Creative Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Creative Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 236 362 272
Rank change year-on-year +126 -90 +135
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 909 447 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.14% 0.81% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 0.84% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 190 158 375
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £30,875 £38,854 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,460 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.98% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £71,652 £75,000
90th Percentile £67,075 £82,500 £100,000
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,470 52,964 71,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.81% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,693 28,448 41,385
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +132 292 £33,531 -47.63% 52
Midlands +154 258 £44,000 -32.31% 25
North West +119 222 £38,000 -35.04% 29
West Midlands +134 201 £55,000 -15.38% 11
South West +35 121 £42,500 -15.40% 29
South East -6 120 £44,175 +3.94% 41
East Midlands +15 57 £36,250 - 14
Scotland -43 56 £60,000 +19.43% 6
Yorkshire +34 49 £60,000 -7.69% 21
East of England -15 48 £40,000 -27.27% 15
North East +1 21 £27,500 -55.35% 5
Northern Ireland +3 9 £30,000 -40.00% 3
Wales +7 5 £47,029 +71.01% 1
Creative Thinking
UK

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.54%) CMS
2 13 (1.43%) IIS
3 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.44%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.44%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.22%) Confluence
6 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 253 (27.83%) Microsoft Office
2 250 (27.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 20 (2.20%) AutoCAD
5 13 (1.43%) Photoshop
6 11 (1.21%) Adobe Illustrator
6 11 (1.21%) InDesign
6 11 (1.21%) MS Visio
7 9 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.44%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.44%) Maya
9 3 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.33%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 11 (1.21%) Unit4 Business World
2 7 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.33%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.33%) SDL Web 8
4 1 (0.11%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 29 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (2.20%) Azure
3 16 (1.76%) SaaS
4 11 (1.21%) Power Platform
5 8 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
5 8 (0.88%) Google Analytics
6 7 (0.77%) Figma
7 6 (0.66%) IaaS
7 6 (0.66%) PaaS
8 5 (0.55%) OneDrive
9 4 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.44%) Google Docs
9 4 (0.44%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.33%) AWS
10 3 (0.33%) Taleo
11 2 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.22%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.22%) GCP
11 2 (0.22%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.42%) WAN
2 21 (2.31%) Firewall
3 19 (2.09%) 5G
3 19 (2.09%) SD-WAN
4 10 (1.10%) Broadband
5 9 (0.99%) Internet
6 8 (0.88%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.88%) Wireless
7 6 (0.66%) DNS
7 6 (0.66%) HTTP
7 6 (0.66%) MQTT
7 6 (0.66%) OSPF
7 6 (0.66%) VPN
8 5 (0.55%) DHCP
8 5 (0.55%) Network Security
8 5 (0.55%) SAN
8 5 (0.55%) VoIP
8 5 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.11%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.65%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.21%) DB2
3 8 (0.88%) Data Lake
4 6 (0.66%) Data Mining
5 4 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.44%) Power BI
5 4 (0.44%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.22%) QlikView
8 1 (0.11%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.11%) GIS
8 1 (0.11%) Metadata
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.11%) Power Query
8 1 (0.11%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 15 (1.65%) Visual Studio
2 13 (1.43%) Git
2 13 (1.43%) JIRA
3 5 (0.55%) LabVIEW
4 3 (0.33%) GitLab
4 3 (0.33%) Moq
4 3 (0.33%) NUnit
4 3 (0.33%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.11%) Gradle
5 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 307 (33.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 267 (29.37%) Social Skills
3 225 (24.75%) Military
4 125 (13.75%) Finance
5 107 (11.77%) Analytical Skills
6 100 (11.00%) Marketing
7 57 (6.27%) Legal
8 41 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (3.52%) Law
11 30 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (3.08%) Public Sector
13 25 (2.75%) Electronics
13 25 (2.75%) Telecoms
14 23 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
14 23 (2.53%) Retail
15 16 (1.76%) Aerospace
15 16 (1.76%) Automotive
16 15 (1.65%) Banking
17 12 (1.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 215 (23.65%) Graduate
2 117 (12.87%) Software Engineer
3 105 (11.55%) Lead
4 81 (8.91%) Architect
4 81 (8.91%) Programmer
4 81 (8.91%) Software Programmer
5 79 (8.69%) Lead Software Engineer
6 75 (8.25%) Software Architect
7 72 (7.92%) Senior
8 46 (5.06%) Developer
9 38 (4.18%) Project Manager
10 30 (3.30%) Consultant
11 27 (2.97%) Analyst
11 27 (2.97%) Coordinator
12 20 (2.20%) Designer
13 19 (2.09%) Senior Consultant
13 19 (2.09%) Services Director
13 19 (2.09%) Technical Coordinator
14 18 (1.98%) IT Manager
15 16 (1.76%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.53%) React
2 18 (1.98%) CSS
2 18 (1.98%) HTML
3 16 (1.76%) .NET
4 7 (0.77%) RESTful
5 6 (0.66%) 802.1X
5 6 (0.66%) Django
5 6 (0.66%) Flask
6 5 (0.55%) .NET Core
6 5 (0.55%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.55%) SOAP
7 4 (0.44%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.44%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (0.44%) Entity Framework
7 4 (0.44%) GraphQL
7 4 (0.44%) HTML5 Canvas
7 4 (0.44%) LDAP
7 4 (0.44%) Node.js
7 4 (0.44%) OpenAPI
7 4 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 227 (24.97%) Cyberattack
2 219 (24.09%) Onboarding
3 37 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (2.53%) ARM Cortex
4 23 (2.53%) Verilog
5 21 (2.31%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.20%) GNSS
7 18 (1.98%) Product Ownership
7 18 (1.98%) Social Media
8 17 (1.87%) Data Centre
9 13 (1.43%) CCTV
10 12 (1.32%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.32%) CESG
10 12 (1.32%) Housing Association
11 11 (1.21%) FPGA
12 10 (1.10%) Blog
12 10 (1.10%) Driving Licence
13 8 (0.88%) MicroBlaze
13 8 (0.88%) VHDL
13 8 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (3.85%) Linux
1 35 (3.85%) Windows
2 19 (2.09%) Windows Server
3 16 (1.76%) Unix
4 8 (0.88%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.66%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.33%) Android
8 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (41.03%) Problem-Solving
2 324 (35.64%) Agile
3 316 (34.76%) Mentoring
4 284 (31.24%) User Experience
5 274 (30.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 274 (30.14%) Software Engineering
6 254 (27.94%) Customer Service
7 245 (26.95%) Machine Learning
8 233 (25.63%) Customer Experience
9 227 (24.97%) Data Engineering
9 227 (24.97%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 226 (24.86%) Process Improvement
11 220 (24.20%) Data Analysis
11 220 (24.20%) Logistics
12 217 (23.87%) Performance Metrics
13 213 (23.43%) Contingency Planning
14 102 (11.22%) Project Management
15 60 (6.60%) Time Management
16 52 (5.72%) Computer Science
17 50 (5.50%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 65 (7.15%) Python
2 39 (4.29%) C++
3 31 (3.41%) Tcl
4 29 (3.19%) SQL
5 23 (2.53%) SystemVerilog
6 22 (2.42%) JavaScript
7 21 (2.31%) Perl
8 19 (2.09%) Java
8 19 (2.09%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.76%) C#
10 14 (1.54%) VB
11 13 (1.43%) C
12 12 (1.32%) Bash
13 11 (1.21%) MATLAB
14 6 (0.66%) R
14 6 (0.66%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.55%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.33%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.33%) Swift
17 2 (0.22%) Julia
Qualifications
1 348 (38.28%) Degree
2 42 (4.62%) Security Cleared
3 19 (2.09%) HND
4 14 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 13 (1.43%) SC Cleared
6 12 (1.32%) CISMP
6 12 (1.32%) HNC
6 12 (1.32%) IISP
7 11 (1.21%) CISA
8 10 (1.10%) ACCA
9 5 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.55%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.55%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.44%) CREST Certified
11 3 (0.33%) CIPD
11 3 (0.33%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.33%) PMP
12 2 (0.22%) CISM
12 2 (0.22%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.07%) PMO
2 36 (3.96%) QA
3 16 (1.76%) NIST
3 16 (1.76%) SLA
4 13 (1.43%) GDPR
5 12 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 12 (1.32%) JSP 440
5 12 (1.32%) NIST 800
6 11 (1.21%) ITGC
6 11 (1.21%) RMADS
7 7 (0.77%) Good Clinical Practice
8 4 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.44%) NCSC
9 3 (0.33%) JTAG
10 2 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.22%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.11%) COSHH
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 20 (2.20%) Firmware
2 9 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.88%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (1.76%) SCOM
2 5 (0.55%) NetCrunch
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 58 (6.38%) Microsoft
2 33 (3.63%) SAP
3 22 (2.42%) Adobe
4 14 (1.54%) Oracle
5 13 (1.43%) Google
6 11 (1.21%) Sage
7 8 (0.88%) Altera
7 8 (0.88%) Computacenter
7 8 (0.88%) Green Hills
7 8 (0.88%) Motorola
7 8 (0.88%) Xilinx
8 6 (0.66%) Cisco
8 6 (0.66%) Extreme Networks
8 6 (0.66%) Juniper
8 6 (0.66%) NVIDIA
8 6 (0.66%) Splunk
9 5 (0.55%) Facebook
9 5 (0.55%) Ivanti
9 5 (0.55%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.55%) VMware