Innovative Thinking Jobs in England

Innovative Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Innovative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 463 311
Rank change year-on-year +114 -152 +235
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 643 559 1,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.75% 0.62% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.65% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 392 230 246
10th Percentile £31,325 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,329 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £93,750 £72,647
90th Percentile £80,000 £105,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Innovative Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,894 86,501 127,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.58% 95.63% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53,677 51,101 73,310
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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 +149 185 £70,000 +0.85% 54
North of England +70 139 £52,084 -28.16% 31
South West +21 109 £60,000 +9.09% 15
South East 0 101 £40,000 +23.08% 48
North West +70 78 £52,084 -19.87% 24
Midlands +43 69 £52,500 -34.38% 20
West Midlands +51 42 £55,964 -30.04% 14
Yorkshire +39 40 £46,457 -41.01% 4
East of England -13 30 £29,000 -3.33% 21
East Midlands -8 27 £50,000 -41.18% 6
North East +11 21 £46,457 - 3
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 15 (2.33%) IIS
2 9 (1.40%) Confluence
3 8 (1.24%) Appian
4 7 (1.09%) CMS
5 4 (0.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.47%) SAS
6 3 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.47%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.31%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 51 (7.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (4.82%) Spreadsheet
3 21 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.71%) Simulink
5 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.62%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.47%) Trello
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.31%) Sketch
9 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.31%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 162 (25.19%) AWS
1 162 (25.19%) Azure
2 126 (19.60%) GCP
3 47 (7.31%) Power Platform
4 12 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.24%) SaaS
6 7 (1.09%) Serverless
7 6 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (0.78%) Amazon S3
8 5 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.78%) Figma
8 5 (0.78%) GitHub
8 5 (0.78%) Route 53
8 5 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (0.78%) WhatsApp
9 4 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.47%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.33%) WAN
2 11 (1.71%) 5G
2 11 (1.71%) Firewall
2 11 (1.71%) SD-WAN
3 10 (1.56%) Network Security
4 8 (1.24%) Wireless
5 5 (0.78%) DNS
5 5 (0.78%) SAN
5 5 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.62%) Internet
6 4 (0.62%) LAN
6 4 (0.62%) OSPF
7 3 (0.47%) VPN
8 2 (0.31%) Broadband
8 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.16%) DHCP
9 1 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.16%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (17.42%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (17.26%) BigQuery
2 111 (17.26%) Looker
3 42 (6.53%) Power BI
4 37 (5.75%) Tableau
5 14 (2.18%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.02%) Metadata
7 10 (1.56%) SQL Server
8 9 (1.40%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.47%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.31%) GIS
12 2 (0.31%) Power Query
13 1 (0.16%) Big Data
13 1 (0.16%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
13 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
13 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (2.80%) JIRA
2 10 (1.56%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.78%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.78%) Subversion
5 4 (0.62%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.47%) Postman
7 2 (0.31%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.31%) Git
8 1 (0.16%) Appium
8 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.16%) JMeter
8 1 (0.16%) JUnit
8 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.16%) Selenium
8 1 (0.16%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 223 (34.68%) Analytical Skills
2 218 (33.90%) Social Skills
3 81 (12.60%) Finance
4 78 (12.13%) Retail
5 64 (9.95%) Marketing
6 43 (6.69%) Organisational Skills
7 38 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (4.82%) Banking
9 22 (3.42%) Financial Institution
10 21 (3.27%) Games
10 21 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (3.27%) Military
11 20 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.49%) Law
13 15 (2.33%) Telecoms
14 13 (2.02%) Electronics
14 13 (2.02%) Legal
14 13 (2.02%) Retail Banking
15 11 (1.71%) Public Sector
16 10 (1.56%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 152 (23.64%) Architect
