Innovative Thinking Job Trends in Merseyside

Innovative Thinking
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 54 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 2 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.32% 0.57% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.65% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £71,000 - -
25th Percentile £80,000 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £107,500 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +95.45% - -
75th Percentile £147,500 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £164,000 - -
North West median annual salary £107,500 £50,000 £52,084
% change year-on-year +115.00% -4.00% -38.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 520 459 379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 83.33% 87.60% 91.99%
Number of salaries quoted 303 226 260
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,375
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.86% +3.95%
75th Percentile £59,375 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% +0.42%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Innovative Thinking job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Innovative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in Merseyside over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in Merseyside

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 19 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
Liverpool -4 2 £107,500 +95.45% 3
Innovative Thinking
North West

Innovative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (50.00%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (50.00%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) CEO
1 1 (50.00%) Commercial Director
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Development
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) AssetCenter
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Kepware
1 1 (50.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens
1 1 (50.00%) VMware