Self-Motivation Job Trends in the East of England

Self-Motivation
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 60 68
Rank change year-on-year +11 +8 -25
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 215 146 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.69% 4.31% 2.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.42% 11.31% 9.01%
Number of salaries quoted 170 54 56
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £23,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £27,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.48% -34.72% +20.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £110,750 £64,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £42,000 £39,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -17.89% -5.00%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,063 1,291 1,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.86% 38.08% 29.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 535 705
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,350 £25,885
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -6.98%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in the East of England

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

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

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the East of England

Self-Motivation
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Hertfordshire +15 70 £50,000 -4.76% 32
Norfolk +3 53 £31,175 -20.06% 21
Cambridgeshire -14 32 £37,500 +33.93% 52
Essex -8 30 £37,500 +25.00% 37
Suffolk -3 22 £40,000 - 21
Bedfordshire -11 10 £36,000 -15.29% 8
Self-Motivation
England

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 11 (5.12%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.33%) CMS
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
Applications
1 20 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Primavera
2 2 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (14.88%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (6.51%) Azure
3 12 (5.58%) Entra ID
4 11 (5.12%) SaaS
5 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (2.79%) Google Workspace
7 5 (2.33%) Canva
7 5 (2.33%) ChatGPT
7 5 (2.33%) Google Analytics
7 5 (2.33%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.86%) GCP
8 4 (1.86%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.47%) Figma
9 1 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.98%) Firewall
2 8 (3.72%) Wireless
3 6 (2.79%) Structured Cabling
3 6 (2.79%) VoIP
3 6 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.33%) WAN
5 4 (1.86%) VPN
6 3 (1.40%) DNS
6 3 (1.40%) SNMP
7 2 (0.93%) 4G
7 2 (0.93%) DHCP
7 2 (0.93%) IMAP
7 2 (0.93%) LAN
7 2 (0.93%) POP3
7 2 (0.93%) SMTP
7 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.47%) Broadband
8 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.33%) Power BI
2 3 (1.40%) MySQL
2 3 (1.40%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 21 (9.77%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Git
General
1 117 (54.42%) Social Skills
2 82 (38.14%) Organisational Skills
3 72 (33.49%) Finance
4 45 (20.93%) Legal
4 45 (20.93%) Marketing
5 29 (13.49%) Presentation Skills
6 25 (11.63%) Manufacturing
7 12 (5.58%) Retail
8 8 (3.72%) Brand Awareness
8 8 (3.72%) Front Office
8 8 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.26%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.26%) Electronics
10 6 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (2.33%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.33%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.86%) Advertising
12 4 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.40%) Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (22.79%) Consultant
2 42 (19.53%) Recruitment Consultant
3 34 (15.81%) Development Manager
4 27 (12.56%) Business Manager
5 26 (12.09%) Business Development Manager
6 23 (10.70%) IT Support
6 23 (10.70%) Trainee
7 21 (9.77%) Recruitment Resourcer
7 21 (9.77%) Resourcer
7 21 (9.77%) Trainee Consultant
7 21 (9.77%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
7 21 (9.77%) Trainee Resourcer
8 20 (9.30%) Sales Executive
9 14 (6.51%) Support Specialist
10 12 (5.58%) Support Technician
11 10 (4.65%) Analyst
11 10 (4.65%) Support Engineer
12 9 (4.19%) Business Sales Executive
12 9 (4.19%) IT Support Specialist
12 9 (4.19%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.79%) HTML
2 3 (1.40%) .NET
2 3 (1.40%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.40%) CSS
3 1 (0.47%) EDI
3 1 (0.47%) GreenSock GSAP
3 1 (0.47%) HTML5
3 1 (0.47%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.88%) Onboarding
2 25 (11.63%) Driving Licence
3 12 (5.58%) Social Media
4 8 (3.72%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (3.26%) CCTV
5 7 (3.26%) EPoS
6 6 (2.79%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.33%) Marketing Technology
7 5 (2.33%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.47%) Animation
10 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.47%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.47%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.47%) iPad
10 1 (0.47%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.49%) Windows
2 12 (5.58%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.26%) Linux
4 4 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.40%) Android
5 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.40%) Debian
5 3 (1.40%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.47%) Unix
6 1 (0.47%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (34.88%) Business Development
2 51 (23.72%) CRM
3 46 (21.40%) Decision-Making
4 40 (18.60%) B2B
5 36 (16.74%) Customer Service
6 33 (15.35%) B2B Sales
7 32 (14.88%) Commercial Awareness
8 29 (13.49%) Service Management
9 27 (12.56%) ITSM
10 24 (11.16%) ITIL
10 24 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (11.16%) SIAM
11 22 (10.23%) Lead Generation
11 22 (10.23%) Time Management
12 20 (9.30%) Service Delivery
13 17 (7.91%) Business Strategy
14 16 (7.44%) Collaborative Culture
15 14 (6.51%) Continuous Improvement
16 12 (5.58%) Business Intelligence
17 11 (5.12%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (1.86%) C#
3 3 (1.40%) C
3 3 (1.40%) C++
3 3 (1.40%) Python
3 3 (1.40%) SQL
4 1 (0.47%) Perl
4 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (14.88%) Degree
2 13 (6.05%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.72%) DBS Check
4 7 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.33%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.93%) CCNA
7 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.93%) CISSP
7 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.93%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.93%) MCSE
8 1 (0.47%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.47%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.86%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.93%) NIST
3 1 (0.47%) GRC
3 1 (0.47%) QA
3 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (12.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.86%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.93%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.93%) Firmware
3 2 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (5.58%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 57 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.63%) HubSpot
3 22 (10.23%) Salesforce
4 21 (9.77%) ServiceNow
5 18 (8.37%) BMC
6 11 (5.12%) Google
7 10 (4.65%) Adobe
8 5 (2.33%) SAP
9 4 (1.86%) Sophos
10 3 (1.40%) Intel
10 3 (1.40%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.93%) Tenable
11 2 (0.93%) VMware
12 1 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
12 1 (0.47%) DoubleClick
12 1 (0.47%) Qualys