Disruptive Innovation Job Trends

Disruptive Innovation\Technology
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Disruptive Innovation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 668 689
Rank change year-on-year +71 +21 +137
Permanent jobs citing Disruptive Innovation 56 31 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.093% 0.058% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.064% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 21
10th Percentile - £64,375 £45,000
25th Percentile - £68,438 £59,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £92,500 £70,875
Median % change year-on-year - +30.51% -2.24%
75th Percentile - £118,750 £103,750
90th Percentile - £149,375 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £112,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year - +85.95% -16.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Disruptive Innovation 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 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Disruptive Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Disruptive Innovation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Disruptive Innovation job vacancy trend in the UK

Disruptive Innovation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Disruptive Innovation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Disruptive Innovation

Disruptive Innovation
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Disruptive Innovation within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 +89 56 - - 57
UK excluding London +70 40 - - 53
South East +45 30 - - 15
Work from Home +74 17 - - 7
London +67 16 - - 8
North West +26 8 - - 8
North of England +15 8 - - 13
Midlands +23 2 - - 9
West Midlands +22 2 - - 3

Disruptive Innovation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.21%) AWS
1 13 (23.21%) GCP
2 7 (12.50%) Azure
3 4 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
3 4 (7.14%) SaaS
4 1 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (1.79%) Slack
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) TeamCity
2 2 (3.57%) Burp Suite
2 2 (3.57%) JMeter
2 2 (3.57%) LoadRunner
2 2 (3.57%) NeoLoad
3 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 34 (60.71%) Finance
2 30 (53.57%) Pharmaceutical
3 21 (37.50%) Retail
4 15 (26.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (26.79%) Law
5 13 (23.21%) Banking
6 8 (14.29%) Social Skills
7 7 (12.50%) Financial Institution
8 4 (7.14%) Back Office
9 3 (5.36%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (60.71%) Lead
2 8 (14.29%) Senior
3 4 (7.14%) Data Scientist
4 2 (3.57%) Administrator
4 2 (3.57%) Analyst
4 2 (3.57%) Architect
4 2 (3.57%) Customer Engineer
4 2 (3.57%) Domain Architect
4 2 (3.57%) IT Director
4 2 (3.57%) IT Engineer
4 2 (3.57%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (3.57%) Quality Engineer
4 2 (3.57%) Senior Architect
4 2 (3.57%) Senior IT Engineer
4 2 (3.57%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 2 (3.57%) Senior Tester
4 2 (3.57%) Software Engineer
4 2 (3.57%) Software Team Leader
4 2 (3.57%) Team Leader
4 2 (3.57%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) React
1 2 (3.57%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 30 (53.57%) Life Science
2 6 (10.71%) Cloud Native
3 4 (7.14%) Cyberattack
3 4 (7.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (7.14%) Insider Threat
4 3 (5.36%) Blog
4 3 (5.36%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.57%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.57%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.93%) Mac OS
1 5 (8.93%) Windows
2 4 (7.14%) Linux
3 2 (3.57%) Android
3 2 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (67.86%) AI
2 35 (62.50%) Agile
3 34 (60.71%) Data Science
3 34 (60.71%) Deployment Automation
4 32 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
4 32 (57.14%) Generative AI
4 32 (57.14%) Machine Learning
5 31 (55.36%) Roadmaps
6 30 (53.57%) Analytics
6 30 (53.57%) Computer Science
6 30 (53.57%) Digital Twin
6 30 (53.57%) Hematology
6 30 (53.57%) Immunology
6 30 (53.57%) Intelligent Automation
6 30 (53.57%) Thought Leadership
6 30 (53.57%) Use Case
7 13 (23.21%) Fintech
8 10 (17.86%) CI/CD
9 8 (14.29%) Security Testing
9 8 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.86%) Java
2 4 (7.14%) Kotlin
3 3 (5.36%) Go
4 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (53.57%) Degree
1 30 (53.57%) Master's Degree
1 30 (53.57%) PhD
2 6 (10.71%) CREST Certified
2 6 (10.71%) OSCP
3 4 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 4 (7.14%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (53.57%) GxP
2 5 (8.93%) Accessibility
3 4 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (7.14%) EU AI Act
3 4 (7.14%) GDPR
3 4 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (16.07%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.14%) Grafana
2 4 (7.14%) Terraform
3 1 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 3 (5.36%) Apple
2 2 (3.57%) Adobe
2 2 (3.57%) Dell
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.79%) Meraki