Creative Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Creative Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Creative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 322 376
Rank change year-on-year +132 +54 -95
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 583 578 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.49% 0.81% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 0.97% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47 180 166
10th Percentile £25,900 £26,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £30,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £42,710 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.46% -22.35% -7.56%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,500 £69,375
90th Percentile £79,050 £66,400 £81,251
UK median annual salary £67,500 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +35.00% -23.08% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Creative 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,295 59,625 57,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 84.00% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 41,241 29,486
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Creative Thinking
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 Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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 +172 242 £50,890 +59.03% 85
North West +132 220 £50,890 +33.92% 51
South East +147 179 £65,000 +51.44% 96
Midlands -22 79 £57,000 +29.55% 38
West Midlands -5 64 £57,000 +11.22% 20
Scotland +87 29 £55,211 -7.98% 29
East of England +24 28 £55,000 +37.50% 41
South West +30 25 £66,367 +56.16% 22
Yorkshire +53 19 £94,637 +36.17% 25
East Midlands +19 15 - - 16
North East +46 3 £45,000 +63.64% 10
Northern Ireland +33 1 - - 2
Creative Thinking
UK

Creative Thinking
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 21 (3.60%) CMS
1 21 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.86%) WordPress
3 2 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.17%) CICS
4 1 (0.17%) Kentico
4 1 (0.17%) SAS
4 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 24 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (0.86%) Trello
5 4 (0.69%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.69%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.34%) InDesign
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (3.43%) Dynamics AX
2 8 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.34%) PeopleSoft Financials
Cloud Services
1 77 (13.21%) Azure
2 38 (6.52%) PaaS
3 21 (3.60%) Power Platform
4 20 (3.43%) SaaS
5 19 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (2.57%) iPaaS
7 13 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (2.06%) AWS
9 9 (1.54%) IBM Watson
10 8 (1.37%) Serverless
11 7 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.03%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.03%) GCP
13 5 (0.86%) Azure App Service
13 5 (0.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (0.86%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (0.86%) Figma
13 5 (0.86%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.37%) 5G
1 8 (1.37%) SD-WAN
1 8 (1.37%) WAN
2 7 (1.20%) Intranet
3 5 (0.86%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (0.86%) Wireless
4 2 (0.34%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.34%) DNS
4 2 (0.34%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.34%) Firewall
4 2 (0.34%) Network Security
4 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.34%) VPN
5 1 (0.17%) Broadband
5 1 (0.17%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.17%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (0.17%) Modbus
5 1 (0.17%) MQTT
5 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.57%) Power BI
2 14 (2.40%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.89%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.54%) QlikView
5 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.34%) MySQL
6 2 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.17%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.17%) DB2
7 1 (0.17%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.03%) JIRA
2 2 (0.34%) Git
3 1 (0.17%) Babel
3 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.17%) IBM UrbanCode
3 1 (0.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.17%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.17%) Moq
3 1 (0.17%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 288 (49.40%) Legal
2 244 (41.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 238 (40.82%) Law
4 208 (35.68%) Finance
5 168 (28.82%) Social Skills
6 103 (17.67%) Marketing
7 93 (15.95%) Analytical Skills
8 56 (9.61%) Retail
8 56 (9.61%) Telecoms
9 35 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
10 30 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (4.46%) Manufacturing
12 21 (3.60%) Advertising
13 20 (3.43%) Games
14 18 (3.09%) Banking
14 18 (3.09%) Electronics
15 13 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.69%) Public Sector
18 3 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 96 (16.47%) Senior
