Creative Thinking Jobs in the North West

Creative Thinking
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Creative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 117 233
Rank change year-on-year -1 +116 -47
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 228 222 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.01% 1.95% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 2.44% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 14 17 20
10th Percentile £18,500 £23,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £23,438 £26,000 £46,764
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,890 £38,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.92% -35.04% +3.62%
75th Percentile £77,500 £46,000 £70,625
90th Percentile - £65,000 £73,925
England median annual salary £68,750 £48,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +41.75% -25.38% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,210 9,085 6,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.22% 79.65% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,600 6,603 3,847
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,063 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the North West

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in the North West.

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the North West

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in the North West over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the North West

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Manchester +17 83 £39,500 -10.23% 46
Lancashire -60 77 £50,890 - 14
Cheshire +66 62 £19,000 -46.48% 12
Merseyside +38 5 - - 3
Cumbria - 1 - -
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.88%) CMS
2 2 (0.88%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 10 (4.39%) Azure
2 7 (3.07%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (2.19%) AWS
3 5 (2.19%) GCP
3 5 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.19%) Mimecast
4 3 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (1.32%) Serverless
5 2 (0.88%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.19%) Software-Defined Radio
1 5 (2.19%) Wireless
2 3 (1.32%) Broadband
3 2 (0.88%) DNS
3 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.32%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.88%) MySQL
2 2 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
General
1 172 (75.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 172 (75.44%) Law
1 172 (75.44%) Legal
2 29 (12.72%) Finance
3 28 (12.28%) Social Skills
4 23 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (9.65%) Marketing
6 5 (2.19%) Banking
7 4 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (6.14%) Senior
2 9 (3.95%) Analyst
2 9 (3.95%) Bid Manager
3 8 (3.51%) Assistant Project Manager
3 8 (3.51%) Bid Project Manager
3 8 (3.51%) Project Manager
4 7 (3.07%) Risk Manager
5 5 (2.19%) IT Analyst
5 5 (2.19%) Radio Engineer
5 5 (2.19%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (2.19%) Service Analyst
5 5 (2.19%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (2.19%) Software Engineer
6 3 (1.32%) Business Manager
6 3 (1.32%) Business Relationship Manager
6 3 (1.32%) Junior
6 3 (1.32%) Junior Analyst
6 3 (1.32%) Machine Learning Engineer
6 3 (1.32%) Product Owner
6 3 (1.32%) Relationships Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.88%) AngularJS
1 2 (0.88%) CSS
1 2 (0.88%) Django
1 2 (0.88%) HTML
1 2 (0.88%) Node.js
1 2 (0.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 172 (75.44%) Cyberattack
2 11 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.07%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.19%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (2.19%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.75%) Blog
5 4 (1.75%) Robotics
5 4 (1.75%) Social Media
6 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.44%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.44%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.19%) Windows
1 5 (2.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (79.39%) Line Management
2 174 (76.32%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (14.04%) Agile
4 29 (12.72%) Coaching
5 22 (9.65%) Risk Management
6 16 (7.02%) Analytics
6 16 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (6.14%) Mentoring
7 14 (6.14%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (5.26%) Customer Experience
8 12 (5.26%) Strategic Thinking
9 10 (4.39%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (3.95%) Technology Strategy
11 8 (3.51%) Business Development
11 8 (3.51%) Customer Service
11 8 (3.51%) Storyboarding
12 7 (3.07%) Decision-Making
12 7 (3.07%) Internal Audit
12 7 (3.07%) Roadmaps
12 7 (3.07%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.19%) Python
2 3 (1.32%) TypeScript
3 2 (0.88%) C#
3 2 (0.88%) C++
3 2 (0.88%) Java
3 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (3.51%) Degree
2 4 (1.75%) ACCA
2 4 (1.75%) CCAB
2 4 (1.75%) CIMA
2 4 (1.75%) CIPFA
2 4 (1.75%) ICAEW
3 3 (1.32%) CISA
3 3 (1.32%) CRISC
3 3 (1.32%) PhD
4 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.44%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (75.44%) NCSC
2 5 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.75%) ITGC
4 3 (1.32%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.32%) COBIT
System Software
1 5 (2.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (2.19%) Microsoft
1 5 (2.19%) ServiceNow
1 5 (2.19%) Sophos
1 5 (2.19%) Xilinx
2 4 (1.75%) Twitter
3 2 (0.88%) Google