Innovative Thinking Jobs in England

Innovative Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 476 312
Rank change year-on-year +87 -164 +264
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 597 491 1,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.60% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.63% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 338 219 255
10th Percentile £28,550 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,231 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,914 £95,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £107,500 £86,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,075
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.89% +14.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
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 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 12 June 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 12 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
London +101 161 £67,500 -4.37% 66
South West +27 114 £60,000 +6.67% 16
North of England +15 110 £46,457 -27.13% 44
South East -21 100 £40,000 +23.08% 29
Midlands +10 72 £50,000 -37.50% 35
North West +3 51 £46,457 -27.13% 31
West Midlands +28 45 £55,000 -31.25% 20
Yorkshire +29 41 £46,457 -20.93% 9
East of England -30 30 £29,000 -53.60% 11
East Midlands -20 27 £50,000 - 15
North East -5 18 £46,457 - 6
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 12 (2.01%) IIS
2 8 (1.34%) Appian
3 7 (1.17%) CMS
4 5 (0.84%) Confluence
5 4 (0.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.50%) SAS
6 3 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.50%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.34%) WordPress
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 51 (8.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (5.19%) Spreadsheet
3 22 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.84%) Simulink
5 7 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.67%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.50%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.50%) Trello
8 2 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.34%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.34%) Sketch
9 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.34%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 160 (26.80%) Azure
2 158 (26.47%) AWS
3 130 (21.78%) GCP
4 47 (7.87%) Power Platform
5 12 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.34%) SaaS
7 5 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (0.84%) Figma
7 5 (0.84%) WhatsApp
8 4 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.67%) OpenShift
9 3 (0.50%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (0.50%) IaaS
9 3 (0.50%) Serverless
10 2 (0.34%) Azure Pipelines
10 2 (0.34%) BrowserStack
10 2 (0.34%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.34%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.34%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.51%) WAN
2 11 (1.84%) 5G
2 11 (1.84%) Firewall
2 11 (1.84%) SD-WAN
3 9 (1.51%) Network Security
3 9 (1.51%) Wireless
4 5 (0.84%) SAN
5 4 (0.67%) DNS
5 4 (0.67%) LAN
5 4 (0.67%) OSPF
5 4 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.34%) Broadband
6 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.17%) 3G
7 1 (0.17%) GPRS
7 1 (0.17%) Internet
7 1 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.17%) LTE
7 1 (0.17%) Modbus
7 1 (0.17%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (18.76%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (18.59%) BigQuery
2 111 (18.59%) Looker
3 42 (7.04%) Power BI
4 18 (3.02%) Data Lake
5 17 (2.85%) Metadata
6 10 (1.68%) Tableau
7 9 (1.51%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.84%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.34%) Big Data
10 2 (0.34%) GIS
11 1 (0.17%) Power Query
11 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
11 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (2.51%) JIRA
2 12 (2.01%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.67%) Eclipse
3 4 (0.67%) Postman
4 3 (0.50%) Git
4 3 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.34%) Appium
5 2 (0.34%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.34%) JMeter
5 2 (0.34%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.34%) Selenium
5 2 (0.34%) Serenity BDD
5 2 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.34%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.34%) Subversion
6 1 (0.17%) JUnit
6 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 230 (38.53%) Analytical Skills
2 181 (30.32%) Social Skills
3 81 (13.57%) Finance
4 80 (13.40%) Retail
5 67 (11.22%) Marketing
6 44 (7.37%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (5.70%) Banking
9 26 (4.36%) Financial Institution
10 21 (3.52%) Games
10 21 (3.52%) Military
10 21 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
11 17 (2.85%) Retail Banking
12 16 (2.68%) Law
12 16 (2.68%) Telecoms
13 14 (2.35%) Electronics
13 14 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (2.18%) Legal
