Innovative Thinking
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 439 | 377 | 459 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -62 | +82 | -136 |
| Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking | 266 | 676 | 665 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.51% | 0.69% | 0.64% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.55% | 0.80% | 0.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 98 | 422 | 262 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,000 | £28,250 | £29,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £41,438 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,000 | £55,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.27% | -15.38% | +30.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £97,500 | £70,000 | £88,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £115,000 | £81,125 | £105,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,084 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.60% | +9.65% | +7.59% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Innovative Thinking 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 | 48,568 | 84,685 | 99,386 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.32% | 85.99% | 95.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,511 | 59,837 | 58,366 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,500 | £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 | £76,009 | £72,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,750 | £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% |
Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Innovative Thinking.
Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Innovative Thinking
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 | -82 | 232 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 284 |
| UK excluding London | -47 | 144 | £55,000 | +5.60% | 162 |
| London | +40 | 108 | £95,000 | +35.71% | 153 |
| Work from Home | +60 | 68 | £54,282 | -9.53% | 132 |
| North of England | -3 | 47 | £52,500 | +0.80% | 32 |
| North West | -4 | 41 | £48,750 | -6.40% | 25 |
| South West | +28 | 27 | £53,051 | -11.58% | 25 |
| South East | +34 | 26 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 48 |
| East of England | +40 | 13 | £55,000 | +89.66% | 13 |
| Scotland | +125 | 11 | £100,000 | +142.42% | 17 |
| Midlands | +24 | 11 | £39,000 | -25.71% | 22 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 8 | £36,250 | -35.23% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +42 | 6 | £70,000 | +50.68% | 7 |
| Northern Ireland | +28 | 5 | £55,000 | -3.97% | 3 |
| Wales | +49 | 4 | - | - | 5 |
| East Midlands | +26 | 3 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 9 |
Innovative 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:
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