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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 71 42
Rank change year-on-year +4 -29 +8
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 141 116 270
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.20% 3.96% 4.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.08% 9.38% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 91 39 185
10th Percentile - £26,100 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,500 £29,250 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +27.27% -37.14%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,625 £51,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £48,507 £40,000
% change year-on-year -12.38% +21.27% -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 1,745 1,237 2,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 27.24% 42.20% 34.34%
Number of salaries quoted 801 510 1,524
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £25,131
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £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 5 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 5 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 +16 52 £50,000 -16.67% 29
Norfolk +8 45 £27,000 -30.77% 6
Suffolk -11 17 £25,750 -28.47% 9
Cambridgeshire -29 16 £37,500 +27.41% 11
Bedfordshire +10 7 £32,500 -4.41% 6
Essex -30 7 £40,000 +58.42% 7
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 (7.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (6.38%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.55%) Confluence
4 4 (2.84%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (9.22%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (5.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.71%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.84%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.42%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (7.09%) Azure
3 8 (5.67%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.26%) SaaS
5 1 (0.71%) AWS
5 1 (0.71%) Figma
5 1 (0.71%) Google Docs
5 1 (0.71%) Google Sheets
5 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.71%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.13%) 4G
1 3 (2.13%) DHCP
1 3 (2.13%) DNS
1 3 (2.13%) IMAP
1 3 (2.13%) POP3
1 3 (2.13%) SMTP
1 3 (2.13%) TCP/IP
1 3 (2.13%) VoIP
1 3 (2.13%) VPN
1 3 (2.13%) WAN
1 3 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (2.13%) Wireless
2 1 (0.71%) Broadband
2 1 (0.71%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.71%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.84%) MySQL
2 1 (0.71%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (9.93%) JIRA
2 4 (2.84%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (1.42%) Git
General
1 58 (41.13%) Social Skills
2 55 (39.01%) Finance
3 51 (36.17%) Organisational Skills
4 35 (24.82%) Legal
5 14 (9.93%) Electronics
6 12 (8.51%) Marketing
7 10 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (7.09%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (4.96%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.84%) Automotive
9 4 (2.84%) Banking
9 4 (2.84%) Front Office
10 3 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.71%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.71%) Back Office
11 1 (0.71%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (25.53%) Consultant
2 35 (24.82%) Recruitment Consultant
3 19 (13.48%) Recruitment Resourcer
3 19 (13.48%) Resourcer
3 19 (13.48%) Trainee
3 19 (13.48%) Trainee Consultant
3 19 (13.48%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
3 19 (13.48%) Trainee Resourcer
4 17 (12.06%) Technical Support
5 16 (11.35%) Support Engineer
6 14 (9.93%) IT Support
6 14 (9.93%) Technical Engineer
6 14 (9.93%) Technical Support Engineer
7 13 (9.22%) Sales Executive
8 9 (6.38%) Support Technician
9 8 (5.67%) Analyst
9 8 (5.67%) IT Analyst
9 8 (5.67%) IT Support Analyst
9 8 (5.67%) Support Analyst
10 6 (4.26%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.42%) CSS
1 2 (1.42%) HTML
2 1 (0.71%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.71%) GreenSock GSAP
2 1 (0.71%) React
2 1 (0.71%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.60%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.80%) Driving Licence
3 5 (3.55%) Social Media
4 3 (2.13%) EPoS
5 1 (0.71%) Animation
5 1 (0.71%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.71%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.64%) Windows
2 9 (6.38%) Linux
3 8 (5.67%) Android
4 4 (2.84%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.13%) Debian
5 3 (2.13%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (18.44%) Customer Service
2 22 (15.60%) Business Development
3 19 (13.48%) ITIL
4 18 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (12.06%) Service Management
5 17 (12.06%) Time Management
6 16 (11.35%) Commercial Awareness
7 15 (10.64%) Decision-Making
8 14 (9.93%) B2B
8 14 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (9.93%) CRM
9 12 (8.51%) Collaborative Culture
9 12 (8.51%) Service Delivery
10 11 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (7.80%) ITSM
10 11 (7.80%) SIAM
11 10 (7.09%) Business Enablement
12 9 (6.38%) B2B Sales
13 8 (5.67%) Creative Thinking
13 8 (5.67%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.13%) Python
1 3 (2.13%) SQL
2 2 (1.42%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.71%) Bash
3 1 (0.71%) C#
3 1 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.71%) R
3 1 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (17.73%) Degree
2 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (3.55%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.13%) CCNA
4 3 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.13%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.13%) MCSE
5 2 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.42%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.71%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.71%) RHCE
6 1 (0.71%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.67%) ISO 9001
2 7 (4.96%) QA
3 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 16 (11.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) Lustre
2 1 (0.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.71%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.38%) BMC
2 9 (6.38%) HubSpot
2 9 (6.38%) Salesforce
2 9 (6.38%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.84%) Apple
3 4 (2.84%) Atlassian
3 4 (2.84%) Oracle
3 4 (2.84%) SolarWinds
4 3 (2.13%) SAP
5 1 (0.71%) Adobe
5 1 (0.71%) DoubleClick
5 1 (0.71%) EMC
5 1 (0.71%) Google
5 1 (0.71%) HP
5 1 (0.71%) IBM
5 1 (0.71%) Intel
5 1 (0.71%) Mellanox
5 1 (0.71%) NetApp
5 1 (0.71%) Red Hat