Digital Innovation Job Trends in the North of England

Digital Innovation
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 312 296
Rank change year-on-year +36 -16 +69
Permanent jobs citing Digital Innovation 24 16 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.15% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 4
10th Percentile £43,256 £41,425 £30,775
25th Percentile £44,000 £49,936 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £59,893 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.86% +17.44% +2.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £69,750 £52,688
90th Percentile £55,700 £74,000 £53,025
England median annual salary £75,000 £58,850 £65,000
% change year-on-year +27.44% -9.46% +6.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Digital Innovation 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,311 11,005 8,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 87.59% 79.02% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,097 5,804 6,119
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £39,500 £40,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,225 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £62,475
% change year-on-year -5.98% -6.36% +4.13%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Digital Innovation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Innovation in the North of England

Digital Innovation
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Digital Innovation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Digital Innovation

Digital Innovation
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Innovation in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Innovation in the North of England

Digital Innovation
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Innovation within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
North West -2 13 £48,500 -23.35% 14
Yorkshire +34 9 £46,000 +1.10% 4
North East +17 2 - - 4
Digital Innovation
England

Digital Innovation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (4.17%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
1 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 3 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) MPLS
1 2 (8.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) Power BI
2 3 (12.50%) GIS
General
1 11 (45.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (41.67%) Public Sector
3 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Legal
5 3 (12.50%) Finance
5 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Billing
6 2 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
7 1 (4.17%) Law
7 1 (4.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Developer
2 3 (12.50%) Senior
2 3 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 2 (8.33%) Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Lead
3 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Software Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Technical Director
3 2 (8.33%) Technical Leader
4 1 (4.17%) Change Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Digital Innovation Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Innovation Manager
4 1 (4.17%) IT Change Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Management Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Portfolio Management Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Project Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) Kafka
1 2 (8.33%) Spring
1 2 (8.33%) Spring Boot
2 1 (4.17%) .NET
2 1 (4.17%) Blazor
2 1 (4.17%) Jest
2 1 (4.17%) Node.js
2 1 (4.17%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (8.33%) CCTV
2 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.33%) SCADA
2 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Android
1 1 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Agile
2 10 (41.67%) Project Management
3 9 (37.50%) Project Delivery
4 7 (29.17%) Business Strategy
5 6 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (20.83%) Analytics
7 4 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (12.50%) Business Transformation
8 3 (12.50%) Coaching
8 3 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
8 3 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
8 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
8 3 (12.50%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) PHP
2 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (12.50%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) Java
4 1 (4.17%) SQL
4 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) IEC 61508
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.17%) P3O
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (8.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Alteryx
2 2 (8.33%) Cisco
2 2 (8.33%) Facebook
2 2 (8.33%) YouTube
3 1 (4.17%) Blue Prism