Innovative Thinking Job Trends in Fife

Innovative Thinking
Scotland > Fife

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Fife 4.35% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary £53,750 £100,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year -46.25% +142.42% -13.16%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Fife

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 Fife.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15 46 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fife 65.22% 100.00% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 13
10th Percentile - £29,275 -
25th Percentile - £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £43,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +73.49% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £93,975 £46,250 £48,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £56,750 £53,500
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Innovative Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Fife.

Innovative Thinking job vacancy trend in Fife

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in Fife

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the Fife region over the 6 months to 6 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
Glenrothes - 1 - -
Innovative Thinking
Scotland

Innovative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fife 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Design-to-Cost
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared