Creative Thinking Job Trends in London

Creative Thinking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 174 143
Rank change year-on-year -30 -31 +73
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 184 310 420
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.29% 2.00% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 2.11% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 13 38 144
10th Percentile £30,900 £56,025 £44,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £61,250 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.33% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £57,347 £88,438 £95,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £137,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £61,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -27.13% +2.92% -9.09%

All Process & 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 12,489 14,663 17,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.48% 94.64% 92.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7,972 8,025 14,038
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in London

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Creative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in London over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

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 17 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
Central London +82 97 £38,500 -50.32% 4
South London +18 1 £25,500 - 2
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (5.98%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.63%) Jupyter
2 3 (1.63%) SAS
3 2 (1.09%) Anypoint
3 2 (1.09%) Moodle
4 1 (0.54%) Confluence
4 1 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.63%) Stata
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.54%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.54%) InDesign
5 1 (0.54%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 45 (24.46%) Azure
2 16 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 15 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (6.52%) PaaS
6 8 (4.35%) SaaS
7 6 (3.26%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (2.72%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 5 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.72%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.17%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.63%) Figma
10 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.09%) Azure App Service
11 2 (1.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.09%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.09%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (1.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.52%) Wireless
2 2 (1.09%) Broadband
2 2 (1.09%) DHCP
2 2 (1.09%) DOCSIS
2 2 (1.09%) DSL
2 2 (1.09%) GPON
2 2 (1.09%) IPv4
2 2 (1.09%) IPv6
2 2 (1.09%) PPP
2 2 (1.09%) RTP
2 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.09%) VoIP
2 2 (1.09%) WAN
2 2 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.43%) Power BI
2 3 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.63%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.63%) Star Schema
3 1 (0.54%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (3.80%) Burp Suite
1 7 (3.80%) Metasploit
2 4 (2.17%) JIRA
3 2 (1.09%) Balsamiq
3 2 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.54%) Git
General
1 133 (72.28%) Finance
2 75 (40.76%) Social Skills
3 42 (22.83%) Marketing
4 25 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.15%) Advertising
5 15 (8.15%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (8.15%) Legal
6 13 (7.07%) Aerospace
6 13 (7.07%) Automotive
6 13 (7.07%) Electronics
6 13 (7.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (7.07%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.89%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.72%) Banking
8 5 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.63%) Billing
10 2 (1.09%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.54%) Games
11 1 (0.54%) Law
11 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (23.37%) Senior
2 28 (15.22%) Senior Manager
3 26 (14.13%) Analyst
4 23 (12.50%) Risk Manager
5 17 (9.24%) Business Development Manager
5 17 (9.24%) Business Manager
5 17 (9.24%) Development Manager
6 15 (8.15%) Lead
7 13 (7.07%) Senior Business Development Manager
7 13 (7.07%) Senior Business Manager
7 13 (7.07%) Senior Development Manager
7 13 (7.07%) Senior Risk Manager
8 11 (5.98%) IT Manager
9 9 (4.89%) Developer
9 9 (4.89%) Service Analyst
10 8 (4.35%) Digital Analyst
10 8 (4.35%) Innovation Manager
10 8 (4.35%) Security Engineer
11 7 (3.80%) IT Analyst
11 7 (3.80%) Technology Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.35%) YAML
2 6 (3.26%) React
2 6 (3.26%) REST
3 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (1.63%) CrewAI
4 3 (1.63%) FastAPI
4 3 (1.63%) Flask
4 3 (1.63%) HTML
4 3 (1.63%) JSON
4 3 (1.63%) LangChain
4 3 (1.63%) Matplotlib
4 3 (1.63%) NumPy
4 3 (1.63%) Pandas
4 3 (1.63%) pydantic
4 3 (1.63%) pytest
4 3 (1.63%) scikit-learn
4 3 (1.63%) Seaborn
4 3 (1.63%) Semantic Kernel
4 3 (1.63%) XML
5 2 (1.09%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.87%) Management Information System
1 20 (10.87%) Security Posture
2 17 (9.24%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (7.07%) Cyber Defence
3 13 (7.07%) Driving Licence
3 13 (7.07%) Life Science
3 13 (7.07%) Product Ownership
4 12 (6.52%) Mobile App
5 7 (3.80%) Algorithms
5 7 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.17%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.17%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.17%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.17%) Social Media
7 3 (1.63%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.63%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.63%) Derivative
8 2 (1.09%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.89%) Windows
1 9 (4.89%) Windows 10
2 2 (1.09%) Linux
2 2 (1.09%) OpenWrt
3 1 (0.54%) Android
3 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (79.89%) Agile
2 142 (77.17%) Coaching
3 141 (76.63%) Mentoring
4 53 (28.80%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (25.54%) Business Development
6 43 (23.37%) Business Strategy
7 34 (18.48%) AI
8 33 (17.93%) Analytics
9 30 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (15.76%) Internal Audit
11 28 (15.22%) Roadmaps
12 27 (14.67%) Business Transformation
12 27 (14.67%) Computer Science
13 24 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (13.04%) Data Protection
14 23 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
14 23 (12.50%) Decision-Making
14 23 (12.50%) Risk Management
14 23 (12.50%) User Experience
15 22 (11.96%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 36 (19.57%) Python
2 26 (14.13%) SQL
3 15 (8.15%) PowerShell
4 9 (4.89%) Bicep
5 8 (4.35%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.80%) Bash
7 4 (2.17%) C#
8 3 (1.63%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.63%) R
8 3 (1.63%) VBA
9 2 (1.09%) C
9 2 (1.09%) C++
9 2 (1.09%) DataWeave
9 2 (1.09%) Java
9 2 (1.09%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.54%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.54%) PHP
10 1 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 51 (27.72%) Degree
2 30 (16.30%) Master's Degree
3 17 (9.24%) CREST Certified
3 17 (9.24%) OSCP
4 15 (8.15%) CISM
4 15 (8.15%) CISSP
4 15 (8.15%) PhD
5 14 (7.61%) CRISC
6 12 (6.52%) CCSAM
6 12 (6.52%) CHECK Team Leader
6 12 (6.52%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.80%) CISA
9 5 (2.72%) CEH
10 3 (1.63%) CFA
11 2 (1.09%) MCP
11 2 (1.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (14.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (7.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (6.52%) Data Quality
4 10 (5.43%) NIST
5 8 (4.35%) NCSC
6 7 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (2.17%) SLA
8 3 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.63%) GRC
8 3 (1.63%) PSD2
9 2 (1.09%) QA
10 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.54%) COBIT
10 1 (0.54%) GDPR
10 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (4.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.80%) Nessus
2 5 (2.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (22.83%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.24%) Databricks
3 9 (4.89%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.72%) Sophos
5 2 (1.09%) Adobe
5 2 (1.09%) Facebook
5 2 (1.09%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.09%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.09%) TikTok
6 1 (0.54%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.54%) Google
6 1 (0.54%) Hootsuite
6 1 (0.54%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.54%) Instagram
6 1 (0.54%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.54%) Workday