Innovative Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 372 412
Rank change year-on-year -11 +40 -92
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 205 480 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.68% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.81% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49 298 129
10th Percentile £28,600 £27,500 £25,900
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,084 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% +9.65% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £64,000 £72,875 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,236 59,478 57,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.94% 83.96% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 17,875 41,116 29,652
10th Percentile £26,968 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Innovative 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 Innovative Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +70 69 £49,134 +22.84% 72
North of England -35 51 £52,500 +0.80% 26
North West -26 46 £48,750 -6.40% 20
South West +32 34 £53,051 -11.58% 30
East of England +32 15 £55,000 +89.66% 14
Midlands +2 11 £40,500 -19.00% 20
Scotland +112 10 - - 20
Northern Ireland +40 8 £55,000 -3.97% 8
Wales +47 7 - - 5
West Midlands +18 7 £37,500 -31.82% 15
Yorkshire +40 5 £70,000 +50.68% 6
East Midlands +10 4 £62,500 +25.00% 5
Innovative Thinking
UK

Innovative 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 16 (7.80%) IBM Domino
2 9 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.44%) nginx
3 5 (2.44%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.98%) CMS
4 2 (0.98%) Confluence
4 2 (0.98%) SAS
4 2 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.46%) Simulink
3 2 (0.98%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.98%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.98%) InDesign
3 2 (0.98%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (3.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (2.44%) Q-Pulse
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.24%) Azure
2 15 (7.32%) AWS
3 9 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.44%) Amazon ElastiCache
4 5 (2.44%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 5 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
4 5 (2.44%) SaaS
5 3 (1.46%) BrowserStack
5 3 (1.46%) GitHub
5 3 (1.46%) IaaS
5 3 (1.46%) Sauce Labs
6 2 (0.98%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (0.98%) Contentsquare
6 2 (0.98%) Figma
6 2 (0.98%) Google Analytics
6 2 (0.98%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.98%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.49%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.24%) Software-Defined Radio
2 10 (4.88%) ATM
2 10 (4.88%) VoIP
2 10 (4.88%) Wireless
3 9 (4.39%) WAN
4 8 (3.90%) 5G
4 8 (3.90%) SD-WAN
5 4 (1.95%) SAN
6 2 (0.98%) 3G
6 2 (0.98%) DHCP
6 2 (0.98%) DNS
6 2 (0.98%) GPRS
6 2 (0.98%) LTE
6 2 (0.98%) Modbus
7 1 (0.49%) Firewall
7 1 (0.49%) LAN
7 1 (0.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.85%) Data Lake
2 7 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.44%) Amazon Aurora
4 5 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.46%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.46%) SQLite
6 2 (0.98%) MySQL
6 2 (0.98%) Power BI
6 2 (0.98%) Redis
7 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.49%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 9 (4.39%) JIRA
2 6 (2.93%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.44%) Bitbucket
3 5 (2.44%) Cucumber
3 5 (2.44%) JUnit
3 5 (2.44%) Maven
3 5 (2.44%) Mockito
3 5 (2.44%) Postman
3 5 (2.44%) Selenium
3 5 (2.44%) SonarQube
3 5 (2.44%) TestNG
4 3 (1.46%) Appium
4 3 (1.46%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.49%) Git
5 1 (0.49%) GitLab
General
1 69 (33.66%) Analytical Skills
2 64 (31.22%) Social Skills
3 62 (30.24%) Finance
4 26 (12.68%) Manufacturing
5 24 (11.71%) Influencing Skills
6 21 (10.24%) Public Sector
7 20 (9.76%) Electronics
8 18 (8.78%) Military
9 14 (6.83%) Law
10 13 (6.34%) Marketing
11 12 (5.85%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (3.90%) Aerospace
12 8 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (2.93%) Legal
14 5 (2.44%) Aviation
15 4 (1.95%) Automotive
15 4 (1.95%) Police
16 3 (1.46%) Banking
17 2 (0.98%) French Language
17 2 (0.98%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (14.63%) Senior
2 22 (10.73%) Project Manager
3 21 (10.24%) Systems Engineer
4 20 (9.76%) Delivery Project Manager
5 16 (7.80%) Software Engineer
6 15 (7.32%) QA Manager
6 15 (7.32%) Quality Manager
7 13 (6.34%) Lead
8 12 (5.85%) FPGA Engineer
8 12 (5.85%) Supplier Manager
9 10 (4.88%) Field Engineer
9 10 (4.88%) Field Service Engineer
9 10 (4.88%) Radio Engineer
10 8 (3.90%) Embedded Engineer
10 8 (3.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 8 (3.90%) Project Leader
10 8 (3.90%) Senior Project Leader
10 8 (3.90%) Software Project Leader
10 8 (3.90%) Technical Leader
10 8 (3.90%) Technical Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.41%) .NET
1 7 (3.41%) REST
2 5 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (2.44%) Gherkin
2 5 (2.44%) Guice
2 5 (2.44%) JAX-RS
2 5 (2.44%) Kafka
2 5 (2.44%) Mustache
2 5 (2.44%) OpenAPI
2 5 (2.44%) RESTful
2 5 (2.44%) Spring
2 5 (2.44%) Spring Boot
2 5 (2.44%) Swagger
2 5 (2.44%) WireMock
2 5 (2.44%) XML
3 3 (1.46%) LINQ
3 3 (1.46%) Next.js
3 3 (1.46%) Node.js
3 3 (1.46%) Playwright
3 3 (1.46%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 41 (20.00%) e-Learning
2 25 (12.20%) FPGA
3 14 (6.83%) MicroBlaze
4 13 (6.34%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (6.34%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.90%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (3.90%) RISC-V
6 8 (3.90%) Self-Driving Car
7 6 (2.93%) GNSS
7 6 (2.93%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.93%) Satnav
7 6 (2.93%) VHDL
8 5 (2.44%) Life Science
8 5 (2.44%) Reference Data
9 3 (1.46%) IoT
9 3 (1.46%) PKI
10 2 (0.98%) Animation
10 2 (0.98%) NB-IoT
10 2 (0.98%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (13.17%) Linux
2 18 (8.78%) Windows
3 8 (3.90%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (3.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.49%) Unix
4 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (33.66%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (27.80%) Agile
3 50 (24.39%) Project Management
4 30 (14.63%) Project Delivery
4 30 (14.63%) Roadmaps
5 27 (13.17%) Signal Processing
6 26 (12.68%) Software Engineering
6 26 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 23 (11.22%) Analytics
8 21 (10.24%) Digital Signal Processing
9 20 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (9.76%) Programme Delivery
10 19 (9.27%) Computer Science
10 19 (9.27%) Strategic Thinking
10 19 (9.27%) Validation
11 18 (8.78%) Creative Thinking
12 17 (8.29%) Risk Management
13 16 (7.80%) B2B
13 16 (7.80%) Test Automation
13 16 (7.80%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.27%) MATLAB
2 15 (7.32%) C++
3 14 (6.83%) C
4 12 (5.85%) SQL
5 11 (5.37%) Python
6 10 (4.88%) Java
6 10 (4.88%) Perl
7 9 (4.39%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.93%) C#
8 6 (2.93%) Tcl
8 6 (2.93%) VB
9 5 (2.44%) PHP
9 5 (2.44%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (30.73%) Security Cleared
2 49 (23.90%) SC Cleared
3 44 (21.46%) Degree
4 27 (13.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (4.39%) CCNP
5 9 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.41%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.93%) RHCSA
8 4 (1.95%) HND
9 3 (1.46%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.46%) CCNA
9 3 (1.46%) PhD
9 3 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.27%) QA
2 9 (4.39%) PMO
3 6 (2.93%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.46%) SLA
5 2 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.49%) GDPR
6 1 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 27 (13.17%) Firmware
2 24 (11.71%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (2.93%) Docker
4 5 (2.44%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.95%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (3.90%) Ansible
2 6 (2.93%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.44%) Kustomize
3 5 (2.44%) Packer
3 5 (2.44%) Terraform
4 3 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.98%) Grafana
5 2 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.49%) Avamar
6 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.49%) Puppet
6 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.49%) VxRail
Vendors
1 11 (5.37%) Red Hat
2 9 (4.39%) Xilinx
3 8 (3.90%) Microsoft
4 7 (3.41%) Cisco
4 7 (3.41%) Sparx
5 6 (2.93%) Altera
5 6 (2.93%) Green Hills
6 5 (2.44%) VMware
7 4 (1.95%) Adobe
7 4 (1.95%) EMC
8 3 (1.46%) Google
8 3 (1.46%) SAP
8 3 (1.46%) Veeam
9 1 (0.49%) Aruba
9 1 (0.49%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.49%) Dell
9 1 (0.49%) IBM
9 1 (0.49%) NetApp
9 1 (0.49%) Progress