Creative Problem-Solving Jobs in the Midlands

Creative Problem-Solving
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 295 317
Rank change year-on-year +69 +22 +30
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 25 23 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.36% 0.20% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.24% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 23 10 9
10th Percentile £29,000 - £24,850
25th Percentile £37,574 £56,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £61,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.53% -2.00% +57.45%
75th Percentile £45,064 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £51,500 £69,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,101 £53,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year -25.39% -28.33% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Creative Problem-Solving 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,390 9,635 9,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.27% 82.41% 96.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,668 7,123 4,620
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,875 £34,834 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,100 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £75,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in the Midlands

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
East Midlands +57 14 £40,101 -49.87% 4
West Midlands +45 11 £45,000 -21.74% 11
Creative Problem-Solving
England

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (12.00%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (64.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (56.00%) Teamcenter
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 14 (56.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 24 (96.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (72.00%) Electronics
3 16 (64.00%) Aerospace
4 5 (20.00%) Law
5 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Marketing
5 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Retail
6 2 (8.00%) Agriculture
6 2 (8.00%) Automotive
6 2 (8.00%) Avionics
7 1 (4.00%) Health Technology
7 1 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (64.00%) Systems Engineer
2 14 (56.00%) Junior
2 14 (56.00%) Junior Systems Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Graduate
3 5 (20.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) C Software Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) E-Commerce Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Web Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) CSS
1 3 (12.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (76.00%) Project Management
3 17 (68.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (64.00%) Computer Science
4 16 (64.00%) Systems Engineering
5 14 (56.00%) Mathematics
5 14 (56.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 14 (56.00%) Physics
5 14 (56.00%) PLM
5 14 (56.00%) SysML
5 14 (56.00%) UML
6 5 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 3 (12.00%) Customer Engagement
7 3 (12.00%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (12.00%) Lead Generation
7 3 (12.00%) Logistics
7 3 (12.00%) Pay per click
7 3 (12.00%) Search Engine Marketing
7 3 (12.00%) User Experience
7 3 (12.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) MATLAB
2 7 (28.00%) C
3 2 (8.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 21 (84.00%) Degree
2 14 (56.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.00%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) IBM