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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 470 314
Rank change year-on-year +87 -156 +256
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 602 500 1,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.64% 0.60% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.63% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 343 219 256
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,231 £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 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +10.00%

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 78,129 78,899 137,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.94% 95.45% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 55,773 48,272 73,854
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,309 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,750 £44,186
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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 9 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 9 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 +77 164 £68,750 -2.60% 66
South West +41 114 £60,000 +6.67% 16
North of England +27 113 £46,457 -27.13% 47
South East -4 100 £40,000 +23.08% 29
Midlands +15 71 £50,000 -37.50% 34
North West +21 54 £46,457 -27.13% 32
West Midlands +27 44 £55,000 -31.25% 18
Yorkshire +25 41 £46,457 -20.93% 11
East of England -31 30 £29,000 -53.60% 10
East Midlands -24 27 £50,000 - 16
North East -3 18 £46,457 - 7
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 12 (1.99%) IIS
2 8 (1.33%) Appian
3 7 (1.16%) CMS
3 7 (1.16%) Confluence
4 4 (0.66%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (0.50%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.50%) SAS
5 3 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.50%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.33%) WordPress
7 1 (0.17%) Drupal
7 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 51 (8.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 31 (5.15%) Spreadsheet
3 21 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.83%) Simulink
5 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.66%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.50%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.50%) Trello
8 2 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.33%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.33%) Sketch
9 1 (0.17%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.33%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.17%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.17%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 161 (26.74%) AWS
1 161 (26.74%) Azure
2 130 (21.59%) GCP
3 46 (7.64%) Power Platform
4 12 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (1.33%) SaaS
6 5 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (0.83%) Figma
6 5 (0.83%) Serverless
6 5 (0.83%) WhatsApp
7 4 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (0.66%) Amazon S3
7 4 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.66%) GitHub
7 4 (0.66%) OpenShift
7 4 (0.66%) Route 53
7 4 (0.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.49%) WAN
2 11 (1.83%) 5G
2 11 (1.83%) Firewall
2 11 (1.83%) SD-WAN
3 9 (1.50%) Network Security
3 9 (1.50%) Wireless
4 5 (0.83%) SAN
5 4 (0.66%) DNS
5 4 (0.66%) LAN
5 4 (0.66%) OSPF
5 4 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.33%) Broadband
6 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.17%) 3G
7 1 (0.17%) GPRS
7 1 (0.17%) Internet
7 1 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.17%) LTE
7 1 (0.17%) Modbus
7 1 (0.17%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (18.60%) Data Warehouse
2 111 (18.44%) BigQuery
2 111 (18.44%) Looker
3 41 (6.81%) Power BI
4 18 (2.99%) Data Lake
5 17 (2.82%) Metadata
6 12 (1.99%) Tableau
7 9 (1.50%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.83%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.33%) Big Data
11 2 (0.33%) GIS
12 1 (0.17%) Power Query
12 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
12 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (2.82%) JIRA
2 12 (1.99%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.66%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.66%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.66%) Postman
4 4 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.66%) Subversion
5 3 (0.50%) Git
6 2 (0.33%) Appium
6 2 (0.33%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.33%) JMeter
6 2 (0.33%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.33%) Selenium
6 2 (0.33%) Serenity BDD
6 2 (0.33%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.17%) JUnit
7 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 229 (38.04%) Analytical Skills
2 183 (30.40%) Social Skills
3 81 (13.46%) Finance
4 79 (13.12%) Retail
5 67 (11.13%) Marketing
6 44 (7.31%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (5.65%) Banking
9 26 (4.32%) Financial Institution
10 21 (3.49%) Games
10 21 (3.49%) Military
11 20 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.82%) Retail Banking
13 16 (2.66%) Law
13 16 (2.66%) Telecoms
14 14 (2.33%) Electronics
14 14 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (2.16%) Legal
