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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 152 224
Rank change year-on-year -159 +72 +110
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 342 901 693
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.65% 1.87% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 2.06% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 91 94 223
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,905 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £48,869 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -6.54% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £95,000
90th Percentile - £95,000 £106,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -28.00% -3.85% -

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 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -33 183 £42,500 -43.33% 22
South East +12 75 £42,000 -21.50% 28
South West -23 32 £67,500 +35.00% 12
North of England -102 29 £62,500 +13.64% 18
Midlands -139 25 £40,000 -29.82% 9
North West -56 23 £70,000 +16.67% 7
West Midlands -106 15 £40,000 -29.82% 3
East Midlands -54 10 £40,000 +6.67% 6
East of England +13 5 - - 11
Yorkshire -28 5 £70,000 +27.27% 8
North East -7 1 £48,445 +7.65% 3
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 16 (4.68%) IIS
2 12 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.05%) CMS
4 6 (1.75%) WordPress
5 3 (0.88%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.88%) SAS
6 2 (0.58%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.58%) Confluence
6 2 (0.58%) Moodle
Applications
1 24 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (1.46%) Adobe Premiere
5 5 (1.46%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.88%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.88%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.88%) Stata
7 2 (0.58%) Adobe Captivate
7 2 (0.58%) Elementor
8 1 (0.29%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.29%) InDesign
8 1 (0.29%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.29%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 1 (0.29%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 79 (23.10%) Azure
2 39 (11.40%) Power Platform
3 27 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (7.02%) PaaS
6 16 (4.68%) SaaS
7 12 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (2.34%) Azure App Service
8 8 (2.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 8 (2.34%) Azure Functions
8 8 (2.34%) Serverless
9 7 (2.05%) AWS
10 6 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.75%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.75%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (1.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.46%) Canva
12 4 (1.17%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.63%) Wireless
2 7 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.46%) VoIP
4 4 (1.17%) DNS
4 4 (1.17%) Firewall
5 3 (0.88%) Broadband
5 3 (0.88%) DHCP
5 3 (0.88%) DOCSIS
5 3 (0.88%) DSL
5 3 (0.88%) GPON
5 3 (0.88%) Internet
5 3 (0.88%) IPv4
5 3 (0.88%) IPv6
5 3 (0.88%) PPP
5 3 (0.88%) RTP
5 3 (0.88%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.88%) WAN
6 2 (0.58%) NGFW
6 2 (0.58%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.58%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.06%) Power BI
2 5 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.46%) Star Schema
3 4 (1.17%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.58%) GIS
4 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.58%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (2.34%) JIRA
2 7 (2.05%) Git
3 5 (1.46%) Burp Suite
3 5 (1.46%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.58%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.58%) GitLab
4 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.58%) Postman
General
1 180 (52.63%) Finance
2 127 (37.13%) Social Skills
3 77 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (21.35%) Marketing
5 25 (7.31%) Legal
6 18 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (4.68%) Advertising
7 16 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (4.09%) Electronics
9 13 (3.80%) Aerospace
9 13 (3.80%) Automotive
9 13 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (3.22%) Financial Institution
11 10 (2.92%) Public Sector
12 9 (2.63%) Banking
13 6 (1.75%) Law
14 4 (1.17%) Multimedia
14 4 (1.17%) Retail
15 3 (0.88%) Billing
Job Titles
1 66 (19.30%) Senior
2 45 (13.16%) Analyst
3 31 (9.06%) Lead
4 28 (8.19%) Senior Manager
5 24 (7.02%) Risk Manager
6 19 (5.56%) Consultant
6 19 (5.56%) Developer
6 19 (5.56%) Security Consultant
7 18 (5.26%) Business Development Manager
7 18 (5.26%) Business Manager
7 18 (5.26%) Development Manager
8 16 (4.68%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 16 (4.68%) IT Analyst
