Innovative Thinking Jobs in Manchester

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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 191 216
Rank change year-on-year +34 +25 +4
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 9 33 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.40% 0.64% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.74% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3 24 10
10th Percentile £38,000 £27,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £40,625 £39,372 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £49,375 £73,750 £79,375
90th Percentile £52,000 £80,000 £81,000
North West median annual salary £48,750 £52,084 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.40% -19.87% +36.84%

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 2,157 4,485 4,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.23% 86.35% 96.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 3,421 2,519
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £33,183
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £69,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,325 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in Manchester

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Innovative Thinking in Manchester.

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in Manchester

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in Manchester over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in Manchester

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 15 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
Rochdale - 1 £52,500 -
Innovative Thinking
North West

Innovative Thinking
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Automotive
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Bid Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Product Owner
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Product Owner
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) LINQ
1 1 (11.11%) Next.js
1 1 (11.11%) Node.js
1 1 (11.11%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
3 3 (33.33%) Business Case
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
5 1 (11.11%) OO
5 1 (11.11%) OOP
5 1 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) TDD
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Bloomberg
1 1 (11.11%) EMC