Creative Problem-Solving Jobs in England

Creative Problem-Solving
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 606 722
Rank change year-on-year +154 +116 +53
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 221 233 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.27% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.32% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 154 122 114
10th Percentile - £34,000 £40,950
25th Percentile £37,574 £38,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £53,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.39% -28.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £47,500 £65,000 £106,250
90th Percentile £73,375 £96,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £40,101 £55,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -27.09% -26.67% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Creative Problem-Solving 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,071 73,314 88,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.80% 85.78% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 24,007 54,025 52,111
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in England.

Salary trend for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in England

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving within the England region over the 6 months to 7 May 2025. 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
North of England +28 53 £40,101 -33.17% 22
London +86 52 £67,500 +8.00% 148
South East +122 42 £40,101 -23.62% 44
Yorkshire +76 33 £40,101 -25.08% 6
South West +109 28 £40,101 -6.74% 6
Midlands +58 25 £40,101 -34.53% 18
North West -24 20 £40,101 -33.17% 16
East of England +55 19 £40,101 +33.67% 18
East Midlands +56 14 £40,101 -49.87% 4
West Midlands +37 11 £45,000 -21.74% 14
Creative Problem-Solving
UK

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.26%) IBM Domino
2 3 (1.36%) CMS
3 1 (0.45%) Confluence
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 105 (47.51%) Simulink
2 12 (5.43%) Photoshop
3 9 (4.07%) Adobe After Effects
3 9 (4.07%) Adobe Premiere
3 9 (4.07%) CapCut
3 9 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.45%) Blender
5 1 (0.45%) CATIA
5 1 (0.45%) Houdini
5 1 (0.45%) InDesign
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 103 (46.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 24 (10.86%) AWS
2 18 (8.14%) Azure
3 9 (4.07%) Canva
3 9 (4.07%) Dropbox
3 9 (4.07%) Google Drive
4 8 (3.62%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.17%) GCP
5 7 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.71%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (2.71%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.71%) Figma
6 6 (2.71%) SaaS
7 5 (2.26%) Kibo
8 4 (1.81%) Pulumi
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.90%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.90%) Serverless
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.26%) Internet
2 3 (1.36%) SMS
2 3 (1.36%) WAN
2 3 (1.36%) Wireless
3 1 (0.45%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.07%) Metadata
1 9 (4.07%) MySQL
2 8 (3.62%) Power BI
3 7 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.71%) Data Hub
4 6 (2.71%) Tableau
5 3 (1.36%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.45%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 103 (46.61%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.26%) Git
3 4 (1.81%) JIRA
4 3 (1.36%) GitLab
5 2 (0.90%) Vite
5 2 (0.90%) webpack
General
1 167 (75.57%) Social Skills
2 107 (48.42%) Electronics
3 105 (47.51%) Aerospace
4 36 (16.29%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (16.29%) Finance
5 17 (7.69%) Marketing
6 15 (6.79%) Banking
7 14 (6.33%) Retail
8 6 (2.71%) Law
9 5 (2.26%) Brand Awareness
9 5 (2.26%) Games
10 4 (1.81%) Aviation
10 4 (1.81%) Czech Language
11 3 (1.36%) Agriculture
11 3 (1.36%) Automotive
11 3 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Avionics
12 2 (0.90%) Legal
12 2 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 105 (47.51%) Junior
1 105 (47.51%) Systems Engineer
2 103 (46.61%) Junior Systems Engineer
3 18 (8.14%) Senior
4 17 (7.69%) Developer
5 9 (4.07%) Analyst
5 9 (4.07%) Full-Stack Developer
5 9 (4.07%) Lead
5 9 (4.07%) Project Manager
6 7 (3.17%) Designer
6 7 (3.17%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
6 7 (3.17%) IT Engineer
6 7 (3.17%) JavaScript Developer
7 6 (2.71%) Product Manager
8 5 (2.26%) .NET Developer
8 5 (2.26%) Consultant
8 5 (2.26%) Senior .NET Developer
8 5 (2.26%) Senior Developer
8 5 (2.26%) Software Engineer
8 5 (2.26%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.52%) Node.js
2 7 (3.17%) Middleware
2 7 (3.17%) Svelte
3 6 (2.71%) .NET
3 6 (2.71%) AngularJS
3 6 (2.71%) CSS
3 6 (2.71%) HTML
3 6 (2.71%) jQuery
3 6 (2.71%) React
3 6 (2.71%) Vue
4 5 (2.26%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.81%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.81%) Flutter
5 4 (1.81%) Loki
6 3 (1.36%) HTML5
6 3 (1.36%) NumPy
6 3 (1.36%) Pandas
6 3 (1.36%) scikit-learn
7 2 (0.90%) CSS3
7 2 (0.90%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.33%) Social Media
2 10 (4.52%) Graphic Design
3 9 (4.07%) Video Editing
3 9 (4.07%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.17%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.26%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.81%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.36%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.36%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (1.36%) Blog
8 3 (1.36%) Life Science
8 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.36%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.45%) Animation
10 1 (0.45%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.45%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.17%) Windows
2 6 (2.71%) Android
3 5 (2.26%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.81%) Linux
5 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 120 (54.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 119 (53.85%) Project Management
4 115 (52.04%) Computer Science
5 108 (48.87%) UML
6 105 (47.51%) Systems Engineering
7 103 (46.61%) Mathematics
7 103 (46.61%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 103 (46.61%) Physics
7 103 (46.61%) PLM
7 103 (46.61%) SysML
8 39 (17.65%) Agile
9 20 (9.05%) E-Commerce
10 19 (8.60%) Analytics
11 17 (7.69%) User Experience
12 16 (7.24%) Actionable Insight
13 15 (6.79%) Decision-Making
14 13 (5.88%) CRM
14 13 (5.88%) Mentoring
14 13 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (47.51%) MATLAB
2 21 (9.50%) JavaScript
3 14 (6.33%) TypeScript
4 9 (4.07%) Python
5 7 (3.17%) C
6 6 (2.71%) C#
6 6 (2.71%) Java
7 5 (2.26%) SQL
8 4 (1.81%) Bash
8 4 (1.81%) Go
9 2 (0.90%) Embedded C
9 2 (0.90%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.90%) PHP
9 2 (0.90%) R
10 1 (0.45%) C++
Qualifications
1 124 (56.11%) Degree
2 103 (46.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (4.52%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.52%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.71%) DBS Check
4 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.71%) PMP
5 3 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.36%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.45%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.71%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (1.81%) QA
3 3 (1.36%) GDPR
4 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.36%) Docker
2 3 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.71%) Terraform
2 4 (1.81%) Grafana
2 4 (1.81%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 103 (46.61%) IBM
2 23 (10.41%) Microsoft
3 13 (5.88%) Adobe
4 12 (5.43%) Google
5 5 (2.26%) Hitachi
6 4 (1.81%) HubSpot
6 4 (1.81%) SAP
7 1 (0.45%) Alias
7 1 (0.45%) Apple
7 1 (0.45%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.45%) Cisco
7 1 (0.45%) Dell
7 1 (0.45%) HP
7 1 (0.45%) Perforce
7 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow