Innovative Thinking Job Trends in Belfast

Innovative Thinking
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 6 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 1.79% - 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% - 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
County Antrim median annual salary - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

Innovative Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 254 252 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 75.82% 87.80% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 149 83 181
10th Percentile £26,850 £40,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £78,312 £88,750 £69,800
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
County Antrim median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% +35.00% -

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Innovative Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Innovative Thinking job vacancy trend in Belfast

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Innovative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 5 (83.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (66.67%) SAP ERP
3 3 (50.00%) SAP CO
3 3 (50.00%) SAP FI
3 3 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VLAN
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SAP HANA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (50.00%) Legal
3 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (16.67%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Information Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Network Delivery Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Network Operations Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Network Services Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Procurement Specialist
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) ERP
2 4 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
3 3 (50.00%) Analytics
3 3 (50.00%) Logistics
3 3 (50.00%) Migration
3 3 (50.00%) Post-Merger Integration
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Quality Management
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Change Management
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) ITSM
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) Security Management
5 1 (16.67%) Service Management
5 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) IBM