Creative Thinking Jobs in the North of England

Creative Thinking
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 298 253
Rank change year-on-year +76 -45 +35
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 183 133 236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.97% 0.82% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.85% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 28 51 107
10th Percentile £23,500 £36,250 £40,608
25th Percentile £26,188 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,531 £64,029 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.63% +21.96% -9.29%
75th Percentile £56,276 £74,408 £69,885
90th Percentile £66,350 £86,000 £75,500
England median annual salary £48,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -25.38% +4.00% +6.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,325 15,604 17,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.27% 96.70% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,565 7,763 10,660
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,840 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Creative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the North of England

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Thinking in the North of England.

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the North of England

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the North of England

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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 West +58 126 £38,000 -35.04% 27
Yorkshire +35 43 £60,000 -7.00% 19
North East +2 14 £27,500 -55.35% 4
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (2.19%) CMS
2 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (7.10%) AutoCAD
2 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.19%) Maya
4 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.55%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.19%) Azure
2 2 (1.09%) AWS
2 2 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (1.09%) GCP
3 1 (0.55%) IaaS
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.55%) PaaS
3 1 (0.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.73%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.55%) Power Query
1 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.55%) JIRA
General
1 120 (65.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 44 (24.04%) Social Skills
3 25 (13.66%) Legal
4 20 (10.93%) Finance
5 16 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.83%) Law
6 7 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.73%) Marketing
8 4 (2.19%) Automotive
8 4 (2.19%) Games
8 4 (2.19%) Military
8 4 (2.19%) Retail
9 3 (1.64%) Banking
9 3 (1.64%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.09%) Advertising
10 2 (1.09%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.09%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 40 (21.86%) Lead
2 37 (20.22%) Architect
3 35 (19.13%) Software Architect
4 34 (18.58%) Programmer
4 34 (18.58%) Software Engineer
4 34 (18.58%) Software Programmer
5 32 (17.49%) Lead Software Engineer
6 17 (9.29%) Coordinator
7 12 (6.56%) Technical Coordinator
8 9 (4.92%) Senior
9 8 (4.37%) Developer
9 8 (4.37%) Senior Developer
10 7 (3.83%) Software Tester
10 7 (3.83%) Technical Assistant
10 7 (3.83%) Tester
11 6 (3.28%) Graduate
11 6 (3.28%) Service Manager
11 6 (3.28%) Technical Manager
11 6 (3.28%) Technical Services Manager
12 5 (2.73%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.19%) CSS
1 4 (2.19%) GraphQL
1 4 (2.19%) HTML
1 4 (2.19%) Node.js
1 4 (2.19%) React
2 1 (0.55%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 103 (56.28%) Cyberattack
2 12 (6.56%) Housing Association
3 6 (3.28%) Blog
4 4 (2.19%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.19%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.64%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.64%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.64%) Social Media
6 2 (1.09%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.55%) CCTV
7 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.55%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.55%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.64%) Android
1 3 (1.64%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.09%) Windows
2 2 (1.09%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (73.77%) Agile
2 117 (63.93%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (61.20%) Mentoring
4 104 (56.83%) User Experience
5 103 (56.28%) Data Engineering
5 103 (56.28%) Machine Learning
5 103 (56.28%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 103 (56.28%) Software Engineering
6 22 (12.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (9.84%) Time Management
8 13 (7.10%) Customer Service
9 9 (4.92%) Data Analysis
9 9 (4.92%) Process Improvement
10 8 (4.37%) Customer Experience
10 8 (4.37%) Roadmaps
10 8 (4.37%) Waterfall
11 7 (3.83%) Code Quality
11 7 (3.83%) Logistics
11 7 (3.83%) SDLC
11 7 (3.83%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.19%) JavaScript
1 4 (2.19%) TypeScript
2 3 (1.64%) Kotlin
2 3 (1.64%) Swift
3 2 (1.09%) Julia
3 2 (1.09%) Python
3 2 (1.09%) R
3 2 (1.09%) SQL
4 1 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (8.20%) Degree
2 12 (6.56%) HNC
2 12 (6.56%) HND
3 2 (1.09%) MOS
4 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.37%) QA
2 2 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.55%) NCSC
3 1 (0.55%) NIST
Vendors
1 12 (6.56%) SAP
2 9 (4.92%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.64%) Adobe
3 3 (1.64%) Facebook
4 2 (1.09%) Twitter
5 1 (0.55%) Cisco
5 1 (0.55%) Instagram
5 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.55%) Snapchat
5 1 (0.55%) Splunk
5 1 (0.55%) Sun
5 1 (0.55%) TikTok
5 1 (0.55%) YouTube