Creative Thinking Jobs in the South West

Creative Thinking
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 183 215 238
Rank change year-on-year +32 +23 +3
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 114 54 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.14% 0.82% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 0.87% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 36 13 40
10th Percentile £30,750 £34,274 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £46,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,238 £47,282
Median % change year-on-year -15.40% +6.25% -9.07%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,029 £67,995
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,500 £76,250
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
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,072 6,218 8,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 81.00% 94.50% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 3,484 5,006
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,507 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,908
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £54,222 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +8.44% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,627 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in the South West

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in the South West

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in the South West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in the South West

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Thinking within the South West 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
Bristol -11 37 £32,500 -35.31% 15
Devon +21 31 - - 1
Gloucestershire -8 24 £57,500 +41.81% 3
Dorset - 19 £42,500 -
Wiltshire -12 3 - - 2
Creative Thinking
England

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (10.53%) IIS
2 2 (1.75%) Confluence
3 1 (0.88%) Drupal
Applications
1 12 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.88%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.77%) SaaS
2 6 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.75%) Google Analytics
3 2 (1.75%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 19 (16.67%) 5G
1 19 (16.67%) SD-WAN
1 19 (16.67%) WAN
2 6 (5.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (10.53%) Visual Studio
2 5 (4.39%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 52 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 39 (34.21%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (22.81%) Marketing
4 22 (19.30%) Organisational Skills
5 19 (16.67%) Electronics
6 18 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (14.04%) Finance
8 15 (13.16%) Aerospace
8 15 (13.16%) Military
9 13 (11.40%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (8.77%) Aviation
11 6 (5.26%) Banking
11 6 (5.26%) Front Office
11 6 (5.26%) Investment Banking
11 6 (5.26%) Law
12 5 (4.39%) Advertising
13 3 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 34 (29.82%) Senior
2 29 (25.44%) Software Engineer
3 17 (14.91%) Consultant
4 16 (14.04%) Senior Software Engineer
5 13 (11.40%) Developer
5 13 (11.40%) Lead
6 12 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 12 (10.53%) Security Consultant
6 12 (10.53%) Senior Consultant
6 12 (10.53%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
6 12 (10.53%) Senior Security Consultant
7 11 (9.65%) Cyber Defence Consultant
7 11 (9.65%) Project Leader
7 11 (9.65%) Technical Leader
7 11 (9.65%) Technical Project Leader
8 8 (7.02%) Analyst
8 8 (7.02%) FPGA Developer
8 8 (7.02%) Software Project Leader
9 7 (6.14%) Project Manager
10 6 (5.26%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.39%) React
1 5 (4.39%) Vue
2 4 (3.51%) .NET
2 4 (3.51%) AngularJS
2 4 (3.51%) CSS
2 4 (3.51%) HTML
2 4 (3.51%) OpenAPI
2 4 (3.51%) RESTful
2 4 (3.51%) Swagger
3 1 (0.88%) J2EE
3 1 (0.88%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.54%) GNSS
2 15 (13.16%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (10.53%) CESG
4 11 (9.65%) FPGA
4 11 (9.65%) Management Information System
5 9 (7.89%) ARM Cortex
5 9 (7.89%) Verilog
6 8 (7.02%) Cyberattack
6 8 (7.02%) MicroBlaze
6 8 (7.02%) Robotics
6 8 (7.02%) VHDL
7 6 (5.26%) Fixed Income
8 5 (4.39%) Algorithms
8 5 (4.39%) Social Media
9 4 (3.51%) Onboarding
9 4 (3.51%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 20 (17.54%) Linux
2 8 (7.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (41.23%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (39.47%) Project Management
3 37 (32.46%) Innovative Thinking
4 33 (28.95%) Software Engineering
5 32 (28.07%) B2B
6 31 (27.19%) Computer Science
6 31 (27.19%) Defect Tracking
6 31 (27.19%) Requirements Analysis
7 28 (24.56%) Mentoring
8 26 (22.81%) Validation
9 23 (20.18%) Signal Processing
10 22 (19.30%) SDLC
11 21 (18.42%) Customer Requirements
12 19 (16.67%) Agile
12 19 (16.67%) Test Assurance
12 19 (16.67%) Test Automation
12 19 (16.67%) User Experience
13 17 (14.91%) Configuration Management
13 17 (14.91%) Project Delivery
14 13 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 32 (28.07%) C++
2 26 (22.81%) Python
3 20 (17.54%) Perl
4 17 (14.91%) Tcl
5 14 (12.28%) VB
6 13 (11.40%) C
7 12 (10.53%) Bash
8 11 (9.65%) MATLAB
9 10 (8.77%) Java
10 9 (7.89%) SystemVerilog
11 6 (5.26%) JavaScript
12 5 (4.39%) C#
13 1 (0.88%) PHP
13 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (42.11%) Degree
2 28 (24.56%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.53%) CISMP
3 12 (10.53%) IISP
4 6 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.51%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.18%) PMO
2 12 (10.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 12 (10.53%) JSP 440
2 12 (10.53%) NIST
2 12 (10.53%) NIST 800
3 11 (9.65%) RMADS
4 3 (2.63%) JTAG
4 3 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.02%) Embedded Firmware
1 8 (7.02%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (7.02%) Altera
1 8 (7.02%) Green Hills
1 8 (7.02%) Motorola
1 8 (7.02%) Xilinx
2 6 (5.26%) Adobe
2 6 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.75%) Google
3 2 (1.75%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle
4 1 (0.88%) QinetiQ