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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 462 308
Rank change year-on-year +99 -154 +260
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 618 547 1,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.68% 0.65% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.68% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 360 228 249
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £71,219 £95,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £107,500 £88,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +23.81% +5.00%

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 76,200 80,466 135,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.51% 95.48% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,193 48,975 73,419
10th Percentile £29,022 £34,324 £33,262
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,075
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 £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 2 June 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 2 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
London +120 173 £68,750 -1.79% 78
North of England +40 120 £46,457 -31.18% 42
South West +31 114 £60,000 +6.67% 20
South East -26 100 £40,000 +23.08% 27
Midlands +33 71 £50,000 -37.50% 31
North West +25 62 £52,084 -18.30% 27
West Midlands +27 44 £55,000 -31.25% 17
Yorkshire +19 39 £46,457 -40.06% 10
East of England -36 30 £29,000 -53.60% 13
East Midlands -8 27 £50,000 -41.18% 14
North East +1 19 £46,457 - 8
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 (2.10%) IIS
2 9 (1.46%) Confluence
3 8 (1.29%) Appian
4 7 (1.13%) CMS
5 4 (0.65%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.49%) SAS
6 3 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.49%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.32%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
8 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 51 (8.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (5.02%) Spreadsheet
3 21 (3.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.78%) Simulink
5 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.65%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.49%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.49%) 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 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.65%) 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 (26.21%) AWS
1 162 (26.21%) Azure
2 130 (21.04%) GCP
3 46 (7.44%) Power Platform
4 12 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.29%) SaaS
6 6 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (0.97%) Serverless
7 5 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (0.81%) Amazon S3
7 5 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (0.81%) Figma
7 5 (0.81%) GitHub
7 5 (0.81%) Route 53
7 5 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 5 (0.81%) WhatsApp
8 4 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (0.65%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.43%) WAN
2 11 (1.78%) 5G
2 11 (1.78%) Firewall
2 11 (1.78%) SD-WAN
3 9 (1.46%) Network Security
4 8 (1.29%) Wireless
5 5 (0.81%) SAN
6 4 (0.65%) DNS
6 4 (0.65%) LAN
6 4 (0.65%) OSPF
6 4 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.32%) Broadband
7 2 (0.32%) Internet
7 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.16%) MQTT
8 1 (0.16%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (18.12%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (17.96%) BigQuery
2 111 (17.96%) Looker
3 41 (6.63%) Power BI
4 19 (3.07%) Tableau
5 18 (2.91%) Data Lake
6 17 (2.75%) Metadata
7 9 (1.46%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (1.13%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.32%) Big Data
11 2 (0.32%) GIS
11 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.16%) Power Query
12 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.16%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 18 (2.91%) JIRA
2 12 (1.94%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.81%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
4 5 (0.81%) Subversion
5 4 (0.65%) Eclipse
5 4 (0.65%) Postman
6 3 (0.49%) Git
7 2 (0.32%) Appium
7 2 (0.32%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.32%) JMeter
7 2 (0.32%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.32%) Selenium
7 2 (0.32%) Serenity BDD
7 2 (0.32%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.16%) JUnit
8 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 230 (37.22%) Analytical Skills
2 194 (31.39%) Social Skills
3 81 (13.11%) Finance
4 80 (12.94%) Retail
5 66 (10.68%) Marketing
6 45 (7.28%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (5.50%) Banking
9 26 (4.21%) Financial Institution
10 21 (3.40%) Games
10 21 (3.40%) Military
11 20 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
12 17 (2.75%) Retail Banking
13 16 (2.59%) Law
14 15 (2.43%) Telecoms
15 13 (2.10%) Electronics
15 13 (2.10%) Legal
16 10 (1.62%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.62%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 153 (24.76%) Architect
1 153 (24.76%) Senior
2 128 (20.71%) Data Architect
3 57 (9.22%) Lead
4 52 (8.41%) Developer
