Innovative Thinking Jobs in Scotland

Innovative Thinking
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Innovative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 198 194
Rank change year-on-year -66 -4 -36
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 18 24 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% 0.50% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.53% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 18 22 3
10th Percentile £27,500 - £36,400
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +3.26% -16.36%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 -
90th Percentile £125,000 - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Innovative Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,174 4,494 5,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.90% 94.13% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,423 2,257 2,771
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,392 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,810 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +10.11% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,400 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +2.67% +9.09%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in Scotland

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Innovative Thinking in Scotland.

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in Scotland

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in Scotland

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
Glasgow - 6 £42,500 - 4
Edinburgh +17 4 £120,000 +152.63% 5
West Lothian 0 3 £30,000 -45.45%
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Renfrewshire - 2 £52,500 -
Innovative Thinking
UK

Innovative Thinking
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 3 (16.67%) AWS
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) LAN
1 3 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (16.67%) VLAN
1 3 (16.67%) WAN
1 3 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (5.56%) MPLS
2 1 (5.56%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Banking
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 3 (16.67%) Publishing
3 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Senior
2 7 (38.89%) Software Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Graduate
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Support Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (11.11%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Android
1 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Software Engineering
2 6 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (16.67%) Active Listening
4 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (16.67%) Decarbonisation
4 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 3 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Java
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
1 3 (16.67%) HND
2 2 (11.11%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (11.11%) GRC
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.56%) NCSC
3 1 (5.56%) NIST
3 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (5.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (5.56%) Google