Innovative Thinking Job Trends in South Wales

Innovative Thinking
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 69 74
Rank change year-on-year +22 +5 -53
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 14 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.12% 0.28% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.55% 0.43% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £81,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £82,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £83,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £82,500 -
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Innovative 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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 548 694 653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 83.03% 64.32% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 414 475 505
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,500 £31,340
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,913 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £73,750
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.30% +3.33% -10.00%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in South Wales

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Innovative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Newport - 13 £55,000 - 1
Glamorgan - 1 - - 1
Innovative Thinking
Wales

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Google Workspace
1 3 (21.43%) SurveyMonkey
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Bluetooth
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
1 3 (21.43%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (21.43%) Modbus
1 3 (21.43%) Network Security
1 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
1 3 (21.43%) VLAN
1 3 (21.43%) Wireshark
1 3 (21.43%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) GIS
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Burp Suite
1 3 (21.43%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Aerospace
2 3 (21.43%) Law
2 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Design Engineer
1 9 (64.29%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 9 (64.29%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Change Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) e-Learning
1 9 (64.29%) FPGA
2 3 (21.43%) CAN bus
2 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (21.43%) IoT
2 3 (21.43%) Operational Technology
2 3 (21.43%) SCADA
3 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Android
1 3 (21.43%) Kali Linux
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
1 3 (21.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (64.29%) FPGA Design
3 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
3 3 (21.43%) Cognitive Science
3 3 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 3 (21.43%) Cryptography
3 3 (21.43%) Data Science
3 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
3 3 (21.43%) Ergonomics
3 3 (21.43%) Human Factors
3 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning
3 3 (21.43%) Prototyping
3 3 (21.43%) Psychology
3 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
3 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
3 3 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (21.43%) Smart Manufacturing
3 3 (21.43%) Statistics
3 3 (21.43%) User Experience
3 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C++
1 3 (21.43%) Java
1 3 (21.43%) Python
1 3 (21.43%) R
1 3 (21.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Nessus
1 3 (21.43%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco
1 3 (21.43%) Google
1 3 (21.43%) Qualtrics
1 3 (21.43%) Red Hat
1 3 (21.43%) Splunk
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow