Creative Problem-Solving Job Trends in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 296 284 353
Rank change year-on-year -12 +69 -31
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 10 10 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.064% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 16
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £37,574 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £65,000
90th Percentile - £80,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £65,766 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.27% +5.00% -33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,280 7,606 13,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.74% 88.51% 81.45%
Number of salaries quoted 8,030 3,982 9,606
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Creative Problem-Solving job vacancy trend in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Creative Problem-Solving.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Creative Problem-Solving

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the South East over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in the South East

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Thames Valley +17 4 £35,000 -54.84% 1
Surrey -21 4 £52,500 - 1
Berkshire +20 3 - -
Kent - 2 £28,500 -
Oxfordshire -9 1 £35,000 -58.82% 1
Creative Problem-Solving
England

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) CMS
2 4 (40.00%) WordPress
3 1 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (40.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Canva
1 4 (40.00%) SaaS
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) GitLab
2 1 (10.00%) Claude Code
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (50.00%) Marketing
2 4 (40.00%) Multimedia
2 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Marketing Communications Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Marketing Manager
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) IT Recruitment Resourcer
2 2 (20.00%) IT Resourcer
2 2 (20.00%) Recruitment Resourcer
2 2 (20.00%) Resourcer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Web Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Senior DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Resourcer
3 1 (10.00%) VB.NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) VB.NET Web Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) jQuery
1 1 (10.00%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Social Media
2 5 (50.00%) Podcast
3 4 (40.00%) Blog
3 4 (40.00%) IoT
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (10.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) AI
3 4 (40.00%) B2B
3 4 (40.00%) B2B Marketing
3 4 (40.00%) Content Marketing
3 4 (40.00%) Copywriting
3 4 (40.00%) Product Marketing
3 4 (40.00%) SEO
4 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (20.00%) Coaching
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Observability
4 2 (20.00%) Proactive Management
4 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) HubSpot
2 1 (10.00%) Marketo
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle