Innovative Thinking Jobs in England

Innovative Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Innovative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 448 304
Rank change year-on-year +91 -144 +257
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 642 557 1,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.74% 0.63% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.66% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 386 231 253
10th Percentile £31,625 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,329 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £95,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,625 £105,000 £86,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Innovative Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,606 84,635 130,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.09% 95.60% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 53,947 50,378 73,071
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative 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 Innovative Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
London +120 185 £67,500 -3.57% 78
North of England +64 133 £52,084 -28.16% 39
South West +48 113 £60,000 +9.09% 15
South East -19 101 £40,000 +23.08% 49
North West +54 74 £52,084 -19.87% 30
Midlands +44 71 £50,000 -37.50% 19
West Midlands +50 44 £55,000 -31.25% 12
Yorkshire +39 39 £46,457 -41.01% 5
East of England -31 29 £29,000 -42.00% 22
East Midlands -4 27 £50,000 -41.18% 7
North East +11 20 £46,457 - 5
Innovative Thinking
UK

Innovative 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 14 (2.18%) IIS
2 9 (1.40%) Confluence
3 8 (1.25%) Appian
4 7 (1.09%) CMS
5 4 (0.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.47%) SAS
6 3 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.47%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.31%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 51 (7.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (4.83%) Spreadsheet
3 21 (3.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.71%) Simulink
5 9 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.62%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.47%) Trello
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.31%) Sketch
9 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.31%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 163 (25.39%) AWS
2 162 (25.23%) Azure
3 128 (19.94%) GCP
4 46 (7.17%) Power Platform
5 12 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.25%) SaaS
7 7 (1.09%) Serverless
8 6 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (0.78%) Amazon S3
9 5 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.78%) Figma
9 5 (0.78%) GitHub
9 5 (0.78%) Route 53
9 5 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 5 (0.78%) WhatsApp
10 4 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.62%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.34%) WAN
2 11 (1.71%) 5G
2 11 (1.71%) Firewall
2 11 (1.71%) SD-WAN
3 10 (1.56%) Network Security
4 8 (1.25%) Wireless
5 5 (0.78%) DNS
5 5 (0.78%) SAN
5 5 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.62%) LAN
6 4 (0.62%) OSPF
7 3 (0.47%) Internet
8 2 (0.31%) Broadband
8 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.31%) VPN
9 1 (0.16%) DHCP
9 1 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.16%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (17.45%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (17.29%) BigQuery
2 111 (17.29%) Looker
3 41 (6.39%) Power BI
4 32 (4.98%) Tableau
5 16 (2.49%) Data Lake
6 15 (2.34%) Metadata
7 9 (1.40%) BusinessObjects
8 8 (1.25%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.31%) GIS
12 2 (0.31%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.31%) Power Query
13 1 (0.16%) Big Data
13 1 (0.16%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
13 1 (0.16%) SAP Data Services
13 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (2.80%) JIRA
2 12 (1.87%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.78%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.78%) Subversion
5 4 (0.62%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.62%) Postman
6 2 (0.31%) Appium
6 2 (0.31%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.31%) Git
6 2 (0.31%) JMeter
6 2 (0.31%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.31%) Selenium
6 2 (0.31%) Serenity BDD
6 2 (0.31%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.16%) JUnit
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 227 (35.36%) Analytical Skills
2 215 (33.49%) Social Skills
3 81 (12.62%) Finance
4 78 (12.15%) Retail
5 66 (10.28%) Marketing
6 43 (6.70%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (6.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (5.14%) Banking
9 24 (3.74%) Financial Institution
10 22 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (3.27%) Games
11 21 (3.27%) Military
12 20 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
13 16 (2.49%) Law
14 15 (2.34%) Retail Banking
14 15 (2.34%) Telecoms
15 13 (2.02%) Electronics
15 13 (2.02%) Legal
