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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 62 69
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -24
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 188 149 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.56% 4.30% 2.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.91% 11.12% 9.03%
Number of salaries quoted 147 54 78
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £23,600
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £27,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,801 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £113,000 £65,000 £68,225
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -14.29%

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 1,897 1,340 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.79% 38.66% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,272 569 875
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,950 £25,809
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £78,800 £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 19 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 19 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 +24 71 £50,000 -16.67% 19
Norfolk +1 52 £34,000 -28.42% 22
Essex -7 21 £40,000 +58.42% 30
Cambridgeshire -29 20 £37,500 +33.93% 30
Suffolk -9 18 £42,500 +18.06% 12
Bedfordshire -10 9 £38,000 -10.59% 13
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 14 (7.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (7.45%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.06%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) Apache
3 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (6.91%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (2.66%) Primavera
2 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.06%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.49%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (9.04%) Azure
3 13 (6.91%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.19%) SaaS
5 4 (2.13%) OneDrive
5 4 (2.13%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.53%) Figma
6 1 (0.53%) GCP
6 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.53%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.38%) Firewall
2 8 (4.26%) Wireless
3 7 (3.72%) VoIP
4 6 (3.19%) Structured Cabling
5 5 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.13%) DNS
6 4 (2.13%) WAN
7 3 (1.60%) 4G
7 3 (1.60%) DHCP
7 3 (1.60%) IMAP
7 3 (1.60%) POP3
7 3 (1.60%) SMTP
7 3 (1.60%) SNMP
7 3 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.60%) VPN
8 1 (0.53%) Broadband
8 1 (0.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.13%) Power BI
2 3 (1.60%) MySQL
2 3 (1.60%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 23 (12.23%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) Git
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
General
1 91 (48.40%) Social Skills
2 72 (38.30%) Finance
3 70 (37.23%) Organisational Skills
4 45 (23.94%) Legal
5 34 (18.09%) Marketing
6 17 (9.04%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (8.51%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.79%) Electronics
9 8 (4.26%) Front Office
9 8 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (3.72%) Retail
11 6 (3.19%) Aerospace
11 6 (3.19%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (2.66%) Banking
12 5 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.13%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.60%) Aviation
15 2 (1.06%) Advertising
15 2 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 48 (25.53%) Consultant
2 41 (21.81%) Recruitment Consultant
3 24 (12.77%) IT Support
3 24 (12.77%) Trainee
4 22 (11.70%) Recruitment Resourcer
4 22 (11.70%) Resourcer
4 22 (11.70%) Trainee Consultant
4 22 (11.70%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
4 22 (11.70%) Trainee Resourcer
5 20 (10.64%) Business Manager
6 19 (10.11%) Business Development Manager
6 19 (10.11%) Development Manager
6 19 (10.11%) Sales Executive
7 15 (7.98%) Support Engineer
8 14 (7.45%) Analyst
9 12 (6.38%) Support Technician
9 12 (6.38%) Technical Support
10 11 (5.85%) IT Analyst
10 11 (5.85%) Support Analyst
10 11 (5.85%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.19%) HTML
2 3 (1.60%) .NET
2 3 (1.60%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.60%) CSS
3 1 (0.53%) GreenSock GSAP
3 1 (0.53%) HTML5
3 1 (0.53%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.83%) Onboarding
2 24 (12.77%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.26%) Social Media
4 7 (3.72%) EPoS
5 6 (3.19%) CCTV
6 4 (2.13%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.60%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.06%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.53%) Animation
9 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.53%) FMCG
9 1 (0.53%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.02%) Windows
2 11 (5.85%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.72%) Android
3 7 (3.72%) Linux
4 5 (2.66%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.13%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.60%) Debian
7 1 (0.53%) Unix
7 1 (0.53%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (29.26%) Business Development
2 39 (20.74%) Decision-Making
3 37 (19.68%) CRM
4 33 (17.55%) B2B
4 33 (17.55%) Customer Service
5 29 (15.43%) ITIL
6 28 (14.89%) Service Management
7 26 (13.83%) B2B Sales
7 26 (13.83%) ITSM
8 23 (12.23%) SIAM
8 23 (12.23%) Time Management
9 22 (11.70%) Commercial Awareness
10 21 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (10.11%) Lead Generation
12 17 (9.04%) Service Delivery
13 16 (8.51%) Collaborative Culture
14 13 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (6.38%) Customer Insight
15 12 (6.38%) GTM Strategy
16 11 (5.85%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.66%) JavaScript
2 4 (2.13%) C#
3 3 (1.60%) C
3 3 (1.60%) C++
3 3 (1.60%) Python
3 3 (1.60%) SQL
4 1 (0.53%) Perl
4 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (13.30%) Degree
2 13 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (3.72%) DBS Check
3 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (2.66%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) CCNA
5 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.60%) MCSE
6 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.53%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.53%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.26%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.06%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.53%) QA
3 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (15.96%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.13%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.06%) Firmware
3 2 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (6.91%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.77%) HubSpot
3 22 (11.70%) ServiceNow
4 21 (11.17%) Salesforce
5 19 (10.11%) BMC
6 5 (2.66%) SAP
6 5 (2.66%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.60%) Intel
8 2 (1.06%) Adobe
8 2 (1.06%) Apple
8 2 (1.06%) VMware
9 1 (0.53%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.53%) DoubleClick
9 1 (0.53%) Google
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle
9 1 (0.53%) Sophos