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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 88 26
Rank change year-on-year +4 -62 +27
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 44 66 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.91% 2.09% 7.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.99% 7.78% 18.45%
Number of salaries quoted 34 36 44
10th Percentile £23,867 £30,000 £26,075
25th Percentile £26,000 £36,625 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £43,750 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -18.98% +13.68%
75th Percentile £38,750 £56,000 £57,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £59,000 £63,375
England median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.56% +2.86% -0.40%

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 734 848 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 31.82% 26.81% 39.19%
Number of salaries quoted 472 360 372
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £25,775
25th Percentile £28,500 £37,500 £36,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +1.89% -1.85%
75th Percentile £53,963 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,125 £69,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -2.95%

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 29 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 29 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 +23 18 £36,250 -17.14% 7
Nottinghamshire +15 10 £34,000 -33.00% 10
Northamptonshire +17 9 £30,000 -25.00% 12
Lincolnshire -11 5 £24,000 -63.08% 5
Derbyshire -14 2 - - 10
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 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.73%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) AWS
3 3 (6.82%) GCP
4 2 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.27%) Cloud Run
5 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.36%) VPN
2 2 (4.55%) Broadband
2 2 (4.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.27%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.27%) GIS
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Git
1 1 (2.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 21 (47.73%) Social Skills
2 13 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (29.55%) Marketing
3 6 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.36%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (11.36%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (11.36%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (11.36%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.82%) Finance
6 2 (4.55%) Electronics
7 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.27%) Law
7 1 (2.27%) Legal
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (20.45%) Support Engineer
1 9 (20.45%) Technical Engineer
1 9 (20.45%) Technical Support
1 9 (20.45%) Technical Support Engineer
2 8 (18.18%) Sales Executive
3 4 (9.09%) Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Business Development Executive
3 4 (9.09%) Functional Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Support Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
3 4 (9.09%) Systems Support
3 4 (9.09%) Systems Support Analyst
4 2 (4.55%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (4.55%) Account Executive
4 2 (4.55%) IT Sales Executive
4 2 (4.55%) IT Support
4 2 (4.55%) Sales Account Executive
5 1 (2.27%) GIS Support
5 1 (2.27%) Repair Technician
5 1 (2.27%) Solutions Sales Executive
Miscellaneous
1 13 (29.55%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.27%) CCTV
3 1 (2.27%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.27%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.27%) FPGA
3 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.27%) Social Media
3 1 (2.27%) Verilog
3 1 (2.27%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) Linux
1 5 (11.36%) Mac OS X
1 5 (11.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (29.55%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (22.73%) B2B
4 9 (20.45%) Mentoring
5 8 (18.18%) Computer Science
6 7 (15.91%) Decision-Making
6 7 (15.91%) ITIL
6 7 (15.91%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (13.64%) B2B Sales
7 6 (13.64%) CRM
7 6 (13.64%) Customer Service
8 5 (11.36%) Business Development
8 5 (11.36%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 5 (11.36%) Cyber Resilience
8 5 (11.36%) Information Security
8 5 (11.36%) Organisational Awareness
9 4 (9.09%) Coaching
9 4 (9.09%) E-Commerce
9 4 (9.09%) Scenario Testing
10 3 (6.82%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) Python
2 2 (4.55%) SQL
3 1 (2.27%) C++
3 1 (2.27%) Java
3 1 (2.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) Degree
2 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (11.36%) MCP
3 5 (11.36%) MCSA
3 5 (11.36%) MCSE
3 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.82%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.55%) CISM
5 2 (4.55%) CISMP
5 2 (4.55%) CISSP
5 2 (4.55%) HND
6 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) GDPR
1 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (4.55%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.27%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.27%) PMO
2 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.27%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.36%) VMware
3 3 (6.82%) Google
4 1 (2.27%) Apple
4 1 (2.27%) HubSpot
4 1 (2.27%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (2.27%) Xilinx