2 143 (22.24%) Senior
3 125 (19.44%) Data Architect
4 74 (11.51%) Lead
5 68 (10.58%) Developer
6 43 (6.69%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 43 (6.69%) Delivery Manager
7 40 (6.22%) Lead Developer
8 38 (5.91%) Team Leader
9 34 (5.29%) Software Engineer
10 28 (4.35%) Business Developer
11 27 (4.20%) Consultant
12 25 (3.89%) Analyst
12 25 (3.89%) Senior Architect
13 22 (3.42%) Project Manager
13 22 (3.42%) Senior Manager
14 21 (3.27%) AWS Engineer
14 21 (3.27%) Field Engineer
14 21 (3.27%) Field Service Engineer
15 20 (3.11%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.80%) .NET
1 18 (2.80%) React
2 7 (1.09%) AngularJS
2 7 (1.09%) HTML
3 6 (0.93%) Vue
4 5 (0.78%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.78%) CSS
4 5 (0.78%) Node.js
4 5 (0.78%) Spring Boot
5 4 (0.62%) Kafka
5 4 (0.62%) Spring
6 3 (0.47%) .NET Framework
6 3 (0.47%) ActiveMQ
7 2 (0.31%) DOM
7 2 (0.31%) Express.js
7 2 (0.31%) JSON
7 2 (0.31%) JWT
7 2 (0.31%) RESTful
7 2 (0.31%) SAP TM
7 2 (0.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 197 (30.64%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (5.60%) Driving Licence
3 21 (3.27%) EPoS
3 21 (3.27%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (2.49%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.33%) CESG
7 12 (1.87%) Data Centre
8 11 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (1.56%) GNSS
9 10 (1.56%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.40%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.40%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (1.40%) Virtual Reality
11 8 (1.24%) CCTV
11 8 (1.24%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.24%) Robotics
12 6 (0.93%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.84%) Windows
2 27 (4.20%) Linux
3 12 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.24%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.78%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (33.59%) Problem-Solving
2 184 (28.62%) Mentoring
3 155 (24.11%) Agile
4 129 (20.06%) Data Architecture
5 128 (19.91%) Platform Engineering
6 126 (19.60%) Data Modelling
7 124 (19.28%) Data Integration
8 120 (18.66%) ETL
9 119 (18.51%) Data Security
10 113 (17.57%) Data Engineering
11 112 (17.42%) Data Governance
12 111 (17.26%) ERD
13 95 (14.77%) Project Management
14 62 (9.64%) Analytics
14 62 (9.64%) Creative Thinking
14 62 (9.64%) Scrum
15 57 (8.86%) Coaching
16 53 (8.24%) Customer Service
17 51 (7.93%) Kanban
18 47 (7.31%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 44 (6.84%) Python
2 36 (5.60%) SQL
3 35 (5.44%) Java
4 21 (3.27%) C++
4 21 (3.27%) Perl
5 14 (2.18%) C#
5 14 (2.18%) MATLAB
6 10 (1.56%) Bash
7 9 (1.40%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.24%) Scala
9 7 (1.09%) R
10 6 (0.93%) C
11 5 (0.78%) Delphi
12 4 (0.62%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.16%) Go
13 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 146 (22.71%) Degree
2 54 (8.40%) Security Cleared
3 28 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (3.11%) DBS Check
4 20 (3.11%) HNC
4 20 (3.11%) HND
5 19 (2.95%) CISMP
6 18 (2.80%) DV Cleared
7 13 (2.02%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.02%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.87%) IISP
9 11 (1.71%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.56%) CCNP
10 10 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.40%) CISM
11 9 (1.40%) CISSP
12 8 (1.24%) A+ Certification
12 8 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (17.42%) Data Quality
1 112 (17.42%) GDPR
2 31 (4.82%) SLA
3 24 (3.73%) NIST
4 21 (3.27%) PMO
5 15 (2.33%) JSP 440
6 13 (2.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 12 (1.87%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.87%) RMADS
8 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.78%) QA
10 4 (0.62%) NCSC
11 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.47%) JTAG
12 2 (0.31%) GRC
13 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (3.11%) Firmware
2 19 (2.95%) Docker
3 12 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.24%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.62%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (3.42%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.80%) Terraform
3 11 (1.71%) Ansible
3 11 (1.71%) Progress Chef
3 11 (1.71%) Puppet
3 11 (1.71%) Salt
4 5 (0.78%) Packer
Vendors
1 114 (17.73%) Google
2 58 (9.02%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.67%) Dell
4 21 (3.27%) HP
4 21 (3.27%) IBM
5 18 (2.80%) VMware
6 17 (2.64%) Cisco
7 12 (1.87%) NetApp
8 6 (0.93%) Adobe
9 5 (0.78%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.78%) Facebook
9 5 (0.78%) Oracle
9 5 (0.78%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.62%) Progress
10 4 (0.62%) SAP
11 3 (0.47%) Mercator
11 3 (0.47%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.47%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.31%) Databricks
12 2 (0.31%) HubSpot