Self-Motivation Job Trends in the Midlands

Self-Motivation
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 124 50
Rank change year-on-year +21 -74 +22
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 124 159 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.18% 1.78% 4.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.08% 6.23% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 88 83 153
10th Percentile £23,000 £30,200 £26,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £37,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -12.04% +13.68%
75th Percentile £45,625 £56,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £61,375 £62,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.56% +2.86% -4.55%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,039 2,552 1,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.91% 28.63% 38.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,182 996 1,409
10th Percentile £25,888 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,987 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.36% -4.00% -0.79%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Self-Motivation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the Midlands

Self-Motivation
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 November 2025. 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
West Midlands +37 85 £32,500 -31.58% 112
East Midlands 0 39 £35,000 -12.50% 86
Self-Motivation
England

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (2.42%) CMS
1 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.42%) Umbraco
2 2 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (1.61%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (1.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (19.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (7.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.23%) Shopify
3 1 (0.81%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.68%) Azure
2 7 (5.65%) AWS
3 6 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.23%) Google Ads
4 4 (3.23%) Google Analytics
4 4 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.42%) Figma
5 3 (2.42%) GCP
6 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.81%) Cloud Run
6 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.81%) GitHub
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.81%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.52%) Broadband
2 6 (4.84%) VPN
3 4 (3.23%) HTTP
3 4 (3.23%) VoIP
4 3 (2.42%) Firewall
4 3 (2.42%) LAN
4 3 (2.42%) WAN
5 2 (1.61%) DNS
5 2 (1.61%) Ethernet
5 2 (1.61%) MPLS
5 2 (1.61%) PSTN
6 1 (0.81%) Internet
6 1 (0.81%) NAS
6 1 (0.81%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.23%) Power BI
2 2 (1.61%) Hazelcast
3 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.81%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.81%) DTS
3 1 (0.81%) GIS
3 1 (0.81%) Looker
3 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Git
1 2 (1.61%) GitLab
1 2 (1.61%) JUnit
1 2 (1.61%) Maven
1 2 (1.61%) Mockito
1 2 (1.61%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 60 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 31 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (20.16%) Marketing
4 23 (18.55%) Telecoms
5 19 (15.32%) Finance
6 15 (12.10%) Public Sector
7 14 (11.29%) Manufacturing
8 10 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (7.26%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (5.65%) Law
11 6 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (4.03%) Aerospace
12 5 (4.03%) Retail
13 3 (2.42%) Electronics
13 3 (2.42%) Legal
14 2 (1.61%) Financial Institution
14 2 (1.61%) Local Government
14 2 (1.61%) Public Speaking
15 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (23.39%) Support Engineer
2 21 (16.94%) Sales Executive
3 20 (16.13%) Technical Support
4 19 (15.32%) Technical Engineer
4 19 (15.32%) Technical Support Engineer
5 11 (8.87%) Analyst
5 11 (8.87%) Developer
6 7 (5.65%) Support Technician
7 6 (4.84%) Coordinator
7 6 (4.84%) Software Support Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Administrator
8 5 (4.03%) IT Support
9 4 (3.23%) E-Commerce Executive
9 4 (3.23%) Functional Analyst
9 4 (3.23%) Project Coordinator
10 3 (2.42%) Cyber Threat Analyst
10 3 (2.42%) Development Director
10 3 (2.42%) ERP Developer
10 3 (2.42%) Full-Stack Developer
10 3 (2.42%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.45%) React
2 5 (4.03%) REST
3 4 (3.23%) Spring
4 3 (2.42%) CSS
4 3 (2.42%) HTML
4 3 (2.42%) SVG
5 2 (1.61%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.61%) Hibernate
5 2 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.61%) Web Services
6 1 (0.81%) JSON
6 1 (0.81%) Restlet
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.71%) Driving Licence
2 10 (8.06%) Social Media
3 6 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.23%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.42%) W3C
6 2 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.61%) IoT
6 2 (1.61%) Life Science
6 2 (1.61%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.61%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.61%) Tandem
7 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.81%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.81%) FPGA
7 1 (0.81%) Solar Energy
7 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.90%) Windows
2 9 (7.26%) Linux
3 5 (4.03%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.61%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.61%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (37.10%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (20.16%) B2B
3 24 (19.35%) B2B Sales
4 22 (17.74%) Customer Service
5 20 (16.13%) Collaborative Working
6 18 (14.52%) CRM
7 17 (13.71%) Business Development
8 15 (12.10%) Computer Science
9 14 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (10.48%) Decision-Making
11 12 (9.68%) Agile
12 11 (8.87%) ERP
13 10 (8.06%) AI
13 10 (8.06%) Analytics
13 10 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (8.06%) Project Management
14 9 (7.26%) E-Commerce
15 8 (6.45%) Customer Experience
15 8 (6.45%) Mentoring
16 7 (5.65%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.48%) SQL
2 10 (8.06%) JavaScript
3 8 (6.45%) Python
4 5 (4.03%) Java
5 4 (3.23%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.61%) Bash
6 2 (1.61%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.81%) C++
7 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 33 (26.61%) Degree
2 13 (10.48%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.03%) DBS Check
4 5 (4.03%) MCP
4 5 (4.03%) MCSA
4 5 (4.03%) MCSE
4 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.23%) HND
6 3 (2.42%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.42%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.81%) CISMP
7 1 (0.81%) CISSP
7 1 (0.81%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.81%) HNC
7 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.81%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.23%) GDPR
1 4 (3.23%) SLA
2 3 (2.42%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.61%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.61%) PMO
4 1 (0.81%) COSHH
4 1 (0.81%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.81%) QA
System Software
1 8 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.42%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.42%) Docker
3 1 (0.81%) Firmware
3 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.61%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.81%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (17.74%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.29%) BT
3 8 (6.45%) VMware
4 7 (5.65%) Google
5 5 (4.03%) HubSpot
6 4 (3.23%) Adobe
6 4 (3.23%) SAP
7 2 (1.61%) Cisco
7 2 (1.61%) Dell
7 2 (1.61%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.61%) HP
7 2 (1.61%) Juniper
7 2 (1.61%) Oracle
8 1 (0.81%) Apple
8 1 (0.81%) Intel
8 1 (0.81%) Mentor Graphics
8 1 (0.81%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.81%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.81%) Xilinx