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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merton 4.84% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% - -
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 - - +107.84%

All Process and 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 59 50 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 95.16% 94.34% 91.38%
Number of salaries quoted 41 22 49
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,925 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -15.42% +20.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £66,781 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £67,500 £92,500
South London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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
Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the Merton region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Mitcham - 2 - -
Creative Thinking
South London

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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Canva
General
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (66.67%) Law
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 1 (33.33%) Junior
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyberattack
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Copywriting
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Market Research
2 1 (33.33%) SEO
2 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
1 1 (33.33%) Facebook
1 1 (33.33%) Hootsuite
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) TikTok
1 1 (33.33%) Twitter