Innovative Thinking Jobs in Scotland

Innovative Thinking
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Innovative Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Innovative Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 262 203 191
Rank change year-on-year -59 -12 -18
Permanent jobs citing Innovative Thinking 20 12 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.29% 0.28% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.30% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 17 11 3
10th Percentile £27,500 - £36,400
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +3.26% -16.36%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 -
90th Percentile £125,000 - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,075
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.89% +14.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Innovative Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,115 4,054 5,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.41% 94.68% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 2,031 2,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Innovative Thinking in Scotland

Innovative Thinking
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Innovative Thinking in Scotland

Innovative Thinking
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Innovative Thinking in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Innovative Thinking in Scotland

Innovative Thinking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Innovative Thinking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Glasgow - 7 £42,500 - 1
Edinburgh +18 3 £120,000 +152.63% 2
West Lothian - 3 £30,000 - 1
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
East Lothian - 2 - -
Renfrewshire - 2 £52,500 -
Innovative Thinking
UK

Innovative Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) LAN
1 3 (15.00%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (15.00%) VLAN
1 3 (15.00%) WAN
1 3 (15.00%) Wireless
2 1 (5.00%) MPLS
2 1 (5.00%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) Power BI
2 2 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Publishing
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Legal
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.00%) Marketing
4 2 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Senior
2 7 (35.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Graduate
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Support Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Support
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Designer
6 1 (5.00%) Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Security Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) D3.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (10.00%) Life Science
2 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 5 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 5 (25.00%) Visualisation
5 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.00%) Active Listening
6 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (15.00%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (15.00%) Data Security
6 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.00%) Machine Learning
6 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (15.00%) Migration
6 3 (15.00%) Neural Network
6 3 (15.00%) Project Management
6 3 (15.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Java
1 4 (20.00%) Python
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) C++
2 1 (5.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) HND
3 2 (10.00%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (10.00%) GLP
2 2 (10.00%) GRC
2 2 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (5.00%) NCSC
3 1 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Charles River