Innovative Thinking Job Trends in Surrey

Innovative Thinking
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 92 74
Rank change year-on-year -3 -18 +65
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 4 10 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.24% 0.83% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.90% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 14
10th Percentile - - £23,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £55,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +50.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £45,938 £65,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £58,875 - £59,500
South East median annual salary £37,500 £60,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -37.50% +50.00% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,325 1,106 984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 80.89% 91.78% 89.86%
Number of salaries quoted 755 486 673
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £28,821
25th Percentile £34,000 £43,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,875 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Innovative Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Innovative Thinking job vacancy trend in Surrey

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Innovative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in Surrey over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in Surrey

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Epsom +19 1 £65,000 +8.33%
Innovative Thinking
South East

Innovative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 4 (100.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) GPRS
1 1 (25.00%) LTE
1 1 (25.00%) Modbus
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (25.00%) IoT
2 1 (25.00%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) B2B
1 3 (75.00%) B2B Sales
1 3 (75.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) GTM Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Product Management
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR