Creative Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Creative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 298 297
Rank change year-on-year +11 -1 +133
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 977 1,195 2,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.99% 1.18% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.23% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 389 443 733
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,050 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,283 £48,657 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £67,750 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,710 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year -22.35% -7.56% +13.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Creative 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the UK

Creative Thinking
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 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
England +6 849 £49,000 -26.77% 289
UK excluding London +60 576 £42,710 -22.35% 155
Work from Home +16 370 £55,000 -18.16% 113
London -22 343 £55,000 -31.38% 130
Midlands +131 175 £44,000 -29.60% 19
West Midlands +114 135 £51,250 -21.15% 8
South East +38 103 £42,920 -4.62% 40
South West +20 101 £42,500 -15.40% 28
North of England -24 75 £32,000 -50.02% 42
Scotland -37 64 £60,000 +0.80% 8
East of England -9 44 £40,000 -37.25% 19
East Midlands +13 40 £36,250 -25.64% 11
North West -18 34 £38,000 -35.04% 21
Yorkshire +30 33 £69,500 +8.54% 16
Northern Ireland +12 9 £30,000 -29.41% 1
North East +4 8 £27,500 -55.35% 5
Wales +1 5 £47,029 +71.01%

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 52 (5.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (2.76%) CMS
3 14 (1.43%) IIS
3 14 (1.43%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.41%) Confluence
4 4 (0.41%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.41%) WordPress
5 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.10%) Drupal
Applications
1 239 (24.46%) Microsoft Office
2 234 (23.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 93 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.25%) AutoCAD
5 19 (1.94%) Photoshop
6 18 (1.84%) Adobe XD
7 16 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 12 (1.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (1.23%) InDesign
9 9 (0.92%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.41%) Maya
10 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.31%) SketchUp
11 3 (0.31%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.20%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.20%) CINEMA 4D
13 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.10%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 44 (4.50%) Endur
2 17 (1.74%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (1.23%) SDL Web 8
4 11 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.82%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.31%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.10%) Magento
7 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (5.02%) AWS
2 45 (4.61%) Azure
3 33 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (3.38%) Power Platform
4 21 (2.15%) SaaS
5 19 (1.94%) Cloud Computing
5 19 (1.94%) Figma
6 15 (1.54%) GCP
7 10 (1.02%) IaaS
7 10 (1.02%) PaaS
8 9 (0.92%) Google Analytics
8 9 (0.92%) Power Automate
9 7 (0.72%) Canva
10 6 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.61%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.61%) Serverless
11 5 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.51%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.41%) AWS Fargate
12 4 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.17%) WAN
2 24 (2.46%) Wireless
3 23 (2.35%) Firewall
4 22 (2.25%) 5G
4 22 (2.25%) SD-WAN
5 16 (1.64%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.02%) Broadband
7 9 (0.92%) Internet
8 8 (0.82%) NGN
8 8 (0.82%) TACACS
9 7 (0.72%) DHCP
9 7 (0.72%) DNS
9 7 (0.72%) HTTP
9 7 (0.72%) MQTT
9 7 (0.72%) VPN
10 6 (0.61%) SAN
10 6 (0.61%) WebEx
11 5 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.51%) Network Security
11 5 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 49 (5.02%) Relational Database
3 44 (4.50%) RDBMS
4 26 (2.66%) Power BI
5 17 (1.74%) DB2
6 15 (1.54%) Metadata
7 12 (1.23%) Tableau
8 9 (0.92%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.82%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.51%) Looker
10 5 (0.51%) Metadata Repository
10 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.31%) QlikView
13 2 (0.20%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 34 (3.48%) Git
2 31 (3.17%) JIRA
3 18 (1.84%) GitLab
4 17 (1.74%) Visual Studio
5 14 (1.43%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.33%) Balsamiq
6 13 (1.33%) TeamCity
7 12 (1.23%) Moq
7 12 (1.23%) NUnit
8 5 (0.51%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.31%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.20%) Ant
10 2 (0.20%) PowerBuilder
10 2 (0.20%) Subversion
11 1 (0.10%) Gradle
11 1 (0.10%) Mockito
11 1 (0.10%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 392 (40.12%) Social Skills
2 255 (26.10%) Finance
3 224 (22.93%) Marketing
4 173 (17.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 151 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
6 140 (14.33%) Military
7 95 (9.72%) Public Sector
8 87 (8.90%) Presentation Skills
9 75 (7.68%) Banking
10 66 (6.76%) Investment Banking
11 62 (6.35%) Legal
12 58 (5.94%) Games
13 57 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
14 50 (5.12%) Law
15 43 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
15 43 (4.40%) Retail
16 34 (3.48%) Telecoms
17 26 (2.66%) Electronics
18 23 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
19 19 (1.94%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 148 (15.15%) Senior
2 131 (13.41%) Graduate
3 126 (12.90%) Analyst
4 94 (9.62%) Lead
5 70 (7.16%) Developer
6 60 (6.14%) Business Strategy Analyst
6 60 (6.14%) Strategy Analyst
7 57 (5.83%) Consultant
8 56 (5.73%) Architect
9 48 (4.91%) Software Engineer
10 45 (4.61%) Designer
11 41 (4.20%) Project Manager
12 38 (3.89%) Senior Manager
13 32 (3.28%) Development Manager
14 31 (3.17%) IT Manager
15 26 (2.66%) Coordinator
16 24 (2.46%) Business Analyst
16 24 (2.46%) Endur Manager
16 24 (2.46%) OpenLink Manager
17 23 (2.35%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.45%) HTML
2 51 (5.22%) CSS
3 41 (4.20%) .NET
4 35 (3.58%) React
5 23 (2.35%) ASP.NET
6 22 (2.25%) Entity Framework
7 19 (1.94%) Web Services
8 18 (1.84%) .NET Framework
9 17 (1.74%) RESTful
10 16 (1.64%) SOAP
11 14 (1.43%) .NET Core
12 13 (1.33%) ASP.NET MVC
12 13 (1.33%) jQuery
13 12 (1.23%) ASP.NET MVC 5
13 12 (1.23%) Classic ASP
13 12 (1.23%) Semantic HTML
14 11 (1.13%) Spring
14 11 (1.13%) Vue
15 10 (1.02%) Node.js
16 9 (0.92%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 136 (13.92%) Onboarding
2 116 (11.87%) Self-Motivation
3 69 (7.06%) Product Ownership
4 48 (4.91%) Management Information System
5 44 (4.50%) Swaptions
6 39 (3.99%) Social Media
7 25 (2.56%) Virtual Team
8 23 (2.35%) ARM Cortex
8 23 (2.35%) Verilog
9 21 (2.15%) CCTV
9 21 (2.15%) GNSS
10 19 (1.94%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.84%) Blog
12 16 (1.64%) IoT
13 14 (1.43%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.43%) Housing Association
14 13 (1.33%) CESG
15 12 (1.23%) Legacy Code
16 11 (1.13%) FPGA
17 10 (1.02%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.32%) Windows
2 43 (4.40%) Linux
3 26 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.15%) Unix
5 16 (1.64%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.61%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.51%) Android
9 5 (0.51%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.20%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.10%) VMS
11 1 (0.10%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (23.95%) Agile
2 201 (20.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 193 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
4 181 (18.53%) Customer Service
5 163 (16.68%) Customer Experience
6 151 (15.46%) Data Analysis
7 146 (14.94%) Project Management
8 142 (14.53%) Process Improvement
9 138 (14.12%) Performance Metrics
10 135 (13.82%) Logistics
11 128 (13.10%) Contingency Planning
12 108 (11.05%) Mentoring
12 108 (11.05%) SDLC
13 103 (10.54%) Computer Science
14 94 (9.62%) User Experience
15 92 (9.42%) Roadmaps
16 91 (9.31%) Project Delivery
17 85 (8.70%) Strategic Thinking
18 83 (8.50%) Decision-Making
19 82 (8.39%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 98 (10.03%) Python
2 91 (9.31%) Java
3 63 (6.45%) SQL
4 58 (5.94%) VB
5 56 (5.73%) JavaScript
6 41 (4.20%) C++
7 38 (3.89%) C#
8 33 (3.38%) TypeScript
9 31 (3.17%) Tcl
10 23 (2.35%) SystemVerilog
11 21 (2.15%) Perl
12 19 (1.94%) Bash
12 19 (1.94%) C
12 19 (1.94%) R
13 15 (1.54%) T-SQL
14 11 (1.13%) MATLAB
14 11 (1.13%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.31%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.31%) Swift
16 2 (0.20%) Julia
Qualifications
1 368 (37.67%) Degree
2 94 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.73%) SC Cleared
4 47 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (3.58%) DV Cleared
6 24 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (1.94%) CISA
7 19 (1.94%) HND
8 18 (1.84%) ACCA
9 16 (1.64%) Master's Degree
10 14 (1.43%) CREST Certified
11 13 (1.33%) CISMP
11 13 (1.33%) DBS Check
12 12 (1.23%) HNC
12 12 (1.23%) IISP
13 9 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 8 (0.82%) A+ Certification
14 8 (0.82%) CCNP
14 8 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.53%) QA
2 50 (5.12%) PMO
3 19 (1.94%) NIST
4 17 (1.74%) ITGC
5 14 (1.43%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.43%) SLA
5 14 (1.43%) WCAG
6 13 (1.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 13 (1.33%) JSP 440
7 12 (1.23%) GDPR
7 12 (1.23%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.23%) RMADS
8 9 (0.92%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.72%) Good Clinical Practice
10 4 (0.41%) NCSC
11 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.31%) JTAG
11 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (1.94%) Firmware
2 15 (1.54%) Docker
3 10 (1.02%) Active Directory
4 9 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.51%) vSphere
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (2.15%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.33%) SCOM
3 8 (0.82%) Ansible
4 5 (0.51%) NetCrunch
4 5 (0.51%) Terraform
5 2 (0.20%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.20%) WebSphere Cast Iron
6 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.10%) SCCM
6 1 (0.10%) WSUS
6 1 (0.10%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 191 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 66 (6.76%) Oracle
3 48 (4.91%) Adobe
4 44 (4.50%) OpenLink
4 44 (4.50%) Sybase
4 44 (4.50%) TIBCO
5 42 (4.30%) SAP
6 24 (2.46%) Google
7 22 (2.25%) VMware
8 17 (1.74%) Sage
9 15 (1.54%) Cisco
10 11 (1.13%) Facebook
11 9 (0.92%) TikTok
12 8 (0.82%) Altera
12 8 (0.82%) Alteryx
12 8 (0.82%) Aruba
12 8 (0.82%) Green Hills
12 8 (0.82%) Motorola
12 8 (0.82%) Xilinx
13 7 (0.72%) NVIDIA