Creative Thinking Jobs in London

Creative Thinking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Creative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 235 185
Rank change year-on-year +100 -50 +72
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 318 312 627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.49% 1.30% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 1.44% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 57 160 230
10th Percentile £37,000 £37,283 £47,202
25th Percentile £60,000 £44,900 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £52,750 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year +61.14% -30.82% +17.31%
75th Percentile £137,500 £83,000 £89,852
90th Percentile - £105,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £48,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +44.33% -25.38% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Creative 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,300 21,691 30,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.24% 90.27% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,989 15,892 22,392
10th Percentile £41,750 £37,500 £42,750
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in London.

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in London

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Central London +54 78 £32,500 -39.81% 4
South London +40 41 - - 1
West London - 31 - - 1
East London - 18 - - 3
North London -3 11 - -
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (1.26%) Confluence
2 3 (0.94%) CMS
2 3 (0.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.63%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.31%) Drupal
4 1 (0.31%) SAS
4 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.94%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.94%) UserZoom
5 2 (0.63%) Trello
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.31%) InDesign
6 1 (0.31%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.31%) Stata
Business Applications
1 12 (3.77%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (1.57%) Relativity
3 4 (1.26%) Ringtail
3 4 (1.26%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 3 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 103 (32.39%) AWS
2 82 (25.79%) Azure
3 68 (21.38%) GCP
4 67 (21.07%) AWS Lambda
4 67 (21.07%) Serverless
5 21 (6.60%) Amazon EC2
6 14 (4.40%) Figma
6 14 (4.40%) SaaS
7 12 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (3.14%) Google Analytics
9 6 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.89%) ChatGPT
10 4 (1.26%) Anthropic Claude
10 4 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.94%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.94%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.31%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 67 (21.07%) Broadband
2 6 (1.89%) Firewall
3 4 (1.26%) VPN
4 2 (0.63%) Network Security
5 1 (0.31%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.31%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.31%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.86%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (4.09%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.89%) MySQL
4 5 (1.57%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.26%) EDRMS
6 3 (0.94%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.94%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.63%) Big Data
7 2 (0.63%) KDB
7 2 (0.63%) Kdb+
8 1 (0.31%) Metadata
8 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (6.60%) IntelliJ
2 6 (1.89%) JIRA
3 3 (0.94%) Axure RP
3 3 (0.94%) Balsamiq
3 3 (0.94%) Git
4 1 (0.31%) GitLab
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.31%) Postman
4 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
General
1 111 (34.91%) Analytical Skills
2 105 (33.02%) Social Skills
3 95 (29.87%) Finance
4 70 (22.01%) Marketing
5 63 (19.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (17.30%) Law
7 47 (14.78%) Legal
8 31 (9.75%) Retail
9 29 (9.12%) Banking
10 25 (7.86%) Telecoms
11 19 (5.97%) Advertising
12 13 (4.09%) Games
13 12 (3.77%) Manufacturing
14 9 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (2.52%) Public Sector
16 7 (2.20%) Multimedia
16 7 (2.20%) Public Speaking
17 6 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
18 4 (1.26%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 137 (43.08%) Senior
2 67 (21.07%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 21 (6.60%) Java Engineer
4 19 (5.97%) Lead
5 18 (5.66%) Account Manager
6 14 (4.40%) Analyst
6 14 (4.40%) Senior Java Engineer
6 14 (4.40%) Senior Manager
6 14 (4.40%) Strategic Account Manager
7 13 (4.09%) Audit Manager
7 13 (4.09%) Senior Audit Manager
8 12 (3.77%) Risk Manager
9 11 (3.46%) Technology Risk Manager
10 10 (3.14%) Designer
10 10 (3.14%) Software Engineer
11 8 (2.52%) Python Engineer
11 8 (2.52%) Python Software Engineer
12 7 (2.20%) IT Manager
12 7 (2.20%) Senior IT Audit Manager
12 7 (2.20%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.60%) React
2 16 (5.03%) REST
3 7 (2.20%) RESTful
4 6 (1.89%) HTML
5 5 (1.57%) CSS
6 3 (0.94%) .NET
6 3 (0.94%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.63%) Middleware
7 2 (0.63%) Spring
7 2 (0.63%) Spring MVC
8 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.31%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.31%) Hibernate
8 1 (0.31%) HTML5
8 1 (0.31%) JDBC
8 1 (0.31%) JMS
8 1 (0.31%) Node.js
8 1 (0.31%) SOAP
8 1 (0.31%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 72 (22.64%) Self-Motivation
2 44 (13.84%) Cyberattack
3 36 (11.32%) Product Ownership
4 23 (7.23%) Blockchain
4 23 (7.23%) Robotics
5 18 (5.66%) Social Media
6 17 (5.35%) Management Information System
7 15 (4.72%) Digital Media
8 14 (4.40%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (2.52%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.57%) FMCG
10 5 (1.57%) Hackathon
11 4 (1.26%) BBC
11 4 (1.26%) Wiki
12 3 (0.94%) Derivative
12 3 (0.94%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.94%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.63%) Algorithms
13 2 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.20%) Windows
2 5 (1.57%) Linux
3 4 (1.26%) Android
3 4 (1.26%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (56.29%) Agile
2 149 (46.86%) Mentoring
3 143 (44.97%) Problem-Solving
4 73 (22.96%) Data Science
5 70 (22.01%) Machine Learning
5 70 (22.01%) Personalization
6 69 (21.70%) CI/CD
7 68 (21.38%) Performance Metrics
8 67 (21.07%) Clean Code
9 66 (20.75%) Analytics
10 57 (17.92%) Coaching
11 54 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
12 49 (15.41%) Line Management
13 43 (13.52%) Strategic Thinking
14 42 (13.21%) Data Analytics
15 40 (12.58%) Artificial Intelligence
16 37 (11.64%) Risk Management
17 36 (11.32%) Project Management
18 30 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
19 26 (8.18%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 78 (24.53%) Python
2 67 (21.07%) TypeScript
3 26 (8.18%) Java
4 6 (1.89%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.57%) SQL
6 3 (0.94%) C#
7 1 (0.31%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.31%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.31%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.31%) R
7 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 101 (31.76%) Degree
2 81 (25.47%) PhD
3 25 (7.86%) CISA
4 17 (5.35%) Master's Degree
5 13 (4.09%) ACCA
5 13 (4.09%) CCAB
5 13 (4.09%) CIMA
5 13 (4.09%) CIPFA
5 13 (4.09%) ICAEW
6 12 (3.77%) ISACA
7 9 (2.83%) CISSP
8 4 (1.26%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.26%) PMP
8 4 (1.26%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.94%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.63%) CEH
10 2 (0.63%) CISM
11 1 (0.31%) CFA
11 1 (0.31%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.47%) NCSC
2 30 (9.43%) ITGC
3 9 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.52%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.57%) QA
7 4 (1.26%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.94%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.94%) GDPR
8 3 (0.94%) WCAG
9 2 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.63%) NIST
10 1 (0.31%) JTAG
System Software
1 24 (7.55%) Docker
2 3 (0.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.26%) Ansible
2 4 (1.26%) Graylog
2 4 (1.26%) Nagios
2 4 (1.26%) Opsgenie
3 3 (0.94%) SCCM
4 1 (0.31%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 23 (7.23%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.72%) Oracle
3 13 (4.09%) SAP
4 10 (3.14%) Google
5 9 (2.83%) Adobe
6 4 (1.26%) Cisco
6 4 (1.26%) IBM
6 4 (1.26%) JD Edwards
6 4 (1.26%) Nuix
6 4 (1.26%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.26%) Recommind
6 4 (1.26%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.94%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.94%) Sophos
8 2 (0.63%) Vertica
9 1 (0.31%) webMethods