Innovative Thinking
North West > Lancashire
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 67 | 42 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -25 | +30 |
| Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire | - | 0.50% | 0.63% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.55% | 0.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £52,959 | £31,217 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £53,647 | £39,042 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £54,793 | £52,084 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.20% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £56,147 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £56,959 | - |
| North West median annual salary | £65,000 | £50,000 | £64,080 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.00% | -21.97% | -8.46% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire
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 Lancashire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 968 | 727 | 373 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire | 84.62% | 91.22% | 77.71% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 282 | 435 | 300 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,087 | £36,450 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,000 | £41,250 | £33,438 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £50,055 | £46,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.10% | +8.81% | +2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £54,798 | £58,943 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £66,606 | £70,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,084 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | -0.79% | -4.55% |
Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Innovative Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Lancashire
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Innovative Thinking.
