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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 464 331
Rank change year-on-year +115 -133 +186
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 631 605 1,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.65% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.68% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 390 237 255
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,125 £44,713 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £95,000 £72,647
90th Percentile £80,000 £106,000 £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 72,981 89,600 124,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.92% 95.65% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,915 52,820 73,594
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,306
25th Percentile £39,750 £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 £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +147 184 £70,000 - 51
North of England +68 138 £52,084 -25.59% 31
South East -21 101 £40,000 +23.08% 47
South West +26 100 £60,000 +9.09% 20
North West +68 77 £52,084 -13.19% 25
Midlands +48 70 £52,500 -34.38% 13
West Midlands +52 42 £55,964 -22.81% 6
Yorkshire +46 39 £46,457 -41.01% 4
East of England -20 30 £29,000 -3.33% 19
East Midlands -7 28 £50,000 -41.18% 7
North East +15 22 £46,457 - 2
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 17 (2.69%) IIS
2 9 (1.43%) Confluence
3 8 (1.27%) Appian
4 7 (1.11%) CMS
5 4 (0.63%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.48%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.48%) SAS
6 3 (0.48%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.48%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.32%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (7.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (4.91%) Spreadsheet
3 17 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.74%) Simulink
6 4 (0.63%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.48%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.48%) Trello
8 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.32%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.32%) Sketch
9 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 161 (25.52%) Azure
2 156 (24.72%) AWS
3 125 (19.81%) GCP
4 48 (7.61%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.27%) SaaS
7 7 (1.11%) Serverless
8 6 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (0.79%) Amazon S3
9 5 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.79%) Figma
9 5 (0.79%) GitHub
9 5 (0.79%) Route 53
9 5 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (0.79%) WhatsApp
10 4 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.48%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.38%) WAN
2 12 (1.90%) Firewall
3 11 (1.74%) 5G
3 11 (1.74%) SD-WAN
4 9 (1.43%) Network Security
5 8 (1.27%) Wireless
6 6 (0.95%) Internet
6 6 (0.95%) SAN
7 5 (0.79%) DNS
7 5 (0.79%) VPN
7 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.63%) LAN
8 4 (0.63%) OSPF
9 2 (0.32%) Broadband
9 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.16%) DHCP
10 1 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.16%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (17.75%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (17.59%) BigQuery
2 111 (17.59%) Looker
3 43 (6.81%) Power BI
4 34 (5.39%) Tableau
5 13 (2.06%) Data Lake
6 12 (1.90%) Metadata
6 12 (1.90%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.79%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.32%) GIS
11 2 (0.32%) Power Query
12 1 (0.16%) Big Data
12 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 1 (0.16%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (2.85%) JIRA
2 9 (1.43%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.79%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.79%) Subversion
5 4 (0.63%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.32%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.32%) Postman
7 1 (0.16%) Appium
7 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.16%) Git
7 1 (0.16%) JMeter
7 1 (0.16%) JUnit
7 1 (0.16%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.16%) Selenium
7 1 (0.16%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (0.16%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 216 (34.23%) Analytical Skills
2 214 (33.91%) Social Skills
3 79 (12.52%) Retail
4 77 (12.20%) Finance
5 62 (9.83%) Marketing
6 42 (6.66%) Organisational Skills
7 32 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 27 (4.28%) Banking
9 21 (3.33%) Games
9 21 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.33%) Military
10 19 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.85%) Financial Institution
12 15 (2.38%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.22%) Public Sector
14 12 (1.90%) Retail Banking
15 11 (1.74%) Aerospace
15 11 (1.74%) Electronics
15 11 (1.74%) Law
16 10 (1.58%) Legal
Job Titles
1 149 (23.61%) Architect
2 138 (21.87%) Senior
3 124 (19.65%) Data Architect
4 71 (11.25%) Lead
5 66 (10.46%) Developer
6 42 (6.66%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 42 (6.66%) Delivery Manager
7 40 (6.34%) Lead Developer
8 38 (6.02%) Team Leader
9 31 (4.91%) Software Engineer
10 28 (4.44%) Analyst
10 28 (4.44%) Business Developer
11 27 (4.28%) Consultant
12 22 (3.49%) Project Manager
12 22 (3.49%) Senior Architect
13 21 (3.33%) Field Engineer
13 21 (3.33%) Field Service Engineer
13 21 (3.33%) Senior Manager
14 20 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 20 (3.17%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.69%) .NET
1 17 (2.69%) React
2 7 (1.11%) HTML
3 6 (0.95%) AngularJS
3 6 (0.95%) Vue
4 5 (0.79%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.79%) CSS
5 3 (0.48%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.48%) Node.js
5 3 (0.48%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.32%) DOM
6 2 (0.32%) Express.js
6 2 (0.32%) JSON
6 2 (0.32%) JWT
6 2 (0.32%) Kafka
6 2 (0.32%) RESTful
6 2 (0.32%) SAP TM
6 2 (0.32%) Spring
6 2 (0.32%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 1 (0.16%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 193 (30.59%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (5.71%) Driving Licence
3 22 (3.49%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.33%) EPoS
5 20 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (2.38%) CESG
7 14 (2.22%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.90%) Data Centre
9 11 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.58%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.43%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.43%) GNSS
11 9 (1.43%) Video\Live Streaming
11 9 (1.43%) Virtual Reality
12 8 (1.27%) CCTV
12 8 (1.27%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.11%) Robotics
14 6 (0.95%) Operational Technology
15 5 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
15 5 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.45%) Windows
2 26 (4.12%) Linux
3 13 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
3 13 (2.06%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (33.12%) Problem-Solving
2 182 (28.84%) Mentoring
3 149 (23.61%) Agile
4 128 (20.29%) Data Architecture
4 128 (20.29%) Platform Engineering
5 125 (19.81%) Data Modelling
6 124 (19.65%) Data Integration
7 120 (19.02%) ETL
8 117 (18.54%) Data Security
9 113 (17.91%) Data Engineering
10 112 (17.75%) Data Governance
11 111 (17.59%) ERD
12 92 (14.58%) Project Management
13 60 (9.51%) Analytics
13 60 (9.51%) Creative Thinking
14 59 (9.35%) Scrum
15 56 (8.87%) Coaching
16 54 (8.56%) Customer Service
17 50 (7.92%) Kanban
18 49 (7.77%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 41 (6.50%) Python
2 36 (5.71%) SQL
3 31 (4.91%) Java
4 20 (3.17%) Perl
5 19 (3.01%) C++
6 14 (2.22%) C#
6 14 (2.22%) MATLAB
7 9 (1.43%) Bash
7 9 (1.43%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.95%) Scala
9 5 (0.79%) Delphi
9 5 (0.79%) R
10 4 (0.63%) C
10 4 (0.63%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) Go
11 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.16%) Ruby
11 1 (0.16%) Rust
Qualifications
1 142 (22.50%) Degree
2 54 (8.56%) Security Cleared
3 25 (3.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (3.17%) HNC
4 20 (3.17%) HND
5 19 (3.01%) CISMP
6 18 (2.85%) DV Cleared
7 17 (2.69%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.90%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.90%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.90%) IISP
9 11 (1.74%) SC Cleared
10 10 (1.58%) CCNP
10 10 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.27%) A+ Certification
11 8 (1.27%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (1.11%) CISM
12 7 (1.11%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (17.75%) Data Quality
1 112 (17.75%) GDPR
2 33 (5.23%) SLA
3 22 (3.49%) NIST
4 19 (3.01%) PMO
5 15 (2.38%) JSP 440
6 13 (2.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 12 (1.90%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.90%) RMADS
8 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.63%) NCSC
9 4 (0.63%) QA
10 3 (0.48%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.48%) JTAG
11 2 (0.32%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (3.01%) Docker
2 17 (2.69%) Firmware
3 13 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.58%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.85%) Terraform
3 11 (1.74%) Ansible
3 11 (1.74%) Progress Chef
3 11 (1.74%) Puppet
3 11 (1.74%) Salt
4 5 (0.79%) Packer
Vendors
1 114 (18.07%) Google
2 59 (9.35%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.75%) Dell
4 21 (3.33%) HP
4 21 (3.33%) IBM
5 19 (3.01%) VMware
6 18 (2.85%) Cisco
7 9 (1.43%) NetApp
8 6 (0.95%) Adobe
8 6 (0.95%) Oracle
9 5 (0.79%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.79%) Facebook
9 5 (0.79%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.79%) SAP
10 4 (0.63%) Progress
11 3 (0.48%) Mercator
11 3 (0.48%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.48%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.32%) Databricks
12 2 (0.32%) ESRI