Creative Thinking Jobs in the West Midlands

Creative Thinking
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Creative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 128 235
Rank change year-on-year -5 +107 -7
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 64 135 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.46% 1.83% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 2.21% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 14
10th Percentile £46,700 £29,000 £58,750
25th Percentile - £35,938 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £51,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.22% -21.15% +38.89%
75th Percentile £73,275 £95,313 £81,251
90th Percentile £79,050 £105,000 £83,525
England median annual salary £66,934 £49,000 £66,911
% change year-on-year +36.60% -26.77% +7.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Creative 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,009 6,113 6,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.28% 82.87% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,693 4,561 3,191
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the West Midlands

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the West Midlands

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the West Midlands

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Birmingham +48 48 £65,000 +26.83% 8
Warwickshire -62 6 - - 5
Wolverhampton - 2 £78,700 -
Coventry -14 1 - - 2
Shropshire - 1 £37,500 - 2
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (9.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (17.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (9.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (31.25%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.56%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.56%) FlexRay
1 1 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
General
1 52 (81.25%) Finance
2 44 (68.75%) Telecoms
3 43 (67.19%) Retail
4 22 (34.38%) Marketing
5 20 (31.25%) Games
5 20 (31.25%) Manufacturing
6 9 (14.06%) Legal
7 4 (6.25%) Social Skills
8 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (4.69%) Law
9 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (3.13%) Police
10 1 (1.56%) Automotive
10 1 (1.56%) Banking
10 1 (1.56%) Electronics
10 1 (1.56%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (39.06%) Risk Manager
2 23 (35.94%) Technology Risk Manager
3 22 (34.38%) Senior
4 6 (9.38%) Development Manager
5 5 (7.81%) Graduate
6 3 (4.69%) Lead
7 2 (3.13%) Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Lead Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Senior Risk Manager
8 1 (1.56%) Digital Product Manager
8 1 (1.56%) Product Manager
8 1 (1.56%) Product Owner
8 1 (1.56%) Technical Leader
8 1 (1.56%) Technical Manager
8 1 (1.56%) Technical Test Manager
8 1 (1.56%) Test Leader
8 1 (1.56%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 43 (67.19%) Blockchain
1 43 (67.19%) Robotics
2 20 (31.25%) Management Information System
3 6 (9.38%) Social Media
4 2 (3.13%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.56%) Infotainment
5 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.38%) Windows
1 6 (9.38%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (78.13%) Analytics
2 45 (70.31%) Agile
2 45 (70.31%) Artificial Intelligence
3 44 (68.75%) Mentoring
4 43 (67.19%) Coaching
4 43 (67.19%) Data Analytics
4 43 (67.19%) Robotic Process Automation
5 27 (42.19%) Project Delivery
6 26 (40.63%) Risk Management
7 23 (35.94%) IT Governance
8 21 (32.81%) ERP
8 21 (32.81%) People Management
9 20 (31.25%) Change Management
9 20 (31.25%) Information Security
9 20 (31.25%) IT Audit
10 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (12.50%) Customer Experience
10 8 (12.50%) Project Management
11 6 (9.38%) Business Case
11 6 (9.38%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 20 (31.25%) CISA
1 20 (31.25%) ISACA
2 6 (9.38%) DBS Check
2 6 (9.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (67.19%) ITGC
2 2 (3.13%) NCSC
3 1 (1.56%) JTAG
3 1 (1.56%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (31.25%) Oracle
1 20 (31.25%) SAP
2 7 (10.94%) Microsoft