Innovative Thinking
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 148 | 183 | 222 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +35 | +39 | +10 |
| Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking | 7 | 34 | 17 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.32% | 0.65% | 0.35% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.34% | 0.75% | 0.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 25 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £27,500 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £60,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.00% | +9.09% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £72,500 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £45,000 | £52,084 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.60% | -22.84% | +42.11% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,076 | 4,519 | 4,642 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 95.49% | 85.90% | 96.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,177 | 3,442 | 2,511 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £30,000 | £33,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £41,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £54,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.48% | -6.09% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,840 | £68,750 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £93,750 | £82,500 | £82,500 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
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Salary Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Innovative Thinking in Manchester.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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: