Creative Thinking Job Trends in Cheshire

Creative Thinking
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 54 57
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 -
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 8 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.64% 1.51% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 1.70% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 6
10th Percentile £41,775 £53,325 £53,395
25th Percentile £48,563 £60,000 £68,790
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £73,750 £75,669
Median % change year-on-year -16.95% -2.54% -
75th Percentile £75,063 £78,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £82,525 - -
North West median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £75,669
% change year-on-year +7.69% -14.10% +32.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,072 530 424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.21% 88.78% 85.14%
Number of salaries quoted 421 267 345
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.57% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,250 £77,800
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Creative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in Cheshire

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Chester - 6 - - 1
Warrington +6 1 £85,000 +120.78%
Wilmslow - 1 £37,500 -
Creative Thinking
North West

Creative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Health Technology
5 1 (12.50%) Marketing
5 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Payments Business Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Director
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce Director
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) FMCG
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Cash Management
2 4 (50.00%) Epics
2 4 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 4 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 4 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 4 (50.00%) Scrum
2 4 (50.00%) Use Case
2 4 (50.00%) Workflow
2 4 (50.00%) Workflow Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Digital Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Coaching
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) SEPA
1 4 (50.00%) TARGET2
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft