Creative Thinking Job Trends in Merton

Creative Thinking
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 13 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 1 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merton 1.15% 6.98% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 7.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 - -
75th Percentile £25,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median annual salary £25,500 - £53,000
% change year-on-year - - -13.47%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85 42 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 97.70% 97.67% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 47 26 35
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £33,700
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,380 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -10.66% +1.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,250 £71,375
90th Percentile £85,500 £74,375 £92,500
South London median annual salary £42,500 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.56% -6.96% +4.55%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Creative Thinking job vacancy trend in Merton

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in Merton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Creative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Canva
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Copywriting
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Market Research
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Facebook
1 1 (100.00%) Hootsuite
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) TikTok