Creative Thinking Job Trends in Bolton

Creative Thinking
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bolton requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 5.83% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.90% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £82,500 £70,369
% change year-on-year -33.33% +17.24% +48.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bolton

Creative 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 Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87 102 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 84.47% 81.60% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 61 62 34
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,325 £28,975
25th Percentile £33,250 £30,313 £31,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -8.72% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,375 £51,933
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £64,450
Manchester median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in Bolton

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Creative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (50.00%) Law
1 3 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Assistant Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Bid Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Bid Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (16.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Line Management
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Business Development
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Storyboarding
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Data Extraction
4 1 (16.67%) Data Science
4 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
4 1 (16.67%) LLM
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cognos