Innovation Management Job Trends in the South East

Innovation Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Innovation Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 284 -
Rank change year-on-year -51 - -
Permanent jobs citing Innovation Management 3 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.016% 0.023% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.026% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £73,750 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Innovation Management 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 13,519 7,811 10,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.81% 87.88% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,635 4,221 5,675
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £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 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -6.40%

Innovation Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Innovation Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Innovation Management job vacancy trend in the South East

Innovation Management
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Innovation Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Innovation Management

Innovation Management
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 Innovation Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Hampshire - 2 - - 1
Surrey -35 1 £75,000 - 2
Innovation Management
England

Innovation Management
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 2 (66.67%) Aviation
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Back Office
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Innovation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt