Innovative Thinking Jobs in England

Innovative Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 348 458
Rank change year-on-year -81 +110 -153
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 274 645 561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.75% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.88% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 95 391 232
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £43,329 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -15.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £70,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £80,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Innovative 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 45,472 73,407 86,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.00% 85.49% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,183 53,973 50,952
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,256
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Innovative Thinking in England.

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative 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 Innovative Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 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 +46 115 £95,000 +35.71% 190
North of England -23 52 £52,500 +0.80% 32
South East +51 51 £49,134 +22.84% 62
North West -30 46 £48,750 -6.40% 25
South West +26 29 £53,051 -11.58% 32
East of England +25 15 £55,000 +89.66% 17
Midlands +8 12 £39,000 -25.71% 27
West Midlands +26 8 £36,250 -35.23% 17
Yorkshire +33 6 £70,000 +50.68% 7
East Midlands +21 4 £62,500 +25.00% 8
Innovative Thinking
UK

Innovative Thinking
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 16 (5.84%) IBM Domino
2 9 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.46%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.09%) nginx
4 3 (1.09%) SAS
4 3 (1.09%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.73%) CMS
5 2 (0.73%) Confluence
5 2 (0.73%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.09%) InDesign
3 3 (1.09%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.09%) Simulink
4 2 (0.73%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) Q-Pulse
2 4 (1.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.73%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 57 (20.80%) AWS
2 52 (18.98%) Azure
3 28 (10.22%) GCP
4 9 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.92%) Figma
6 7 (2.55%) SaaS
6 7 (2.55%) Serverless
7 6 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.46%) Google Docs
9 4 (1.46%) Google Sheets
9 4 (1.46%) IaaS
9 4 (1.46%) Miro
9 4 (1.46%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.46%) Slack
10 3 (1.09%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 3 (1.09%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 3 (1.09%) BrowserStack
10 3 (1.09%) GitHub
10 3 (1.09%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.01%) Software-Defined Radio
2 9 (3.28%) WAN
3 8 (2.92%) 5G
3 8 (2.92%) SD-WAN
4 7 (2.55%) ATM
4 7 (2.55%) VoIP
5 5 (1.82%) Firewall
5 5 (1.82%) Wireless
6 4 (1.46%) SAN
7 3 (1.09%) DHCP
7 3 (1.09%) DNS
7 3 (1.09%) Network Security
7 3 (1.09%) VPN
8 2 (0.73%) 3G
8 2 (0.73%) GPRS
8 2 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.73%) LTE
8 2 (0.73%) Modbus
8 2 (0.73%) Multicast
8 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.77%) Data Lake
2 23 (8.39%) Metadata
3 9 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.46%) Apache Hive
5 4 (1.46%) Hadoop
5 4 (1.46%) MySQL
5 4 (1.46%) Power BI
6 3 (1.09%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.09%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.09%) SQLite
7 2 (0.73%) Redis
8 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.36%) Tableau
8 1 (0.36%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 10 (3.65%) JIRA
2 5 (1.82%) Cucumber
2 5 (1.82%) IntelliJ
2 5 (1.82%) Maven
3 4 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.09%) Appium
4 3 (1.09%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.09%) Git
4 3 (1.09%) JUnit
4 3 (1.09%) Mockito
4 3 (1.09%) Postman
4 3 (1.09%) Selenium
4 3 (1.09%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.09%) TestNG
4 3 (1.09%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.36%) GitLab
General
1 96 (35.04%) Analytical Skills
2 82 (29.93%) Social Skills
3 76 (27.74%) Finance
4 37 (13.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (13.14%) Banking
6 29 (10.58%) Retail Banking
7 27 (9.85%) Financial Institution
8 25 (9.12%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (8.76%) Manufacturing
10 23 (8.39%) Marketing
11 21 (7.66%) Public Sector
12 20 (7.30%) Electronics
13 18 (6.57%) Law
14 15 (5.47%) Military
15 12 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (4.01%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (2.92%) Legal
18 7 (2.55%) Aerospace
19 5 (1.82%) German Language
19 5 (1.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (13.50%) Senior
2 34 (12.41%) Lead
3 29 (10.58%) Architect
4 23 (8.39%) Data Architect
5 22 (8.03%) Project Manager
6 20 (7.30%) Delivery Project Manager
7 19 (6.93%) Associate Director
8 17 (6.20%) Software Engineer
9 15 (5.47%) QA Manager
9 15 (5.47%) Quality Manager
10 12 (4.38%) Supplier Manager
10 12 (4.38%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (3.65%) Java Engineer
12 9 (3.28%) Team Leader
13 8 (2.92%) Developer
13 8 (2.92%) Portfolio Manager
13 8 (2.92%) Project Leader
13 8 (2.92%) Software Project Leader
13 8 (2.92%) Technical Leader
13 8 (2.92%) Technical Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.11%) React
2 9 (3.28%) Flutter
2 9 (3.28%) Node.js
2 9 (3.28%) React Native
2 9 (3.28%) RESTful
3 7 (2.55%) .NET
3 7 (2.55%) REST
4 5 (1.82%) HTML
4 5 (1.82%) XML
5 4 (1.46%) Keras
5 4 (1.46%) Laravel
5 4 (1.46%) NumPy
5 4 (1.46%) SciPy
5 4 (1.46%) SpaCy
5 4 (1.46%) TensorFlow
6 3 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (1.09%) Next.js
6 3 (1.09%) OpenAPI
6 3 (1.09%) Playwright
6 3 (1.09%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.30%) e-Learning
2 15 (5.47%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (5.11%) FPGA
4 11 (4.01%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.65%) Cloud Native
5 10 (3.65%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (3.28%) MicroBlaze
7 8 (2.92%) Self-Driving Car
8 6 (2.19%) GNSS
8 6 (2.19%) Satnav
8 6 (2.19%) VHDL
9 5 (1.82%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.09%) IoT
10 3 (1.09%) Life Science
10 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.09%) PKI
10 3 (1.09%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.09%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.57%) Linux
1 18 (6.57%) Windows
2 8 (2.92%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.09%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.36%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (35.04%) Agile
2 84 (30.66%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (20.07%) Project Management
4 52 (18.98%) Project Delivery
5 49 (17.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (17.52%) Analytics
7 43 (15.69%) Business Development
8 41 (14.96%) Data Strategy
9 39 (14.23%) Artificial Intelligence
10 37 (13.50%) Roadmaps
11 34 (12.41%) Collaborative Culture
12 32 (11.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (11.31%) Data Management
14 29 (10.58%) Data Privacy
14 29 (10.58%) Migration
15 27 (9.85%) Asset Management
15 27 (9.85%) Commercialisation
15 27 (9.85%) Software Engineering
16 25 (9.12%) Cost Management
16 25 (9.12%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.39%) SQL
2 18 (6.57%) JavaScript
2 18 (6.57%) Python
3 15 (5.47%) Java
4 14 (5.11%) MATLAB
5 11 (4.01%) Perl
6 10 (3.65%) C++
7 9 (3.28%) C
8 7 (2.55%) PHP
9 6 (2.19%) C#
9 6 (2.19%) Tcl
9 6 (2.19%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.19%) VB
10 5 (1.82%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.36%) Bash
11 1 (0.36%) Bicep
11 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.36%) Ruby
11 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.36%) Swift
Qualifications
1 62 (22.63%) Degree
2 36 (13.14%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.85%) Azure Certification
3 27 (9.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (8.39%) AWS Certification
5 21 (7.66%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.28%) DBS Check
7 8 (2.92%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.55%) PhD
9 6 (2.19%) CCNP
10 5 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.82%) HND
11 3 (1.09%) CCIE
11 3 (1.09%) CCNA
11 3 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.73%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.73%) JNCIE
12 2 (0.73%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.36%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.30%) QA
2 10 (3.65%) PMO
3 6 (2.19%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.82%) GDPR
5 3 (1.09%) SLA
6 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.73%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.73%) NIST
6 2 (0.73%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 17 (6.20%) Firmware
2 14 (5.11%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (3.28%) Docker
4 6 (2.19%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.19%) Ansible
3 4 (1.46%) Terraform
4 3 (1.09%) Kustomize
4 3 (1.09%) Packer
4 3 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.73%) Grafana
5 2 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.36%) Avamar
6 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.36%) Puppet
6 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 31 (11.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.28%) Xilinx
3 7 (2.55%) Google
4 6 (2.19%) Altera
4 6 (2.19%) Green Hills
5 5 (1.82%) Adobe
5 5 (1.82%) VMware
6 4 (1.46%) EMC
6 4 (1.46%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.46%) Sparx
7 3 (1.09%) BiZZdesign
7 3 (1.09%) Cisco
7 3 (1.09%) Veeam
8 2 (0.73%) SAP
8 2 (0.73%) Zoho
9 1 (0.36%) Apple
9 1 (0.36%) Dell
9 1 (0.36%) NetApp
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle
9 1 (0.36%) Progress