Creative Problem-Solving
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 446 | 654 | 729 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +208 | +75 | +82 |
| Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving | 271 | 262 | 258 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.50% | 0.27% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.53% | 0.31% | 0.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 194 | 136 | 136 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34,000 | £39,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,574 | £38,750 | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,101 | £55,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.09% | -26.67% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £43,108 | £65,000 | £112,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,375 | £95,625 | £122,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,101 | £53,750 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.39% | -20.37% | +22.73% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 50,687 | 84,865 | 98,883 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.50% | 85.91% | 95.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,769 | 59,922 | 58,138 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £29,000 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £61,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -10.57% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,533 | £72,500 | £81,251 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,474 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Creative Problem-Solving
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Creative Problem-Solving as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving.
Creative Problem-Solving
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.
Creative Problem-Solving
Top 15 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 7 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 |
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| England | +154 | 221 | £40,101 | -25.39% | 237 |
| UK excluding London | +197 | 202 | £40,101 | -25.39% | 111 |
| North of England | +28 | 53 | £40,101 | -33.17% | 22 |
| London | +86 | 52 | £67,500 | +8.00% | 148 |
| Work from Home | +52 | 45 | £60,743 | +5.64% | 276 |
| South East | +122 | 42 | £40,101 | -23.62% | 44 |
| Yorkshire | +76 | 33 | £40,101 | -25.08% | 6 |
| Scotland | +137 | 28 | £40,101 | -27.09% | 3 |
| South West | +109 | 28 | £40,101 | -6.74% | 5 |
| Midlands | +58 | 25 | £40,101 | -34.53% | 18 |
| North West | -24 | 20 | £40,101 | -33.17% | 16 |
| East of England | +55 | 19 | £40,101 | +33.67% | 19 |
| East Midlands | +56 | 14 | £40,101 | -49.87% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +37 | 11 | £45,000 | -21.74% | 14 |
| Wales | +44 | 7 | £40,101 | - |
Creative Problem-Solving
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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