Innovative Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 407 313
Rank change year-on-year +31 -94 +163
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 470 388 802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.69% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.72% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 284 129 144
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £28,189
25th Percentile £37,000 £31,250 £33,111
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.65% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,000 £72,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year -15.38% +22.07% +6.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Innovative Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in the UK excluding London

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +43 122 £48,228 -29.85% 41
South West +32 114 £60,000 +6.67% 19
South East -20 100 £40,000 +23.08% 27
Midlands +31 71 £50,000 -37.50% 30
North West +36 64 £52,084 -22.84% 25
West Midlands +23 44 £55,000 -31.25% 17
Yorkshire +21 39 £46,457 -40.06% 10
East of England -32 30 £29,000 -53.60% 10
East Midlands -11 27 £50,000 -41.18% 13
Scotland -59 20 £32,500 -31.58% 7
North East +2 19 £46,457 - 9
Northern Ireland +32 12 £57,276 +27.28% 1
Wales +6 1 £82,500 - 12
Innovative Thinking
UK

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.77%) IIS
2 8 (1.70%) Appian
3 4 (0.85%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (5.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 20 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.34%) Simulink
4 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.85%) Adobe Captivate
5 4 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.43%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.43%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 117 (24.89%) AWS
2 115 (24.47%) Azure
3 96 (20.43%) GCP
4 18 (3.83%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.85%) Figma
7 4 (0.85%) OpenShift
8 3 (0.64%) BrowserStack
8 3 (0.64%) Sauce Labs
9 2 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.43%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.43%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.43%) SaaS
9 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.21%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.21%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.21%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.83%) WAN
2 11 (2.34%) 5G
2 11 (2.34%) Firewall
2 11 (2.34%) SD-WAN
3 9 (1.91%) Network Security
4 7 (1.49%) LAN
5 5 (1.06%) SAN
6 4 (0.85%) DNS
6 4 (0.85%) OSPF
6 4 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (0.64%) VLAN
7 3 (0.64%) Wireless
8 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.21%) Internet
9 1 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.21%) MPLS
9 1 (0.21%) MQTT
9 1 (0.21%) SDH
9 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (20.64%) Data Warehouse
2 96 (20.43%) BigQuery
2 96 (20.43%) Looker
3 23 (4.89%) Tableau
4 13 (2.77%) Power BI
5 9 (1.91%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.85%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.21%) Big Data
9 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.21%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (2.55%) Visual Studio
2 4 (0.85%) Postman
3 3 (0.64%) Appium
3 3 (0.64%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.64%) JMeter
3 3 (0.64%) REST Assured
3 3 (0.64%) Selenium
3 3 (0.64%) Serenity BDD
3 3 (0.64%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.43%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.43%) JIRA
5 1 (0.21%) Git
5 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 182 (38.72%) Analytical Skills
2 165 (35.11%) Social Skills
3 55 (11.70%) Retail
4 48 (10.21%) Organisational Skills
5 47 (10.00%) Finance
6 35 (7.45%) Marketing
7 22 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (4.47%) Military
9 20 (4.26%) Games
9 20 (4.26%) Law
10 18 (3.83%) Banking
11 16 (3.40%) Telecoms
12 15 (3.19%) Legal
12 15 (3.19%) Public Sector
13 13 (2.77%) Electronics
13 13 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.34%) Aerospace
15 10 (2.13%) Aviation
15 10 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.91%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 118 (25.11%) Senior
2 116 (24.68%) Architect
3 96 (20.43%) Data Architect
4 44 (9.36%) Lead
5 43 (9.15%) Software Engineer
