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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 67 44
Rank change year-on-year +12 -23 +5
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 152 126 271
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.42% 4.28% 4.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.80% 10.16% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 102 41 181
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,500 £29,250 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £36,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.09% -37.14%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £50,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -23.81%

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 1,551 1,240 2,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 24.73% 42.13% 33.36%
Number of salaries quoted 842 473 1,520
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,800 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 May 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 May 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 +19 60 £50,000 -16.67% 13
Norfolk +8 43 £27,000 -30.77% 14
Suffolk -9 18 £47,500 +31.94% 5
Cambridgeshire -41 16 £46,250 +68.18% 11
Essex -17 12 £40,901 +61.98% 9
Bedfordshire +14 6 £32,500 -4.41% 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 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.92%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.29%) Confluence
4 4 (2.63%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.66%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.63%) Dynamics GP
1 4 (2.63%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.84%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (7.89%) Azure
3 8 (5.26%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.95%) SaaS
5 1 (0.66%) AWS
5 1 (0.66%) Figma
5 1 (0.66%) Google Docs
5 1 (0.66%) Google Sheets
5 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.66%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.29%) VoIP
2 4 (2.63%) WAN
3 3 (1.97%) 4G
3 3 (1.97%) DHCP
3 3 (1.97%) DNS
3 3 (1.97%) IMAP
3 3 (1.97%) POP3
3 3 (1.97%) SMTP
3 3 (1.97%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.97%) VPN
3 3 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.97%) Wireless
4 2 (1.32%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.66%) Broadband
5 1 (0.66%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.66%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.63%) MySQL
2 1 (0.66%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.66%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (11.18%) JIRA
2 4 (2.63%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (1.32%) Git
General
1 61 (40.13%) Finance
2 59 (38.82%) Social Skills
3 51 (33.55%) Organisational Skills
4 35 (23.03%) Legal
5 17 (11.18%) Marketing
6 14 (9.21%) Electronics
7 12 (7.89%) Manufacturing
7 12 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.63%) Automotive
9 4 (2.63%) Banking
9 4 (2.63%) Front Office
9 4 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.97%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.66%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 36 (23.68%) Consultant
2 34 (22.37%) Recruitment Consultant
3 20 (13.16%) Recruitment Resourcer
3 20 (13.16%) Resourcer
3 20 (13.16%) Trainee
3 20 (13.16%) Trainee Consultant
3 20 (13.16%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
3 20 (13.16%) Trainee Resourcer
4 15 (9.87%) Sales Executive
4 15 (9.87%) Technical Support
5 14 (9.21%) IT Support
5 14 (9.21%) Support Engineer
6 12 (7.89%) Technical Engineer
6 12 (7.89%) Technical Support Engineer
7 10 (6.58%) Analyst
7 10 (6.58%) IT Analyst
7 10 (6.58%) IT Support Analyst
7 10 (6.58%) Support Analyst
8 8 (5.26%) Business Development Manager
8 8 (5.26%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.32%) CSS
1 2 (1.32%) HTML
2 1 (0.66%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.66%) GreenSock GSAP
2 1 (0.66%) React
2 1 (0.66%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.45%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.24%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.61%) Social Media
4 3 (1.97%) EPoS
5 1 (0.66%) Animation
5 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.66%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.66%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.18%) Windows
2 9 (5.92%) Linux
3 8 (5.26%) Android
4 5 (3.29%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.63%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.97%) Debian
6 3 (1.97%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (19.08%) Business Development
2 25 (16.45%) Customer Service
3 24 (15.79%) ITIL
4 23 (15.13%) CRM
5 20 (13.16%) Decision-Making
6 19 (12.50%) B2B
7 18 (11.84%) Service Management
7 18 (11.84%) Time Management
8 16 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (9.87%) Commercial Awareness
10 14 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (9.21%) ITSM
10 14 (9.21%) Service Delivery
10 14 (9.21%) SIAM
11 13 (8.55%) B2B Sales
12 12 (7.89%) Collaborative Culture
13 10 (6.58%) Business Enablement
13 10 (6.58%) Customer Insight
13 10 (6.58%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (6.58%) GTM Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.97%) Python
1 3 (1.97%) SQL
2 2 (1.32%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.66%) Bash
3 1 (0.66%) C#
3 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.66%) R
3 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (16.45%) Degree
2 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (4.61%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.97%) CCNA
5 3 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.97%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.97%) MCSE
6 2 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.66%) RHCE
7 1 (0.66%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.26%) ISO 9001
2 7 (4.61%) QA
3 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (11.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.66%) Lustre
2 1 (0.66%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.66%) Ansible
Vendors
1 33 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.87%) HubSpot
3 12 (7.89%) BMC
3 12 (7.89%) Salesforce
3 12 (7.89%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.29%) SAP
5 4 (2.63%) Apple
5 4 (2.63%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.63%) Oracle
5 4 (2.63%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.66%) Adobe
6 1 (0.66%) DoubleClick
6 1 (0.66%) EMC
6 1 (0.66%) Google
6 1 (0.66%) HP
6 1 (0.66%) IBM
6 1 (0.66%) Intel
6 1 (0.66%) Mellanox
6 1 (0.66%) NetApp
6 1 (0.66%) Red Hat