Creative Thinking Jobs in England

Creative Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 292 277
Rank change year-on-year +59 -15 +151
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 1,143 1,006 2,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.21% 1.22% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.28% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 333 360 680
10th Percentile £28,498 £36,200 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,000 £47,487
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,500 £97,625 £100,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,930 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.55% +0.69% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,406 78,691 137,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.77% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,054 48,270 73,559
10th Percentile £29,290 £34,308 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in England over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
North of England +131 292 £33,531 -47.63% 54
London -75 286 £52,500 -30.00% 135
Midlands +152 258 £44,000 -32.31% 25
North West +112 222 £38,000 -35.04% 29
West Midlands +132 201 £55,000 -15.38% 11
South West +39 121 £42,500 -15.40% 29
South East +4 120 £44,175 +3.94% 44
East Midlands +15 57 £36,250 - 14
Yorkshire +47 49 £60,000 -7.69% 23
East of England -18 48 £40,000 -27.27% 16
North East +4 21 £27,500 -55.35% 5
Creative Thinking
UK

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 44 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.71%) CMS
3 15 (1.31%) IIS
4 14 (1.22%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.44%) Confluence
6 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.17%) WordPress
8 1 (0.087%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 285 (24.93%) Microsoft Office
2 281 (24.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 57 (4.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.92%) AutoCAD
5 18 (1.57%) Adobe XD
6 17 (1.49%) Photoshop
7 16 (1.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (1.22%) MS Visio
9 12 (1.05%) Adobe Illustrator
9 12 (1.05%) InDesign
10 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.35%) Maya
12 3 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.26%) SketchUp
13 2 (0.17%) 3ds Max
13 2 (0.17%) CINEMA 4D
14 1 (0.087%) Acrobat
14 1 (0.087%) Adobe Captivate
14 1 (0.087%) CapCut
Business Applications
1 38 (3.32%) Endur
2 17 (1.49%) SDL Web 8
3 10 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.52%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.35%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.26%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.087%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.087%) Magento
7 1 (0.087%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 42 (3.67%) Azure
2 37 (3.24%) AWS
3 34 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (2.27%) Power Platform
5 18 (1.57%) Figma
5 18 (1.57%) SaaS
6 13 (1.14%) GCP
7 10 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (0.79%) Google Analytics
9 8 (0.70%) IaaS
9 8 (0.70%) PaaS
9 8 (0.70%) Power Automate
10 5 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.44%) Canva
10 5 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.44%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.44%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.44%) Serverless
11 4 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.10%) WAN
2 22 (1.92%) Firewall
3 20 (1.75%) SD-WAN
4 19 (1.66%) 5G
5 16 (1.40%) Wireless
6 10 (0.87%) Broadband
7 9 (0.79%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.70%) DNS
8 8 (0.70%) VPN
9 7 (0.61%) DHCP
10 6 (0.52%) Internet
10 6 (0.52%) Network Security
10 6 (0.52%) OSPF
10 6 (0.52%) SAN
10 6 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.44%) VoIP
12 3 (0.26%) WebEx
13 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (0.17%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (6.65%) SQL Server
2 43 (3.76%) Relational Database
3 38 (3.32%) RDBMS
4 19 (1.66%) Power BI
5 9 (0.79%) Data Lake
5 9 (0.79%) Data Mining
6 8 (0.70%) Tableau
7 6 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.52%) DB2
7 6 (0.52%) Metadata
8 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.26%) Looker
10 3 (0.26%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.17%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.17%) Metadata Repository
12 1 (0.087%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (3.06%) JIRA
2 29 (2.54%) Git
3 23 (2.01%) GitLab
4 18 (1.57%) TeamCity
5 17 (1.49%) Moq
5 17 (1.49%) NUnit
6 16 (1.40%) Visual Studio
7 13 (1.14%) Axure RP
7 13 (1.14%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.44%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.17%) PowerBuilder
10 1 (0.087%) Gradle
10 1 (0.087%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.087%) Mockito
10 1 (0.087%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.087%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.087%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 366 (32.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 337 (29.48%) Social Skills
3 225 (19.69%) Military
4 183 (16.01%) Marketing
5 140 (12.25%) Finance
6 136 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
7 65 (5.69%) Legal
8 64 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
9 63 (5.51%) Public Sector
10 50 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
11 46 (4.02%) Games
12 39 (3.41%) Retail
13 36 (3.15%) Banking
14 30 (2.62%) Investment Banking
14 30 (2.62%) Law
