Creative Thinking Jobs in the South East

Creative Thinking
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 291 284
Rank change year-on-year +167 -7 -23
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 230 115 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.39% 0.60% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 0.74% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8 66 30
10th Percentile - £28,498 £23,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £44,175 £41,660
Median % change year-on-year -26.43% +6.04% -47.92%
75th Percentile £49,122 £57,500 £56,979
90th Percentile - £65,250 £65,250
England median annual salary £63,184 £48,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +30.28% -25.38% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,811 15,457 12,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.49% 81.31% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,401 10,562 7,485
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,786 £30,675
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,216 £85,000
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the South East

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in the South East.

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the South East

Creative Thinking
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 Thinking within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 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
Middlesex +33 122 - - 2
Surrey +103 61 - - 24
Thames Valley +32 23 £43,773 +12.35% 118
Kent +34 16 - - 17
Berkshire +31 15 - - 80
Buckinghamshire +34 7 £43,773 +25.07% 29
Hampshire +80 5 - - 39
West Sussex +32 3 £30,000 -20.00% 12
Oxfordshire +31 1 - - 9
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 24 (10.43%) CMS
2 10 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (2.17%) Photoshop
1 5 (2.17%) Trello
2 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.87%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.87%) InDesign
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.04%) PeopleSoft Financials
2 6 (2.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (40.87%) Azure
2 49 (21.30%) PaaS
3 30 (13.04%) Serverless
4 28 (12.17%) SaaS
5 25 (10.87%) AWS
5 25 (10.87%) AWS Lambda
5 25 (10.87%) GCP
6 23 (10.00%) iPaaS
7 22 (9.57%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (7.39%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.61%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.17%) Azure App Service
10 5 (2.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (2.17%) Azure Functions
10 5 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.74%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.87%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.78%) Power BI
2 9 (3.91%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.74%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (2.61%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.43%) Metasploit
General
1 118 (51.30%) Finance
2 112 (48.70%) Social Skills
3 99 (43.04%) Legal
4 59 (25.65%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (19.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (19.57%) Marketing
6 39 (16.96%) Law
7 33 (14.35%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (12.17%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (6.09%) Advertising
10 6 (2.61%) Retail
11 5 (2.17%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.17%) Automotive
11 5 (2.17%) Electronics
12 4 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.74%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.87%) Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (23.91%) Senior
2 31 (13.48%) Architect
3 25 (10.87%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 20 (8.70%) Applications Architect
4 20 (8.70%) IT Architect
5 19 (8.26%) Analyst
6 16 (6.96%) Lead
6 16 (6.96%) Security Engineer
7 15 (6.52%) Risk Manager
8 11 (4.78%) Developer
9 10 (4.35%) Account Manager
9 10 (4.35%) Strategic Account Manager
10 9 (3.91%) Designer
10 9 (3.91%) Senior Architect
11 8 (3.48%) Audit Manager
11 8 (3.48%) Senior Manager
12 7 (3.04%) Solutions Designer
12 7 (3.04%) Support Analyst
12 7 (3.04%) Systems Analyst
12 7 (3.04%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.96%) YAML
2 15 (6.52%) .NET
2 15 (6.52%) .NET Framework
3 5 (2.17%) CSS
3 5 (2.17%) HTML
3 5 (2.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.96%) Cyberattack
2 32 (13.91%) Greenfield Project
3 25 (10.87%) Management Information System
3 25 (10.87%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (10.00%) Security Posture
5 13 (5.65%) Data Structures
6 10 (4.35%) Digital Media
6 10 (4.35%) Marketing Technology
6 10 (4.35%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.17%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (2.17%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.17%) Life Science
8 4 (1.74%) Blockchain
8 4 (1.74%) Robotics
9 3 (1.30%) Blog
10 2 (0.87%) Animation
10 2 (0.87%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.87%) Video Editing
11 1 (0.43%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.61%) Apple iOS
1 6 (2.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (74.35%) Mentoring
2 162 (70.43%) Agile
3 136 (59.13%) Coaching
4 67 (29.13%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (26.96%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (21.30%) Risk Management
7 41 (17.83%) CI/CD
8 40 (17.39%) Regulatory Compliance
9 39 (16.96%) Line Management
10 38 (16.52%) Migration
11 36 (15.65%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (14.78%) Machine Learning
13 33 (14.35%) OWASP
14 30 (13.04%) Data Science
15 27 (11.74%) Computer Science
15 27 (11.74%) DevOps
16 26 (11.30%) Performance Metrics
16 26 (11.30%) Practice Management
17 25 (10.87%) Clean Code
17 25 (10.87%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 40 (17.39%) Python
2 25 (10.87%) TypeScript
3 22 (9.57%) PowerShell
4 10 (4.35%) C#
4 10 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.35%) R
5 9 (3.91%) SQL
6 5 (2.17%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 62 (26.96%) Degree
2 30 (13.04%) PhD
3 23 (10.00%) CISSP
4 21 (9.13%) Master's Degree
5 20 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (7.83%) CISM
7 17 (7.39%) CRISC
8 6 (2.61%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (2.17%) CISA
10 1 (0.43%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (23.91%) NCSC
2 43 (18.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.39%) SOC 2
4 16 (6.96%) NIST
5 6 (2.61%) GDPR
6 4 (1.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 6 (2.61%) Active Directory
1 6 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
1 6 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.17%) CASB
3 1 (0.43%) Nessus
Vendors
1 62 (26.96%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.22%) ServiceNow
2 12 (5.22%) Workday
3 9 (3.91%) Databricks
4 7 (3.04%) Intapp
4 7 (3.04%) PeopleSoft
5 6 (2.61%) Apple
5 6 (2.61%) Citrix
6 4 (1.74%) IBM
7 3 (1.30%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.87%) Adobe
8 2 (0.87%) Dell
8 2 (0.87%) Google
9 1 (0.43%) UiPath