Creative Problem-Solving Jobs in England

Creative Problem-Solving
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Creative Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 608 702 772
Rank change year-on-year +94 +70 -71
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 231 228 386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.25% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.26% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 122 115 173
10th Percentile £34,000 £41,100 £38,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.33% +7.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £102,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £115,000 £130,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -26.67% +11.11% +35.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Creative Problem-Solving is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,078 88,196 126,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.76% 95.63% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,838 52,122 73,896
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,910 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,650 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,185 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 +104 84 £60,000 +36.36% 30
London +97 64 £62,500 -16.67% 44
North West +61 53 £60,000 -11.11% 14
South West +11 40 £43,000 -14.00% 18
Yorkshire +106 27 £53,528 +30.56% 13
Midlands +29 23 £61,250 -2.00% 16
West Midlands +24 17 £57,500 -8.00% 6
South East -5 16 £52,500 -50.00% 24
East Midlands -8 6 £80,000 +220.00% 10
North East 0 4 £42,750 +84.45% 3
East of England -40 4 £30,000 -60.00% 2
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 11 (4.76%) CMS
2 8 (3.46%) Confluence
3 6 (2.60%) Drupal
4 3 (1.30%) WordPress
5 2 (0.87%) SAS
6 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.43%) Moodle
Applications
1 33 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (12.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.60%) Photoshop
4 5 (2.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.30%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.87%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.87%) InDesign
6 2 (0.87%) SketchUp
6 2 (0.87%) SPSS
7 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.43%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.87%) SAP R/3
2 2 (0.87%) Shopify
2 2 (0.87%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 44 (19.05%) Azure
2 27 (11.69%) AWS
3 19 (8.23%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (6.93%) GitHub
5 10 (4.33%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.33%) Pulumi
6 7 (3.03%) Azure AKS
6 7 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 7 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (3.03%) Datadog
6 7 (3.03%) GCP
7 5 (2.16%) Nutanix
8 4 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.73%) SaaS
9 3 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (1.30%) Canva
9 3 (1.30%) dbt
10 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.87%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.46%) OSPF
1 8 (3.46%) VPN
1 8 (3.46%) Wireless
2 5 (2.16%) Firewall
2 5 (2.16%) NAS
3 3 (1.30%) BGP
3 3 (1.30%) IGMP
3 3 (1.30%) IPv6
3 3 (1.30%) Multicast
3 3 (1.30%) RIP
3 3 (1.30%) SNMP
3 3 (1.30%) VLAN
3 3 (1.30%) VoIP
3 3 (1.30%) VRRP
4 1 (0.43%) DNS
4 1 (0.43%) HTTP
4 1 (0.43%) Internet
4 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.39%) MySQL
2 10 (4.33%) Power BI
3 8 (3.46%) Data Hub
3 8 (3.46%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (3.03%) MariaDB
4 7 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.03%) Redis
4 7 (3.03%) Tableau
5 4 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.30%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.87%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.87%) GIS
7 2 (0.87%) QlikView
7 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.63%) JIRA
2 10 (4.33%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.03%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (1.73%) Appium
4 4 (1.73%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.73%) ESLint
4 4 (1.73%) Gatling
4 4 (1.73%) Git
4 4 (1.73%) IntelliJ
4 4 (1.73%) JBehave
4 4 (1.73%) JMeter
4 4 (1.73%) JUnit
4 4 (1.73%) SpecFlow
5 3 (1.30%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.87%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.87%) webpack
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 104 (45.02%) Social Skills
2 60 (25.97%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (21.65%) Retail
4 42 (18.18%) Finance
5 33 (14.29%) Marketing
6 24 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (6.06%) Banking
7 14 (6.06%) Telecoms
8 13 (5.63%) Military
9 12 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (4.76%) Games
11 10 (4.33%) Legal
12 8 (3.46%) Law
12 8 (3.46%) Public Sector