15 29 (2.54%) Telecoms
16 26 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
17 25 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (1.66%) Electronics
19 16 (1.40%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 214 (18.72%) Graduate
2 133 (11.64%) Lead
3 128 (11.20%) Senior
4 117 (10.24%) Architect
5 110 (9.62%) Software Engineer
6 94 (8.22%) Software Architect
7 85 (7.44%) Programmer
7 85 (7.44%) Software Programmer
8 73 (6.39%) Lead Software Engineer
9 72 (6.30%) Analyst
10 62 (5.42%) Developer
11 45 (3.94%) Project Manager
12 43 (3.76%) Consultant
13 42 (3.67%) Designer
14 37 (3.24%) Senior Manager
15 31 (2.71%) Development Manager
16 27 (2.36%) Coordinator
17 24 (2.10%) Business Strategy Analyst
17 24 (2.10%) Strategy Analyst
18 22 (1.92%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (4.46%) HTML
2 47 (4.11%) CSS
3 41 (3.59%) .NET
4 25 (2.19%) Entity Framework
5 24 (2.10%) ASP.NET
6 23 (2.01%) Web Services
7 22 (1.92%) .NET Framework
7 22 (1.92%) RESTful
8 19 (1.66%) SOAP
9 18 (1.57%) ASP.NET MVC
9 18 (1.57%) jQuery
10 17 (1.49%) ASP.NET MVC 5
10 17 (1.49%) Classic ASP
10 17 (1.49%) Semantic HTML
11 11 (0.96%) .NET Core
12 10 (0.87%) Node.js
12 10 (0.87%) Vue
13 9 (0.79%) React
14 8 (0.70%) Spring
15 7 (0.61%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 238 (20.82%) Cyberattack
2 219 (19.16%) Onboarding
3 80 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (4.64%) Product Ownership
5 38 (3.32%) Swaptions
6 35 (3.06%) Social Media
7 31 (2.71%) Management Information System
8 23 (2.01%) ARM Cortex
8 23 (2.01%) Verilog
9 21 (1.84%) CCTV
10 20 (1.75%) GNSS
11 18 (1.57%) Virtual Team
12 17 (1.49%) Blog
12 17 (1.49%) Data Centre
12 17 (1.49%) Legacy Code
13 13 (1.14%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.14%) CESG
14 12 (1.05%) Housing Association
15 11 (0.96%) FPGA
16 10 (0.87%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 39 (3.41%) Windows
2 27 (2.36%) Linux
3 17 (1.49%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.40%) Windows 10
5 15 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.52%) Unix
7 6 (0.52%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.44%) Android
8 5 (0.44%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.17%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.087%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.087%) VMS
10 1 (0.087%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.087%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 397 (34.73%) Agile
3 327 (28.61%) Mentoring
4 294 (25.72%) User Experience
5 283 (24.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 271 (23.71%) Software Engineering
7 262 (22.92%) Customer Service
8 248 (21.70%) Machine Learning
9 242 (21.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 240 (21.00%) Data Engineering
11 234 (20.47%) Customer Experience
12 231 (20.21%) Data Analysis
13 223 (19.51%) Process Improvement
14 221 (19.34%) Performance Metrics
15 218 (19.07%) Logistics
16 211 (18.46%) Contingency Planning
17 132 (11.55%) Project Management
18 92 (8.05%) Computer Science
19 82 (7.17%) Roadmaps
20 80 (7.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 65 (5.69%) Java
2 64 (5.60%) Python
3 52 (4.55%) VB
4 50 (4.37%) JavaScript
5 46 (4.02%) SQL
6 40 (3.50%) C++
7 38 (3.32%) C#
8 31 (2.71%) Tcl
9 23 (2.01%) SystemVerilog
10 21 (1.84%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.75%) Perl
12 19 (1.66%) C
13 18 (1.57%) Bash
13 18 (1.57%) R
14 11 (0.96%) MATLAB
14 11 (0.96%) PowerShell
15 8 (0.70%) TypeScript
16 3 (0.26%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.26%) Swift
17 2 (0.17%) Julia
Qualifications
1 421 (36.83%) Degree
2 67 (5.86%) Security Cleared
3 35 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (3.06%) SC Cleared
4 21 (1.84%) DV Cleared
5 19 (1.66%) HND
6 18 (1.57%) ACCA
7 14 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.14%) CISMP
8 13 (1.14%) CREST Certified
8 13 (1.14%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 12 (1.05%) HNC
9 12 (1.05%) IISP
10 10 (0.87%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.70%) A+ Certification
11 8 (0.70%) CCNP
11 8 (0.70%) CISA
11 8 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.32%) PMO
2 33 (2.89%) QA
3 18 (1.57%) NIST
4 17 (1.49%) SLA
5 16 (1.40%) GDPR
6 14 (1.22%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 13 (1.14%) JSP 440
7 13 (1.14%) WCAG
8 12 (1.05%) NIST 800
8 12 (1.05%) RMADS
9 7 (0.61%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.61%) Good Clinical Practice
10 6 (0.52%) ITGC
11 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.26%) JTAG
12 3 (0.26%) NCSC
13 2 (0.17%) GRC
13 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (1.22%) Firmware
2 12 (1.05%) Docker
3 11 (0.96%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.44%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.087%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 16 (1.40%) SCOM
3 5 (0.44%) NetCrunch
3 5 (0.44%) Terraform
4 2 (0.17%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.087%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.087%) SCCM
5 1 (0.087%) WSUS
5 1 (0.087%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 124 (10.85%) Microsoft
2 48 (4.20%) Adobe
3 47 (4.11%) Oracle
4 38 (3.32%) OpenLink
4 38 (3.32%) Sybase
4 38 (3.32%) TIBCO
5 22 (1.92%) SAP
6 17 (1.49%) Google
7 16 (1.40%) Cisco
8 14 (1.22%) VMware
9 10 (0.87%) Facebook
10 8 (0.70%) Altera
10 8 (0.70%) Computacenter
10 8 (0.70%) Green Hills
10 8 (0.70%) Motorola
10 8 (0.70%) TikTok
10 8 (0.70%) Xilinx
11 6 (0.52%) Juniper
11 6 (0.52%) Sage
11 6 (0.52%) YouTube