Creative Thinking Jobs in England

Creative Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Creative Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Creative Thinking over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 296 277
Rank change year-on-year +25 -19 +146
Permanent jobs citing Creative Thinking 899 1,044 2,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.04% 1.18% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.23% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 341 365 660
10th Percentile £28,498 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £51,250 £47,487
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +4.00% +7.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £88,750 £80,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £64,862 £62,500
% change year-on-year -22.91% +3.78% +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Creative 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 73,567 84,580 131,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.06% 95.60% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 53,896 50,324 73,626
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £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 £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Creative Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Creative Thinking in England

Creative Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Thinking in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Thinking in England

Creative 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 Creative Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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 -30 339 £53,500 -30.97% 155
Midlands +139 216 £44,000 -29.60% 24
West Midlands +138 167 £51,250 -21.15% 10
South East +35 110 £45,000 +2.86% 60
South West +25 104 £42,500 -15.40% 21
North of England -21 78 £33,000 -48.46% 52
East Midlands +21 49 £36,250 -21.62% 14
East of England -15 45 £40,000 -25.58% 15
Yorkshire +40 36 £62,250 -2.78% 21
North West -24 34 £38,000 -35.86% 27
North East +5 8 £27,500 -55.35% 5
Creative Thinking
UK

Creative 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 51 (5.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (3.34%) CMS
3 14 (1.56%) IIS
3 14 (1.56%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.44%) Confluence
4 4 (0.44%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.22%) WordPress
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 271 (30.14%) Microsoft Office
2 265 (29.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 84 (9.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (2.45%) AutoCAD
5 18 (2.00%) Adobe XD
6 17 (1.89%) Photoshop
7 16 (1.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 12 (1.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (1.33%) InDesign
9 11 (1.22%) MS Visio
10 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.44%) Maya
12 3 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.33%) SketchUp
13 2 (0.22%) 3ds Max
13 2 (0.22%) CINEMA 4D
14 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
14 1 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 45 (5.01%) Endur
2 16 (1.78%) SDL Web 8
3 11 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.67%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 6 (0.67%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.33%) Q-Pulse
6 1 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 43 (4.78%) Azure
2 42 (4.67%) AWS
3 31 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 18 (2.00%) Figma
5 18 (2.00%) SaaS
6 12 (1.33%) GCP
7 9 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (1.00%) Google Analytics
8 8 (0.89%) IaaS
8 8 (0.89%) PaaS
8 8 (0.89%) Power Automate
9 6 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.67%) Serverless
10 5 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (0.56%) Canva
10 5 (0.56%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.56%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.44%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.34%) WAN
2 20 (2.22%) Firewall
3 19 (2.11%) 5G
3 19 (2.11%) SD-WAN
4 16 (1.78%) Wireless
5 10 (1.11%) Broadband
6 9 (1.00%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.89%) DNS
7 8 (0.89%) VPN
8 7 (0.78%) DHCP
9 6 (0.67%) Internet
9 6 (0.67%) SAN
10 5 (0.56%) Network Security
10 5 (0.56%) VoIP
10 5 (0.56%) WebEx
10 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.44%) OSPF
12 2 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.22%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (9.12%) SQL Server
2 50 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 45 (5.01%) RDBMS
4 22 (2.45%) Power BI
5 11 (1.22%) Tableau
6 10 (1.11%) Metadata
7 9 (1.00%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.00%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.67%) DB2
9 5 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.44%) Looker
10 4 (0.44%) Metadata Repository
10 4 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.22%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (3.78%) JIRA
2 28 (3.11%) Git
3 22 (2.45%) GitLab
4 17 (1.89%) TeamCity
5 16 (1.78%) Moq
5 16 (1.78%) NUnit
5 16 (1.78%) Visual Studio
6 13 (1.45%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.45%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.56%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.22%) PowerBuilder
9 1 (0.11%) Gradle
9 1 (0.11%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.11%) Mockito
9 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 331 (36.82%) Social Skills
2 189 (21.02%) Marketing
3 182 (20.24%) Military
4 174 (19.35%) Finance
5 137 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
