Innovative Thinking
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 467 328
Rank change year-on-year +77 -139 +228
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 664 625 2,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.64% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.67% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 405 252 288
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,928 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £95,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £102,275 £83,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,084 £48,555 £44,575
% change year-on-year +7.27% +8.93% -10.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,719 93,735 157,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.61% 95.58% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 60,185 55,235 82,763
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Innovative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in the UK

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in the UK

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in the UK

Innovative Thinking
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +88 633 £55,000 -15.38% 219
UK excluding London +29 474 £52,084 +7.27% 169
Work from Home -30 202 £60,000 -12.82% 97
London +108 179 £67,500 -3.57% 78
North of England +57 130 £52,084 -28.16% 43
South West +36 113 £60,000 +6.67% 18
South East +6 100 £40,000 +23.08% 48
Midlands +30 72 £50,000 -37.50% 24
North West +48 71 £52,084 -24.24% 28
West Midlands +51 45 £55,000 -31.25% 14
Yorkshire +36 39 £46,457 -41.01% 7
East of England -19 29 £29,000 -53.60% 21
East Midlands -3 27 £50,000 -41.18% 10
North East +6 20 £46,457 - 10
Scotland -58 17 £32,500 -31.58% 10
Northern Ireland +35 12 £57,276 +27.28% 2
Wales +11 1 £82,500 - 9

