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 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 76 27
Rank change year-on-year -21 -49 +44
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 41 53 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.59% 2.46% 6.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.31% 7.77% 20.61%
Number of salaries quoted 34 27 81
10th Percentile - £36,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £40,625 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £54,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.11% +45.95% -15.43%
75th Percentile £38,750 £58,125 £56,000
90th Percentile £66,475 £66,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% +22.22% -14.29%

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 772 682 626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.00% 31.68% 29.81%
Number of salaries quoted 435 297 483
10th Percentile £25,600 £29,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £41,250 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £48,392
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +13.66% -12.02%
75th Percentile £53,851 £65,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £69,800
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,454 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.02% +0.76% -7.69%

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 18 January 2026.

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 18 January 2026. 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 +4 15 £37,500 -14.29% 20
Nottinghamshire +10 10 £34,000 -37.04% 18
Northamptonshire +2 9 £30,000 -44.44% 21
Lincolnshire -11 7 £24,000 -63.08% 18
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:

Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.95%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (4.88%) GCP
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Broadband
1 2 (4.88%) VoIP
1 2 (4.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (7.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (4.88%) Data Lake
2 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.44%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Marketing
3 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 5 (12.20%) Telecoms
5 4 (9.76%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Finance
6 3 (7.32%) Law
7 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Electronics
8 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (17.07%) Business Development Executive
1 7 (17.07%) Sales Executive
2 6 (14.63%) Support Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Technical Support
2 6 (14.63%) Technical Support Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Analyst
3 4 (9.76%) Functional Analyst
3 4 (9.76%) Support Analyst
3 4 (9.76%) Systems Analyst
3 4 (9.76%) Systems Support
3 4 (9.76%) Systems Support Analyst
4 2 (4.88%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (4.88%) Account Executive
4 2 (4.88%) Administrator
4 2 (4.88%) DBA
4 2 (4.88%) IT Sales Executive
4 2 (4.88%) IT Support
4 2 (4.88%) Sales Account Executive
4 2 (4.88%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) .NET
1 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET
1 1 (2.44%) REST
1 1 (2.44%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.32%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.88%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) CCTV
4 1 (2.44%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
1 2 (4.88%) Mac OS X
1 2 (4.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) B2B
2 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (19.51%) Business Development
4 8 (19.51%) Decision-Making
4 8 (19.51%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (14.63%) B2B Sales
5 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
5 6 (14.63%) Mentoring
6 5 (12.20%) CRM
6 5 (12.20%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (9.76%) Coaching
7 4 (9.76%) Information Security
7 4 (9.76%) ITIL
7 4 (9.76%) Scenario Testing
8 3 (7.32%) CAD
9 2 (4.88%) Data Management
9 2 (4.88%) Project Management
9 2 (4.88%) Strategic Planning
9 2 (4.88%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) SQL
1 3 (7.32%) T-SQL
2 1 (2.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) Degree
2 2 (4.88%) CISM
2 2 (4.88%) CISMP
2 2 (4.88%) CISSP
2 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
2 2 (4.88%) MCP
2 2 (4.88%) MCSA
2 2 (4.88%) MCSE
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.88%) GDPR
1 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (4.88%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.44%) PMO
2 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.88%) Google
2 2 (4.88%) VMware
3 1 (2.44%) Apple
3 1 (2.44%) HubSpot