2 51 (8.75%) Risk Manager
3 37 (6.35%) Technology Risk Manager
4 35 (6.00%) Lead
5 31 (5.32%) Analyst
6 26 (4.46%) Architect
7 20 (3.43%) Account Manager
7 20 (3.43%) Strategic Account Manager
8 19 (3.26%) Audit Manager
8 19 (3.26%) Senior Manager
9 15 (2.57%) Applications Architect
9 15 (2.57%) IT Architect
10 14 (2.40%) Designer
10 14 (2.40%) Product Owner
11 13 (2.23%) Developer
11 13 (2.23%) Security Engineer
12 12 (2.06%) Junior
13 10 (1.72%) Quality Manager
13 10 (1.72%) Senior Quality Manager
13 10 (1.72%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.09%) .NET
2 16 (2.74%) .NET Framework
3 13 (2.23%) YAML
4 12 (2.06%) HTML
5 11 (1.89%) React
6 8 (1.37%) CSS
7 5 (0.86%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.86%) Node.js
8 2 (0.34%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.34%) Django
8 2 (0.34%) Vue
9 1 (0.17%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.17%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.17%) LEMP Stack
9 1 (0.17%) Next.js
9 1 (0.17%) REST
9 1 (0.17%) RESTful
9 1 (0.17%) scikit-learn
9 1 (0.17%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (0.17%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 235 (40.31%) Cyberattack
2 56 (9.61%) Robotics
3 52 (8.92%) Blockchain
4 47 (8.06%) Management Information System
5 37 (6.35%) Product Ownership
6 23 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (3.43%) Digital Media
7 20 (3.43%) Marketing Technology
7 20 (3.43%) Security Posture
8 14 (2.40%) Social Media
9 10 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.54%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.37%) Self-Driving Car
12 7 (1.20%) Blog
12 7 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
12 7 (1.20%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.03%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.03%) FPGA
13 6 (1.03%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 23 (3.95%) Windows
2 8 (1.37%) Linux
3 6 (1.03%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.03%) Windows Vista
4 5 (0.86%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (44.77%) Cybersecurity
2 241 (41.34%) Line Management
3 235 (40.31%) Agile
4 215 (36.88%) Mentoring
5 194 (33.28%) Coaching
6 115 (19.73%) Analytics
7 100 (17.15%) Risk Management
8 85 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
9 75 (12.86%) Data Analytics
10 71 (12.18%) Artificial Intelligence
11 67 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 56 (9.61%) Project Management
13 52 (8.92%) Robotic Process Automation
14 50 (8.58%) Project Delivery
15 43 (7.38%) Strategic Thinking
16 41 (7.03%) ERP
17 39 (6.69%) Information Security
17 39 (6.69%) Roadmaps
18 37 (6.35%) Customer Experience
19 36 (6.17%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 27 (4.63%) Python
2 21 (3.60%) SQL
3 20 (3.43%) PowerShell
4 19 (3.26%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.57%) C#
5 15 (2.57%) R
6 10 (1.72%) C++
7 7 (1.20%) C
8 6 (1.03%) MATLAB
8 6 (1.03%) Perl
8 6 (1.03%) Tcl
8 6 (1.03%) VB
9 5 (0.86%) Bicep
10 4 (0.69%) Java
11 2 (0.34%) Bash
11 2 (0.34%) PHP
12 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.17%) JCL
12 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (9.43%) Degree
2 33 (5.66%) CISA
3 22 (3.77%) CISSP
4 20 (3.43%) ISACA
5 19 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.92%) CRISC
7 16 (2.74%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.57%) CISM
9 12 (2.06%) ACCA
9 12 (2.06%) CCAB
9 12 (2.06%) CIMA
9 12 (2.06%) CIPFA
9 12 (2.06%) ICAEW
10 6 (1.03%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.03%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.51%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.51%) PMP
11 3 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.34%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 248 (42.54%) NCSC
2 50 (8.58%) ITGC
3 37 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.57%) NIST
4 15 (2.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 14 (2.40%) SOC 2
6 10 (1.72%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.37%) GDPR
7 8 (1.37%) PMO
8 7 (1.20%) COBIT
9 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.34%) JTAG
10 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 11 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.20%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (1.20%) Firmware
3 6 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.86%) CASB
2 5 (0.86%) SCCM
3 1 (0.17%) Ansible
3 1 (0.17%) CA Service Virtualization
3 1 (0.17%) Grafana
3 1 (0.17%) Nagios
3 1 (0.17%) Nessus
3 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 72 (12.35%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.77%) SAP
3 20 (3.43%) Oracle
4 13 (2.23%) Databricks
5 12 (2.06%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.89%) Adobe
6 11 (1.89%) Xilinx
7 10 (1.72%) IBM
8 7 (1.20%) Workday
9 6 (1.03%) Altera
9 6 (1.03%) Apple
9 6 (1.03%) Citrix
9 6 (1.03%) Google
9 6 (1.03%) Green Hills
10 5 (0.86%) Sophos
11 4 (0.69%) Twitter
12 2 (0.34%) Dell
12 2 (0.34%) Intapp
12 2 (0.34%) PeopleSoft
13 1 (0.17%) OneLogin