Self-Motivation Job Trends in Edinburgh

Self-Motivation
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 71 76
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 -13
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 15 8 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 1.31% 1.03% 1.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.20% 2.95% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 4
10th Percentile £29,600 £35,750 £30,025
25th Percentile - £41,563 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £57,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +43.75% -42.86%
75th Percentile £33,750 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £35,850 £61,875 -
Scotland median annual salary £36,500 £33,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +10.61% -17.50% -27.27%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 242 271 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.06% 35.01% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 134 90 185
10th Percentile £27,238 £25,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,813 £30,625 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £92,188 £72,500 £73,886
90th Percentile £111,000 £100,000 £89,500
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -5.17%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Self-Motivation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Self-Motivation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (46.67%) Aerospace
3 7 (46.67%) Finance
3 7 (46.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (46.67%) Military
4 2 (13.33%) Billing
4 2 (13.33%) Marketing
4 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Retail
5 1 (6.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Technical Specialist
2 3 (20.00%) Business Development Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Development Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Business Development Executive
3 2 (13.33%) Sales Business Development Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Sales Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Data Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Field Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Service Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) FPGA
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (46.67%) Configuration Management
2 7 (46.67%) Low Latency
2 7 (46.67%) Mathematics
2 7 (46.67%) Ultra-Low Latency
3 5 (33.33%) Business Development
4 2 (13.33%) B2B
4 2 (13.33%) B2B Sales
4 2 (13.33%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Business Strategy
5 1 (6.67%) ETL
5 1 (6.67%) ITSM
5 1 (6.67%) Lakehouse
5 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (6.67%) Service Management
5 1 (6.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Degree
2 7 (46.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (46.67%) Chartered Engineer
2 7 (46.67%) DV Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) MCT
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Firmware
2 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow