Innovative Thinking Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Innovative Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 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 345 395 349
Rank change year-on-year +50 -46 +115
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 94 206 351
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.61% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.67% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 29 170 135
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,825 £35,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,329 £54,276
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,282 £60,000 £68,823
Median % change year-on-year -9.53% -12.82% +44.89%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £83,525 £99,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -15.38% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,858 30,902 39,630
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.81% 91.40% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,902 23,451 27,583
10th Percentile £29,444 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Innovative Thinking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Innovative Thinking trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Innovative Thinking.

Innovative Thinking salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Innovative Thinking salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.19%) Simulink
3 2 (2.13%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (2.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (2.13%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (2.13%) InDesign
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Q-Pulse
1 5 (5.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (2.13%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.64%) AWS
2 7 (7.45%) Figma
3 6 (6.38%) AWS Lambda
3 6 (6.38%) Azure
3 6 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (6.38%) Serverless
4 4 (4.26%) GitHub
4 4 (4.26%) Google Docs
4 4 (4.26%) Google Sheets
4 4 (4.26%) Miro
4 4 (4.26%) Slack
5 3 (3.19%) IaaS
6 2 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.13%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.06%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.06%) GCP
7 1 (1.06%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.64%) Software-Defined Radio
2 7 (7.45%) Wireless
3 5 (5.32%) Firewall
3 5 (5.32%) WAN
4 4 (4.26%) 5G
4 4 (4.26%) SAN
4 4 (4.26%) SD-WAN
5 3 (3.19%) Network Security
5 3 (3.19%) VPN
6 2 (2.13%) DHCP
6 2 (2.13%) DNS
6 2 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.06%) BGP
7 1 (1.06%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (1.06%) IOS XR
7 1 (1.06%) LAN
7 1 (1.06%) MPLS
7 1 (1.06%) Multicast
7 1 (1.06%) OSPF
7 1 (1.06%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Git
2 4 (4.26%) Visual Studio
3 3 (3.19%) JIRA
4 1 (1.06%) GitLab
General
1 47 (50.00%) Finance
2 27 (28.72%) Social Skills
3 11 (11.70%) Marketing
4 8 (8.51%) Military
5 6 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.32%) Aerospace
6 5 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.32%) Aviation
7 4 (4.26%) Banking
7 4 (4.26%) Law
7 4 (4.26%) Legal
7 4 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.19%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.13%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.13%) Police
9 2 (2.13%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.13%) Retail
10 1 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.06%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 22 (23.40%) Software Engineer
2 21 (22.34%) Lead
3 10 (10.64%) Systems Engineer
4 9 (9.57%) Team Leader
5 7 (7.45%) Embedded Engineer
5 7 (7.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (6.38%) Design Engineer
6 6 (6.38%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 6 (6.38%) FPGA Engineer
6 6 (6.38%) Lead Software Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) Developer
8 4 (4.26%) C Software Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) C/C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (4.26%) Content Strategist
8 4 (4.26%) IAM Specialist
9 3 (3.19%) Infrastructure Support
9 3 (3.19%) Research Scientist
9 3 (3.19%) Senior
9 3 (3.19%) SEO Strategist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.57%) Flutter
1 9 (9.57%) React Native
2 6 (6.38%) Node.js
2 6 (6.38%) React
3 5 (5.32%) XML
4 4 (4.26%) .NET
5 3 (3.19%) SAML
6 1 (1.06%) Laravel
6 1 (1.06%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 35 (37.23%) e-Learning
2 9 (9.57%) Cloud Native
2 9 (9.57%) FPGA
3 7 (7.45%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (7.45%) MicroBlaze
3 7 (7.45%) RISC-V
4 5 (5.32%) Product Ownership
4 5 (5.32%) Reference Data
5 4 (4.26%) GNSS
5 4 (4.26%) Self-Driving Car
6 3 (3.19%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.19%) PKI
7 2 (2.13%) Animation
7 2 (2.13%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.13%) Video Editing
8 1 (1.06%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.06%) Housing Association
8 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.02%) Linux
2 9 (9.57%) Windows
3 8 (8.51%) Windows Server
4 7 (7.45%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (1.06%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.66%) Agile
2 23 (24.47%) Software Engineering
3 20 (21.28%) Project Management
4 18 (19.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (14.89%) Digital Signal Processing
6 14 (14.89%) Signal Processing
7 13 (13.83%) Artificial Intelligence
7 13 (13.83%) DevOps
8 12 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (12.77%) Mentoring
9 11 (11.70%) Coaching
9 11 (11.70%) Collaborative Culture
9 11 (11.70%) Creative Thinking
10 10 (10.64%) Validation
11 9 (9.57%) B2B
11 9 (9.57%) Mobile Development
12 8 (8.51%) Analytics
12 8 (8.51%) OO
12 8 (8.51%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.70%) C
1 11 (11.70%) C++
2 8 (8.51%) Perl
2 8 (8.51%) Python
2 8 (8.51%) SQL
3 7 (7.45%) JavaScript
4 6 (6.38%) TypeScript
5 5 (5.32%) PHP
5 5 (5.32%) PL/SQL
6 4 (4.26%) Bash
7 3 (3.19%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.06%) C#
Qualifications
1 37 (39.36%) Security Cleared
2 24 (25.53%) SC Cleared
3 15 (15.96%) Degree
4 11 (11.70%) DBS Check
5 9 (9.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (7.45%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (6.38%) CCNP
8 4 (4.26%) Master's Degree
9 3 (3.19%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.19%) CCIE
9 3 (3.19%) CCNA
9 3 (3.19%) PhD
9 3 (3.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (2.13%) DV Cleared
10 2 (2.13%) HND
10 2 (2.13%) JNCIE
10 2 (2.13%) JNCIP
11 1 (1.06%) RHCSA
11 1 (1.06%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.38%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.32%) GDPR
3 4 (4.26%) PMO
4 3 (3.19%) SLA
5 2 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.13%) HIPAA
5 2 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.13%) NIST
5 2 (2.13%) NIST 800
5 2 (2.13%) QA
6 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.06%) AQAP
6 1 (1.06%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (1.06%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.06%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 10 (10.64%) Firmware
2 7 (7.45%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (5.32%) Active Directory
4 4 (4.26%) Hyper-V
4 4 (4.26%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.06%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (3.19%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.06%) Ansible
2 1 (1.06%) Avamar
2 1 (1.06%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.06%) Puppet
2 1 (1.06%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.06%) VxRail
Vendors
1 8 (8.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.32%) Sparx
2 5 (5.32%) VMware
3 4 (4.26%) Google
4 3 (3.19%) Cisco
4 3 (3.19%) Veeam
4 3 (3.19%) Xilinx
5 2 (2.13%) Adobe
5 2 (2.13%) Mercator
5 2 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.13%) TippingPoint
5 2 (2.13%) Zoho
6 1 (1.06%) Aruba
6 1 (1.06%) Dell
6 1 (1.06%) EMC
6 1 (1.06%) NetApp
6 1 (1.06%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (1.06%) Red Hat