5 43 (6.96%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 43 (6.96%) Delivery Manager
6 37 (5.99%) Software Engineer
7 29 (4.69%) Senior Architect
8 26 (4.21%) Consultant
9 23 (3.72%) Field Engineer
9 23 (3.72%) Field Service Engineer
10 22 (3.56%) Analyst
10 22 (3.56%) Lead Developer
10 22 (3.56%) Project Manager
11 21 (3.40%) Senior Field Engineer
11 21 (3.40%) Senior Field Service Engineer
11 21 (3.40%) Senior Manager
12 20 (3.24%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 20 (3.24%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.75%) .NET
1 17 (2.75%) React
2 7 (1.13%) AngularJS
2 7 (1.13%) HTML
3 6 (0.97%) Node.js
3 6 (0.97%) Spring Boot
3 6 (0.97%) Vue
4 5 (0.81%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.81%) CSS
5 4 (0.65%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (0.65%) Kafka
5 4 (0.65%) Spring
6 3 (0.49%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.32%) DOM
7 2 (0.32%) Express.js
7 2 (0.32%) JSON
7 2 (0.32%) Pandas
7 2 (0.32%) Playwright
7 2 (0.32%) SAP TM
7 2 (0.32%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 198 (32.04%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (6.31%) Driving Licence
3 23 (3.72%) EPoS
4 22 (3.56%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.75%) Product Ownership
6 15 (2.43%) CESG
7 14 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (1.94%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.94%) GNSS
9 10 (1.62%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.46%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.46%) Video\Live Streaming
10 9 (1.46%) Virtual Reality
11 8 (1.29%) CCTV
11 8 (1.29%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.29%) Robotics
12 6 (0.97%) Operational Technology
13 5 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.81%) FMCG
13 5 (0.81%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.80%) Windows
2 21 (3.40%) Linux
3 12 (1.94%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (1.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (1.29%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.81%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (35.11%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (29.94%) Mentoring
3 147 (23.79%) Agile
4 133 (21.52%) Data Architecture
5 129 (20.87%) Data Modelling
6 122 (19.74%) Platform Engineering
7 119 (19.26%) Data Integration
7 119 (19.26%) Data Security
8 118 (19.09%) ETL
9 112 (18.12%) Data Engineering
9 112 (18.12%) Data Governance
10 111 (17.96%) ERD
11 97 (15.70%) Project Management
12 65 (10.52%) Creative Thinking
13 63 (10.19%) Scrum
14 57 (9.22%) Coaching
15 53 (8.58%) Customer Service
16 51 (8.25%) Kanban
17 47 (7.61%) Software Engineering
18 46 (7.44%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 39 (6.31%) Python
2 35 (5.66%) SQL
3 28 (4.53%) Java
4 23 (3.72%) C++
5 17 (2.75%) Perl
6 14 (2.27%) MATLAB
7 12 (1.94%) Bash
7 12 (1.94%) C#
8 9 (1.46%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.29%) Scala
10 7 (1.13%) R
11 6 (0.97%) C
12 5 (0.81%) Delphi
13 4 (0.65%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.16%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.16%) Ruby
14 1 (0.16%) Rust
14 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 131 (21.20%) Degree
2 55 (8.90%) Security Cleared
3 35 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (3.40%) HNC
4 21 (3.40%) HND
5 20 (3.24%) DBS Check
6 19 (3.07%) CISMP
7 18 (2.91%) DV Cleared
8 17 (2.75%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.75%) Azure Certification
9 13 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.94%) IISP
11 11 (1.78%) SC Cleared
12 10 (1.62%) CCNP
12 10 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.46%) CISM
13 9 (1.46%) CISSP
14 8 (1.29%) A+ Certification
14 8 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (1.13%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (18.28%) Data Quality
2 112 (18.12%) GDPR
3 29 (4.69%) SLA
4 24 (3.88%) NIST
5 23 (3.72%) PMO
6 15 (2.43%) JSP 440
7 13 (2.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 12 (1.94%) NIST 800
8 12 (1.94%) RMADS
9 6 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.97%) QA
10 4 (0.65%) NCSC
11 3 (0.49%) JTAG
12 2 (0.32%) GRC
13 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.16%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (4.37%) Firmware
2 12 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.78%) Docker
4 6 (0.97%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.65%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (2.43%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.94%) Terraform
3 5 (0.81%) Ansible
3 5 (0.81%) Packer
3 5 (0.81%) Progress Chef
3 5 (0.81%) Puppet
3 5 (0.81%) Salt
Vendors
1 114 (18.45%) Google
2 60 (9.71%) Microsoft
3 32 (5.18%) Dell
4 23 (3.72%) HP
4 23 (3.72%) IBM
5 19 (3.07%) NetApp
6 18 (2.91%) VMware
7 17 (2.75%) Cisco
8 6 (0.97%) Adobe
9 5 (0.81%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.81%) Facebook
9 5 (0.81%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.65%) Progress
10 4 (0.65%) SAP
11 3 (0.49%) Databricks
11 3 (0.49%) Mercator
11 3 (0.49%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.49%) Oracle
11 3 (0.49%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.32%) HubSpot