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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 475 | 627 | 718 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +152 | +91 | +78 |
| Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving | 265 | 266 | 246 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.47% | 0.27% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.50% | 0.31% | 0.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 193 | 128 | 123 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34,000 | £40,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,574 | £38,000 | £59,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,101 | £52,500 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.62% | -30.00% | +7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £42,627 | £65,000 | £112,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £96,250 | £121,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,101 | £50,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.80% | -25.93% | +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 | 52,544 | 85,078 | 94,862 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.81% | 85.26% | 95.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,695 | 59,840 | 55,939 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £29,071 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £61,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -9.84% | +1.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £72,500 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -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 18 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 18 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 | +106 | 215 | £40,101 | -23.62% | 275 |
| UK excluding London | +172 | 200 | £40,101 | -19.80% | 131 |
| North of England | +6 | 52 | £40,101 | -33.17% | 31 |
| London | +99 | 48 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 167 |
| South East | +116 | 42 | £40,101 | -23.62% | 51 |
| Work from Home | +20 | 39 | £60,743 | +7.99% | 121 |
| Yorkshire | +74 | 32 | £40,101 | -15.58% | 8 |
| Scotland | +121 | 28 | £40,101 | -15.58% | 1 |
| Midlands | +68 | 27 | £40,101 | -34.53% | 14 |
| South West | +94 | 25 | £40,101 | -5.65% | 13 |
| North West | -44 | 20 | £40,101 | -33.17% | 21 |
| East of England | +54 | 19 | £40,101 | +33.67% | 20 |
| East Midlands | +33 | 16 | £40,101 | -49.87% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +42 | 11 | £45,000 | -21.74% | 11 |
| Wales | +42 | 7 | £40,101 | - | 1 |
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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