Creative Problem-Solving Jobs in the UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Creative Problem-Solving skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 568 623
Rank change year-on-year +180 +55 +130
Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving 193 204 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.27% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.33% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 154 91 71
10th Percentile - £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.80% -28.57% +27.27%
75th Percentile £42,627 £65,000 £113,750
90th Percentile £47,500 - £116,250
UK median annual salary £40,101 £52,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -23.62% -30.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Creative Problem-Solving in the UK excluding London

Creative Problem-Solving
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
North of England +10 49 £40,101 -33.17% 189
South East +111 41 £40,101 -23.62% 251
Scotland +126 28 £40,101 +0.25% 33
Yorkshire +64 28 £40,101 -15.58% 83
Midlands +88 25 £40,101 -34.53% 162
South West +89 24 £40,101 -5.65% 102
North West -33 21 £40,101 -33.17% 82
East of England +62 19 £40,101 +33.67% 130
East Midlands +57 17 £40,101 -49.87% 63
West Midlands +49 8 £30,000 -47.83% 89
Wales +53 7 £40,101 - 22
Creative Problem-Solving
UK

Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (1.55%) CMS
1 3 (1.55%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 138 (71.50%) Simulink
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.55%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.52%) Blender
3 1 (0.52%) CATIA
3 1 (0.52%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 138 (71.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.22%) AWS
2 7 (3.63%) Azure
3 4 (2.07%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.55%) Figma
4 3 (1.55%) GCP
4 3 (1.55%) Kibo
5 2 (1.04%) SaaS
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon Kinesis
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.52%) dbt
6 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.52%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.52%) GitHub
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.52%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.70%) MySQL
2 9 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.11%) Data Hub
4 4 (2.07%) Power BI
5 3 (1.55%) Tableau
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.52%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 138 (71.50%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (3.63%) Git
3 5 (2.59%) GitLab
4 2 (1.04%) JIRA
4 2 (1.04%) Vite
4 2 (1.04%) webpack
5 1 (0.52%) Mocha
5 1 (0.52%) Sinon.JS
General
1 163 (84.46%) Social Skills
2 140 (72.54%) Electronics
3 138 (71.50%) Aerospace
4 16 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.22%) Finance
6 6 (3.11%) Banking
7 5 (2.59%) Brand Awareness
7 5 (2.59%) Law
8 4 (2.07%) Czech Language
8 4 (2.07%) Marketing
9 3 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.55%) Retail
10 1 (0.52%) Automotive
10 1 (0.52%) Aviation
10 1 (0.52%) Games
10 1 (0.52%) Legal
10 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 140 (72.54%) Junior
2 138 (71.50%) Junior Systems Engineer
2 138 (71.50%) Systems Engineer
3 17 (8.81%) Developer
4 10 (5.18%) Full-Stack Developer
5 9 (4.66%) Senior
6 8 (4.15%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
6 8 (4.15%) JavaScript Developer
7 6 (3.11%) Lead
7 6 (3.11%) Senior Developer
8 5 (2.59%) Graduate
8 5 (2.59%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 5 (2.59%) Node.js Developer
8 5 (2.59%) Software Engineer
9 4 (2.07%) AWS Developer
9 4 (2.07%) Designer
9 4 (2.07%) Enterprise Sales Executive
9 4 (2.07%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.07%) Sales Executive
9 4 (2.07%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.70%) Node.js
2 8 (4.15%) Middleware
2 8 (4.15%) Svelte
3 6 (3.11%) CSS
3 6 (3.11%) HTML
3 6 (3.11%) jQuery
3 6 (3.11%) Vue
4 5 (2.59%) .NET
4 5 (2.59%) React
5 4 (2.07%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.07%) ASP.NET
5 4 (2.07%) Flutter
6 3 (1.55%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.55%) HTML5
7 2 (1.04%) Bootstrap
7 2 (1.04%) CSS3
7 2 (1.04%) Pandas
7 2 (1.04%) PyTorch
7 2 (1.04%) Sass
7 2 (1.04%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.59%) Embedded Systems
1 5 (2.59%) Social Media
2 4 (2.07%) Mobile App
3 3 (1.55%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.04%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.55%) Android
1 3 (1.55%) Apple iOS
1 3 (1.55%) Linux
2 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 155 (80.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 143 (74.09%) Project Management
4 139 (72.02%) Computer Science
4 139 (72.02%) UML
5 138 (71.50%) Mathematics
5 138 (71.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 138 (71.50%) Physics
5 138 (71.50%) PLM
5 138 (71.50%) SysML
5 138 (71.50%) Systems Engineering
6 21 (10.88%) Agile
7 14 (7.25%) User Experience
8 10 (5.18%) Actionable Insight
8 10 (5.18%) CI/CD
8 10 (5.18%) Full-Stack Development
9 9 (4.66%) E-Commerce
9 9 (4.66%) Web Development
10 8 (4.15%) Decision-Making
10 8 (4.15%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 138 (71.50%) MATLAB
2 18 (9.33%) JavaScript
3 12 (6.22%) TypeScript
4 5 (2.59%) C
4 5 (2.59%) C#
5 3 (1.55%) Java
6 2 (1.04%) Kotlin
6 2 (1.04%) PHP
6 2 (1.04%) Python
7 1 (0.52%) C++
7 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (75.13%) Degree
2 138 (71.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (1.55%) HNC
3 3 (1.55%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.04%) PMP
4 2 (1.04%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.11%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (1.55%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.04%) QA
4 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.52%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.59%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 138 (71.50%) IBM
2 5 (2.59%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.07%) HubSpot
4 3 (1.55%) Adobe
4 3 (1.55%) Google
5 2 (1.04%) SAP
6 1 (0.52%) Alias
6 1 (0.52%) Bloomberg
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat