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 26 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 63 67
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 -19
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 191 146 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.54% 4.21% 2.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.89% 11.09% 9.23%
Number of salaries quoted 151 54 73
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £23,350
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,801 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,188 £61,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £65,000 £68,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -12.09% -13.33%

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 1,932 1,317 1,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.67% 37.96% 27.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,311 572 839
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £25,809
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £79,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 +25 70 £50,000 -16.67% 21
Norfolk -1 51 £31,175 -34.37% 15
Cambridgeshire -30 24 £37,500 +33.93% 29
Essex -10 23 £37,500 +48.51% 28
Suffolk -13 17 £42,500 +18.06% 9
Bedfordshire -3 9 £38,000 -10.59% 6
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 13 (6.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (6.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.05%) CMS
3 1 (0.52%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Primavera
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.23%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (8.38%) Azure
3 12 (6.28%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.66%) SaaS
5 4 (2.09%) OneDrive
5 4 (2.09%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.05%) GCP
6 2 (1.05%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.52%) Canva
7 1 (0.52%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.52%) Figma
7 1 (0.52%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.81%) Firewall
2 8 (4.19%) Wireless
3 7 (3.66%) VoIP
4 6 (3.14%) Structured Cabling
5 5 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.09%) DNS
6 4 (2.09%) WAN
7 3 (1.57%) 4G
7 3 (1.57%) DHCP
7 3 (1.57%) IMAP
7 3 (1.57%) POP3
7 3 (1.57%) SMTP
7 3 (1.57%) SNMP
7 3 (1.57%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.57%) VPN
8 1 (0.52%) Broadband
8 1 (0.52%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.09%) Power BI
2 3 (1.57%) MySQL
2 3 (1.57%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 22 (11.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) Git
General
1 98 (51.31%) Social Skills
2 71 (37.17%) Organisational Skills
3 70 (36.65%) Finance
4 44 (23.04%) Legal
5 38 (19.90%) Marketing
6 22 (11.52%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (9.42%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.19%) Front Office
8 8 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.66%) Electronics
9 7 (3.66%) Retail
10 6 (3.14%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.62%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (2.09%) Banking
12 4 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.57%) Advertising
13 3 (1.57%) Aviation
13 3 (1.57%) Public Sector
14 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (24.61%) Consultant
2 40 (20.94%) Recruitment Consultant
3 24 (12.57%) Development Manager
3 24 (12.57%) Trainee
4 23 (12.04%) Business Manager
4 23 (12.04%) IT Support
5 22 (11.52%) Business Development Manager
5 22 (11.52%) Recruitment Resourcer
5 22 (11.52%) Resourcer
5 22 (11.52%) Trainee Consultant
5 22 (11.52%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
5 22 (11.52%) Trainee Resourcer
6 19 (9.95%) Sales Executive
7 14 (7.33%) Support Engineer
8 12 (6.28%) Analyst
8 12 (6.28%) Support Specialist
8 12 (6.28%) Support Technician
9 11 (5.76%) Technical Support
10 9 (4.71%) Solutions Sales Executive
10 9 (4.71%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.14%) HTML
2 3 (1.57%) .NET
2 3 (1.57%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.57%) CSS
3 1 (0.52%) GreenSock GSAP
3 1 (0.52%) HTML5
3 1 (0.52%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.09%) Driving Licence
1 25 (13.09%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.71%) Social Media
3 7 (3.66%) CCTV
3 7 (3.66%) EPoS
4 5 (2.62%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.57%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.57%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (1.05%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.05%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.52%) Animation
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.52%) FMCG
7 1 (0.52%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.23%) Windows
2 11 (5.76%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.66%) Linux
4 5 (2.62%) Android
5 4 (2.09%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.09%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.57%) Debian
7 1 (0.52%) Unix
7 1 (0.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (31.94%) Business Development
2 42 (21.99%) Decision-Making
3 40 (20.94%) CRM
4 35 (18.32%) B2B
5 32 (16.75%) Customer Service
6 28 (14.66%) B2B Sales
6 28 (14.66%) Service Management
7 27 (14.14%) ITIL
8 26 (13.61%) ITSM
9 23 (12.04%) Commercial Awareness
9 23 (12.04%) SIAM
9 23 (12.04%) Time Management
10 20 (10.47%) Lead Generation
11 19 (9.95%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (8.90%) Service Delivery
13 16 (8.38%) Collaborative Culture
14 12 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (6.28%) Customer Insight
14 12 (6.28%) GTM Strategy
15 11 (5.76%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.62%) JavaScript
2 4 (2.09%) C#
3 3 (1.57%) C
3 3 (1.57%) C++
3 3 (1.57%) Python
3 3 (1.57%) SQL
4 1 (0.52%) Perl
4 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (12.57%) Degree
2 13 (6.81%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.19%) DBS Check
4 7 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.62%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.57%) CCNA
7 3 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.57%) MCSE
8 2 (1.05%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.52%) CISSP
9 1 (0.52%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.52%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.66%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.05%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.52%) GRC
3 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.52%) NIST
3 1 (0.52%) QA
3 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (15.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.09%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.05%) Firmware
3 2 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (6.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 50 (26.18%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.57%) HubSpot
3 22 (11.52%) ServiceNow
4 21 (10.99%) Salesforce
5 19 (9.95%) BMC
6 5 (2.62%) SAP
7 4 (2.09%) Adobe
7 4 (2.09%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.57%) Google
8 3 (1.57%) Intel
9 2 (1.05%) Sophos
9 2 (1.05%) VMware
10 1 (0.52%) Apple
10 1 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.52%) DoubleClick
10 1 (0.52%) Qualys
10 1 (0.52%) Tenable