Creative Thinking Jobs in England

Creative Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 270 287 276
Rank change year-on-year +17 -11 +146
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 903 1,027 2,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.02% 1.18% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.23% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 338 364 669
10th Percentile £28,498 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,313 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% +4.00% +7.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £88,750 £80,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £99,625 £100,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74,345 83,353 132,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.31% 95.57% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 54,380 49,710 73,171
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,452 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,095 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in England over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 26 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
London -40 319 £53,000 -31.61% 188
Midlands +158 237 £44,000 -30.98% 37
West Midlands +145 184 £55,000 -15.38% 17
South East +30 111 £45,000 +2.86% 109
South West +35 105 £42,500 -15.40% 21
North of England -13 79 £33,531 -47.63% 58
East Midlands +27 53 £36,250 -21.62% 19
East of England -4 46 £40,000 -27.27% 27
Yorkshire +35 37 £60,000 -6.29% 19
North West -16 34 £38,000 -35.04% 37
North East +4 8 £27,500 -55.35% 4
Creative Thinking
UK

Creative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 47 (5.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (3.32%) CMS
3 15 (1.66%) IIS
4 14 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.55%) Confluence
6 4 (0.44%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.22%) WordPress
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 283 (31.34%) Microsoft Office
2 277 (30.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 75 (8.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.44%) AutoCAD
5 18 (1.99%) Adobe XD
6 17 (1.88%) Photoshop
7 16 (1.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 12 (1.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (1.33%) InDesign
8 12 (1.33%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
10 4 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.44%) Maya
11 3 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.33%) SketchUp
12 2 (0.22%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.22%) CINEMA 4D
13 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
13 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.11%) CapCut
Business Applications
1 41 (4.54%) Endur
2 16 (1.77%) SDL Web 8
3 10 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.66%) Unit4 Business World
5 5 (0.55%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.33%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 42 (4.65%) Azure
2 38 (4.21%) AWS
3 32 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (3.10%) Power Platform
5 18 (1.99%) Figma
5 18 (1.99%) SaaS
6 12 (1.33%) GCP
7 9 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (1.00%) Google Analytics
8 8 (0.89%) IaaS
8 8 (0.89%) PaaS
8 8 (0.89%) Power Automate
9 5 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.55%) Canva
9 5 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (0.55%) OneDrive
9 5 (0.55%) PowerApps
9 5 (0.55%) Serverless
10 4 (0.44%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (0.44%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.33%) WAN
2 20 (2.21%) Firewall
3 19 (2.10%) 5G
3 19 (2.10%) SD-WAN
4 16 (1.77%) Wireless
5 10 (1.11%) Broadband
6 9 (1.00%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.89%) DNS
7 8 (0.89%) VPN
8 7 (0.78%) DHCP
9 6 (0.66%) Internet
9 6 (0.66%) SAN
10 5 (0.55%) Network Security
10 5 (0.55%) VoIP
10 5 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.44%) OSPF
11 4 (0.44%) WebEx
12 2 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.22%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (8.75%) SQL Server
2 46 (5.09%) Relational Database
3 41 (4.54%) RDBMS
4 21 (2.33%) Power BI
5 10 (1.11%) Tableau
6 9 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 9 (1.00%) Data Mining
7 8 (0.89%) Metadata
8 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.66%) DB2
9 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.44%) Looker
10 4 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.33%) Metadata Repository
11 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.22%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (3.88%) JIRA
2 28 (3.10%) Git
3 22 (2.44%) GitLab
4 17 (1.88%) TeamCity
5 16 (1.77%) Moq
5 16 (1.77%) NUnit
5 16 (1.77%) Visual Studio
6 13 (1.44%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.44%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.55%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.22%) PowerBuilder
9 1 (0.11%) Gradle
9 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.11%) Mockito
9 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 331 (36.66%) Social Skills
2 203 (22.48%) Military
3 183 (20.27%) Marketing
4 163 (18.05%) Finance
5 137 (15.17%) Analytical Skills
6 129 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (7.31%) Public Sector
8 63 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
9 62 (6.87%) Legal
10 56 (6.20%) Banking
11 50 (5.54%) Investment Banking
11 50 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
12 49 (5.43%) Games
13 37 (4.10%) Retail
14 30 (3.32%) Law
15 27 (2.99%) Telecoms
16 25 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
17 23 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
18 19 (2.10%) Electronics
19 15 (1.66%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 192 (21.26%) Graduate
2 130 (14.40%) Senior
3 97 (10.74%) Analyst
4 63 (6.98%) Lead
5 62 (6.87%) Developer
6 44 (4.87%) Business Strategy Analyst
6 44 (4.87%) Strategy Analyst
7 43 (4.76%) Consultant
8 42 (4.65%) Architect
9 41 (4.54%) Designer
10 40 (4.43%) Project Manager
11 38 (4.21%) Senior Manager
12 32 (3.54%) Development Manager
13 29 (3.21%) Software Engineer
14 27 (2.99%) Coordinator
15 23 (2.55%) Software Manager
16 22 (2.44%) Endur Manager
16 22 (2.44%) IT Manager
16 22 (2.44%) OpenLink Manager
17 21 (2.33%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.54%) HTML
2 46 (5.09%) CSS
3 41 (4.54%) .NET
4 24 (2.66%) Entity Framework
5 23 (2.55%) ASP.NET
6 22 (2.44%) .NET Framework
6 22 (2.44%) Web Services
7 21 (2.33%) RESTful
8 18 (1.99%) SOAP
9 17 (1.88%) ASP.NET MVC
9 17 (1.88%) jQuery
10 16 (1.77%) ASP.NET MVC 5
10 16 (1.77%) Classic ASP
10 16 (1.77%) Semantic HTML
11 11 (1.22%) .NET Core
11 11 (1.22%) Vue
12 10 (1.11%) Node.js
12 10 (1.11%) React
13 8 (0.89%) Spring
14 7 (0.78%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 197 (21.82%) Onboarding
2 98 (10.85%) Self-Motivation
3 56 (6.20%) Product Ownership
4 41 (4.54%) Swaptions
5 35 (3.88%) Social Media
6 31 (3.43%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.55%) ARM Cortex
7 23 (2.55%) Verilog
8 21 (2.33%) CCTV
9 20 (2.21%) GNSS
10 17 (1.88%) Blog
10 17 (1.88%) Virtual Team
11 16 (1.77%) Legacy Code
12 14 (1.55%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.44%) CESG
13 13 (1.44%) Data Centre
14 12 (1.33%) Housing Association
15 11 (1.22%) FPGA
16 10 (1.11%) Graphic Design
16 10 (1.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 39 (4.32%) Windows
2 27 (2.99%) Linux
3 17 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.77%) Windows 10
5 15 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.66%) Unix
7 6 (0.66%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.55%) Android
8 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
10 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (28.68%) Continuous Improvement
2 241 (26.69%) Customer Service
3 213 (23.59%) Customer Experience
4 211 (23.37%) Data Analysis
5 201 (22.26%) Process Improvement
6 199 (22.04%) Performance Metrics
7 196 (21.71%) Logistics
8 189 (20.93%) Contingency Planning
9 167 (18.49%) Agile
10 155 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
11 129 (14.29%) Project Management
12 92 (10.19%) Computer Science
13 85 (9.41%) Mentoring
14 84 (9.30%) Roadmaps
15 83 (9.19%) Project Delivery
16 74 (8.19%) SDLC
17 69 (7.64%) Coaching
18 66 (7.31%) Decision-Making
19 64 (7.09%) Innovative Thinking
19 64 (7.09%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 68 (7.53%) Java
2 64 (7.09%) Python
3 55 (6.09%) VB
4 50 (5.54%) JavaScript
5 49 (5.43%) SQL
6 40 (4.43%) C++
7 38 (4.21%) C#
8 31 (3.43%) Tcl
9 23 (2.55%) SystemVerilog
10 20 (2.21%) Perl
10 20 (2.21%) T-SQL
11 19 (2.10%) C
11 19 (2.10%) R
12 18 (1.99%) Bash
13 11 (1.22%) MATLAB
13 11 (1.22%) PowerShell
14 8 (0.89%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.33%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.33%) Swift
16 2 (0.22%) Julia
Qualifications
1 397 (43.96%) Degree
2 68 (7.53%) Security Cleared
3 38 (4.21%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.55%) DV Cleared
6 19 (2.10%) HND
7 18 (1.99%) ACCA
8 16 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.44%) CISMP
9 13 (1.44%) CREST Certified
9 13 (1.44%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.33%) HNC
10 12 (1.33%) IISP
11 10 (1.11%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 8 (0.89%) A+ Certification
12 8 (0.89%) CCNP
12 8 (0.89%) CISA
12 8 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (4.32%) PMO
2 34 (3.77%) QA
3 18 (1.99%) NIST
4 15 (1.66%) SLA
5 14 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 14 (1.55%) GDPR
6 13 (1.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 13 (1.44%) JSP 440
6 13 (1.44%) WCAG
7 12 (1.33%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.33%) RMADS
8 8 (0.89%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.78%) Good Clinical Practice
10 6 (0.66%) ITGC
11 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.33%) JTAG
11 3 (0.33%) NCSC
12 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (1.33%) Docker
1 12 (1.33%) Firmware
2 11 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.89%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.55%) vSphere
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.44%) SCOM
3 5 (0.55%) NetCrunch
3 5 (0.55%) Terraform
4 2 (0.22%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.11%) SCCM
5 1 (0.11%) WSUS
5 1 (0.11%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 146 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.54%) Oracle
3 48 (5.32%) Adobe
4 41 (4.54%) OpenLink
4 41 (4.54%) Sybase
4 41 (4.54%) TIBCO
5 22 (2.44%) SAP
6 17 (1.88%) Google
7 16 (1.77%) Cisco
8 14 (1.55%) VMware
9 10 (1.11%) Facebook
10 8 (0.89%) Altera
10 8 (0.89%) Green Hills
10 8 (0.89%) Motorola
10 8 (0.89%) TikTok
10 8 (0.89%) Xilinx
11 6 (0.66%) Alteryx
11 6 (0.66%) Computacenter
11 6 (0.66%) Sage
11 6 (0.66%) YouTube