16 10 (1.56%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.56%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 154 (23.99%) Architect
2 148 (23.05%) Senior
3 127 (19.78%) Data Architect
4 70 (10.90%) Lead
5 64 (9.97%) Developer
6 43 (6.70%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 43 (6.70%) Delivery Manager
7 37 (5.76%) Software Engineer
8 35 (5.45%) Lead Developer
9 33 (5.14%) Team Leader
10 27 (4.21%) Consultant
10 27 (4.21%) Senior Architect
11 23 (3.58%) Analyst
11 23 (3.58%) Business Developer
12 22 (3.43%) Project Manager
12 22 (3.43%) Senior Manager
13 21 (3.27%) Field Engineer
13 21 (3.27%) Field Service Engineer
14 20 (3.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 20 (3.12%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.96%) .NET
1 19 (2.96%) React
2 7 (1.09%) AngularJS
2 7 (1.09%) HTML
3 6 (0.93%) Node.js
3 6 (0.93%) Spring Boot
3 6 (0.93%) Vue
4 5 (0.78%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.78%) CSS
4 5 (0.78%) Kafka
4 5 (0.78%) Spring
5 4 (0.62%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (0.47%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.31%) DOM
7 2 (0.31%) Express.js
7 2 (0.31%) JSON
7 2 (0.31%) Playwright
7 2 (0.31%) RESTful
7 2 (0.31%) SAP TM
7 2 (0.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 197 (30.69%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (5.76%) Driving Licence
3 22 (3.43%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.27%) EPoS
5 17 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 17 (2.65%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.34%) CESG
7 12 (1.87%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.87%) GNSS
8 10 (1.56%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.40%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.40%) Video\Live Streaming
9 9 (1.40%) Virtual Reality
10 8 (1.25%) CCTV
10 8 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.25%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.25%) Robotics
11 6 (0.93%) Operational Technology
12 5 (0.78%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.70%) Windows
2 26 (4.05%) Linux
3 12 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (1.25%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (33.80%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (28.82%) Mentoring
3 157 (24.45%) Agile
4 131 (20.40%) Data Architecture
5 128 (19.94%) Data Modelling
6 125 (19.47%) Platform Engineering
7 124 (19.31%) Data Integration
8 119 (18.54%) Data Security
8 119 (18.54%) ETL
9 113 (17.60%) Data Engineering
10 112 (17.45%) Data Governance
11 111 (17.29%) ERD
12 97 (15.11%) Project Management
13 64 (9.97%) Creative Thinking
14 63 (9.81%) Scrum
15 58 (9.03%) Analytics
16 57 (8.88%) Coaching
17 52 (8.10%) Customer Service
18 51 (7.94%) Kanban
19 47 (7.32%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.70%) Python
2 34 (5.30%) Java
2 34 (5.30%) SQL
3 23 (3.58%) C++
4 20 (3.12%) Perl
5 14 (2.18%) C#
5 14 (2.18%) MATLAB
6 12 (1.87%) Bash
7 9 (1.40%) JavaScript
8 8 (1.25%) Scala
9 7 (1.09%) R
10 6 (0.93%) C
11 5 (0.78%) Delphi
12 4 (0.62%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.16%) Go
13 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 144 (22.43%) Degree
2 55 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 31 (4.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (3.27%) HNC
4 21 (3.27%) HND
5 20 (3.12%) DBS Check
6 19 (2.96%) CISMP
7 18 (2.80%) DV Cleared
8 15 (2.34%) AWS Certification
8 15 (2.34%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.87%) IISP
10 11 (1.71%) SC Cleared
11 10 (1.56%) CCNP
11 10 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.40%) CISM
12 9 (1.40%) CISSP
13 8 (1.25%) A+ Certification
13 8 (1.25%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (17.45%) Data Quality
1 112 (17.45%) GDPR
2 30 (4.67%) SLA
3 24 (3.74%) NIST
4 23 (3.58%) PMO
5 15 (2.34%) JSP 440
6 13 (2.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 12 (1.87%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.87%) RMADS
8 6 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.93%) QA
9 4 (0.62%) NCSC
10 3 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.47%) JTAG
11 2 (0.31%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 23 (3.58%) Firmware
2 16 (2.49%) Docker
3 12 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.09%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.62%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (3.12%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.34%) Terraform
3 8 (1.25%) Ansible
3 8 (1.25%) Progress Chef
3 8 (1.25%) Puppet
3 8 (1.25%) Salt
4 5 (0.78%) Packer
Vendors
1 114 (17.76%) Google
2 59 (9.19%) Microsoft
3 30 (4.67%) Dell
4 21 (3.27%) HP
4 21 (3.27%) IBM
5 18 (2.80%) VMware
6 17 (2.65%) Cisco
7 15 (2.34%) NetApp
8 6 (0.93%) Adobe
9 5 (0.78%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.78%) Facebook
9 5 (0.78%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.62%) Oracle
10 4 (0.62%) Progress
10 4 (0.62%) SAP
11 3 (0.47%) Mercator
11 3 (0.47%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.47%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.31%) Databricks
12 2 (0.31%) HubSpot