Innovative Thinking Job Trends in Worcestershire

Innovative Thinking
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 0.50% - 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% - 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.86%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £67,326 £38,250 £39,000
% change year-on-year +76.02% -1.92% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 172 249 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 85.15% 75.23% 91.03%
Number of salaries quoted 148 130 123
10th Percentile £27,300 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £30,750 £38,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £58,096 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.75% +36.70% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48,750 £67,688 £55,625
90th Percentile £65,925 £78,250 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Innovative Thinking job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Innovative Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Innovative Thinking

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
Kidderminster - 1 £55,000 - 1
Innovative Thinking
West Midlands

Innovative Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ERP Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Printing
1 1 (100.00%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Epicor
1 1 (100.00%) Infor
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP