Innovative Thinking Jobs

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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 470 561 310
Rank change year-on-year +91 -251 +345
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 418 355 2,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.44% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.46% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 236 226 332
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,283 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,998 £65,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.39% +15.04% +13.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £90,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,175 £108,763 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,610 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.02% +5.80% -5.26%

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 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in the UK

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in the UK

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in the UK

Innovative 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 Innovative Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +83 386 £55,000 -15.38% 100
UK excluding London +88 318 £50,000 +5.02% 89
Work from Home +22 122 £57,276 -16.78% 54
London +46 94 £67,500 -10.00% 36
South West +47 83 £71,250 +23.91% 11
North of England +41 76 £46,457 -19.21% 21
South East +11 62 £40,000 +23.08% 26
Midlands +8 45 £50,000 +28.21% 13
Yorkshire +72 33 £46,457 -20.93% 7
North West +1 31 £46,457 -19.21% 12
West Midlands +19 30 £50,000 +28.21% 4
Scotland -28 21 £30,000 -36.84% 3
East of England -5 20 £28,000 -55.20% 7
East Midlands -21 15 £60,000 - 9
North East -2 12 £46,457 - 4
Northern Ireland - 10 £42,638 - 9
Wales +28 1 £82,500 - 6

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.91%) Appian
2 4 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.72%) CMS
4 2 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.48%) WordPress
5 1 (0.24%) IIS
5 1 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 31 (7.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 18 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.83%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.96%) Adobe Captivate
4 4 (0.96%) Simulink
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.24%) Sketch
6 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 114 (27.27%) AWS
2 105 (25.12%) Azure
3 89 (21.29%) GCP
4 32 (7.66%) Power Platform
5 11 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (0.96%) Figma
7 4 (0.96%) OpenShift
7 4 (0.96%) Serverless
8 3 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (0.72%) BrowserStack
8 3 (0.72%) SaaS
8 3 (0.72%) Sauce Labs
8 3 (0.72%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.48%) Contentful
9 2 (0.48%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.48%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.24%) Amazon Cognito
10 1 (0.24%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.07%) WAN
2 12 (2.87%) Wireless
3 11 (2.63%) 5G
3 11 (2.63%) Firewall
3 11 (2.63%) SD-WAN
4 8 (1.91%) Network Security
5 6 (1.44%) LAN
6 3 (0.72%) DNS
6 3 (0.72%) OSPF
6 3 (0.72%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (0.72%) SAN
6 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.72%) VLAN
7 1 (0.24%) 3G
7 1 (0.24%) GPRS
7 1 (0.24%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.24%) LTE
7 1 (0.24%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (16.75%) Data Warehouse
2 69 (16.51%) BigQuery
2 69 (16.51%) Looker
3 31 (7.42%) Power BI
4 16 (3.83%) Data Lake
5 15 (3.59%) Metadata
6 12 (2.87%) Tableau
7 9 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.96%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.48%) Big Data
10 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (2.87%) Visual Studio
2 9 (2.15%) JIRA
3 6 (1.44%) Selenium
4 5 (1.20%) Postman
5 4 (0.96%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.72%) Appium
6 3 (0.72%) CircleCI
6 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.72%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.72%) Git
6 3 (0.72%) GoCD
6 3 (0.72%) HP UFT
6 3 (0.72%) JMeter
6 3 (0.72%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.72%) Serenity BDD
6 3 (0.72%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.24%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.24%) JUnit
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 170 (40.67%) Analytical Skills
2 136 (32.54%) Social Skills
3 55 (13.16%) Retail
4 53 (12.68%) Finance
5 47 (11.24%) Marketing
6 42 (10.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (9.57%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (8.37%) Banking
9 24 (5.74%) Financial Institution
10 20 (4.78%) Law
11 17 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (3.59%) Retail Banking
13 14 (3.35%) Electronics
13 14 (3.35%) Legal
13 14 (3.35%) Public Sector
14 9 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (2.15%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.44%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.44%) Tech for Good
16 5 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 107 (25.60%) Architect
2 106 (25.36%) Senior
3 84 (20.10%) Data Architect
4 39 (9.33%) Lead
5 34 (8.13%) Developer
6 33 (7.89%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 33 (7.89%) Delivery Manager
7 32 (7.66%) Software Engineer
8 30 (7.18%) Senior Architect
9 24 (5.74%) Field Engineer
9 24 (5.74%) Field Service Engineer
9 24 (5.74%) Senior Field Engineer
9 24 (5.74%) Senior Field Service Engineer
10 16 (3.83%) Senior Software Engineer
11 15 (3.59%) Senior Data Architect
12 14 (3.35%) Development Manager
12 14 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.11%) Analyst
13 13 (3.11%) Product Manager
14 12 (2.87%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.91%) React
2 6 (1.44%) .NET
3 5 (1.20%) Spring Boot
4 4 (0.96%) ActiveMQ
4 4 (0.96%) Kafka
4 4 (0.96%) Node.js
4 4 (0.96%) Spring
5 3 (0.72%) HTML
5 3 (0.72%) Playwright
6 2 (0.48%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.48%) CSS
6 2 (0.48%) D3.js
6 2 (0.48%) JSON
6 2 (0.48%) Laravel
6 2 (0.48%) Pandas
6 2 (0.48%) Visualforce
6 2 (0.48%) Vue
7 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.24%) Django
7 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 140 (33.49%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (8.37%) Driving Licence
3 24 (5.74%) EPoS
4 12 (2.87%) GNSS
5 11 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.39%) Low-Code
6 10 (2.39%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.91%) CCTV
7 8 (1.91%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.91%) Robotics
8 7 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.20%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.20%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.20%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.20%) Replication
10 4 (0.96%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.96%) Life Science
10 4 (0.96%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.85%) Windows
2 15 (3.59%) Linux
3 11 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
3 11 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (1.91%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.72%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.24%) AIX
6 1 (0.24%) Unix
6 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (38.28%) Problem-Solving
2 131 (31.34%) Mentoring
3 119 (28.47%) Agile
4 85 (20.33%) Data Modelling
5 84 (20.10%) Data Architecture
6 80 (19.14%) Data Security
7 73 (17.46%) Data Integration
7 73 (17.46%) ETL
8 69 (16.51%) Data Engineering
8 69 (16.51%) Data Governance
8 69 (16.51%) ERD
8 69 (16.51%) Platform Engineering
9 50 (11.96%) Project Management
10 49 (11.72%) Customer Service
10 49 (11.72%) Scrum
11 47 (11.24%) Coaching
12 46 (11.00%) Creative Thinking
13 41 (9.81%) Software Engineering
14 38 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (8.85%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 31 (7.42%) Python
2 25 (5.98%) SQL
3 24 (5.74%) C++
4 19 (4.55%) Java
5 13 (3.11%) Perl
6 12 (2.87%) Bash
7 8 (1.91%) Scala
8 7 (1.67%) MATLAB
9 6 (1.44%) C#
10 5 (1.20%) C
10 5 (1.20%) R
11 4 (0.96%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.72%) Groovy
12 3 (0.72%) VB
12 3 (0.72%) VBScript
13 2 (0.48%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.24%) Delphi
14 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 74 (17.70%) Degree
2 34 (8.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 27 (6.46%) Security Cleared
4 20 (4.78%) DBS Check
5 15 (3.59%) AWS Certification
5 15 (3.59%) Azure Certification
6 11 (2.63%) CCNP
6 11 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (2.63%) HND
7 10 (2.39%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.15%) CISM
8 9 (2.15%) CISSP
9 8 (1.91%) A+ Certification
9 8 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (1.91%) HNC
9 8 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (1.91%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.20%) CISA
10 5 (1.20%) CRISC
10 5 (1.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (16.75%) Data Quality
2 69 (16.51%) GDPR
3 26 (6.22%) SLA
4 23 (5.50%) PMO
5 10 (2.39%) NIST
6 8 (1.91%) QA
7 5 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.96%) NCSC
9 3 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.72%) JTAG
10 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.48%) GLP
11 1 (0.24%) COBIT
11 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.24%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.24%) RMADS
11 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 28 (6.70%) Firmware
2 14 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.44%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.72%) Docker
5 2 (0.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (1.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.72%) Ansible
2 3 (0.72%) Fortio
2 3 (0.72%) Istio
2 3 (0.72%) Kiali
2 3 (0.72%) Progress Chef
2 3 (0.72%) Puppet
2 3 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (17.22%) Google
2 45 (10.77%) Microsoft
3 31 (7.42%) Dell
4 24 (5.74%) HP
4 24 (5.74%) IBM
4 24 (5.74%) NetApp
5 19 (4.55%) VMware
6 16 (3.83%) Cisco
7 7 (1.67%) Adobe
8 5 (1.20%) Facebook
9 4 (0.96%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.72%) Mercator
10 3 (0.72%) Progress
11 2 (0.48%) Charles River
11 2 (0.48%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.48%) Oracle
12 1 (0.24%) Capita
12 1 (0.24%) Databricks
12 1 (0.24%) DocuSign
12 1 (0.24%) Optimizely