Innovative Thinking Job Trends in Wiltshire

Innovative Thinking
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - 77
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 3 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 0.46% - 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% - 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile £57,500 - £62,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £55,000 £53,051 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.67% -11.58% +14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 in Wiltshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 453 293 904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 69.69% 78.13% 85.20%
Number of salaries quoted 322 226 668
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,329 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +4.75% -2.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,568 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,375
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Innovative Thinking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Innovative Thinking job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Innovative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 20 March 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
Chippenham - 2 - -
Swindon - 1 £55,000 -
Innovative Thinking
South West

Innovative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco