Creative Thinking Job Trends in England

Creative Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 162 279
Rank change year-on-year -205 +117 +24
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 340 820 849
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 2.10% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 2.25% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 151 106 341
10th Percentile £30,987 £31,250 £28,498
25th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £66,367 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.20% +35.44% -26.77%
75th Percentile £63,750 £86,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £66,367 £50,000
% change year-on-year -32.20% +32.73% -23.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,055 36,381 71,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.36% 93.39% 85.24%
Number of salaries quoted 38,771 20,528 53,796
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in England

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Creative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
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 Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London -89 150 £59,955 -25.06% 37
South East -97 80 £45,000 -28.29% 11
Midlands -105 42 £40,000 -29.82% 7
West Midlands -86 36 £51,250 -10.09% 3
North of England -199 32 £48,445 -4.81% 21
South West -47 26 £45,500 -31.44% 7
North West -154 15 £48,445 -4.81% 15
Yorkshire -57 14 £100,000 +5.67% 5
East of England -27 8 £32,500 -40.91% 2
East Midlands -41 6 £40,000 - 4
North East -45 3 £48,445 +7.65% 1
Creative Thinking
UK

Creative Thinking
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.65%) Confluence
2 6 (1.76%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.47%) WordPress
4 4 (1.18%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.18%) Moodle
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.29%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 48 (14.12%) Azure
2 31 (9.12%) AWS
3 18 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (4.41%) OCI
5 11 (3.24%) Asana
5 11 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (3.24%) Sprout Social
6 10 (2.94%) Power Platform
7 8 (2.35%) SaaS
8 7 (2.06%) Canva
8 7 (2.06%) Google Analytics
9 6 (1.76%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.18%) Copilot Studio
10 4 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.18%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.18%) GCP
10 4 (1.18%) GitHub
10 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.18%) PaaS
11 3 (0.88%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.76%) Firewall
2 19 (5.59%) Wireless
3 17 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (4.41%) NGFW
4 15 (4.41%) VXLAN
4 15 (4.41%) Wireshark
5 5 (1.47%) DNS
6 3 (0.88%) Broadband
6 3 (0.88%) Network Security
7 2 (0.59%) SMS
8 1 (0.29%) DHCP
8 1 (0.29%) Mobile Broadband
8 1 (0.29%) Softphone
8 1 (0.29%) VLAN
8 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.18%) Power BI
2 3 (0.88%) GIS
3 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.59%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.59%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (3.82%) JIRA
2 10 (2.94%) GitLab
3 9 (2.65%) Burp Suite
3 9 (2.65%) Metasploit
4 5 (1.47%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.59%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.59%) Git
7 1 (0.29%) JUnit
7 1 (0.29%) Postman
7 1 (0.29%) Selenium
General
1 162 (47.65%) Finance
2 111 (32.65%) Social Skills
3 71 (20.88%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (17.94%) Marketing
5 26 (7.65%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 15 (4.41%) Advertising
9 14 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.24%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.94%) Legal
12 6 (1.76%) Banking
13 5 (1.47%) Automotive
13 5 (1.47%) Brand Awareness
13 5 (1.47%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.47%) Law
14 3 (0.88%) Aviation
14 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.59%) Cantonese Language
15 2 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 72 (21.18%) Senior
2 48 (14.12%) Analyst
3 29 (8.53%) Digital Analyst
4 21 (6.18%) Senior Manager
5 18 (5.29%) Designer
6 17 (5.00%) Architect
6 17 (5.00%) Principal Engineer
7 16 (4.71%) Senior Analyst
7 16 (4.71%) Senior Digital Analyst
