Innovative Thinking Jobs in the Midlands

Innovative Thinking
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 271 281 285
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 72 25 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.51% 0.29% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.31% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 51 4 20
10th Percentile £27,500 £47,875 £25,500
25th Percentile £43,329 £65,313 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £80,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +110.53% -27.62%
75th Percentile £62,500 £87,688 £55,938
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,525 £63,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,125 8,190 10,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.22% 96.43% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7,655 4,352 6,986
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,656 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,001
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in the Midlands

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in the Midlands

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in the Midlands

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +28 45 £55,000 -31.25% 20
East Midlands -20 27 £50,000 - 15
Innovative Thinking
England

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 8 (11.11%) Appian
2 1 (1.39%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.39%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (2.78%) Adobe XD
1 2 (2.78%) Sketch
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 20 (27.78%) Azure
2 16 (22.22%) AWS
2 16 (22.22%) GCP
3 4 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (2.78%) Figma
5 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.50%) Firewall
2 4 (5.56%) Network Security
2 4 (5.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (22.22%) BigQuery
1 16 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 16 (22.22%) Looker
2 1 (1.39%) Power BI
2 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Axure RP
General
1 34 (47.22%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (34.72%) Social Skills
3 10 (13.89%) Finance
4 9 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (8.33%) Games
5 6 (8.33%) Retail
6 4 (5.56%) Local Government
6 4 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.17%) Marketing
8 2 (2.78%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.39%) Legal
9 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (26.39%) Senior
2 16 (22.22%) Architect
2 16 (22.22%) Data Architect
3 10 (13.89%) Project Manager
4 8 (11.11%) Analyst
4 8 (11.11%) Appian Developer
4 8 (11.11%) Applications Developer
4 8 (11.11%) Developer
4 8 (11.11%) Lead
4 8 (11.11%) Lead Developer
4 8 (11.11%) Low-Code Developer
5 7 (9.72%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (6.94%) Field Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) Field Service Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) IT Manager
6 5 (6.94%) IT Project Manager
6 5 (6.94%) Senior Manager
6 5 (6.94%) Senior Project Manager
6 5 (6.94%) Technical Manager
6 5 (6.94%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.94%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (11.11%) Low-Code
3 6 (8.33%) Video\Live Streaming
3 6 (8.33%) Virtual Reality
4 5 (6.94%) Driving Licence
4 5 (6.94%) EPoS
4 5 (6.94%) FMCG
5 2 (2.78%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.78%) Life Science
5 2 (2.78%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.78%) Photography
5 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.39%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.50%) Windows
2 4 (5.56%) Windows Server
2 4 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.11%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (29.17%) Mentoring
3 20 (27.78%) Data Integration
4 16 (22.22%) Data Architecture
4 16 (22.22%) Data Engineering
4 16 (22.22%) Data Governance
4 16 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 16 (22.22%) Data Security
4 16 (22.22%) ERD
4 16 (22.22%) ETL
4 16 (22.22%) Platform Engineering
5 14 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (19.44%) Project Management
6 13 (18.06%) Analytics
6 13 (18.06%) Customer Service
7 9 (12.50%) Agile
7 9 (12.50%) Time Management
8 8 (11.11%) Coaching
9 7 (9.72%) Business Analysis
10 6 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (6.94%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (5.56%) CISM
2 4 (5.56%) CISMP
2 4 (5.56%) CISSP
2 4 (5.56%) Degree
2 4 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (23.61%) GDPR
2 16 (22.22%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.94%) SLA
4 2 (2.78%) NCSC
4 2 (2.78%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (6.94%) Firmware
2 4 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (22.22%) Google
2 9 (12.50%) Cisco
2 9 (12.50%) VMware
3 5 (6.94%) Dell
3 5 (6.94%) Facebook
3 5 (6.94%) HP
3 5 (6.94%) IBM
3 5 (6.94%) NetApp
4 4 (5.56%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.78%) Adobe