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.96%) IIS
2 9 (1.36%) Confluence
3 8 (1.20%) Appian
4 7 (1.05%) CMS
5 5 (0.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.60%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.45%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.45%) SAS
7 3 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.45%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.30%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) Drupal
Applications
1 51 (7.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (4.67%) Spreadsheet
3 24 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.66%) Simulink
5 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.60%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.45%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.45%) Trello
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.30%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.30%) Sketch
9 1 (0.15%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.30%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.15%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 166 (25.00%) Azure
2 165 (24.85%) AWS
3 128 (19.28%) GCP
4 51 (7.68%) Power Platform
5 15 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (1.20%) SaaS
7 6 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (0.90%) Serverless
8 5 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (0.75%) Amazon S3
8 5 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.75%) Figma
8 5 (0.75%) GitHub
8 5 (0.75%) Route 53
8 5 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (0.75%) WhatsApp
9 4 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.60%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.71%) WAN
2 11 (1.66%) 5G
2 11 (1.66%) Firewall
2 11 (1.66%) SD-WAN
2 11 (1.66%) Wireless
3 10 (1.51%) Network Security
4 7 (1.05%) LAN
5 5 (0.75%) DNS
5 5 (0.75%) SAN
5 5 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.60%) OSPF
7 3 (0.45%) Internet
7 3 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.45%) VLAN
8 2 (0.30%) Broadband
8 2 (0.30%) MQTT
8 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.15%) DHCP
9 1 (0.15%) SDH
9 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (16.87%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (16.72%) BigQuery
2 111 (16.72%) Looker
3 46 (6.93%) Power BI
4 28 (4.22%) Tableau
5 17 (2.56%) Data Lake
6 16 (2.41%) Metadata
7 9 (1.36%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (1.05%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.30%) GIS
11 2 (0.30%) Power Query
11 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.15%) Big Data
12 1 (0.15%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.15%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (2.71%) JIRA
2 12 (1.81%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.75%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.75%) Postman
4 5 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.75%) Subversion
5 4 (0.60%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.45%) Appium
6 3 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.45%) JMeter
6 3 (0.45%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.45%) Selenium
6 3 (0.45%) Serenity BDD
6 3 (0.45%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.30%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.30%) Git
8 1 (0.15%) JUnit
8 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 237 (35.69%) Analytical Skills
2 228 (34.34%) Social Skills
3 86 (12.95%) Retail
4 81 (12.20%) Finance
5 66 (9.94%) Marketing
6 50 (7.53%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (5.42%) Banking
9 25 (3.77%) Financial Institution
10 21 (3.16%) Games
10 21 (3.16%) Law
10 21 (3.16%) Military
11 20 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (2.71%) Public Sector
13 16 (2.41%) Retail Banking
13 16 (2.41%) Telecoms
14 14 (2.11%) Electronics
15 13 (1.96%) Legal
16 11 (1.66%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 164 (24.70%) Senior
2 157 (23.64%) Architect
3 127 (19.13%) Data Architect
4 66 (9.94%) Lead
5 60 (9.04%) Developer
6 45 (6.78%) Software Engineer
7 43 (6.48%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 43 (6.48%) Delivery Manager
8 31 (4.67%) Lead Developer
8 31 (4.67%) Senior Architect
9 29 (4.37%) Team Leader
10 28 (4.22%) Field Engineer
10 28 (4.22%) Field Service Engineer
11 27 (4.07%) Consultant
12 26 (3.92%) Senior Field Engineer
12 26 (3.92%) Senior Field Service Engineer
13 25 (3.77%) Analyst
14 22 (3.31%) Project Manager
14 22 (3.31%) Senior Manager
15 21 (3.16%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.86%) .NET
1 19 (2.86%) React
2 8 (1.20%) AngularJS
3 7 (1.05%) HTML
4 6 (0.90%) Node.js
4 6 (0.90%) Spring Boot
4 6 (0.90%) Vue
5 5 (0.75%) ASP.NET
5 5 (0.75%) CSS
5 5 (0.75%) Spring
6 4 (0.60%) ActiveMQ
6 4 (0.60%) Kafka
7 3 (0.45%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.45%) Playwright
8 2 (0.30%) DOM
8 2 (0.30%) Express.js
8 2 (0.30%) JSON
8 2 (0.30%) SAP TM
8 2 (0.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 1 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 207 (31.17%) Self-Motivation
2 45 (6.78%) Driving Licence
3 28 (4.22%) EPoS
4 25 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 16 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (2.26%) CESG
8 12 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.81%) GNSS
9 10 (1.51%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.36%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.36%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (1.36%) Virtual Reality
11 8 (1.20%) CCTV
11 8 (1.20%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.20%) Robotics
12 7 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.05%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.75%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.75%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (7.23%) Windows
2 24 (3.61%) Linux
3 12 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (1.20%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.75%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (34.19%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (28.31%) Mentoring
3 159 (23.95%) Agile
4 132 (19.88%) Data Architecture
5 129 (19.43%) Data Modelling
6 124 (18.67%) Platform Engineering
7 122 (18.37%) Data Integration
7 122 (18.37%) Data Security
8 119 (17.92%) ETL
9 112 (16.87%) Data Engineering
9 112 (16.87%) Data Governance
10 111 (16.72%) ERD
11 100 (15.06%) Project Management
12 65 (9.79%) Creative Thinking
13 64 (9.64%) Scrum
14 61 (9.19%) Customer Service
15 57 (8.58%) Coaching
16 55 (8.28%) Analytics
16 55 (8.28%) Software Engineering
17 51 (7.68%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 44 (6.63%) Python
2 38 (5.72%) SQL
3 36 (5.42%) Java
4 23 (3.46%) C++
5 19 (2.86%) Perl
6 14 (2.11%) MATLAB
7 13 (1.96%) C#
8 12 (1.81%) Bash
9 10 (1.51%) JavaScript
10 8 (1.20%) Scala
11 7 (1.05%) C
11 7 (1.05%) R
12 5 (0.75%) Delphi
13 4 (0.60%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
14 1 (0.15%) Rust
14 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 143 (21.54%) Degree
2 56 (8.43%) Security Cleared
3 39 (5.87%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (3.61%) HND
5 21 (3.16%) HNC
6 20 (3.01%) DBS Check
7 19 (2.86%) CISMP
8 18 (2.71%) DV Cleared
9 16 (2.41%) AWS Certification
9 16 (2.41%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.81%) IISP
11 12 (1.81%) SC Cleared
12 10 (1.51%) CCNP
12 10 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.36%) CISM
13 9 (1.36%) CISSP
14 8 (1.20%) A+ Certification
14 8 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (1.05%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (16.87%) Data Quality
1 112 (16.87%) GDPR
2 35 (5.27%) SLA
3 25 (3.77%) NIST
4 23 (3.46%) PMO
5 15 (2.26%) JSP 440
6 13 (1.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 12 (1.81%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.81%) RMADS
8 8 (1.20%) QA
9 6 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.75%) NCSC
11 4 (0.60%) GRC
12 3 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
12 3 (0.45%) JTAG
13 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.15%) Solvency II
System Software
1 31 (4.67%) Firmware
2 15 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.11%) Docker
4 7 (1.05%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (2.71%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.11%) Terraform
3 7 (1.05%) Ansible
3 7 (1.05%) Progress Chef
3 7 (1.05%) Puppet
3 7 (1.05%) Salt
4 5 (0.75%) Packer
Vendors
1 114 (17.17%) Google
2 63 (9.49%) Microsoft
3 37 (5.57%) Dell
4 28 (4.22%) HP
4 28 (4.22%) IBM
5 23 (3.46%) NetApp
6 21 (3.16%) VMware
7 17 (2.56%) Cisco
8 6 (0.90%) Adobe
9 5 (0.75%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.75%) Facebook
9 5 (0.75%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.60%) Progress
10 4 (0.60%) SAP
11 3 (0.45%) Mercator
11 3 (0.45%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.45%) Oracle
11 3 (0.45%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.30%) Databricks
12 2 (0.30%) HubSpot