Creative Thinking Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Creative Thinking
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Creative Thinking skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 81 78
Rank change year-on-year +14 -3 +27
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 2 16 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.29% 1.28% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 1.61% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £27,149 £55,250
25th Percentile £91,250 - £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £28,498 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +224.58% -54.40% -37.50%
75th Percentile £93,750 £28,750 £70,625
90th Percentile - £28,785 £71,750
South East median annual salary £42,637 £41,675 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.31% -1.94% -29.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 621 993 798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 91.06% 79.57% 96.49%
Number of salaries quoted 343 566 609
10th Percentile £27,450 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £38,620 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -10.71% +10.14%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,750 £70,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in Oxfordshire

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Creative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Development
1 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft