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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 290 318
Rank change year-on-year +164 +28 -81
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 207 106 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.20% 0.63% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 0.75% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3 60 36
10th Percentile £59,900 £28,273 £23,250
25th Percentile £60,875 £32,500 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £43,960 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +47.86% +0.48% -53.95%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £65,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £68,750 £49,000 £66,911
% change year-on-year +40.31% -26.77% +7.06%

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 8,656 14,162 13,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.84% 84.47% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,247 9,859 7,922
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
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 15 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
Middlesex +33 112 - - 3
Surrey +100 58 £65,000 +32.65% 6
Thames Valley +29 17 £65,250 +86.43% 31
Kent +23 15 - - 6
Berkshire +33 12 £70,000 +63.09% 18
Hampshire +67 5 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +24 3 £60,500 +72.86% 11
Oxfordshire +21 2 - - 5
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 16 (7.73%) CMS
2 10 (4.83%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.45%) WordPress
4 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (2.42%) Trello
2 4 (1.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (1.93%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (1.93%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.97%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.97%) InDesign
3 2 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (3.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.45%) PeopleSoft Financials
Cloud Services
1 87 (42.03%) Azure
2 38 (18.36%) PaaS
3 30 (14.49%) Serverless
4 26 (12.56%) AWS
5 25 (12.08%) AWS Lambda
5 25 (12.08%) GCP
6 20 (9.66%) SaaS
7 19 (9.18%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (9.18%) Power Platform
8 15 (7.25%) iPaaS
9 9 (4.35%) IBM Watson
10 8 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (2.90%) Entra ID
12 5 (2.42%) Azure App Service
12 5 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (2.42%) Azure Functions
12 5 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (1.45%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 26 (12.56%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.76%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.28%) Power BI
3 9 (4.35%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (2.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.48%) Metasploit
General
1 98 (47.34%) Finance
2 86 (41.55%) Legal
3 82 (39.61%) Social Skills
4 49 (23.67%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (18.84%) Law
7 37 (17.87%) Marketing
8 23 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
9 20 (9.66%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (5.31%) Advertising
11 10 (4.83%) Telecoms
12 9 (4.35%) Retail
13 4 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.97%) Banking
14 2 (0.97%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.97%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (25.60%) Senior
2 25 (12.08%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 22 (10.63%) Architect
4 17 (8.21%) Risk Manager
5 15 (7.25%) Analyst
5 15 (7.25%) Applications Architect
5 15 (7.25%) IT Architect
6 14 (6.76%) Lead
7 13 (6.28%) Audit Manager
7 13 (6.28%) Security Engineer
8 11 (5.31%) Developer
9 10 (4.83%) Account Manager
9 10 (4.83%) Strategic Account Manager
10 9 (4.35%) Analytics Manager
10 9 (4.35%) Data Analytics Manager
10 9 (4.35%) Data Manager
10 9 (4.35%) Designer
10 9 (4.35%) Technology Risk Manager
11 8 (3.86%) Senior Manager
12 7 (3.38%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.25%) .NET
1 15 (7.25%) .NET Framework
2 13 (6.28%) YAML
3 5 (2.42%) CSS
3 5 (2.42%) HTML
3 5 (2.42%) React
Miscellaneous
1 39 (18.84%) Cyberattack
2 25 (12.08%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (10.63%) Greenfield Project
3 22 (10.63%) Management Information System
4 20 (9.66%) Security Posture
5 11 (5.31%) Product Ownership
6 10 (4.83%) Digital Media
6 10 (4.83%) Marketing Technology
7 9 (4.35%) Blockchain
7 9 (4.35%) Data Structures
7 9 (4.35%) Robotics
8 5 (2.42%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.42%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.42%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.45%) Blog
9 3 (1.45%) Social Media
10 2 (0.97%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.97%) Animation
10 2 (0.97%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.97%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.90%) Apple iOS
1 6 (2.90%) Windows
2 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (72.95%) Mentoring
2 142 (68.60%) Agile
3 116 (56.04%) Coaching
4 62 (29.95%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (28.99%) Cybersecurity
6 39 (18.84%) Line Management
6 39 (18.84%) Machine Learning
7 38 (18.36%) CI/CD
8 37 (17.87%) Risk Management
9 30 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (14.49%) Data Science
10 29 (14.01%) Regulatory Compliance
11 28 (13.53%) Migration
12 27 (13.04%) OWASP
13 26 (12.56%) Performance Metrics
14 25 (12.08%) Clean Code
14 25 (12.08%) DevOps
14 25 (12.08%) Personalization
15 20 (9.66%) Stakeholder Management
16 19 (9.18%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.26%) Python
2 25 (12.08%) TypeScript
3 19 (9.18%) PowerShell
4 15 (7.25%) R
5 13 (6.28%) SQL
6 10 (4.83%) C#
6 10 (4.83%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.42%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 48 (23.19%) Degree
2 25 (12.08%) PhD
3 20 (9.66%) CISSP
4 15 (7.25%) CISM
5 14 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (6.76%) CRISC
6 13 (6.28%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.90%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.42%) CISA
9 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.48%) OSCP
9 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.48%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (25.12%) NCSC
2 37 (17.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (6.76%) SOC 2
4 13 (6.28%) NIST
5 6 (2.90%) GDPR
6 4 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 6 (2.90%) Active Directory
1 6 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
1 6 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.42%) CASB
3 1 (0.48%) Nessus
Vendors
1 58 (28.02%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.28%) Databricks
3 9 (4.35%) IBM
4 8 (3.86%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.86%) Workday
5 6 (2.90%) Apple
5 6 (2.90%) Citrix
6 5 (2.42%) Adobe
7 3 (1.45%) Intapp
7 3 (1.45%) PeopleSoft
8 2 (0.97%) Dell
9 1 (0.48%) Google
9 1 (0.48%) UiPath