Disruptive Innovation Job Trends in England

Disruptive Innovation\Technology
UK > England

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 642 645
Rank change year-on-year +86 +3 +201
Permanent jobs citing Disruptive Innovation 53 32 33
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.066% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.073% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 22
10th Percentile - £63,750 £45,000
25th Percentile - £67,500 £59,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £72,500 £79,188
Median % change year-on-year - -8.45% +9.22%
75th Percentile - £118,750 £106,563
90th Percentile - - £107,500
UK median annual salary - £92,500 £79,188
% change year-on-year - +16.81% +9.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Disruptive Innovation 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 42,771 43,733 43,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.37% 90.61% 89.79%
Number of salaries quoted 25,631 21,503 33,434
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,250 £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 £96,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Disruptive Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Disruptive Innovation job vacancy trend in England

Disruptive Innovation
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Disruptive Innovation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Disruptive Innovation

Disruptive Innovation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Disruptive Innovation within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +34 28 - - 16
London +64 15 - - 8
North West +29 8 - - 4
North of England +19 8 - - 9
Midlands +28 2 - - 9
West Midlands +26 2 - - 3
Disruptive Innovation
UK

Disruptive Innovation
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 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) AWS
1 12 (22.64%) GCP
2 7 (13.21%) Azure
3 3 (5.66%) Amazon EKS
3 3 (5.66%) SaaS
4 1 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (1.89%) Slack
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) TeamCity
2 2 (3.77%) Burp Suite
2 2 (3.77%) JMeter
2 2 (3.77%) LoadRunner
2 2 (3.77%) NeoLoad
3 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 33 (62.26%) Finance
2 28 (52.83%) Pharmaceutical
3 20 (37.74%) Retail
4 14 (26.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (26.42%) Law
5 12 (22.64%) Banking
6 8 (15.09%) Social Skills
7 6 (11.32%) Financial Institution
8 3 (5.66%) Back Office
8 3 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (58.49%) Lead
2 8 (15.09%) Senior
3 4 (7.55%) Data Scientist
4 2 (3.77%) Administrator
4 2 (3.77%) Analyst
4 2 (3.77%) Architect
4 2 (3.77%) Customer Engineer
4 2 (3.77%) Customer Service Engineer
4 2 (3.77%) Domain Architect
4 2 (3.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (3.77%) IT Director
4 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
4 2 (3.77%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (3.77%) Quality Engineer
4 2 (3.77%) Senior Architect
4 2 (3.77%) Senior IT Engineer
4 2 (3.77%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 2 (3.77%) Senior Quality Engineer
4 2 (3.77%) Senior Tester
4 2 (3.77%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) React
1 2 (3.77%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 28 (52.83%) Life Science
2 5 (9.43%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.55%) Cyberattack
3 4 (7.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (7.55%) Insider Threat
4 3 (5.66%) Blog
5 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.77%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.77%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.43%) Mac OS
1 5 (9.43%) Windows
2 4 (7.55%) Linux
3 2 (3.77%) Android
3 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (67.92%) AI
2 33 (62.26%) Agile
3 32 (60.38%) Data Science
4 31 (58.49%) Deployment Automation
5 30 (56.60%) Enterprise Architecture
5 30 (56.60%) Generative AI
5 30 (56.60%) Machine Learning
6 29 (54.72%) Roadmaps
7 28 (52.83%) Analytics
7 28 (52.83%) Computer Science
7 28 (52.83%) Digital Twin
7 28 (52.83%) Hematology
7 28 (52.83%) Immunology
7 28 (52.83%) Intelligent Automation
7 28 (52.83%) Thought Leadership
7 28 (52.83%) Use Case
8 12 (22.64%) Fintech
9 9 (16.98%) CI/CD
10 8 (15.09%) Security Testing
11 7 (13.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.98%) Java
2 4 (7.55%) Kotlin
3 3 (5.66%) Go
4 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.77%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (52.83%) Degree
1 28 (52.83%) Master's Degree
1 28 (52.83%) PhD
2 6 (11.32%) CREST Certified
2 6 (11.32%) OSCP
3 4 (7.55%) Azure Certification
3 4 (7.55%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (52.83%) GxP
2 4 (7.55%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (7.55%) EU AI Act
2 4 (7.55%) GDPR
2 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.66%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.77%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.66%) Grafana
2 3 (5.66%) Terraform
3 1 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 3 (5.66%) Apple
2 2 (3.77%) Adobe
2 2 (3.77%) Dell
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.89%) Meraki