13 7 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.16%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.30%) French Language
15 3 (1.30%) German Language
15 3 (1.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 41 (17.75%) Senior
2 24 (10.39%) Developer
3 19 (8.23%) Analyst
4 16 (6.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 16 (6.93%) Technical Engineer
5 15 (6.49%) Project Manager
6 13 (5.63%) Senior Manager
7 12 (5.19%) Electrical Engineer
7 12 (5.19%) Senior Electrical Engineer
8 11 (4.76%) Architect
8 11 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (4.76%) IT Engineer
8 11 (4.76%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (4.76%) Lead
9 10 (4.33%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (4.33%) Support Engineer
9 10 (4.33%) Technical Support
9 10 (4.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.09%) CSS
2 20 (8.66%) HTML
3 16 (6.93%) .NET
4 13 (5.63%) React
5 7 (3.03%) ARM Templates
5 7 (3.03%) REST
6 6 (2.60%) .NET Core
6 6 (2.60%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.16%) Vue
8 4 (1.73%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (1.73%) HTML5
8 4 (1.73%) Jest
8 4 (1.73%) Laravel
8 4 (1.73%) Redux
8 4 (1.73%) XML
9 3 (1.30%) ASP.NET
9 3 (1.30%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (0.87%) Entity Framework
10 2 (0.87%) Kafka
10 2 (0.87%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
2 20 (8.66%) Product Ownership
3 17 (7.36%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.90%) Driving Licence
4 9 (3.90%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
5 7 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.60%) Blog
6 6 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.60%) NHS
7 4 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.73%) Social Media
8 3 (1.30%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.30%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.30%) Photography
8 3 (1.30%) Smart City
9 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.87%) Podcast
9 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.36%) Apple iOS
2 16 (6.93%) Android
3 11 (4.76%) Windows
4 9 (3.90%) Linux
5 7 (3.03%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.16%) VMS
6 5 (2.16%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (34.63%) Agile
3 54 (23.38%) Analytics
4 48 (20.78%) Collaborative Culture
5 31 (13.42%) DevOps
6 27 (11.69%) User Experience
7 26 (11.26%) Collaborative Working
7 26 (11.26%) Time Management
8 25 (10.82%) Project Management
9 24 (10.39%) Decision-Making
10 23 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (9.96%) Mathematics
11 22 (9.52%) Logistics
12 20 (8.66%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (8.23%) Infrastructure as Code
14 18 (7.79%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 18 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (7.36%) Business Development
15 17 (7.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 17 (7.36%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 41 (17.75%) Python
2 38 (16.45%) C#
3 31 (13.42%) SQL
4 29 (12.55%) Java
5 28 (12.12%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.49%) Ruby
7 14 (6.06%) TypeScript
8 13 (5.63%) PHP
9 12 (5.19%) Swift
10 11 (4.76%) PowerShell
11 10 (4.33%) Groovy
12 9 (3.90%) Go
13 8 (3.46%) Bash
14 3 (1.30%) R
15 2 (0.87%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.87%) Tcl
16 1 (0.43%) C
16 1 (0.43%) C++
16 1 (0.43%) Perl
16 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 43 (18.61%) Degree
2 19 (8.23%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.63%) HNC
4 7 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.16%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.73%) HND
6 4 (1.73%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.30%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.30%) MCT
8 2 (0.87%) ACCA
8 2 (0.87%) CIMA
8 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.23%) QA
2 10 (4.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.16%) SEPA
3 5 (2.16%) TARGET2
4 3 (1.30%) SLA
5 2 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.87%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (4.76%) Docker
2 5 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (5.19%) Kubernetes
1 12 (5.19%) Terraform
2 11 (4.76%) Prometheus
3 8 (3.46%) Ansible
3 8 (3.46%) Grafana
3 8 (3.46%) Progress Chef
3 8 (3.46%) Puppet
4 5 (2.16%) Graphite
5 3 (1.30%) Consul
5 3 (1.30%) Packer
6 1 (0.43%) SCCM
6 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (20.35%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.03%) New Relic
2 7 (3.03%) SaltStack
3 6 (2.60%) Apple
3 6 (2.60%) Cisco
3 6 (2.60%) Xamarin
4 5 (2.16%) Adobe
4 5 (2.16%) Aruba
4 5 (2.16%) CheckPoint
4 5 (2.16%) HP
4 5 (2.16%) Juniper
4 5 (2.16%) Meraki
4 5 (2.16%) Palo Alto
4 5 (2.16%) VMware
5 4 (1.73%) SAP
6 3 (1.30%) Databricks
6 3 (1.30%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.30%) Facebook
6 3 (1.30%) Progress
6 3 (1.30%) Twitter