Creative Strategy Job Trends in England

Creative Strategies
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Creative Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 609 723 714
Rank change year-on-year +114 -9 +330
Permanent jobs citing Creative Strategy 18 15 5
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.042% 0.023% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.047% 0.028% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £31,250 - £44,000
25th Percentile £34,375 £65,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £66,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.81% +33.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,625 £96,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £74,350 £124,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £66,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -24.81% +33.00% -13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Creative Strategy 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 38,090 53,382 47,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 88.90% 82.72% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 21,805 28,465 36,329
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £81,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Creative Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Creative Strategy job vacancy trend in England

Creative Strategy
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Creative Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Creative Strategy

Creative Strategy
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Strategy in England over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Creative Strategy in England

Creative Strategy
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 Strategy within the England region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
London +76 11 £50,000 -33.33% 8
North of England +24 5 £58,750 -
Yorkshire - 4 £40,000 -
South East +41 2 £32,500 -51.13% 3
North West -2 1 £77,500 -
Creative Strategy
UK

Creative Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (22.22%) Adobe After Effects
2 4 (22.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (22.22%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (22.22%) InDesign
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (22.22%) Photoshop
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (11.11%) CINEMA 4D
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Google Analytics
2 3 (16.67%) Figma
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (11.11%) Contentsquare
3 2 (11.11%) Google Ads
3 2 (11.11%) Google Sheets
3 2 (11.11%) MailChimp
3 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 15 (83.33%) Marketing
2 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Advertising
4 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (22.22%) Retail
6 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (11.11%) Finance
8 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Designer
2 4 (22.22%) Account Executive
3 2 (11.11%) Art Director
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Executive
3 2 (11.11%) Email Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Graphic Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Graphic Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Creative Director
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Strategist
4 1 (5.56%) Mobile Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Mobile UX Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Presales Solution Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) CSS
1 2 (11.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Digital Media
1 2 (11.11%) Graphic Design
1 2 (11.11%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (5.56%) e-Learning
2 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Android
1 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 9 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
3 8 (44.44%) Project Management
4 6 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (22.22%) Analytics
5 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 4 (22.22%) Programmatic Advertising
5 4 (22.22%) Time Management
6 3 (16.67%) Pay per click
6 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (16.67%) Storytelling
6 3 (16.67%) Typography
6 3 (16.67%) User Experience
7 2 (11.11%) Agile
7 2 (11.11%) Email Marketing
7 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 2 (11.11%) Responsive Web Design
7 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
7 2 (11.11%) Web Design
7 2 (11.11%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 2 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) Adobe
3 4 (22.22%) Google
4 2 (11.11%) HubSpot
4 2 (11.11%) Marketo
4 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
4 2 (11.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 2 (11.11%) YouTube