Digital Innovation Job Trends in the East of England

Digital Innovation
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 170 218
Rank change year-on-year +6 +48 -1
Permanent jobs citing Digital Innovation 23 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.37% 0.070% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.075% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 23 2 2
10th Percentile £35,750 - £33,825
25th Percentile £37,875 £38,500 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -25.11% -32.86%
75th Percentile £71,250 £49,500 £76,563
90th Percentile £82,500 - £86,275
England median annual salary £62,500 £48,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +30.21% -12.73% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Digital Innovation 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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,349 2,656 4,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.05% 93.36% 79.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,795 1,316 3,710
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,212 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Digital Innovation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Digital Innovation job vacancy trend in the East of England

Digital Innovation
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Innovation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Digital Innovation

Digital Innovation
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Innovation in the East of England over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Innovation in the East of England

Digital Innovation
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Innovation within the East of England region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Hertfordshire -18 9 £80,000 +81.82% 3
Cambridgeshire - 8 £50,000 - 3
Suffolk - 5 £36,500 - 1
Norfolk - 1 £65,000 - 3
Digital Innovation
England

Digital Innovation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (13.04%) GIS
General
1 9 (39.13%) Marketing
2 6 (26.09%) Retail
3 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Local Government
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Head of Digital
2 5 (21.74%) Commercial Finance Manager
2 5 (21.74%) Commercial Manager
2 5 (21.74%) Finance Manager
2 5 (21.74%) Senior
2 5 (21.74%) Senior Commercial Manager
2 5 (21.74%) Senior Manager
3 3 (13.04%) GIS Officer
3 3 (13.04%) Information Officer
3 3 (13.04%) Information Systems Officer
4 2 (8.70%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.35%) E-Commerce Architect
5 1 (4.35%) E-Commerce Solution Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Social Media
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Roadmaps
3 7 (30.43%) AI
4 6 (26.09%) E-Commerce
5 5 (21.74%) Analytics
5 5 (21.74%) Business Case
5 5 (21.74%) Customer Experience
5 5 (21.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 5 (21.74%) Decision-Making
5 5 (21.74%) Financial Modelling
5 5 (21.74%) Performance Improvement
5 5 (21.74%) Personalization
5 5 (21.74%) Planning and Forecasting
5 5 (21.74%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (17.39%) Coaching
7 3 (13.04%) IT Strategy
7 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (8.70%) Generative AI
8 2 (8.70%) LLM
8 2 (8.70%) Product Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) ACCA
1 5 (21.74%) CIMA