16 10 (1.66%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.66%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 152 (25.25%) Architect
1 152 (25.25%) Senior
2 128 (21.26%) Data Architect
3 49 (8.14%) Lead
4 46 (7.64%) Developer
5 42 (6.98%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 42 (6.98%) Delivery Manager
6 37 (6.15%) Software Engineer
7 29 (4.82%) Senior Architect
8 26 (4.32%) Consultant
9 22 (3.65%) Field Engineer
9 22 (3.65%) Field Service Engineer
9 22 (3.65%) Project Manager
10 21 (3.49%) Analyst
10 21 (3.49%) Senior Manager
11 20 (3.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 20 (3.32%) Security Consultant
11 20 (3.32%) Senior Field Engineer
11 20 (3.32%) Senior Field Service Engineer
12 19 (3.16%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.66%) React
2 15 (2.49%) .NET
3 7 (1.16%) AngularJS
3 7 (1.16%) HTML
4 6 (1.00%) Node.js
4 6 (1.00%) Spring Boot
4 6 (1.00%) Vue
5 5 (0.83%) ASP.NET
5 5 (0.83%) CSS
6 4 (0.66%) ActiveMQ
6 4 (0.66%) Kafka
6 4 (0.66%) Spring
7 2 (0.33%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.33%) DOM
7 2 (0.33%) Express.js
7 2 (0.33%) JSON
7 2 (0.33%) Pandas
7 2 (0.33%) SAP TM
7 2 (0.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 2 (0.33%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 197 (32.72%) Self-Motivation
2 38 (6.31%) Driving Licence
3 22 (3.65%) EPoS
3 22 (3.65%) Management Information System
4 16 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 15 (2.49%) CESG
6 13 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (1.99%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.99%) GNSS
8 10 (1.66%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.50%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.50%) Video\Live Streaming
9 9 (1.50%) Virtual Reality
10 8 (1.33%) CCTV
10 8 (1.33%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.33%) Robotics
11 6 (1.00%) Operational Technology
12 5 (0.83%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.83%) FMCG
12 5 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.48%) Windows
2 19 (3.16%) Linux
3 12 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
3 12 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.83%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 185 (30.73%) Mentoring
3 140 (23.26%) Agile
4 133 (22.09%) Data Architecture
5 129 (21.43%) Data Modelling
6 120 (19.93%) Platform Engineering
7 119 (19.77%) Data Security
8 118 (19.60%) ETL
9 117 (19.44%) Data Integration
10 112 (18.60%) Data Engineering
10 112 (18.60%) Data Governance
11 111 (18.44%) ERD
12 97 (16.11%) Project Management
13 63 (10.47%) Creative Thinking
13 63 (10.47%) Scrum
14 56 (9.30%) Coaching
15 51 (8.47%) Customer Service
16 50 (8.31%) Kanban
17 47 (7.81%) Business Intelligence
17 47 (7.81%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (5.98%) Python
2 34 (5.65%) SQL
3 25 (4.15%) Java
4 23 (3.82%) C++
5 16 (2.66%) Perl
6 14 (2.33%) MATLAB
7 12 (1.99%) Bash
8 11 (1.83%) C#
9 9 (1.50%) JavaScript
10 8 (1.33%) Scala
11 7 (1.16%) R
12 6 (1.00%) C
13 5 (0.83%) Delphi
14 4 (0.66%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.33%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.17%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.17%) Ruby
16 1 (0.17%) Rust
16 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 124 (20.60%) Degree
2 55 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 35 (5.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 21 (3.49%) HNC
4 21 (3.49%) HND
5 20 (3.32%) DBS Check
6 19 (3.16%) CISMP
7 18 (2.99%) DV Cleared
8 17 (2.82%) AWS Certification
8 17 (2.82%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.99%) IISP
10 11 (1.83%) SC Cleared
11 10 (1.66%) CCNP
11 10 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.50%) CISM
12 9 (1.50%) CISSP
13 8 (1.33%) A+ Certification
13 8 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (1.16%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (18.77%) Data Quality
2 112 (18.60%) GDPR
3 26 (4.32%) SLA
4 24 (3.99%) NIST
5 23 (3.82%) PMO
6 15 (2.49%) JSP 440
7 13 (2.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 12 (1.99%) NIST 800
8 12 (1.99%) RMADS
9 6 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (1.00%) QA
10 4 (0.66%) NCSC
11 3 (0.50%) JTAG
12 2 (0.33%) GRC
13 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (4.49%) Firmware
2 12 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.33%) Docker
4 5 (0.83%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.66%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (1.99%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.66%) Terraform
3 4 (0.66%) Ansible
3 4 (0.66%) Packer
3 4 (0.66%) Progress Chef
3 4 (0.66%) Puppet
3 4 (0.66%) Salt
Vendors
1 114 (18.94%) Google
2 59 (9.80%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.15%) Dell
4 22 (3.65%) HP
4 22 (3.65%) IBM
5 19 (3.16%) NetApp
6 18 (2.99%) VMware
7 17 (2.82%) Cisco
8 6 (1.00%) Adobe
8 6 (1.00%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.83%) Facebook
9 5 (0.83%) SAP
10 4 (0.66%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.66%) Progress
11 3 (0.50%) Databricks
11 3 (0.50%) Mercator
11 3 (0.50%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.50%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.33%) ESRI
12 2 (0.33%) HubSpot