6 133 (14.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 70 (7.79%) Public Sector
8 66 (7.34%) Banking
9 65 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
10 62 (6.90%) Legal
11 60 (6.67%) Investment Banking
12 53 (5.90%) Games
13 50 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (4.12%) Retail
15 30 (3.34%) Law
16 27 (3.00%) Telecoms
17 26 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
18 23 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
19 19 (2.11%) Electronics
20 15 (1.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 171 (19.02%) Graduate
2 133 (14.79%) Senior
3 109 (12.12%) Analyst
4 65 (7.23%) Lead
5 64 (7.12%) Developer
6 54 (6.01%) Business Strategy Analyst
6 54 (6.01%) Strategy Analyst
7 47 (5.23%) Architect
8 43 (4.78%) Consultant
9 41 (4.56%) Designer
9 41 (4.56%) Project Manager
10 39 (4.34%) Senior Manager
11 34 (3.78%) Development Manager
12 29 (3.23%) Software Engineer
13 27 (3.00%) Coordinator
14 25 (2.78%) Software Manager
15 24 (2.67%) Endur Manager
15 24 (2.67%) OpenLink Manager
16 23 (2.56%) Software Development Manager
17 22 (2.45%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.56%) HTML
2 46 (5.12%) CSS
3 42 (4.67%) .NET
4 24 (2.67%) ASP.NET
5 23 (2.56%) Entity Framework
6 22 (2.45%) .NET Framework
6 22 (2.45%) Web Services
7 21 (2.34%) RESTful
8 18 (2.00%) SOAP
9 17 (1.89%) ASP.NET MVC
9 17 (1.89%) jQuery
10 16 (1.78%) ASP.NET MVC 5
10 16 (1.78%) Classic ASP
10 16 (1.78%) Semantic HTML
11 11 (1.22%) .NET Core
11 11 (1.22%) Vue
12 10 (1.11%) Node.js
12 10 (1.11%) React
13 8 (0.89%) Spring
14 7 (0.78%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 176 (19.58%) Onboarding
2 107 (11.90%) Self-Motivation
3 56 (6.23%) Product Ownership
4 45 (5.01%) Swaptions
5 35 (3.89%) Social Media
6 31 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.56%) ARM Cortex
7 23 (2.56%) Verilog
8 21 (2.34%) CCTV
9 20 (2.22%) GNSS
10 18 (2.00%) Virtual Team
11 17 (1.89%) Blog
12 16 (1.78%) Legacy Code
13 14 (1.56%) Algorithms
14 13 (1.45%) CESG
15 12 (1.33%) Data Centre
15 12 (1.33%) Housing Association
16 11 (1.22%) FPGA
17 10 (1.11%) Graphic Design
17 10 (1.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.23%) Windows
2 27 (3.00%) Linux
3 16 (1.78%) Windows 10
3 16 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.67%) Unix
6 6 (0.67%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.56%) Android
7 5 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.22%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
9 1 (0.11%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (26.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 220 (24.47%) Customer Service
3 193 (21.47%) Customer Experience
4 190 (21.13%) Data Analysis
5 180 (20.02%) Process Improvement
6 178 (19.80%) Performance Metrics
7 175 (19.47%) Logistics
8 173 (19.24%) Agile
9 168 (18.69%) Contingency Planning
10 156 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
11 129 (14.35%) Project Management
12 92 (10.23%) Computer Science
13 87 (9.68%) Project Delivery
13 87 (9.68%) Roadmaps
14 86 (9.57%) Mentoring
15 78 (8.68%) SDLC
16 70 (7.79%) Business Strategy
17 69 (7.68%) Coaching
18 67 (7.45%) Decision-Making
19 65 (7.23%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 72 (8.01%) Java
2 64 (7.12%) Python
3 59 (6.56%) VB
4 51 (5.67%) JavaScript
5 48 (5.34%) SQL
6 40 (4.45%) C++
7 39 (4.34%) C#
8 31 (3.45%) Tcl
9 23 (2.56%) SystemVerilog
10 20 (2.22%) Perl
11 19 (2.11%) C
11 19 (2.11%) R
11 19 (2.11%) T-SQL
12 18 (2.00%) Bash
13 11 (1.22%) MATLAB
13 11 (1.22%) PowerShell
14 8 (0.89%) TypeScript
15 3 (0.33%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.33%) Swift
16 2 (0.22%) Julia
Qualifications
1 377 (41.94%) Degree
2 73 (8.12%) Security Cleared
3 43 (4.78%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.67%) DV Cleared
6 20 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.11%) HND
8 18 (2.00%) ACCA
9 13 (1.45%) CISMP
9 13 (1.45%) CREST Certified
9 13 (1.45%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.33%) HNC
10 12 (1.33%) IISP
11 10 (1.11%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 8 (0.89%) A+ Certification
12 8 (0.89%) CCNP
12 8 (0.89%) CISA
12 8 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.89%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (4.34%) PMO
2 34 (3.78%) QA
3 18 (2.00%) NIST
4 15 (1.67%) SLA
5 14 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.45%) GDPR
6 13 (1.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 13 (1.45%) JSP 440
6 13 (1.45%) WCAG
7 12 (1.33%) NIST 800
7 12 (1.33%) RMADS
8 8 (0.89%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.78%) Good Clinical Practice
10 6 (0.67%) ITGC
11 3 (0.33%) JTAG
11 3 (0.33%) NCSC
12 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (1.33%) Docker
1 12 (1.33%) Firmware
2 11 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.89%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.56%) vSphere
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.45%) SCOM
3 5 (0.56%) NetCrunch
3 5 (0.56%) Terraform
4 2 (0.22%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.11%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.11%) SCCM
5 1 (0.11%) WSUS
5 1 (0.11%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 161 (17.91%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.01%) Oracle
3 48 (5.34%) Adobe
4 45 (5.01%) OpenLink
4 45 (5.01%) Sybase
4 45 (5.01%) TIBCO
5 22 (2.45%) SAP
6 17 (1.89%) Google
7 16 (1.78%) Cisco
8 14 (1.56%) VMware
9 10 (1.11%) Facebook
10 8 (0.89%) Altera
10 8 (0.89%) Green Hills
10 8 (0.89%) Motorola
10 8 (0.89%) TikTok
10 8 (0.89%) Xilinx
11 7 (0.78%) Alteryx
12 6 (0.67%) Sage
12 6 (0.67%) Splunk
12 6 (0.67%) YouTube