Self-Motivation Job Trends in the East Midlands

Self-Motivation
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 91 30
Rank change year-on-year -2 -61 +25
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 40 64 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.83% 1.87% 6.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.95% 7.78% 15.76%
Number of salaries quoted 29 33 45
10th Percentile £23,141 £30,000 £26,100
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -25.93% +20.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £56,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,250 - £66,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.56% +2.86% -4.55%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

Self-Motivation falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 808 823 641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 37.01% 23.99% 40.26%
Number of salaries quoted 460 317 384
10th Percentile £25,625 £31,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.88% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,875 £78,750 £70,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -0.79%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Self-Motivation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Self-Motivation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the East Midlands

Self-Motivation
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 November 2025. 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
Leicestershire +16 15 £35,000 -22.22% 16
Nottinghamshire 0 11 £34,000 -37.04% 26
Northamptonshire +25 9 £30,000 -25.00% 20
Derbyshire -11 3 £35,500 +18.33% 21
Lincolnshire -9 2 £63,250 - 6
Self-Motivation
England

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) C-CURE
1 1 (2.50%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.00%) Azure
2 5 (12.50%) AWS
3 3 (7.50%) GCP
3 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.50%) Cloud Run
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) VPN
2 2 (5.00%) Broadband
2 2 (5.00%) VoIP
3 1 (2.50%) Firewall
3 1 (2.50%) LAN
3 1 (2.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.50%) DTS
1 1 (2.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Marketing
3 11 (27.50%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
5 5 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 4 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (7.50%) Finance
8 2 (5.00%) Electronics
8 2 (5.00%) Retail
9 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.50%) Legal
9 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Support Engineer
1 9 (22.50%) Technical Engineer
1 9 (22.50%) Technical Support
1 9 (22.50%) Technical Support Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Sales Executive
3 5 (12.50%) Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Functional Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) IT Support
5 3 (7.50%) Support Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Systems Support
5 3 (7.50%) Systems Support Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (5.00%) Account Executive
6 2 (5.00%) IT Sales Executive
6 2 (5.00%) Sales Account Executive
7 1 (2.50%) GIS Support
7 1 (2.50%) Lead
7 1 (2.50%) Senior
7 1 (2.50%) Solutions Sales Executive
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.50%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.50%) CCTV
3 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.50%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.50%) FPGA
3 1 (2.50%) PMI
3 1 (2.50%) Social Media
3 1 (2.50%) Verilog
3 1 (2.50%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.00%) Windows
2 5 (12.50%) Linux
2 5 (12.50%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.00%) Cybersecurity
1 14 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (22.50%) Mentoring
3 8 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 7 (17.50%) Customer Service
5 6 (15.00%) B2B
5 6 (15.00%) B2B Sales
5 6 (15.00%) CRM
5 6 (15.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (15.00%) ITIL
6 5 (12.50%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
6 5 (12.50%) Data Management
6 5 (12.50%) Organisational Awareness
6 5 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (10.00%) Coaching
7 4 (10.00%) E-Commerce
7 4 (10.00%) Information Security
8 3 (7.50%) CAD
8 3 (7.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) Python
2 1 (2.50%) C++
2 1 (2.50%) Java
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Degree
2 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (12.50%) MCP
3 5 (12.50%) MCSA
3 5 (12.50%) MCSE
3 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (7.50%) HND
4 3 (7.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.50%) CISM
5 1 (2.50%) CISMP
5 1 (2.50%) CISSP
5 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.50%) GDPR
1 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (2.50%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.50%) PMO
1 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) VMware
3 3 (7.50%) Google
4 1 (2.50%) Apple
4 1 (2.50%) HubSpot
4 1 (2.50%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (2.50%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.50%) Xilinx