Creative Thinking Jobs in Scotland

Creative Thinking
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 178 204
Rank change year-on-year -43 +26 -22
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 56 37 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.82% 0.86% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.91% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 27
10th Percentile £51,550 £41,250 £46,968
25th Percentile £54,625 £46,835 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,238 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.43% -7.82% +21.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £57,931 £71,250
90th Percentile - £62,258 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,715 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.27% +0.34% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,134 4,071 5,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.50% 94.63% 91.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,562 2,041 2,892
10th Percentile £28,025 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in Scotland

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in Scotland

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in Scotland

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 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
Glasgow -78 34 £67,500 +34.36% 2
Edinburgh +21 15 - - 2
Dundee - 6 £50,000 -
Fife - 1 - -
Creative Thinking
UK

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (19.64%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.71%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (7.14%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.71%) HTTP
1 6 (10.71%) MQTT
2 3 (5.36%) Firewall
2 3 (5.36%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (19.64%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Git
General
1 46 (82.14%) Finance
2 30 (53.57%) Social Skills
3 17 (30.36%) Marketing
3 17 (30.36%) Public Sector
4 14 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (17.86%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (17.86%) Law
5 10 (17.86%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (10.71%) Electronics
6 6 (10.71%) Manufacturing
6 6 (10.71%) Telecoms
7 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.57%) Retail
9 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 17 (30.36%) Services Director
2 10 (17.86%) Software Engineer
3 9 (16.07%) Lead
3 9 (16.07%) Lead Software Engineer
3 9 (16.07%) UI Engineer
3 9 (16.07%) UX Engineer
4 7 (12.50%) Audit Manager
4 7 (12.50%) IT Audit Manager
4 7 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 7 (12.50%) Senior
5 6 (10.71%) Developer
6 5 (8.93%) Consultant
6 5 (8.93%) Senior Consultant
7 4 (7.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 4 (7.14%) IT Audit Consultant
7 4 (7.14%) IT Consultant
7 4 (7.14%) JavaScript Developer
7 4 (7.14%) React Developer
7 4 (7.14%) Senior IT Audit Consultant
7 4 (7.14%) Senior IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (26.79%) React
2 6 (10.71%) CSS
2 6 (10.71%) Django
2 6 (10.71%) Flask
2 6 (10.71%) HTML
3 4 (7.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Arduino
1 6 (10.71%) IoT
1 6 (10.71%) Raspberry Pi
2 4 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.36%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (28.57%) Unix
2 15 (26.79%) Linux
2 15 (26.79%) Windows
3 11 (19.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (37.50%) Agile
2 20 (35.71%) SDLC
3 19 (33.93%) Analytics
4 17 (30.36%) Budgeting
4 17 (30.36%) Data Analytics
4 17 (30.36%) Internal Audit
4 17 (30.36%) Mentoring
4 17 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (30.36%) Strategic Thinking
4 17 (30.36%) User Experience
5 16 (28.57%) Software Engineering
6 15 (26.79%) Artificial Intelligence
6 15 (26.79%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (26.79%) Machine Learning
7 11 (19.64%) Data Privacy
7 11 (19.64%) ERP
7 11 (19.64%) IT Audit
7 11 (19.64%) Project Management
7 11 (19.64%) Technical Analysis
8 10 (17.86%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 17 (30.36%) Python
1 17 (30.36%) SQL
2 15 (26.79%) TypeScript
3 9 (16.07%) Java
4 6 (10.71%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.79%) C++
5 1 (1.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (33.93%) Degree
2 11 (19.64%) CISA
3 6 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (30.36%) QA
2 11 (19.64%) ITGC
2 11 (19.64%) PMO
3 1 (1.79%) NCSC
3 1 (1.79%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) Firmware
Vendors
1 17 (30.36%) SAP
2 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 11 (19.64%) Oracle
2 11 (19.64%) Sage
3 6 (10.71%) NVIDIA
4 4 (7.14%) BeyondTrust
4 4 (7.14%) CyberArk
4 4 (7.14%) Google