15 10 (1.68%) Aerospace
15 10 (1.68%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 152 (25.46%) Architect
1 152 (25.46%) Senior
2 128 (21.44%) Data Architect
3 46 (7.71%) Lead
4 43 (7.20%) Developer
5 42 (7.04%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 42 (7.04%) Delivery Manager
6 37 (6.20%) Software Engineer
7 29 (4.86%) Senior Architect
8 26 (4.36%) Consultant
9 22 (3.69%) Field Engineer
9 22 (3.69%) Field Service Engineer
9 22 (3.69%) Project Manager
10 21 (3.52%) Analyst
10 21 (3.52%) Senior Manager
11 20 (3.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 20 (3.35%) Security Consultant
11 20 (3.35%) Senior Field Engineer
11 20 (3.35%) Senior Field Service Engineer
12 19 (3.18%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.68%) React
2 15 (2.51%) .NET
3 7 (1.17%) AngularJS
3 7 (1.17%) HTML
4 6 (1.01%) Node.js
4 6 (1.01%) Spring Boot
4 6 (1.01%) Vue
5 5 (0.84%) ASP.NET
5 5 (0.84%) CSS
6 4 (0.67%) ActiveMQ
6 4 (0.67%) Kafka
6 4 (0.67%) Spring
7 2 (0.34%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.34%) DOM
7 2 (0.34%) Express.js
7 2 (0.34%) JSON
7 2 (0.34%) Pandas
7 2 (0.34%) SAP TM
7 2 (0.34%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (0.34%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 197 (33.00%) Self-Motivation
2 38 (6.37%) Driving Licence
3 22 (3.69%) EPoS
3 22 (3.69%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.51%) CESG
6 12 (2.01%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.01%) GNSS
6 12 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (1.68%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.51%) Algorithms
8 9 (1.51%) Video\Live Streaming
8 9 (1.51%) Virtual Reality
9 8 (1.34%) CCTV
9 8 (1.34%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.34%) Robotics
10 6 (1.01%) Operational Technology
11 5 (0.84%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.84%) FMCG
11 5 (0.84%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.53%) Windows
2 18 (3.02%) Linux
3 12 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (1.34%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) AIX
8 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (36.01%) Problem-Solving
2 186 (31.16%) Mentoring
3 139 (23.28%) Agile
4 133 (22.28%) Data Architecture
5 129 (21.61%) Data Modelling
6 119 (19.93%) Data Security
7 118 (19.77%) ETL
8 117 (19.60%) Data Integration
8 117 (19.60%) Platform Engineering
9 112 (18.76%) Data Engineering
9 112 (18.76%) Data Governance
10 111 (18.59%) ERD
11 97 (16.25%) Project Management
12 63 (10.55%) Creative Thinking
12 63 (10.55%) Scrum
13 56 (9.38%) Coaching
14 51 (8.54%) Customer Service
15 50 (8.38%) Kanban
16 48 (8.04%) Business Intelligence
17 47 (7.87%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (5.86%) SQL
2 34 (5.70%) Python
3 23 (3.85%) C++
4 22 (3.69%) Java
5 15 (2.51%) Perl
6 14 (2.35%) MATLAB
7 12 (2.01%) Bash
8 11 (1.84%) C#
9 9 (1.51%) JavaScript
10 8 (1.34%) Scala
11 7 (1.17%) R
12 6 (1.01%) C
13 5 (0.84%) Delphi
14 4 (0.67%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.17%) Ruby
16 1 (0.17%) Rust
16 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 122 (20.44%) Degree
2 55 (9.21%) Security Cleared
3 35 (5.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (3.52%) HNC
4 21 (3.52%) HND
5 20 (3.35%) DBS Check
6 19 (3.18%) CISMP
7 18 (3.02%) DV Cleared
8 17 (2.85%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.85%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.01%) IISP
10 11 (1.84%) SC Cleared
11 10 (1.68%) CCNP
11 10 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.51%) CISM
12 9 (1.51%) CISSP
13 8 (1.34%) A+ Certification
13 8 (1.34%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (1.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (18.93%) Data Quality
2 112 (18.76%) GDPR
3 26 (4.36%) SLA
4 24 (4.02%) NIST
5 23 (3.85%) PMO
6 15 (2.51%) JSP 440
7 13 (2.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 12 (2.01%) NIST 800
8 12 (2.01%) RMADS
9 6 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (1.01%) QA
10 4 (0.67%) NCSC
11 3 (0.50%) JTAG
12 2 (0.34%) GRC
13 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (4.52%) Firmware
2 12 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.84%) Docker
4 4 (0.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.51%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.17%) Terraform
3 3 (0.50%) Ansible
3 3 (0.50%) Progress Chef
3 3 (0.50%) Puppet
3 3 (0.50%) Salt
4 2 (0.34%) Packer
Vendors
1 114 (19.10%) Google
2 59 (9.88%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.19%) Dell
4 22 (3.69%) HP
4 22 (3.69%) IBM
5 19 (3.18%) NetApp
6 18 (3.02%) VMware
7 17 (2.85%) Cisco
8 6 (1.01%) Adobe
8 6 (1.01%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.84%) Facebook
9 5 (0.84%) SAP
10 4 (0.67%) Progress
11 3 (0.50%) Databricks
11 3 (0.50%) Mercator
11 3 (0.50%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.50%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.34%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.34%) ESRI
12 2 (0.34%) HubSpot