8 16 (4.68%) IT Manager
8 16 (4.68%) Senior Consultant
8 16 (4.68%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
8 16 (4.68%) Senior Security Consultant
9 14 (4.09%) Security Engineer
10 13 (3.80%) Senior Business Development Manager
10 13 (3.80%) Senior Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.09%) YAML
2 13 (3.80%) React
3 11 (3.22%) HTML
4 8 (2.34%) .NET
4 8 (2.34%) .NET Framework
4 8 (2.34%) CSS
5 6 (1.75%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.75%) REST
6 5 (1.46%) XML
7 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.88%) CrewAI
8 3 (0.88%) FastAPI
8 3 (0.88%) JSON
8 3 (0.88%) LangChain
8 3 (0.88%) Matplotlib
8 3 (0.88%) NumPy
8 3 (0.88%) pydantic
8 3 (0.88%) pytest
8 3 (0.88%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.88%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.70%) Management Information System
2 28 (8.19%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (6.73%) Security Posture
4 21 (6.14%) Social Media
5 16 (4.68%) CESG
6 15 (4.39%) Cyber Defence
6 15 (4.39%) Product Ownership
7 14 (4.09%) Driving Licence
8 13 (3.80%) Algorithms
8 13 (3.80%) Life Science
9 11 (3.22%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (2.92%) Data Centre
10 10 (2.92%) Mobile App
11 9 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (2.05%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.46%) Cloud Native
14 4 (1.17%) Low-Code
14 4 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 3 (0.88%) Graphic Design
15 3 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.80%) Windows
2 10 (2.92%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.46%) Linux
4 3 (0.88%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.29%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (65.50%) Agile
2 205 (59.94%) Coaching
3 204 (59.65%) Mentoring
4 72 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (19.59%) Business Development
6 59 (17.25%) AI
7 58 (16.96%) Analytics
8 50 (14.62%) Cybersecurity
9 49 (14.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 47 (13.74%) DevOps
11 44 (12.87%) Risk Management
12 43 (12.57%) Business Strategy
12 43 (12.57%) Information Security
12 43 (12.57%) Roadmaps
12 43 (12.57%) User Experience
13 40 (11.70%) Computer Science
14 34 (9.94%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (9.65%) Decision-Making
16 31 (9.06%) UX Design
17 29 (8.48%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.91%) Python
2 42 (12.28%) SQL
3 19 (5.56%) PowerShell
4 14 (4.09%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.92%) C#
6 9 (2.63%) Bicep
7 5 (1.46%) Bash
8 3 (0.88%) C
8 3 (0.88%) C++
8 3 (0.88%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.88%) R
8 3 (0.88%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.88%) VBA
9 2 (0.58%) DataWeave
9 2 (0.58%) Java
9 2 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.58%) PHP
10 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 73 (21.35%) Degree
2 41 (11.99%) CISM
2 41 (11.99%) CISSP
3 36 (10.53%) Master's Degree
4 19 (5.56%) CRISC
5 16 (4.68%) CESG Certified Professional
5 16 (4.68%) CISMP
5 16 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (4.68%) IISP
6 15 (4.39%) PhD
7 12 (3.51%) CREST Certified
7 12 (3.51%) OSCP
8 9 (2.63%) CCSAM
8 9 (2.63%) CHECK Team Leader
8 9 (2.63%) CHECK Team Member
9 8 (2.34%) CISA
9 8 (2.34%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.75%) Security Cleared
11 5 (1.46%) CEH
12 3 (0.88%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (10.53%) NIST
3 30 (8.77%) NCSC
4 18 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (5.26%) Data Quality
5 16 (4.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 16 (4.68%) JSP 440
5 16 (4.68%) NIST 800
5 16 (4.68%) RMADS
6 14 (4.09%) QA
7 12 (3.51%) PMO
8 11 (3.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 11 (3.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.17%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.17%) SEPA
10 4 (1.17%) SLA
10 4 (1.17%) TARGET2
11 3 (0.88%) GRC
11 3 (0.88%) PSD2
System Software
1 16 (4.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.75%) SCCM
2 5 (1.46%) Nessus
3 2 (0.58%) Ansible
3 2 (0.58%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 81 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.60%) Databricks
3 11 (3.22%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.63%) Adobe
5 6 (1.75%) Sophos
5 6 (1.75%) TikTok
5 6 (1.75%) YouTube
6 5 (1.46%) Facebook
7 4 (1.17%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.17%) Instagram
8 2 (0.58%) Arista
8 2 (0.58%) Aruba
8 2 (0.58%) Cisco
8 2 (0.58%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.58%) NetScout
8 2 (0.58%) Nokia
8 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.58%) TP-LINK
8 2 (0.58%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (0.58%) Workday