6 40 (8.51%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 40 (8.51%) Delivery Manager
7 37 (7.87%) Developer
8 28 (5.96%) Field Engineer
8 28 (5.96%) Field Service Engineer
9 26 (5.53%) Senior Field Engineer
9 26 (5.53%) Senior Field Service Engineer
10 22 (4.68%) Analyst
11 21 (4.47%) Lead Developer
12 20 (4.26%) Consultant
12 20 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 20 (4.26%) Security Consultant
12 20 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
13 17 (3.62%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
13 17 (3.62%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.49%) React
2 6 (1.28%) .NET
3 5 (1.06%) Spring
3 5 (1.06%) Spring Boot
4 4 (0.85%) ActiveMQ
4 4 (0.85%) Kafka
4 4 (0.85%) Node.js
5 3 (0.64%) Playwright
6 2 (0.43%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.43%) CSS
6 2 (0.43%) D3.js
6 2 (0.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 1 (0.21%) HTML
7 1 (0.21%) Ionic Framework
7 1 (0.21%) Pandas
7 1 (0.21%) PySpark
7 1 (0.21%) Sass
7 1 (0.21%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.21%) Vue
7 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 154 (32.77%) Self-Motivation
2 45 (9.57%) Driving Licence
3 28 (5.96%) EPoS
4 23 (4.89%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.98%) CESG
6 12 (2.55%) GNSS
7 10 (2.13%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.91%) Video\Live Streaming
8 9 (1.91%) Virtual Reality
9 8 (1.70%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.70%) Robotics
10 7 (1.49%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.49%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.28%) Operational Technology
12 5 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.06%) e-Learning
12 5 (1.06%) FMCG
12 5 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.06%) Life Science
12 5 (1.06%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.23%) Windows
2 15 (3.19%) Linux
3 5 (1.06%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.21%) AIX
5 1 (0.21%) Unix
5 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (39.36%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (34.47%) Mentoring
3 105 (22.34%) Data Security
4 102 (21.70%) Data Integration
5 100 (21.28%) Data Architecture
6 99 (21.06%) ETL
7 97 (20.64%) Data Modelling
8 96 (20.43%) Data Engineering
8 96 (20.43%) Data Governance
8 96 (20.43%) ERD
8 96 (20.43%) Platform Engineering
9 94 (20.00%) Agile
10 79 (16.81%) Project Management
11 50 (10.64%) Software Engineering
12 49 (10.43%) Creative Thinking
13 48 (10.21%) Customer Service
14 46 (9.79%) Scrum
15 45 (9.57%) Coaching
16 43 (9.15%) Kanban
17 42 (8.94%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (6.60%) SQL
2 25 (5.32%) Python
3 24 (5.11%) C++
4 18 (3.83%) Java
5 14 (2.98%) MATLAB
6 13 (2.77%) Perl
7 12 (2.55%) Bash
8 5 (1.06%) C
8 5 (1.06%) R
8 5 (1.06%) Scala
9 4 (0.85%) C#
9 4 (0.85%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.21%) Rust
11 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 106 (22.55%) Degree
2 55 (11.70%) Security Cleared
3 35 (7.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (5.11%) HND
5 21 (4.47%) HNC
6 18 (3.83%) CISMP
6 18 (3.83%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.55%) IISP
8 11 (2.34%) DBS Check
8 11 (2.34%) SC Cleared
9 9 (1.91%) CISM
9 9 (1.91%) CISSP
10 8 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.49%) MRICS
12 6 (1.28%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.06%) CISA
13 5 (1.06%) CRISC
13 5 (1.06%) SANS
14 4 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
15 2 (0.43%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (20.64%) Data Quality
1 97 (20.64%) GDPR
2 29 (6.17%) SLA
3 24 (5.11%) NIST
4 23 (4.89%) PMO
5 14 (2.98%) JSP 440
6 12 (2.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 12 (2.55%) NIST 800
7 11 (2.34%) RMADS
8 7 (1.49%) QA
9 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (1.06%) NCSC
10 4 (0.85%) GRC
11 3 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
11 3 (0.64%) JTAG
12 2 (0.43%) GLP
System Software
1 32 (6.81%) Firmware
2 7 (1.49%) Hyper-V
2 7 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 97 (20.64%) Google
2 33 (7.02%) Dell
3 32 (6.81%) Microsoft
4 28 (5.96%) HP
4 28 (5.96%) IBM
5 24 (5.11%) NetApp
6 13 (2.77%) VMware
7 9 (1.91%) Cisco
8 6 (1.28%) Adobe
9 5 (1.06%) Facebook
10 2 (0.43%) Charles River
10 2 (0.43%) Oracle
11 1 (0.21%) Databricks
11 1 (0.21%) Intel
11 1 (0.21%) Progress
11 1 (0.21%) Salesforce