Innovative Thinking Jobs with Work from Home Options

Innovative Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 334 458
Rank change year-on-year -56 +124 -13
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 204 340 499
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.87% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.91% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 168 134 125
10th Percentile £39,975 £33,625 £39,550
25th Percentile £43,329 £51,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,823 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +37.65% -
75th Percentile £75,313 £95,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £98,375 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,196 37,364 71,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.34% 96.02% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,493 26,259 41,698
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Innovative Thinking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Innovative Thinking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Innovative Thinking.

Innovative Thinking salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Innovative Thinking salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (5.39%) IIS
2 8 (3.92%) Appian
3 5 (2.45%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (2.45%) Confluence
4 3 (1.47%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.47%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Adobe Captivate
1 4 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.47%) Adobe After Effects
2 3 (1.47%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.47%) Photoshop
2 3 (1.47%) Trello
3 2 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.98%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.98%) Sketch
4 1 (0.49%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (13.24%) Azure
2 24 (11.76%) AWS
3 12 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.43%) Figma
4 7 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (2.94%) Serverless
6 5 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (2.45%) Amazon S3
6 5 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (2.45%) GitHub
6 5 (2.45%) Route 53
6 5 (2.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.96%) SaaS
7 4 (1.96%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.47%) Azure Pipelines
8 3 (1.47%) BrowserStack
8 3 (1.47%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.45%) SAN
2 4 (1.96%) DNS
2 4 (1.96%) Firewall
2 4 (1.96%) LAN
2 4 (1.96%) Network Security
2 4 (1.96%) OSPF
2 4 (1.96%) WAN
2 4 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.98%) Broadband
4 1 (0.49%) Internet
4 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.49%) Modbus
4 1 (0.49%) MPLS
4 1 (0.49%) MQTT
4 1 (0.49%) RS-422
4 1 (0.49%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.43%) Power BI
2 5 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.98%) GIS
4 2 (0.98%) Tableau
5 1 (0.49%) Big Data
5 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (6.86%) JIRA
2 6 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.45%) Bitbucket
3 5 (2.45%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (2.45%) Subversion
4 3 (1.47%) Appium
4 3 (1.47%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.47%) JMeter
4 3 (1.47%) Postman
4 3 (1.47%) REST Assured
4 3 (1.47%) Selenium
4 3 (1.47%) Serenity BDD
4 3 (1.47%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.98%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.98%) Git
General
1 61 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.69%) Finance
3 17 (8.33%) Marketing
4 13 (6.37%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (5.39%) Games
6 11 (5.39%) Retail
7 10 (4.90%) Aerospace
7 10 (4.90%) Aviation
7 10 (4.90%) Banking
7 10 (4.90%) Military
8 9 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.45%) Law
10 4 (1.96%) Back Office
10 4 (1.96%) Legal
11 3 (1.47%) Automotive
11 3 (1.47%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.98%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.98%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 53 (25.98%) Senior
2 42 (20.59%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 42 (20.59%) Delivery Manager
3 24 (11.76%) Developer
4 21 (10.29%) Lead
5 18 (8.82%) Consultant
5 18 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 18 (8.82%) Security Consultant
6 17 (8.33%) Architect
7 16 (7.84%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (7.35%) Senior Consultant
8 15 (7.35%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
8 15 (7.35%) Senior Security Consultant
9 13 (6.37%) Cyber Defence Consultant
10 12 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
10 12 (5.88%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
10 12 (5.88%) Senior Delivery Manager
10 12 (5.88%) Senior Manager
11 11 (5.39%) Designer
12 10 (4.90%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.37%) .NET
2 8 (3.92%) React
3 6 (2.94%) AngularJS
3 6 (2.94%) Vue
4 5 (2.45%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.45%) HTML
5 3 (1.47%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.47%) Playwright
6 2 (0.98%) CSS
6 2 (0.98%) D3.js
6 2 (0.98%) JSON
6 2 (0.98%) Pandas
7 1 (0.49%) Django
7 1 (0.49%) HTML5
7 1 (0.49%) jQuery
7 1 (0.49%) RESTful
7 1 (0.49%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.49%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 1 (0.49%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.49%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.35%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (6.37%) CESG
4 10 (4.90%) Low-Code
5 9 (4.41%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.41%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.43%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.45%) e-Learning
7 5 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.45%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (2.45%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.96%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.96%) Life Science
8 4 (1.96%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.47%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.47%) Video Editing
10 2 (0.98%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.98%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.45%) Linux
1 5 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 5 (2.45%) Windows
1 5 (2.45%) Windows Server
2 4 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (39.71%) Agile
2 55 (26.96%) Mentoring
3 49 (24.02%) Scrum
4 47 (23.04%) Kanban
5 45 (22.06%) Coaching
6 38 (18.63%) Project Management
7 25 (12.25%) Risk Management
8 24 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (11.76%) DevOps
9 21 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (9.80%) Migration
11 18 (8.82%) Creative Thinking
12 17 (8.33%) Information Security
12 17 (8.33%) Software Engineering
13 16 (7.84%) Matrix Organization
14 15 (7.35%) Active Listening
14 15 (7.35%) Project Delivery
15 14 (6.86%) Collaborative Working
15 14 (6.86%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.80%) Java
2 19 (9.31%) Python
3 9 (4.41%) SQL
4 8 (3.92%) C#
5 5 (2.45%) Delphi
5 5 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.45%) Perl
6 2 (0.98%) C
6 2 (0.98%) R
6 2 (0.98%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.49%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.49%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.49%) Ruby
7 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 46 (22.55%) Degree
2 27 (13.24%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.37%) CISMP
4 11 (5.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (5.39%) IISP
5 7 (3.43%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.94%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.96%) CREST Certified
7 4 (1.96%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (1.96%) OSCP
8 2 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.98%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.98%) MBA
9 1 (0.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.33%) NIST
2 13 (6.37%) JSP 440
3 11 (5.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 11 (5.39%) NIST 800
3 11 (5.39%) RMADS
4 8 (3.92%) QA
5 5 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.96%) GRC
6 4 (1.96%) NCSC
7 2 (0.98%) GLP
8 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.49%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (4.90%) Docker
2 8 (3.92%) Firmware
3 4 (1.96%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (4.90%) Kubernetes
1 10 (4.90%) Terraform
2 5 (2.45%) Ansible
2 5 (2.45%) Packer
2 5 (2.45%) Progress Chef
2 5 (2.45%) Puppet
2 5 (2.45%) Salt
Vendors
1 20 (9.80%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.41%) Dell
3 6 (2.94%) Adobe
4 5 (2.45%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.45%) VMware
5 4 (1.96%) Cisco
6 3 (1.47%) Databricks
6 3 (1.47%) Progress
6 3 (1.47%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.98%) Charles River
7 2 (0.98%) ESRI
8 1 (0.49%) Siemens