Innovative Thinking Jobs in England

Innovative Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Innovative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 449 309
Rank change year-on-year +76 -140 +252
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 633 555 1,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.72% 0.64% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.67% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 376 230 252
10th Percentile £29,360 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,375 £46,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £95,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £107,500 £87,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Innovative 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 74,286 83,164 132,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.41% 95.59% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 54,336 49,441 73,222
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,452 £33,384
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £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%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in England over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in England

Innovative 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 Innovative Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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 +118 179 £67,500 -3.57% 78
North of England +59 130 £52,084 -25.59% 44
South West +31 113 £60,000 +6.67% 19
South East -20 100 £40,000 +23.08% 50
Midlands +36 72 £50,000 -37.50% 26
North West +52 71 £52,084 -24.24% 29
West Midlands +42 45 £55,000 -31.25% 15
Yorkshire +41 39 £46,457 -40.06% 6
East of England -18 29 £29,000 -53.60% 20
East Midlands -9 27 £50,000 -41.18% 11
North East +7 20 £46,457 - 11
Innovative Thinking
UK

Innovative 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 13 (2.05%) IIS
2 9 (1.42%) Confluence
3 8 (1.26%) Appian
4 7 (1.11%) CMS
5 4 (0.63%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.47%) SAS
6 3 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.47%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.32%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 51 (8.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (4.90%) Spreadsheet
3 21 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.74%) Simulink
5 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.63%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.47%) Trello
8 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.32%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.32%) Sketch
9 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.32%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 162 (25.59%) Azure
2 161 (25.43%) AWS
3 128 (20.22%) GCP
4 47 (7.42%) Power Platform
5 12 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.26%) SaaS
7 6 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (0.95%) Serverless
8 5 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (0.79%) Amazon S3
8 5 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.79%) Figma
8 5 (0.79%) GitHub
8 5 (0.79%) Route 53
8 5 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (0.79%) WhatsApp
9 4 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.63%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.37%) WAN
2 11 (1.74%) 5G
2 11 (1.74%) Firewall
2 11 (1.74%) SD-WAN
3 10 (1.58%) Network Security
4 8 (1.26%) Wireless
5 5 (0.79%) DNS
5 5 (0.79%) SAN
5 5 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.63%) LAN
6 4 (0.63%) OSPF
7 2 (0.32%) Broadband
7 2 (0.32%) Internet
7 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) DHCP
8 1 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.16%) MQTT
8 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (17.69%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (17.54%) BigQuery
2 111 (17.54%) Looker
3 42 (6.64%) Power BI
4 28 (4.42%) Tableau
5 17 (2.69%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.53%) Metadata
7 9 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (1.11%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.32%) GIS
11 2 (0.32%) Power Query
11 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.16%) Big Data
12 1 (0.16%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.16%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (2.84%) JIRA
2 12 (1.90%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.79%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.79%) Subversion
5 4 (0.63%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.63%) Postman
6 2 (0.32%) Appium
6 2 (0.32%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.32%) Git
6 2 (0.32%) JMeter
6 2 (0.32%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.32%) Selenium
6 2 (0.32%) Serenity BDD
6 2 (0.32%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.16%) JUnit
7 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 229 (36.18%) Analytical Skills
2 209 (33.02%) Social Skills
3 80 (12.64%) Finance
3 80 (12.64%) Retail
4 66 (10.43%) Marketing
5 45 (7.11%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (5.21%) Banking
8 25 (3.95%) Financial Institution
9 21 (3.32%) Games
9 21 (3.32%) Military
