Disruptive Innovation Job Trends in the North of England

Disruptive Innovation\Technology
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Disruptive Innovation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 252 361
Rank change year-on-year -25 +109 +79
Permanent jobs citing Disruptive Innovation 18 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.13% 0.015% 0.041%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.015% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £91,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £150,000 - £97,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.48%
75th Percentile - - £103,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £115,000 £92,500 £87,500
% change year-on-year +24.32% +5.71% +20.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Disruptive 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 10,887 6,463 12,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 75.81% 95.09% 85.25%
Number of salaries quoted 6,328 3,643 10,147
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,614
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Disruptive Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Disruptive Innovation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Disruptive Innovation job vacancy trend in the North of England

Disruptive Innovation
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Disruptive 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 Disruptive Innovation within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 March 2026. 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 +1 17 - - 6
Yorkshire - 1 £150,000 - 1
Disruptive Innovation
England

Disruptive Innovation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
General
1 17 (94.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Data Scientist
2 7 (38.89%) Senior
3 6 (33.33%) Architect
3 6 (33.33%) Domain Architect
3 6 (33.33%) Senior Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Head of AI
5 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior IT Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior IT Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Data Science
2 1 (5.56%) AI
2 1 (5.56%) Analytics
2 1 (5.56%) Business Strategy
2 1 (5.56%) Decision-Making
2 1 (5.56%) LLM
2 1 (5.56%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
2 1 (5.56%) Software Engineering
2 1 (5.56%) Technology Roadmap