Creative Problem-Solving Jobs in Scotland

Creative Problem-Solving
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 258 220
Rank change year-on-year +141 -38 +25
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 28 19 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.99% 0.28% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.30% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 24 12 2
10th Percentile - £35,700 £37,989
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,050 £42,491
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £55,000 £53,452
Median % change year-on-year -27.09% +2.90% +78.17%
75th Percentile £42,627 £61,123 £65,955
90th Percentile - £62,220 £71,382
UK median annual salary £40,101 £55,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -27.09% -26.67% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,594 6,257 4,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.05% 92.89% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 2,424 2,232
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,488
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,654
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.94% +9.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,738 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in Scotland

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Creative Problem-Solving in Scotland

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Fife -1 7 £40,101 +6.09%
Moray - 7 £40,101 -
East Ayrshire - 7 £40,101 -
South Ayrshire - 7 £40,101 -
Creative Problem-Solving
UK

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 28 (100.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 28 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 28 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 28 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 28 (100.00%) Electronics
1 28 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (100.00%) Junior
1 28 (100.00%) Junior Systems Engineer
1 28 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 28 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 28 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 28 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 28 (100.00%) Physics
1 28 (100.00%) PLM
1 28 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 28 (100.00%) Project Management
1 28 (100.00%) SysML
1 28 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 28 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 28 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 28 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) IBM