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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 64 66
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 -21
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 201 144 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.62% 4.14% 2.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.29% 10.96% 9.62%
Number of salaries quoted 158 52 70
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £23,700
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £27,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% -0.59% -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,188
90th Percentile £110,000 £65,000 £68,075
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -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 1,954 1,314 1,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.48% 37.76% 28.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,343 570 800
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £25,809
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,750 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.47% -7.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.78% -9.23%

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 2 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 2 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 +22 69 £50,000 -16.67% 26
Norfolk +1 51 £31,175 -34.37% 23
Cambridgeshire -23 28 £37,500 +33.93% 35
Essex -8 26 £37,500 +48.51% 43
Suffolk -11 21 £40,000 +11.11% 14
Bedfordshire -11 9 £38,000 -10.59% 10
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 (5.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.00%) CMS
3 1 (0.50%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.50%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (2.49%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 32 (15.92%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (6.97%) Azure
3 11 (5.47%) Entra ID
4 9 (4.48%) SaaS
5 4 (1.99%) GCP
5 4 (1.99%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (1.99%) OneDrive
5 4 (1.99%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.00%) Canva
6 2 (1.00%) ChatGPT
6 2 (1.00%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.50%) Figma
7 1 (0.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.97%) Firewall
2 8 (3.98%) Wireless
3 7 (3.48%) VoIP
4 6 (2.99%) Structured Cabling
4 6 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (2.49%) WAN
6 4 (1.99%) DNS
6 4 (1.99%) VPN
7 3 (1.49%) 4G
7 3 (1.49%) DHCP
7 3 (1.49%) IMAP
7 3 (1.49%) POP3
7 3 (1.49%) SMTP
7 3 (1.49%) SNMP
7 3 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.50%) Broadband
8 1 (0.50%) LAN
8 1 (0.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.99%) Power BI
2 3 (1.49%) MySQL
2 3 (1.49%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 22 (10.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) Git
General
1 106 (52.74%) Social Skills
2 73 (36.32%) Organisational Skills
3 69 (34.33%) Finance
4 44 (21.89%) Legal
5 39 (19.40%) Marketing
6 27 (13.43%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (9.45%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.98%) Front Office
8 8 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.48%) Electronics
9 7 (3.48%) Retail
10 6 (2.99%) Aerospace
10 6 (2.99%) Brand Awareness
10 6 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.49%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (2.49%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.49%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.49%) Advertising
12 3 (1.49%) Aviation
12 3 (1.49%) Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (23.88%) Consultant
2 41 (20.40%) Recruitment Consultant
3 31 (15.42%) Development Manager
4 26 (12.94%) Business Manager
5 25 (12.44%) Business Development Manager
6 24 (11.94%) Trainee
7 22 (10.95%) IT Support
7 22 (10.95%) Recruitment Resourcer
7 22 (10.95%) Resourcer
7 22 (10.95%) Trainee Consultant
7 22 (10.95%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
7 22 (10.95%) Trainee Resourcer
8 19 (9.45%) Sales Executive
9 14 (6.97%) Support Engineer
10 13 (6.47%) Support Specialist
11 12 (5.97%) Support Technician
12 11 (5.47%) Technical Support
13 10 (4.98%) Analyst
14 9 (4.48%) New Business Sales Executive
14 9 (4.48%) Solutions Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.99%) HTML
2 3 (1.49%) .NET
2 3 (1.49%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.49%) CSS
3 1 (0.50%) GreenSock GSAP
3 1 (0.50%) HTML5
3 1 (0.50%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 27 (13.43%) Driving Licence
1 27 (13.43%) Onboarding
2 10 (4.98%) Social Media
3 7 (3.48%) CCTV
3 7 (3.48%) EPoS
4 6 (2.99%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.49%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.99%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.49%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.49%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.00%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.00%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.50%) Animation
9 1 (0.50%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.50%) FMCG
9 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.93%) Windows
2 12 (5.97%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.48%) Linux
4 4 (1.99%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.49%) Android
5 3 (1.49%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.49%) Debian
6 1 (0.50%) Unix
6 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (34.33%) Business Development
2 45 (22.39%) Decision-Making
3 43 (21.39%) CRM
4 37 (18.41%) B2B
5 32 (15.92%) Customer Service
6 30 (14.93%) B2B Sales
7 28 (13.93%) Service Management
8 26 (12.94%) ITSM
9 25 (12.44%) Commercial Awareness
9 25 (12.44%) ITIL
10 23 (11.44%) SIAM
10 23 (11.44%) Time Management
11 22 (10.95%) Lead Generation
12 18 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (8.46%) Service Delivery
14 16 (7.96%) Collaborative Culture
15 12 (5.97%) Business Strategy
15 12 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 12 (5.97%) Customer Insight
15 12 (5.97%) GTM Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.49%) JavaScript
2 4 (1.99%) C#
3 3 (1.49%) C
3 3 (1.49%) C++
3 3 (1.49%) Python
3 3 (1.49%) SQL
4 1 (0.50%) Perl
4 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (12.44%) Degree
2 13 (6.47%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.48%) DBS Check
4 7 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.49%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.49%) CCNA
7 3 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.49%) MCSE
8 2 (1.00%) CISSP
8 2 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.00%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.50%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.50%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.48%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.00%) NIST
3 1 (0.50%) GRC
3 1 (0.50%) QA
3 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (13.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.99%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.00%) Firmware
3 2 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 11 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 53 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.94%) HubSpot
3 22 (10.95%) ServiceNow
4 21 (10.45%) Salesforce
5 19 (9.45%) BMC
6 7 (3.48%) Adobe
7 6 (2.99%) Google
8 5 (2.49%) SAP
9 4 (1.99%) Sophos
10 3 (1.49%) Intel
10 3 (1.49%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.00%) Tenable
11 2 (1.00%) VMware
12 1 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
12 1 (0.50%) DoubleClick
12 1 (0.50%) Qualys