Innovative Thinking Jobs in the South East

Innovative Thinking
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 17 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 264 304
Rank change year-on-year -13 +40 +36
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 109 156 176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.66% 1.02% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 1.08% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 55 38 22
10th Percentile £23,125 £24,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £31,936 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 £44,150
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -26.39% -23.22%
75th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £59,998 £81,250 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,043 14,437 18,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 85.08% 94.46% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,921 8,356 12,157
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in the South East

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in the South East

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the South East over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in the South East

Innovative 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 Innovative Thinking within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Thames Valley +3 42 £54,995 +69.22% 18
Surrey +14 34 £40,000 -48.39% 8
Hampshire -56 22 £33,447 -64.98% 10
Berkshire +31 18 £45,498 - 6
Oxfordshire +21 12 £65,000 +31.31% 10
Buckinghamshire -28 12 £47,500 +46.15% 2
Middlesex - 5 - -
West Sussex +41 3 £40,000 -27.27% 1
East Sussex - 3 - -
Innovative Thinking
England

Innovative 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 5 (4.59%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (11.01%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (10.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (3.67%) Adobe Captivate
Cloud Services
1 37 (33.94%) AWS
2 33 (30.28%) Azure
3 32 (29.36%) GCP
4 2 (1.83%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.92%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.59%) Internet
1 5 (4.59%) VPN
2 4 (3.67%) DNS
2 4 (3.67%) LAN
2 4 (3.67%) OSPF
2 4 (3.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (29.36%) BigQuery
1 32 (29.36%) Data Warehouse
1 32 (29.36%) Looker
2 5 (4.59%) Oracle Database
2 5 (4.59%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.83%) Power BI
4 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Postman
General
1 45 (41.28%) Social Skills
2 38 (34.86%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (13.76%) Telecoms
4 14 (12.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.34%) Finance
6 7 (6.42%) Marketing
7 5 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (4.59%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.75%) Automotive
8 3 (2.75%) Retail
9 1 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (33.03%) Architect
2 32 (29.36%) Data Architect
3 15 (13.76%) Quantity Surveyor
4 8 (7.34%) Development Manager
5 7 (6.42%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (5.50%) Analyst
7 5 (4.59%) Developer
7 5 (4.59%) IT Analyst
7 5 (4.59%) IT Support
7 5 (4.59%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (4.59%) Senior
7 5 (4.59%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 5 (4.59%) Software Analyst
7 5 (4.59%) Software Support Analyst
7 5 (4.59%) Support Analyst
8 4 (3.67%) Designer
8 4 (3.67%) Lead
8 4 (3.67%) Presales Solution Architect
8 4 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.67%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.92%) Django
1 1 (0.92%) FastAPI
1 1 (0.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (29.36%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (11.93%) e-Learning
3 6 (5.50%) Management Information System
4 5 (4.59%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Blog
5 1 (0.92%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (39.45%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (37.61%) Mentoring
3 35 (32.11%) ETL
4 33 (30.28%) Data Security
5 32 (29.36%) Data Architecture
5 32 (29.36%) Data Engineering
5 32 (29.36%) Data Governance
5 32 (29.36%) Data Integration
5 32 (29.36%) Data Modelling
5 32 (29.36%) ERD
5 32 (29.36%) Platform Engineering
6 13 (11.93%) Strategic Thinking
7 11 (10.09%) Project Management
8 10 (9.17%) Critical Path Analysis
8 10 (9.17%) Time Management
8 10 (9.17%) Work Breakdown Structure
9 9 (8.26%) Computer Science
9 9 (8.26%) Creative Thinking
9 9 (8.26%) Performance Management
9 9 (8.26%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.26%) SQL
2 2 (1.83%) Python
3 1 (0.92%) C#
3 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.92%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (35.78%) Degree
2 20 (18.35%) HNC
2 20 (18.35%) HND
3 9 (8.26%) CISA
3 9 (8.26%) CRISC
4 8 (7.34%) DBS Check
5 7 (6.42%) MRICS
6 6 (5.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (37.61%) GDPR
2 32 (29.36%) Data Quality
3 13 (11.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (8.26%) GRC
4 9 (8.26%) HIPAA
4 9 (8.26%) NIST
4 9 (8.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (4.59%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (4.59%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 32 (29.36%) Google
2 16 (14.68%) Microsoft
3 9 (8.26%) Cadence
4 5 (4.59%) Dell
4 5 (4.59%) Oracle
5 4 (3.67%) Adobe