Innovative Thinking Jobs with Work from Home Options

Innovative Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 407 364 453
Rank change year-on-year -43 +89 +12
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 199 292 543
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.78% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.81% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 162 129 128
10th Percentile £37,425 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,329 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,823 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +37.65% -
75th Percentile £74,688 £95,000 £74,063
90th Percentile £83,750 £97,750 £85,000
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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,847 35,988 73,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.59% 96.02% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,766 25,695 42,040
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Innovative Thinking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Innovative Thinking trend for jobs with a WFH option

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Innovative Thinking.

Innovative Thinking salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Innovative Thinking salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (5.53%) IIS
2 8 (4.02%) Appian
3 5 (2.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (1.51%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.51%) SAS
5 2 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.01%) Adobe Captivate
1 4 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.51%) Adobe After Effects
2 3 (1.51%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.51%) Photoshop
2 3 (1.51%) Trello
3 2 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.01%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.01%) Sketch
4 1 (0.50%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.06%) Azure
2 19 (9.55%) AWS
3 12 (6.03%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.52%) Figma
4 7 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.01%) SaaS
5 4 (2.01%) WhatsApp
6 3 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (1.51%) BrowserStack
6 3 (1.51%) Sauce Labs
6 3 (1.51%) Serverless
7 2 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.01%) GCP
7 2 (1.01%) GitHub
7 2 (1.01%) IaaS
7 2 (1.01%) Route 53
7 2 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.51%) SAN
2 4 (2.01%) DNS
2 4 (2.01%) Firewall
2 4 (2.01%) LAN
2 4 (2.01%) Network Security
2 4 (2.01%) OSPF
2 4 (2.01%) WAN
2 4 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.01%) Broadband
4 1 (0.50%) Internet
4 1 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.50%) Modbus
4 1 (0.50%) MPLS
4 1 (0.50%) MQTT
4 1 (0.50%) RS-422
4 1 (0.50%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.52%) Power BI
2 3 (1.51%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.01%) GIS
3 2 (1.01%) Tableau
4 1 (0.50%) Big Data
4 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (5.53%) JIRA
2 3 (1.51%) Appium
2 3 (1.51%) Cypress.io
2 3 (1.51%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.51%) JMeter
2 3 (1.51%) Postman
2 3 (1.51%) REST Assured
2 3 (1.51%) Selenium
2 3 (1.51%) Serenity BDD
2 3 (1.51%) SpecFlow
3 2 (1.01%) Axure RP
3 2 (1.01%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.01%) Git
3 2 (1.01%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.01%) Subversion
General
1 60 (30.15%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.08%) Finance
3 17 (8.54%) Marketing
4 13 (6.53%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (5.53%) Games
6 11 (5.53%) Retail
7 10 (5.03%) Aerospace
7 10 (5.03%) Aviation
7 10 (5.03%) Banking
7 10 (5.03%) Military
8 8 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.51%) Law
10 4 (2.01%) Back Office
10 4 (2.01%) Legal
11 3 (1.51%) Automotive
11 3 (1.51%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.01%) Multimedia
12 2 (1.01%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 53 (26.63%) Senior
2 42 (21.11%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 42 (21.11%) Delivery Manager
3 25 (12.56%) Developer
4 21 (10.55%) Lead
5 18 (9.05%) Consultant
5 18 (9.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 18 (9.05%) Security Consultant
6 17 (8.54%) Architect
7 16 (8.04%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (7.54%) Senior Consultant
8 15 (7.54%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
8 15 (7.54%) Senior Security Consultant
9 13 (6.53%) Cyber Defence Consultant
10 12 (6.03%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
10 12 (6.03%) Senior Delivery Manager
10 12 (6.03%) Senior Manager
11 11 (5.53%) Designer
12 10 (5.03%) Senior Architect
12 10 (5.03%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.03%) .NET
2 8 (4.02%) React
3 6 (3.02%) AngularJS
3 6 (3.02%) Vue
4 5 (2.51%) ASP.NET
4 5 (2.51%) HTML
5 3 (1.51%) Playwright
6 2 (1.01%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.01%) CSS
6 2 (1.01%) D3.js
6 2 (1.01%) JSON
6 2 (1.01%) Pandas
6 2 (1.01%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.50%) CSS3
7 1 (0.50%) Django
7 1 (0.50%) HTML5
7 1 (0.50%) jQuery
7 1 (0.50%) RESTful
7 1 (0.50%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.54%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.53%) CESG
3 12 (6.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (5.03%) Low-Code
5 9 (4.52%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.52%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.52%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.51%) e-Learning
7 5 (2.51%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.01%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.01%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.01%) Life Science
8 4 (2.01%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.51%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.51%) Video Editing
10 2 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (1.01%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (1.01%) Graphic Design
10 2 (1.01%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.51%) Windows
1 5 (2.51%) Windows Server
2 4 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (1.51%) Linux
3 3 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (39.20%) Agile
2 55 (27.64%) Mentoring
3 49 (24.62%) Scrum
4 47 (23.62%) Kanban
5 45 (22.61%) Coaching
6 38 (19.10%) Project Management
7 25 (12.56%) Risk Management
8 24 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (9.55%) DevOps
11 17 (8.54%) Creative Thinking
11 17 (8.54%) Information Security
11 17 (8.54%) Migration
11 17 (8.54%) Software Engineering
12 16 (8.04%) Matrix Organization
13 15 (7.54%) Active Listening
13 15 (7.54%) Project Delivery
14 14 (7.04%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (7.04%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.54%) Java
2 14 (7.04%) Python
3 9 (4.52%) SQL
4 8 (4.02%) C#
5 5 (2.51%) Delphi
5 5 (2.51%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.51%) Perl
7 2 (1.01%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.01%) C
7 2 (1.01%) R
7 2 (1.01%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.50%) Ladder Logic
8 1 (0.50%) Ruby
8 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 46 (23.12%) Degree
2 27 (13.57%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.53%) CISMP
4 11 (5.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (5.53%) IISP
5 7 (3.52%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.02%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.01%) CREST Certified
7 4 (2.01%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (2.01%) OSCP
8 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.01%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.01%) MBA
9 1 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.54%) NIST
2 13 (6.53%) JSP 440
3 11 (5.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 11 (5.53%) NIST 800
3 11 (5.53%) RMADS
4 8 (4.02%) QA
5 5 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.01%) GRC
6 4 (2.01%) NCSC
7 2 (1.01%) GLP
8 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (4.02%) Firmware
2 5 (2.51%) Docker
3 4 (2.01%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.51%) Kubernetes
1 5 (2.51%) Terraform
2 3 (1.51%) Ansible
2 3 (1.51%) Progress Chef
2 3 (1.51%) Puppet
2 3 (1.51%) Salt
3 2 (1.01%) Packer
Vendors
1 20 (10.05%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.52%) Dell
3 6 (3.02%) Adobe
4 5 (2.51%) VMware
5 4 (2.01%) Cisco
5 4 (2.01%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.51%) Databricks
6 3 (1.51%) Progress
7 2 (1.01%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.01%) Charles River
7 2 (1.01%) ESRI
8 1 (0.50%) Siemens