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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 56 67
Rank change year-on-year +6 +11 -27
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 217 145 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.67% 4.33% 2.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.15% 11.33% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 174 51 51
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £23,250
25th Percentile £28,563 £27,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.15% -43.52% +20.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £50,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £115,250 £62,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £42,000 £38,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.80% -23.50% -

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 2,137 1,280 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.27% 38.23% 30.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,476 528 675
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £26,450
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,500
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 £66,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £79,000 £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 23 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 23 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 +9 69 £50,000 +11.11% 36
Norfolk +1 54 £28,350 -7.05% 12
Cambridgeshire -22 34 £37,500 +33.93% 38
Essex -4 32 £37,500 +25.00% 30
Suffolk -8 20 £40,000 - 14
Bedfordshire -10 10 £36,000 -15.29% 9
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 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.76%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) Apache
4 1 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 22 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.46%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.46%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.46%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (2.30%) Primavera
2 3 (1.38%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (6.45%) Azure
3 12 (5.53%) Entra ID
3 12 (5.53%) SaaS
4 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Copilot
5 6 (2.76%) Canva
5 6 (2.76%) ChatGPT
5 6 (2.76%) Google Analytics
5 6 (2.76%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.30%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.84%) GCP
7 4 (1.84%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.46%) Figma
8 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.91%) Firewall
2 9 (4.15%) Wireless
3 6 (2.76%) Structured Cabling
3 6 (2.76%) VoIP
3 6 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (2.30%) WAN
5 4 (1.84%) VPN
6 3 (1.38%) DNS
6 3 (1.38%) SNMP
7 2 (0.92%) 4G
7 2 (0.92%) DHCP
7 2 (0.92%) IMAP
7 2 (0.92%) LAN
7 2 (0.92%) POP3
7 2 (0.92%) SMTP
7 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.46%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.46%) Broadband
8 1 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.30%) Power BI
2 3 (1.38%) MySQL
2 3 (1.38%) Spotfire
3 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (9.22%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.46%) Git
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 119 (54.84%) Social Skills
2 86 (39.63%) Organisational Skills
3 71 (32.72%) Finance
4 46 (21.20%) Marketing
5 45 (20.74%) Legal
6 27 (12.44%) Manufacturing
6 27 (12.44%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (6.45%) Retail
8 8 (3.69%) Brand Awareness
8 8 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.23%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.23%) Electronics
9 7 (3.23%) Front Office
9 7 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (2.76%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (2.30%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.84%) Advertising
13 3 (1.38%) Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (23.04%) Consultant
2 43 (19.82%) Recruitment Consultant
3 34 (15.67%) Development Manager
4 27 (12.44%) Business Manager
5 26 (11.98%) Business Development Manager
6 23 (10.60%) IT Support
6 23 (10.60%) Trainee
7 21 (9.68%) Recruitment Resourcer
7 21 (9.68%) Resourcer
7 21 (9.68%) Trainee Consultant
7 21 (9.68%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
7 21 (9.68%) Trainee Resourcer
8 19 (8.76%) Sales Executive
9 14 (6.45%) Support Specialist
10 12 (5.53%) Support Technician
11 10 (4.61%) Analyst
11 10 (4.61%) Support Engineer
12 9 (4.15%) Coordinator
12 9 (4.15%) IT Support Specialist
12 9 (4.15%) Solutions Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.23%) HTML
2 4 (1.84%) .NET
2 4 (1.84%) ASP.NET
2 4 (1.84%) CSS
3 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 1 (0.46%) EDI
3 1 (0.46%) GreenSock GSAP
3 1 (0.46%) HTML5
3 1 (0.46%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (0.46%) jQuery
3 1 (0.46%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.75%) Onboarding
2 26 (11.98%) Driving Licence
3 12 (5.53%) Social Media
4 8 (3.69%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (3.23%) CCTV
5 7 (3.23%) EPoS
6 6 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.76%) Marketing Technology
7 5 (2.30%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.38%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.92%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.46%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.46%) Animation
10 1 (0.46%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.46%) FMCG
10 1 (0.46%) iPad
10 1 (0.46%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.36%) Windows
2 12 (5.53%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.76%) Linux
4 4 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.38%) Android
5 3 (1.38%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.38%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.92%) Debian
7 1 (0.46%) Unix
7 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (34.10%) Business Development
2 54 (24.88%) CRM
3 44 (20.28%) Decision-Making
4 39 (17.97%) B2B
5 37 (17.05%) Customer Service
6 35 (16.13%) Commercial Awareness
7 33 (15.21%) B2B Sales
8 27 (12.44%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (12.44%) Service Management
9 25 (11.52%) ITSM
10 22 (10.14%) Lead Generation
10 22 (10.14%) SIAM
11 21 (9.68%) ITIL
11 21 (9.68%) Time Management
12 18 (8.29%) Business Strategy
12 18 (8.29%) Service Delivery
13 15 (6.91%) Collaborative Culture
14 13 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (5.53%) Business Intelligence
16 11 (5.07%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.76%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.30%) C#
3 3 (1.38%) C
3 3 (1.38%) C++
3 3 (1.38%) Python
3 3 (1.38%) SQL
4 1 (0.46%) Perl
4 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (16.13%) Degree
2 13 (5.99%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.69%) DBS Check
4 7 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.30%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.92%) CCNA
7 2 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.92%) CISSP
7 2 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.92%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.92%) MCSE
8 1 (0.46%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.46%) HNC
8 1 (0.46%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.84%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.92%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.92%) NIST
3 1 (0.46%) GRC
3 1 (0.46%) QA
3 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (11.98%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.84%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.38%) Firmware
4 2 (0.92%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (5.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 57 (26.27%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.52%) HubSpot
3 22 (10.14%) Salesforce
4 20 (9.22%) ServiceNow
5 17 (7.83%) BMC
6 12 (5.53%) Google
7 11 (5.07%) Adobe
8 5 (2.30%) SAP
9 4 (1.84%) Sophos
10 3 (1.38%) Intel
10 3 (1.38%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.92%) Tenable
11 2 (0.92%) VMware
12 1 (0.46%) CrowdStrike
12 1 (0.46%) DoubleClick
12 1 (0.46%) EMC
12 1 (0.46%) Oracle
12 1 (0.46%) Qualys
12 1 (0.46%) Rockwell
12 1 (0.46%) Siemens