8 15 (4.41%) Network Manager
8 15 (4.41%) Network Operations Manager
8 15 (4.41%) Operations Manager
8 15 (4.41%) Principal Software Engineer
8 15 (4.41%) Software Engineer
9 14 (4.12%) Consultant
10 13 (3.82%) UX Designer
11 11 (3.24%) Business Analyst
11 11 (3.24%) Developer
11 11 (3.24%) Social Media Executive
12 10 (2.94%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.06%) React
1 7 (2.06%) REST
2 5 (1.47%) CSS
2 5 (1.47%) HTML
2 5 (1.47%) SOAP
3 4 (1.18%) JBoss Seam
3 4 (1.18%) JMS
3 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (1.18%) OAuth
3 4 (1.18%) OAuth2
3 4 (1.18%) SAML
4 2 (0.59%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.59%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (0.59%) GraphQL
4 2 (0.59%) Keycloak
4 2 (0.59%) Model Context Protocol
4 2 (0.59%) PySpark
4 2 (0.59%) Spring
4 2 (0.59%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.59%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 45 (13.24%) Social Media
2 33 (9.71%) Cyber Defence
3 21 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (5.59%) Mobile App
4 19 (5.59%) Product Ownership
4 19 (5.59%) Security Posture
5 18 (5.29%) Data Centre
6 15 (4.41%) PKI
6 15 (4.41%) Video Editing
7 11 (3.24%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.06%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.06%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.18%) Blog
10 4 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.18%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.18%) Podcast
10 4 (1.18%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (0.88%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 37 (10.88%) Windows
2 12 (3.53%) Linux
3 3 (0.88%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (39.71%) Mentoring
2 134 (39.41%) Coaching
3 128 (37.65%) Agile
4 113 (33.24%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (24.71%) Business Strategy
6 58 (17.06%) Internal Audit
7 56 (16.47%) Business Transformation
8 48 (14.12%) AI
9 46 (13.53%) Analytics
10 39 (11.47%) User Experience
11 37 (10.88%) B2B
12 36 (10.59%) Cybersecurity
13 33 (9.71%) Business Development
13 33 (9.71%) Collaborative Culture
13 33 (9.71%) Roadmaps
13 33 (9.71%) UX Design
14 31 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (8.53%) DevOps
15 29 (8.53%) Strategic Thinking
16 28 (8.24%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 41 (12.06%) Python
2 17 (5.00%) SQL
3 12 (3.53%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.94%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.65%) Bash
5 9 (2.65%) Java
6 6 (1.76%) Bicep
7 4 (1.18%) C#
7 4 (1.18%) DataWeave
8 2 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (14.41%) Degree
2 42 (12.35%) DBS Check
3 28 (8.24%) CREST Certified
3 28 (8.24%) OSCP
4 19 (5.59%) Security Cleared
5 18 (5.29%) CCSAM
5 18 (5.29%) CHECK Team Leader
5 18 (5.29%) CHECK Team Member
6 14 (4.12%) CISSP
7 12 (3.53%) CEH
8 10 (2.94%) CISA
9 9 (2.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (2.06%) CISM
10 7 (2.06%) SSCP
11 6 (1.76%) CRISC
12 5 (1.47%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.88%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.12%) NIST
2 10 (2.94%) QA
3 9 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.65%) ITGC
4 5 (1.47%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.88%) GDPR
7 2 (0.59%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.59%) PSD2
8 1 (0.29%) COBIT
8 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (3.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 15 (4.41%) Ansible
1 15 (4.41%) Terraform
2 9 (2.65%) Nessus
3 6 (1.76%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.88%) SCCM
4 3 (0.88%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.59%) VxRail
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 44 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.71%) Adobe
3 15 (4.41%) Arista
3 15 (4.41%) Aruba
3 15 (4.41%) NetScout
4 11 (3.24%) Hootsuite
4 11 (3.24%) Instagram
4 11 (3.24%) Wrike
5 10 (2.94%) Google
6 8 (2.35%) VMware
7 7 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.76%) Databricks
9 5 (1.47%) HubSpot
10 4 (1.18%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.18%) Marketo
10 4 (1.18%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.18%) Oracle
10 4 (1.18%) Pardot
11 3 (0.88%) Cisco
11 3 (0.88%) Sophos