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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 94 44
Rank change year-on-year +44 -50 +14
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 141 89 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 3.36% 2.52% 4.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.61% 6.64% 12.39%
Number of salaries quoted 94 23 78
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,500 £27,850
25th Percentile £26,438 £28,125 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +20.00% -12.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £64,375 £55,860
90th Percentile £60,500 £67,500 £73,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -31.82% +15.79% -9.52%

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 1,329 1,341 928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 31.63% 37.95% 38.47%
Number of salaries quoted 621 523 635
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,507 £28,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £38,534
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £87,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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
Norfolk +32 31 £30,125 -43.16% 31
Hertfordshire +17 30 £45,000 -30.77% 47
Cambridgeshire +12 24 £37,500 +44.23% 35
Suffolk -13 21 £35,000 - 25
Essex +10 19 £30,000 +9.09% 36
Bedfordshire +39 16 £41,250 -12.23% 26
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 (1.42%) Confluence
1 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.71%) CMS
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.42%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.42%) Shopify
3 1 (0.71%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.96%) Nutanix
2 6 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.55%) Azure
4 4 (2.84%) Google Analytics
5 3 (2.13%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.42%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.71%) AWS
7 1 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.71%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.84%) WAN
2 3 (2.13%) 5G
2 3 (2.13%) DHCP
2 3 (2.13%) Firewall
2 3 (2.13%) Internet
2 3 (2.13%) LAN
2 3 (2.13%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.13%) VLAN
2 3 (2.13%) VPN
3 2 (1.42%) DNS
3 2 (1.42%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.71%) ATM
4 1 (0.71%) Broadband
4 1 (0.71%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.71%) IPv4
4 1 (0.71%) POP3
4 1 (0.71%) PPP
4 1 (0.71%) SMTP
4 1 (0.71%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.42%) Power BI
1 2 (1.42%) Tableau
2 1 (0.71%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.71%) MySQL
2 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.13%) JIRA
2 1 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
General
1 75 (53.19%) Social Skills
2 31 (21.99%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (19.86%) Organisational Skills
4 27 (19.15%) Finance
5 20 (14.18%) Marketing
6 18 (12.77%) Legal
7 17 (12.06%) Electronics
8 12 (8.51%) Retail
9 6 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (4.26%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.84%) Agriculture
10 4 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.84%) Italian Language
11 3 (2.13%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.13%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.42%) Brand Awareness
12 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.71%) Automotive
13 1 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (15.60%) Consultant
1 22 (15.60%) Recruitment Consultant
2 17 (12.06%) Support Engineer
3 15 (10.64%) Technical Engineer
3 15 (10.64%) Technical Support
3 15 (10.64%) Technical Support Engineer
4 11 (7.80%) Sales Executive
4 11 (7.80%) Trainee
5 10 (7.09%) Recruitment Resourcer
5 10 (7.09%) Resourcer
5 10 (7.09%) Trainee Consultant
5 10 (7.09%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
5 10 (7.09%) Trainee Resourcer
6 8 (5.67%) Business Development Executive
7 6 (4.26%) IT Support
7 6 (4.26%) Sales Manager
8 5 (3.55%) Account Manager
8 5 (3.55%) Business Development Manager
8 5 (3.55%) Business Manager
8 5 (3.55%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.42%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.84%) Data Centre
1 4 (2.84%) Driving Licence
1 4 (2.84%) Web Conferencing
2 3 (2.13%) IoT
3 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.71%) Digital Signage
3 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.71%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.71%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.26%) Windows
2 4 (2.84%) Linux
2 4 (2.84%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.71%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.71%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (26.95%) CRM
2 37 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (15.60%) Business Development
4 21 (14.89%) Decision-Making
5 17 (12.06%) Customer Service
6 14 (9.93%) Business Enablement
6 14 (9.93%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (9.93%) Inventory Management
6 14 (9.93%) Pricing Strategy
7 13 (9.22%) Agile
7 13 (9.22%) B2B
8 11 (7.80%) B2B Sales
9 10 (7.09%) Commercial Awareness
9 10 (7.09%) Competitor Analysis
9 10 (7.09%) Logistics
10 9 (6.38%) AI
10 9 (6.38%) Time Management
11 8 (5.67%) Coaching
11 8 (5.67%) Service Delivery
12 7 (4.96%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.67%) Python
2 4 (2.84%) C++
2 4 (2.84%) SQL
3 3 (2.13%) Java
4 2 (1.42%) Bash
4 2 (1.42%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.71%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (4.26%) Degree
2 5 (3.55%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.84%) HNC
4 3 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.13%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.42%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.71%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.71%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.71%) CCNA
6 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.71%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.71%) ISEB
6 1 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.71%) MCSE
6 1 (0.71%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.42%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (2.84%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.13%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.71%) Lustre
3 1 (0.71%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.71%) Ansible
2 1 (0.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (13.48%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.93%) YouTube
3 7 (4.96%) Sophos
4 6 (4.26%) HubSpot
5 4 (2.84%) Google
5 4 (2.84%) VMware
6 1 (0.71%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.71%) EMC
6 1 (0.71%) IBM
6 1 (0.71%) Mellanox
6 1 (0.71%) NCR
6 1 (0.71%) NetApp
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle
6 1 (0.71%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.71%) SAP