Creative Problem-Solving
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Creative Problem-Solving skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Problem-Solving over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 646 | 733 | 798 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +87 | +65 | -93 |
| Permanent jobs citing Creative Problem-Solving | 253 | 262 | 428 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.26% | 0.25% | 0.28% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.30% | 0.26% | 0.29% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 142 | 136 | 194 |
| 10th Percentile | £34,100 | £39,750 | £35,225 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £59,688 | £49,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £75,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.33% | +11.11% | +28.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £112,500 | £90,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £94,625 | £122,500 | £130,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £67,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.52% | +22.73% | +17.15% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Creative Problem-Solving 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 | 84,476 | 100,576 | 147,122 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 86.05% | 95.63% | 95.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 59,789 | 58,947 | 82,930 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £34,000 | £33,476 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £45,000 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £61,700 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.86% | +2.83% | +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 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 25 April 2024.
Creative Problem-Solving
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 Problem-Solving within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 | +114 | 225 | £57,500 | -23.33% | 129 |
| UK excluding London | +56 | 188 | £55,000 | -18.52% | 122 |
| Work from Home | +141 | 138 | £59,556 | -29.93% | 153 |
| North of England | +103 | 78 | £60,000 | +25.65% | 36 |
| London | +100 | 63 | £65,000 | -13.33% | 36 |
| North West | +51 | 43 | £60,000 | -9.43% | 14 |
| South West | +14 | 42 | £46,000 | -8.00% | 18 |
| Yorkshire | +107 | 31 | £59,556 | +45.26% | 11 |
| Midlands | +22 | 22 | £61,250 | -2.00% | 15 |
| Scotland | -44 | 18 | £55,000 | +2.90% | 18 |
| West Midlands | +29 | 16 | £57,500 | -8.00% | 7 |
| South East | +3 | 16 | £52,500 | -50.00% | 23 |
| Northern Ireland | +26 | 7 | - | - | |
| East Midlands | -11 | 6 | £80,000 | +220.00% | 8 |
| North East | +3 | 4 | £42,750 | +84.45% | 11 |
| East of England | -35 | 4 | £30,000 | -60.00% | 2 |
| Wales | - | 1 | - | - | 11 |
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||