Innovative Thinking Jobs in Bristol

Innovative Thinking
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 111 136
Rank change year-on-year +22 +25 +49
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 9 50 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.76% 1.52% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.78% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 0 31 12
10th Percentile - £42,000 -
25th Percentile - £55,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £63,500 £59,191
Median % change year-on-year - +7.28% +39.27%
75th Percentile - £83,750 £62,331
90th Percentile - £125,000 -
South West median annual salary £54,282 £60,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -9.53% +6.67% +52.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,107 2,809 2,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 93.50% 85.64% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 726 2,100 1,424
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £34,806
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,750 £43,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.40% +8.23%
75th Percentile £70,834 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,419
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in Bristol

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in Bristol

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) BrowserStack
1 3 (33.33%) SaaS
1 3 (33.33%) Sauce Labs
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Appium
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Military
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
3 2 (22.22%) French Language
3 2 (22.22%) German Language
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Automation Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) Research Scientist
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Development Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
1 3 (33.33%) Analytics
1 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Fintech
1 3 (33.33%) Manual Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Physics
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
1 3 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (22.22%) B2B
2 2 (22.22%) B2B Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
1 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 3 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) C
2 1 (11.11%) C++
2 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
2 1 (11.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) PhD