Innovative Thinking Job Trends in London

Innovative Thinking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 349 347
Rank change year-on-year +26 -2 +177
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 56 89 92
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.41% 0.56% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.60% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19 30 60
10th Percentile £36,000 £29,000 £45,875
25th Percentile £42,000 £56,563 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,000 £74,910
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -3.88% +7.01%
75th Percentile £116,250 £93,250 £78,656
90th Percentile £124,000 £97,500 £103,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +4.35% -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,118 14,957 16,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.48% 94.35% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,728 8,393 13,166
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Innovative Thinking job vacancy trend in London

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Innovative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in London

Innovative 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 Innovative Thinking within the London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
West London - 1 £90,000 -
Innovative Thinking
England

Innovative 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (48.21%) AWS
2 26 (46.43%) Azure
2 26 (46.43%) GCP
3 3 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.57%) PaaS
4 2 (3.57%) SaaS
5 1 (1.79%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) Intranet
2 1 (1.79%) Broadband
2 1 (1.79%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (46.43%) Data Lake
1 26 (46.43%) Metadata
General
1 33 (58.93%) Finance
2 32 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (50.00%) Banking
3 28 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (46.43%) Financial Institution
4 26 (46.43%) Retail Banking
5 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
6 6 (10.71%) Legal
7 5 (8.93%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (8.93%) Marketing
8 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.57%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.79%) Advertising
10 1 (1.79%) Law
10 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (50.00%) Architect
2 26 (46.43%) Data Architect
3 5 (8.93%) Consultant
3 5 (8.93%) Lead
4 4 (7.14%) Sales Consultant
5 3 (5.36%) Administrator
5 3 (5.36%) Head of Compliance
5 3 (5.36%) Internal Sales Executive
5 3 (5.36%) Intranet Administrator
5 3 (5.36%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
5 3 (5.36%) Sales Executive
5 3 (5.36%) Senior
6 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (3.57%) Head of Strategy
6 2 (3.57%) Product Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Programme Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Senior Manager
7 1 (1.79%) Business Development Manager
7 1 (1.79%) Business Manager
7 1 (1.79%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) Middleware
2 1 (1.79%) Node.js
2 1 (1.79%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.57%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.79%) IoT
4 1 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.79%) Smart Home
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (58.93%) Agile
2 27 (48.21%) Business Development
3 26 (46.43%) Asset Management
3 26 (46.43%) Commercialisation
3 26 (46.43%) Cost Management
3 26 (46.43%) Data Architecture
3 26 (46.43%) Data Management
3 26 (46.43%) Data Migration
3 26 (46.43%) Data Modelling
3 26 (46.43%) Data Privacy
3 26 (46.43%) Data Strategy
3 26 (46.43%) Logical Data Model
3 26 (46.43%) Metadata Management
3 26 (46.43%) Migration
3 26 (46.43%) Physical Data Model
4 14 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 7 (12.50%) B2B
5 7 (12.50%) CRM
5 7 (12.50%) Lead Generation
5 7 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.79%) PHP
1 1 (1.79%) Python
1 1 (1.79%) Ruby
1 1 (1.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (46.43%) AWS Certification
1 26 (46.43%) Azure Certification
2 6 (10.71%) Degree
3 4 (7.14%) CEH
3 4 (7.14%) CISM
3 4 (7.14%) CISSP
4 3 (5.36%) CRISC
4 3 (5.36%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.36%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.57%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.79%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (7.14%) NIST
2 3 (5.36%) GRC
3 2 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (51.79%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.29%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle
3 1 (1.79%) SAP
3 1 (1.79%) Tenable
3 1 (1.79%) YouTube