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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 80 34
Rank change year-on-year +35 -46 +48
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 167 106 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 4.68% 2.51% 5.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.86% 7.42% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 99 36 79
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £27,250 £27,188 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £92,500 £70,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.56% +2.86% -2.78%

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 1,205 1,428 890
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 33.75% 33.85% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 640 579 567
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,775 £80,000 £85,000
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 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 18 November 2025.

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 18 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
Suffolk -4 36 £35,000 - 5
Hertfordshire +8 32 £45,000 -21.74% 47
Norfolk +36 28 £47,500 -10.38% 14
Cambridgeshire +23 27 £37,500 -40.00% 17
Essex +10 24 £30,000 +7.14% 20
Bedfordshire +33 20 £42,500 -23.77% 16
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 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.60%) CMS
2 1 (0.60%) IIS
2 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (10.18%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.40%) Photoshop
3 4 (2.40%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.40%) Shopify
2 1 (0.60%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.78%) Nutanix
2 7 (4.19%) Google Analytics
3 6 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.99%) Azure
5 3 (1.80%) Google Ads
5 3 (1.80%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.60%) npm
7 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.60%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.59%) Broadband
1 6 (3.59%) VoIP
2 5 (2.99%) 5G
2 5 (2.99%) ADSL
2 5 (2.99%) ADSL2+
2 5 (2.99%) Ethernet
2 5 (2.99%) G.fast
2 5 (2.99%) PSTN
3 4 (2.40%) WAN
4 3 (1.80%) DHCP
4 3 (1.80%) Firewall
4 3 (1.80%) Internet
4 3 (1.80%) LAN
4 3 (1.80%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.80%) VLAN
4 3 (1.80%) VPN
5 2 (1.20%) DNS
5 2 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.60%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.20%) Power BI
1 2 (1.20%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.20%) Tableau
2 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Git
1 1 (0.60%) JIRA
General
1 94 (56.29%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (17.96%) Marketing
4 28 (16.77%) Finance
4 28 (16.77%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (12.57%) Electronics
6 17 (10.18%) Legal
7 16 (9.58%) Retail
8 15 (8.98%) Telecoms
9 8 (4.79%) Billing
10 7 (4.19%) Aerospace
11 6 (3.59%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (2.40%) Agriculture
12 4 (2.40%) Aviation
12 4 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (2.40%) Italian Language
12 4 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.20%) Brand Awareness
13 2 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.60%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 23 (13.77%) Consultant
1 23 (13.77%) Recruitment Consultant
2 14 (8.38%) Sales Executive
2 14 (8.38%) Support Engineer
3 13 (7.78%) Administrator
4 12 (7.19%) Technical Engineer
4 12 (7.19%) Technical Support
4 12 (7.19%) Technical Support Engineer
5 9 (5.39%) Senior
6 8 (4.79%) Business Development Executive
6 8 (4.79%) Data Administrator
7 7 (4.19%) Account Manager
7 7 (4.19%) IT Support
7 7 (4.19%) Trainee
8 6 (3.59%) Recruitment Resourcer
8 6 (3.59%) Resourcer
8 6 (3.59%) Sales Manager
8 6 (3.59%) Trainee Consultant
8 6 (3.59%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
8 6 (3.59%) Trainee Resourcer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.40%) HTML
2 1 (0.60%) Jest
2 1 (0.60%) JSON
2 1 (0.60%) Node.js
2 1 (0.60%) Playwright
2 1 (0.60%) React
2 1 (0.60%) REST
2 1 (0.60%) SOAP
2 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.40%) Data Centre
1 4 (2.40%) Driving Licence
1 4 (2.40%) Management Information System
1 4 (2.40%) Web Conferencing
2 3 (1.80%) IoT
2 3 (1.80%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.60%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.59%) Windows
2 4 (2.40%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.80%) Linux
4 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.60%) OpenWrt
4 1 (0.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (30.54%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (25.15%) CRM
3 31 (18.56%) Business Development
4 29 (17.37%) Customer Service
5 24 (14.37%) Decision-Making
6 21 (12.57%) Business Enablement
7 20 (11.98%) B2B
7 20 (11.98%) Inventory Management
7 20 (11.98%) Pricing Strategy
8 18 (10.78%) B2B Sales
9 14 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (8.38%) Logistics
9 14 (8.38%) Service Delivery
10 12 (7.19%) Agile
11 11 (6.59%) Commercial Awareness
11 11 (6.59%) Digital Marketing
11 11 (6.59%) SEO
12 10 (5.99%) Competitor Analysis
12 10 (5.99%) Data Management
12 10 (5.99%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.59%) Python
2 4 (2.40%) C++
2 4 (2.40%) Java
2 4 (2.40%) SQL
3 3 (1.80%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.20%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.60%) Bash
5 1 (0.60%) C
5 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (5.99%) Degree
2 4 (2.40%) HNC
3 3 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (1.80%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.80%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.60%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.60%) CCNA
5 1 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.60%) ISEB
5 1 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.60%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (2.40%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.80%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.60%) SCCM
2 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (11.98%) YouTube
2 19 (11.38%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.19%) Google
3 7 (4.19%) HubSpot
3 7 (4.19%) Sophos
4 4 (2.40%) VMware
5 1 (0.60%) NCR
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle