6.01%) Games
11 57 (6.01%) Organisational Skills
12 56 (5.91%) Legal
13 48 (5.06%) Law
14 42 (4.43%) Retail
15 39 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
16 35 (3.69%) Telecoms
17 25 (2.64%) Electronics
18 20 (2.11%) Aerospace
19 18 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 152 (16.03%) Senior
2 143 (15.08%) Analyst
3 95 (10.02%) Lead
4 90 (9.49%) Graduate
5 78 (8.23%) Business Strategy Analyst
5 78 (8.23%) Strategy Analyst
6 72 (7.59%) Developer
7 62 (6.54%) Architect
8 57 (6.01%) Consultant
9 48 (5.06%) Software Engineer
10 45 (4.75%) Designer
11 40 (4.22%) Senior Manager
12 37 (3.90%) Project Manager
13 33 (3.48%) Development Manager
14 32 (3.38%) IT Manager
15 26 (2.74%) Business Analyst
16 25 (2.64%) Coordinator
17 24 (2.53%) Endur Manager
17 24 (2.53%) OpenLink Manager
18 23 (2.43%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.65%) HTML
2 52 (5.49%) CSS
3 42 (4.43%) .NET
4 35 (3.69%) React
5 25 (2.64%) ASP.NET
6 22 (2.32%) Entity Framework
7 18 (1.90%) SOAP
8 17 (1.79%) .NET Framework
8 17 (1.79%) RESTful
8 17 (1.79%) Web Services
9 14 (1.48%) .NET Core
10 13 (1.37%) ASP.NET MVC
10 13 (1.37%) jQuery
11 12 (1.27%) ASP.NET MVC 5
11 12 (1.27%) Classic ASP
11 12 (1.27%) Hibernate
11 12 (1.27%) Semantic HTML
11 12 (1.27%) Spring
12 11 (1.16%) Vue
13 10 (1.05%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 132 (13.92%) Self-Motivation
2 96 (10.13%) Onboarding
3 70 (7.38%) Product Ownership
4 46 (4.85%) Management Information System
5 44 (4.64%) Swaptions
6 39 (4.11%) Social Media
7 25 (2.64%) Virtual Team
8 23 (2.43%) ARM Cortex
8 23 (2.43%) Verilog
9 21 (2.22%) CCTV
10 20 (2.11%) GNSS
11 19 (2.00%) Data Centre
12 17 (1.79%) Blog
13 15 (1.58%) IoT
14 14 (1.48%) Algorithms
14 14 (1.48%) Housing Association
15 13 (1.37%) CESG
16 12 (1.27%) Legacy Code
17 10 (1.05%) FPGA
17 10 (1.05%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.38%) Windows
2 43 (4.54%) Linux
3 26 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.32%) Unix
5 16 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.63%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.53%) Android
9 5 (0.53%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.21%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.11%) VMS
11 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (25.53%) Agile
2 186 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
3 158 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 144 (15.19%) Project Management
5 139 (14.66%) Customer Service
6 122 (12.87%) Customer Experience
7 110 (11.60%) Data Analysis
8 109 (11.50%) SDLC
9 104 (10.97%) Mentoring
10 103 (10.86%) Process Improvement
11 102 (10.76%) Business Strategy
12 100 (10.55%) Computer Science
13 96 (10.13%) Performance Metrics
14 95 (10.02%) Logistics
14 95 (10.02%) Project Delivery
14 95 (10.02%) User Experience
15 92 (9.70%) Roadmaps
16 87 (9.18%) Contingency Planning
17 84 (8.86%) Decision-Making
18 83 (8.76%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 97 (10.23%) Python
2 89 (9.39%) Java
3 66 (6.96%) SQL
4 58 (6.12%) JavaScript
5 57 (6.01%) VB
6 40 (4.22%) C#
7 39 (4.11%) C++
8 32 (3.38%) TypeScript
9 30 (3.16%) Tcl
10 23 (2.43%) SystemVerilog
11 20 (2.11%) Perl
11 20 (2.11%) R
12 18 (1.90%) Bash
12 18 (1.90%) C
13 15 (1.58%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.05%) MATLAB
14 10 (1.05%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.53%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.32%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 327 (34.49%) Degree
2 97 (10.23%) Security Cleared
3 59 (6.22%) SC Cleared
4 48 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (3.80%) DV Cleared
6 26 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.11%) CISA
8 19 (2.00%) ACCA
8 19 (2.00%) HND
9 16 (1.69%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.48%) CREST Certified
11 13 (1.37%) CISMP
11 13 (1.37%) DBS Check
12 12 (1.27%) HNC
12 12 (1.27%) IISP
13 10 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 8 (0.84%) A+ Certification
14 8 (0.84%) CCNP
14 8 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (5.80%) QA
2 50 (5.27%) PMO
3 19 (2.00%) NIST
4 18 (1.90%) ITGC
5 14 (1.48%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.48%) WCAG
6 13 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 13 (1.37%) JSP 440
6 13 (1.37%) SLA
7 12 (1.27%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.27%) RMADS
8 11 (1.16%) GDPR
9 10 (1.05%) Data Quality
10 7 (0.74%) Good Clinical Practice
11 4 (0.42%) NCSC
12 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.32%) JTAG
12 3 (0.32%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (2.00%) Firmware
2 13 (1.37%) Docker
3 9 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.53%) vSphere
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.84%) Ansible
2 8 (0.84%) SCOM
3 5 (0.53%) NetCrunch
4 4 (0.42%) Terraform
5 2 (0.21%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.21%) WebSphere Cast Iron
Vendors
1 215 (22.68%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.07%) Oracle
3 48 (5.06%) Adobe
4 44 (4.64%) OpenLink
4 44 (4.64%) SAP
4 44 (4.64%) Sybase
4 44 (4.64%) TIBCO
5 24 (2.53%) Google
6 22 (2.32%) VMware
7 18 (1.90%) Sage
8 14 (1.48%) Cisco
9 11 (1.16%) Facebook
10 9 (0.95%) TikTok
11 8 (0.84%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.84%) Aruba
11 8 (0.84%) NVIDIA
12 7 (0.74%) Green Hills
12 7 (0.74%) Motorola
12 7 (0.74%) Xilinx
12 7 (0.74%) YouTube