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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 90 29
Rank change year-on-year +8 -61 +22
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 45 65 108
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.00% 1.92% 6.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.13% 7.70% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 34 35 43
10th Percentile £23,867 £30,000 £26,050
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% -16.67% +13.68%
75th Percentile £38,750 £56,000 £58,000
90th Percentile £66,475 £67,200 £63,500
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 734 844 638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 32.69% 24.99% 39.50%
Number of salaries quoted 470 349 375
10th Percentile £25,375 £29,950 £25,850
25th Percentile £28,742 £37,500 £36,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £51,340
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -2.61% -2.21%
75th Percentile £54,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -1.57%

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 22 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 22 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 +25 17 £35,000 -22.22% 10
Nottinghamshire +16 11 £34,000 -37.04% 16
Northamptonshire +20 9 £30,000 -25.00% 14
Lincolnshire -9 5 £24,000 -63.08% 5
Derbyshire -12 3 £35,500 +18.33% 14
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 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) C-CURE
1 1 (2.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.00%) Azure
2 5 (11.11%) AWS
3 3 (6.67%) GCP
4 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.22%) Cloud Run
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.11%) VPN
2 2 (4.44%) Broadband
2 2 (4.44%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.22%) BigQuery
1 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.22%) DTS
1 1 (2.22%) GIS
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Git
1 1 (2.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 23 (51.11%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.89%) Marketing
3 12 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
5 5 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 3 (6.67%) Finance
7 2 (4.44%) Electronics
7 2 (4.44%) Retail
8 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.22%) Law
8 1 (2.22%) Legal
8 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (20.00%) Support Engineer
1 9 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
1 9 (20.00%) Technical Support
1 9 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 8 (17.78%) Sales Executive
3 6 (13.33%) Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Functional Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Support Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Systems Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Systems Support
5 4 (8.89%) Systems Support Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Business Development Executive
7 2 (4.44%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (4.44%) Account Executive
7 2 (4.44%) Administrator
7 2 (4.44%) IT Sales Executive
7 2 (4.44%) IT Support
7 2 (4.44%) Sales Account Executive
8 1 (2.22%) ICT Administrator
8 1 (2.22%) Repair Technician
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.89%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.44%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.22%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.22%) CCTV
3 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.22%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.22%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.22%) FPGA
3 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.22%) PMI
3 1 (2.22%) Social Media
3 1 (2.22%) Verilog
3 1 (2.22%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Linux
1 5 (11.11%) Mac OS X
1 5 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (28.89%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (20.00%) B2B
3 9 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 8 (17.78%) Computer Science
5 7 (15.56%) CRM
5 7 (15.56%) Decision-Making
6 6 (13.33%) B2B Sales
6 6 (13.33%) Customer Service
6 6 (13.33%) ITIL
6 6 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (11.11%) Business Development
7 5 (11.11%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 5 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
7 5 (11.11%) Data Management
7 5 (11.11%) Organisational Awareness
8 4 (8.89%) Coaching
8 4 (8.89%) E-Commerce
8 4 (8.89%) Information Security
8 4 (8.89%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) Python
2 2 (4.44%) SQL
3 1 (2.22%) C++
3 1 (2.22%) Java
3 1 (2.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (31.11%) Degree
2 6 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (11.11%) MCP
3 5 (11.11%) MCSA
3 5 (11.11%) MCSE
3 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.67%) HND
4 3 (6.67%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.22%) CISM
5 1 (2.22%) CISMP
5 1 (2.22%) CISSP
5 1 (2.22%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.22%) GDPR
2 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.22%) PMO
2 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.22%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.11%) VMware
3 3 (6.67%) Google
4 1 (2.22%) Apple
4 1 (2.22%) HubSpot
4 1 (2.22%) Mentor Graphics
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.22%) Xilinx