Innovative Thinking Jobs in the South West

Innovative Thinking
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 226 293
Rank change year-on-year +31 +67 -67
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 97 52 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.06% 0.73% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 0.78% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 49 19 12
10th Percentile £46,400 £32,302 £31,800
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +18.92% +15.63%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,331 £54,688
90th Percentile £92,000 - £102,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,687 6,704 7,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.34% 94.56% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,554 3,713 4,976
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,500 £30,966
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,056
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in the South West

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in the South West

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in the South West

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Bristol +28 44 £60,000 +1.37% 9
Devon +9 20 £40,000 -23.81% 5
Wiltshire -3 14 £55,000 - 4
Dorset -11 12 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Gloucestershire -17 3 £77,500 +133.04%
Somerset +7 2 - - 2
Innovative Thinking
England

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (12.37%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (11.34%) Simulink
2 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.37%) AWS
2 11 (11.34%) Azure
3 8 (8.25%) GCP
4 2 (2.06%) SaaS
5 1 (1.03%) BrowserStack
5 1 (1.03%) IaaS
5 1 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.03%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.34%) 5G
1 11 (11.34%) SD-WAN
1 11 (11.34%) WAN
2 2 (2.06%) Firewall
2 2 (2.06%) Network Security
2 2 (2.06%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.03%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.25%) BigQuery
1 8 (8.25%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (8.25%) Looker
2 5 (5.15%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (5.15%) Tableau
3 1 (1.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (9.28%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.06%) JIRA
3 1 (1.03%) Appium
3 1 (1.03%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.03%) JMeter
3 1 (1.03%) Postman
3 1 (1.03%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.03%) Selenium
3 1 (1.03%) Serenity BDD
3 1 (1.03%) SpecFlow
General
1 33 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 28 (28.87%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (21.65%) Military
4 19 (19.59%) Finance
5 17 (17.53%) Retail
6 14 (14.43%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (13.40%) Marketing
8 11 (11.34%) Aerospace
8 11 (11.34%) Banking
9 10 (10.31%) Aviation
9 10 (10.31%) Electronics
9 10 (10.31%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (8.25%) Law
11 7 (7.22%) Legal
12 5 (5.15%) Financial Institution
12 5 (5.15%) Investment Banking
13 3 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (2.06%) Games
15 1 (1.03%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (40.21%) Senior
2 24 (24.74%) Software Engineer
3 16 (16.49%) Consultant
3 16 (16.49%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 16 (16.49%) Security Consultant
3 16 (16.49%) Senior Consultant
3 16 (16.49%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
3 16 (16.49%) Senior Security Consultant
4 15 (15.46%) Architect
5 13 (13.40%) Cyber Defence Consultant
6 12 (12.37%) Lead
7 10 (10.31%) Project Leader
7 10 (10.31%) Technical Leader
7 10 (10.31%) Technical Project Leader
8 9 (9.28%) Senior Software Engineer
9 8 (8.25%) Data Architect
10 7 (7.22%) Product Manager
10 7 (7.22%) Senior Architect
10 7 (7.22%) Software Project Leader
10 7 (7.22%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) .NET
1 1 (1.03%) Playwright
1 1 (1.03%) React
Miscellaneous
1 23 (23.71%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (15.46%) Driving Licence
3 14 (14.43%) CESG
4 11 (11.34%) Management Information System
5 9 (9.28%) GNSS
6 7 (7.22%) Robotics
7 4 (4.12%) Algorithms
7 4 (4.12%) Product Ownership
8 3 (3.09%) FPGA
9 2 (2.06%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.06%) Data Centre
9 2 (2.06%) Onboarding
9 2 (2.06%) Operational Technology
9 2 (2.06%) Public Cloud
9 2 (2.06%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.37%) Linux
2 1 (1.03%) AIX
2 1 (1.03%) Windows
2 1 (1.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (39.18%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (34.02%) Creative Thinking
3 32 (32.99%) Project Management
4 31 (31.96%) Agile
5 26 (26.80%) Software Engineering
6 25 (25.77%) Validation
7 21 (21.65%) Computer Science
7 21 (21.65%) Requirements Analysis
8 19 (19.59%) B2B
8 19 (19.59%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (19.59%) Defect Tracking
8 19 (19.59%) Technical Leadership
9 18 (18.56%) Mentoring
10 16 (16.49%) Signal Processing
11 15 (15.46%) Matrix Organization
11 15 (15.46%) Risk Management
12 14 (14.43%) Information Assurance
13 13 (13.40%) Digital Signal Processing
13 13 (13.40%) Product Management
14 12 (12.37%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (19.59%) C++
2 14 (14.43%) MATLAB
3 11 (11.34%) Python
4 9 (9.28%) Bash
4 9 (9.28%) Perl
5 4 (4.12%) Java
6 2 (2.06%) C
6 2 (2.06%) R
6 2 (2.06%) Scala
6 2 (2.06%) SQL
7 1 (1.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (41.24%) Degree
2 38 (39.18%) Security Cleared
3 18 (18.56%) DV Cleared
4 14 (14.43%) CISMP
5 12 (12.37%) IISP
6 7 (7.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (5.15%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.06%) CCNA
8 2 (2.06%) CCNP
8 2 (2.06%) CISA
8 2 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.06%) CISM
8 2 (2.06%) CISSP
8 2 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.06%) CRISC
8 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.06%) MBA
8 2 (2.06%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (19.59%) PMO
2 16 (16.49%) NIST
3 14 (14.43%) JSP 440
4 12 (12.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 12 (12.37%) NIST 800
5 11 (11.34%) RMADS
6 8 (8.25%) Data Quality
6 8 (8.25%) GDPR
7 3 (3.09%) JTAG
7 3 (3.09%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Firmware
2 1 (1.03%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (8.25%) Google
2 3 (3.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.03%) Oracle
3 1 (1.03%) Progress
3 1 (1.03%) VMware