10 20 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (2.53%) Law
11 16 (2.53%) Retail Banking
12 15 (2.37%) Telecoms
13 13 (2.05%) Electronics
13 13 (2.05%) Legal
14 10 (1.58%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.58%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 153 (24.17%) Architect
2 151 (23.85%) Senior
3 127 (20.06%) Data Architect
4 66 (10.43%) Lead
5 60 (9.48%) Developer
6 43 (6.79%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 43 (6.79%) Delivery Manager
7 37 (5.85%) Software Engineer
8 31 (4.90%) Lead Developer
9 29 (4.58%) Team Leader
10 28 (4.42%) Senior Architect
11 26 (4.11%) Consultant
12 23 (3.63%) Field Engineer
12 23 (3.63%) Field Service Engineer
13 22 (3.48%) Analyst
13 22 (3.48%) Project Manager
13 22 (3.48%) Senior Manager
14 21 (3.32%) Senior Field Engineer
14 21 (3.32%) Senior Field Service Engineer
15 20 (3.16%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.84%) .NET
1 18 (2.84%) React
2 7 (1.11%) AngularJS
2 7 (1.11%) HTML
3 6 (0.95%) Node.js
3 6 (0.95%) Vue
4 5 (0.79%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.79%) CSS
4 5 (0.79%) Spring Boot
5 4 (0.63%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (0.63%) Kafka
5 4 (0.63%) Spring
6 3 (0.47%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.32%) DOM
7 2 (0.32%) Express.js
7 2 (0.32%) JSON
7 2 (0.32%) Playwright
7 2 (0.32%) SAP TM
7 2 (0.32%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 1 (0.16%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 199 (31.44%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (6.16%) Driving Licence
3 23 (3.63%) EPoS
4 22 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.69%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (2.37%) CESG
8 12 (1.90%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.90%) GNSS
9 10 (1.58%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.42%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.42%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (1.42%) Virtual Reality
11 8 (1.26%) CCTV
11 8 (1.26%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.26%) Robotics
12 7 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (0.95%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.79%) Windows
2 24 (3.79%) Linux
3 12 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (1.26%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.79%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (34.44%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (29.23%) Mentoring
3 152 (24.01%) Agile
4 132 (20.85%) Data Architecture
5 129 (20.38%) Data Modelling
6 124 (19.59%) Platform Engineering
7 122 (19.27%) Data Integration
8 119 (18.80%) Data Security
8 119 (18.80%) ETL
9 112 (17.69%) Data Engineering
9 112 (17.69%) Data Governance
10 111 (17.54%) ERD
11 97 (15.32%) Project Management
12 64 (10.11%) Creative Thinking
13 63 (9.95%) Scrum
14 57 (9.00%) Coaching
15 55 (8.69%) Analytics
16 53 (8.37%) Customer Service
17 51 (8.06%) Kanban
18 47 (7.42%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 40 (6.32%) Python
2 34 (5.37%) SQL
3 30 (4.74%) Java
4 23 (3.63%) C++
5 19 (3.00%) Perl
6 14 (2.21%) MATLAB
7 13 (2.05%) C#
8 12 (1.90%) Bash
9 9 (1.42%) JavaScript
10 8 (1.26%) Scala
11 7 (1.11%) R
12 6 (0.95%) C
13 5 (0.79%) Delphi
14 4 (0.63%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.16%) Ruby
15 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 139 (21.96%) Degree
2 55 (8.69%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (3.32%) HNC
4 21 (3.32%) HND
5 20 (3.16%) DBS Check
6 19 (3.00%) CISMP
7 18 (2.84%) DV Cleared
8 16 (2.53%) AWS Certification
8 16 (2.53%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.90%) IISP
10 11 (1.74%) SC Cleared
11 10 (1.58%) CCNP
11 10 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.42%) CISM
12 9 (1.42%) CISSP
13 8 (1.26%) A+ Certification
13 8 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (1.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (17.69%) Data Quality
1 112 (17.69%) GDPR
2 30 (4.74%) SLA
3 24 (3.79%) NIST
4 23 (3.63%) PMO
5 15 (2.37%) JSP 440
6 13 (2.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 12 (1.90%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.90%) RMADS
8 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.95%) QA
9 4 (0.63%) NCSC
10 3 (0.47%) JTAG
11 2 (0.32%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.32%) GRC
12 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 26 (4.11%) Firmware
2 14 (2.21%) Docker
3 12 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.95%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.63%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.21%) Terraform
3 7 (1.11%) Ansible
3 7 (1.11%) Progress Chef
3 7 (1.11%) Puppet
3 7 (1.11%) Salt
4 5 (0.79%) Packer
Vendors
1 114 (18.01%) Google
2 59 (9.32%) Microsoft
3 32 (5.06%) Dell
4 23 (3.63%) HP
4 23 (3.63%) IBM
5 18 (2.84%) NetApp
5 18 (2.84%) VMware
6 17 (2.69%) Cisco
7 6 (0.95%) Adobe
8 5 (0.79%) Atlassian
8 5 (0.79%) Facebook
8 5 (0.79%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.63%) Progress
9 4 (0.63%) SAP
10 3 (0.47%) Mercator
10 3 (0.47%) Optimizely
10 3 (0.47%) Oracle
10 3 (0.47%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.32%) Databricks
11 2 (0.32%) HubSpot