Creative Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Creative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 297 304
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 +132
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 955 1,241 2,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 1.19% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.24% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 392 466 719
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,303 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,283 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +4.00% +5.93%
75th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,920 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year -21.96% -7.56% +13.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Creative Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking.

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +14 825 £50,000 -25.27% 255
UK excluding London +42 525 £42,920 -21.96% 147
Work from Home +20 372 £55,000 -18.52% 106
London -11 370 £55,125 -31.09% 116
Midlands +100 138 £44,000 -29.60% 16
West Midlands +107 106 £51,250 -21.15% 7
South East +44 96 £42,920 -17.06% 40
South West +37 96 £42,500 -15.40% 25
North of England -20 71 £32,000 -47.76% 40
Scotland -43 66 £60,000 +0.80% 8
East of England -10 45 £40,000 -39.62% 18
Yorkshire +39 32 £69,500 +8.54% 15
East Midlands +2 32 £30,000 -42.86% 9
North West -15 32 £41,000 -30.52% 22
Northern Ireland +16 8 £30,000 -14.29% 2
North East +3 7 £27,500 -55.35% 3
Wales +1 5 £47,029 +71.01% 1

Creative Thinking
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:

Application Platforms
1 56 (5.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (2.83%) CMS
3 14 (1.47%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.36%) IIS
5 4 (0.42%) Confluence
5 4 (0.42%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.42%) WordPress
6 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.10%) Drupal
Applications
1 217 (22.72%) Microsoft Office
2 211 (22.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 111 (11.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.30%) AutoCAD
5 19 (1.99%) Photoshop
6 18 (1.88%) Adobe XD
7 16 (1.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 12 (1.26%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (1.26%) InDesign
9 9 (0.94%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.42%) Maya
10 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.31%) SketchUp
11 3 (0.31%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.21%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.21%) CINEMA 4D
12 2 (0.21%) Sketch
13 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 48 (5.03%) Endur
2 19 (1.99%) Unit4 Business World
3 13 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (1.26%) SDL Web 8
5 9 (0.94%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.31%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.10%) Magento
7 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 48 (5.03%) AWS
2 46 (4.82%) Azure
3 34 (3.56%) Power Platform
4 32 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (2.20%) SaaS
6 20 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
6 20 (2.09%) Figma
7 14 (1.47%) GCP
8 10 (1.05%) IaaS
8 10 (1.05%) PaaS
9 9 (0.94%) Google Analytics
9 9 (0.94%) Power Automate
10 8 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (0.84%) Serverless
11 7 (0.73%) Canva
12 6 (0.63%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.52%) OneDrive
14 4 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (0.42%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.04%) WAN
2 24 (2.51%) Wireless
3 22 (2.30%) Firewall
4 21 (2.20%) 5G
4 21 (2.20%) SD-WAN
5 15 (1.57%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.05%) Broadband
7 8 (0.84%) HTTP
7 8 (0.84%) MQTT
7 8 (0.84%) NGN
7 8 (0.84%) TACACS
8 7 (0.73%) Internet
9 6 (0.63%) DHCP
9 6 (0.63%) DNS
9 6 (0.63%) SAN
9 6 (0.63%) VPN
10 5 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.52%) Network Security
10 5 (0.52%) VoIP
10 5 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (8.80%) SQL Server
2 52 (5.45%) Relational Database
3 48 (5.03%) RDBMS
4 27 (2.83%) Power BI
5 19 (1.99%) DB2
6 16 (1.68%) Metadata
7 12 (1.26%) Tableau
8 10 (1.05%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.84%) Data Mining
10 7 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.63%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.52%) Looker
13 4 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.31%) QlikView
15 2 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 34 (3.56%) Git
2 30 (3.14%) JIRA
3 17 (1.78%) Visual Studio
4 16 (1.68%) GitLab
5 14 (1.47%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.36%) Balsamiq
6 13 (1.36%) TeamCity
7 12 (1.26%) Moq
7 12 (1.26%) NUnit
8 5 (0.52%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.31%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.21%) Ant
10 2 (0.21%) PowerBuilder
10 2 (0.21%) Subversion
11 1 (0.10%) Gradle
11 1 (0.10%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 387 (40.52%) Social Skills
2 278 (29.11%) Finance
3 230 (24.08%) Marketing
4 166 (17.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 149 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
6 101 (10.58%) Military
7 100 (10.47%) Public Sector
8 93 (9.74%) Banking
9 88 (9.21%) Presentation Skills
10 84 (8.80%) Investment Banking
11 61 (6.39%) Games
12 57 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
13 56 (5.86%) Legal
14 47 (4.92%) Law
15 42 (4.40%) Retail
16 39 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
17 36 (3.77%) Telecoms
18 25 (2.62%) Electronics
19 20 (2.09%) Aerospace
20 18 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 156 (16.34%) Senior
2 144 (15.08%) Analyst
3 95 (9.95%) Lead
4 90 (9.42%) Graduate
5 80 (8.38%) Business Strategy Analyst
5 80 (8.38%) Strategy Analyst
6 73 (7.64%) Developer
7 63 (6.60%) Architect
8 57 (5.97%) Consultant
9 48 (5.03%) Software Engineer
10 46 (4.82%) Designer
11 42 (4.40%) Senior Manager
12 37 (3.87%) Project Manager
13 35 (3.66%) Development Manager
14 33 (3.46%) IT Manager
15 26 (2.72%) Business Analyst
15 26 (2.72%) Endur Manager
15 26 (2.72%) OpenLink Manager
16 25 (2.62%) Coordinator
16 25 (2.62%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.60%) HTML
2 52 (5.45%) CSS
3 42 (4.40%) .NET
4 35 (3.66%) React
5 25 (2.62%) ASP.NET
6 22 (2.30%) Entity Framework
7 18 (1.88%) SOAP
8 17 (1.78%) .NET Framework
8 17 (1.78%) RESTful
8 17 (1.78%) Web Services
9 14 (1.47%) .NET Core
10 13 (1.36%) ASP.NET MVC
10 13 (1.36%) jQuery
11 12 (1.26%) ASP.NET MVC 5
11 12 (1.26%) Classic ASP
11 12 (1.26%) Hibernate
11 12 (1.26%) Semantic HTML
11 12 (1.26%) Spring
12 11 (1.15%) Vue
13 10 (1.05%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 134 (14.03%) Self-Motivation
2 96 (10.05%) Onboarding
3 70 (7.33%) Product Ownership
4 48 (5.03%) Swaptions
5 46 (4.82%) Management Information System
6 39 (4.08%) Social Media
7 27 (2.83%) Virtual Team
8 23 (2.41%) ARM Cortex
8 23 (2.41%) Verilog
9 21 (2.20%) CCTV
10 20 (2.09%) GNSS
11 19 (1.99%) Data Centre
12 17 (1.78%) Blog
13 15 (1.57%) IoT
14 14 (1.47%) Algorithms
14 14 (1.47%) Housing Association
15 13 (1.36%) CESG
16 12 (1.26%) Legacy Code
17 10 (1.05%) FPGA
17 10 (1.05%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.45%) Windows
2 44 (4.61%) Linux
3 27 (2.83%) Windows Server
4 23 (2.41%) Unix
5 16 (1.68%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.63%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.52%) Android
9 5 (0.52%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.21%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.10%) VMS
11 1 (0.10%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (25.55%) Agile
2 187 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
3 157 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 145 (15.18%) Project Management
5 139 (14.55%) Customer Service
6 124 (12.98%) Customer Experience
7 113 (11.83%) SDLC
8 110 (11.52%) Data Analysis
9 104 (10.89%) Business Strategy
9 104 (10.89%) Mentoring
10 103 (10.79%) Process Improvement
11 100 (10.47%) Computer Science
12 96 (10.05%) Performance Metrics
12 96 (10.05%) User Experience
13 95 (9.95%) Logistics
13 95 (9.95%) Project Delivery
14 94 (9.84%) Roadmaps
15 87 (9.11%) Contingency Planning
16 85 (8.90%) Benchmarking
17 84 (8.80%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 97 (10.16%) Python
2 93 (9.74%) Java
3 67 (7.02%) SQL
4 61 (6.39%) VB
5 58 (6.07%) JavaScript
6 40 (4.19%) C#
7 39 (4.08%) C++
8 32 (3.35%) TypeScript
9 30 (3.14%) Tcl
10 23 (2.41%) SystemVerilog
11 20 (2.09%) Perl
11 20 (2.09%) R
12 18 (1.88%) Bash
12 18 (1.88%) C
13 15 (1.57%) T-SQL
14 10 (1.05%) MATLAB
14 10 (1.05%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.52%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.31%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 327 (34.24%) Degree
2 97 (10.16%) Security Cleared
3 59 (6.18%) SC Cleared
4 48 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 26 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (2.20%) CISA
8 19 (1.99%) ACCA
8 19 (1.99%) HND
9 16 (1.68%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.47%) CREST Certified
11 13 (1.36%) CISMP
11 13 (1.36%) DBS Check
12 12 (1.26%) HNC
12 12 (1.26%) IISP
13 10 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 8 (0.84%) A+ Certification
14 8 (0.84%) CCNP
14 8 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (5.76%) QA
2 51 (5.34%) PMO
3 19 (1.99%) ITGC
3 19 (1.99%) NIST
4 14 (1.47%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.47%) WCAG
5 13 (1.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 13 (1.36%) JSP 440
5 13 (1.36%) SLA
6 12 (1.26%) NIST 800
6 12 (1.26%) RMADS
7 11 (1.15%) GDPR
8 10 (1.05%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.73%) Good Clinical Practice
10 4 (0.42%) NCSC
11 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.31%) JTAG
11 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (1.99%) Firmware
2 13 (1.36%) Docker
3 9 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.52%) vSphere
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.84%) Ansible
2 8 (0.84%) SCOM
3 5 (0.52%) NetCrunch
4 4 (0.42%) Terraform
5 2 (0.21%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.21%) WebSphere Cast Iron
Vendors
1 218 (22.83%) Microsoft
2 72 (7.54%) Oracle
3 48 (5.03%) Adobe
3 48 (5.03%) OpenLink
3 48 (5.03%) Sybase
3 48 (5.03%) TIBCO
4 45 (4.71%) SAP
5 24 (2.51%) Google
6 22 (2.30%) VMware
7 19 (1.99%) Sage
8 14 (1.47%) Cisco
9 11 (1.15%) Facebook
10 9 (0.94%) TikTok
11 8 (0.84%) Alteryx
11 8 (0.84%) Aruba
11 8 (0.84%) NVIDIA
12 7 (0.73%) Green Hills
12 7 (0.73%) Motorola
12 7 (0.73%) Xilinx
12 7 (0.73%) YouTube