Self-Motivation Job Trends in Manchester

Self-Motivation
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 88 61
Rank change year-on-year -8 -27 +82
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 38 75 86
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.35% 2.79% 3.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.53% 7.68% 9.53%
Number of salaries quoted 19 35 52
10th Percentile £28,900 £27,750 £32,092
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,608 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £43,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% -9.47% -9.52%
75th Percentile £42,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,600 £77,500 £71,125
North West median annual salary £35,221 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.09% +1.18% -10.53%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,078 977 902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 38.19% 36.29% 38.33%
Number of salaries quoted 490 446 694
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,250 £36,264
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £73,938 £72,188 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,875 £86,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% -

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in Manchester

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in Manchester

Self-Motivation
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 6 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
Salford - 3 £35,000 - 6
Altrincham -7 1 - - 2
Oldham - 1 £35,442 - 5
Self-Motivation
North West

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (2.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (2.63%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.63%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.68%) AWS
2 6 (15.79%) Azure
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (15.79%) SaaS
3 5 (13.16%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.63%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (2.63%) ChatGPT
4 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) Firewall
2 3 (7.89%) SSH
3 2 (5.26%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.63%) Power BI
2 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) JUnit
2 1 (2.63%) Maven
2 1 (2.63%) Selenium
General
1 22 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 17 (44.74%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (39.47%) Finance
4 8 (21.05%) Legal
5 6 (15.79%) Law
6 5 (13.16%) Electronics
6 5 (13.16%) Marketing
7 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
8 3 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (7.89%) Retail
8 3 (7.89%) Telecoms
9 2 (5.26%) Banking
9 2 (5.26%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (5.26%) Games
9 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
9 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (5.26%) Police
10 1 (2.63%) Agriculture
10 1 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (2.63%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Support Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Business Development Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Business Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Development Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Technical Support
2 5 (13.16%) Technical Support Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Sales Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) IT Support
4 3 (7.89%) Sales Business Development Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Senior
5 2 (5.26%) Architect
5 2 (5.26%) E-Commerce Executive
5 2 (5.26%) Electronics Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Insight Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) Node.js
2 1 (2.63%) .NET
2 1 (2.63%) CSS
2 1 (2.63%) HTML
2 1 (2.63%) JSR 170
2 1 (2.63%) OSGi
2 1 (2.63%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Driving Licence
2 6 (15.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (13.16%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.26%) PlayStation
4 2 (5.26%) Virtual Team
4 2 (5.26%) Xbox
5 1 (2.63%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.63%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.63%) IoT
5 1 (2.63%) Life Science
5 1 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.63%) PropTech
5 1 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.63%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.89%) Linux
2 2 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (21.05%) Business Development
4 7 (18.42%) Analytics
5 6 (15.79%) Business Strategy
5 6 (15.79%) Process Improvement
5 6 (15.79%) Project Management
6 5 (13.16%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (13.16%) Data Management
6 5 (13.16%) Data Privacy
6 5 (13.16%) Decision-Making
6 5 (13.16%) Information Security
6 5 (13.16%) Preventative Maintenance
7 4 (10.53%) AI
7 4 (10.53%) Customer Experience
8 3 (7.89%) B2B
8 3 (7.89%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.89%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) SQL
2 3 (7.89%) JavaScript
2 3 (7.89%) Python
3 2 (5.26%) C
3 2 (5.26%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.63%) Java
4 1 (2.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (31.58%) Degree
2 2 (5.26%) A+ Certification
2 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) CCA
3 1 (2.63%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.63%) MCSE
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.63%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (2.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 6 (15.79%) GDPR
1 6 (15.79%) GLBA
2 5 (13.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.26%) SLA
4 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
1 5 (13.16%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.63%) AirWatch
2 1 (2.63%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) iManage
3 2 (5.26%) Apple
3 2 (5.26%) Samsung
3 2 (5.26%) SAP
4 1 (2.63%) Adobe
4 1 (2.63%) Citrix
4 1 (2.63%) Ivanti
4 1 (2.63%) VMware