Self-Motivation Job Trends in the South East

Self-Motivation
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 59 81
Rank change year-on-year -15 +22 -13
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 294 417 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.83% 4.49% 3.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.24% 12.74% 9.91%
Number of salaries quoted 229 129 156
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,160 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +37.50% -17.95%
75th Percentile £52,500 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £122,500 £70,625
England median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% +8.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,181 3,272 2,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.67% 35.24% 31.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,615 1,423 1,692
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -0.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in the South East

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the South East over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the South East

Self-Motivation
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Thames Valley +7 130 £40,000 -33.33% 42
Berkshire +6 71 £47,500 -54.76% 16
Surrey +18 65 £42,500 -24.44% 7
Hampshire -38 47 £40,000 -5.88% 30
Buckinghamshire +6 39 £37,500 -34.78% 14
Oxfordshire +17 20 £37,500 +19.05% 12
Kent -34 16 £32,500 -27.78% 9
West Sussex 0 15 £28,000 +25.52% 4
Sussex +8 7 £27,500 -
East Sussex +5 4 £80,000 - 3
Middlesex - 4 - - 1
Isle of Wight - 4 £43,500 -
Self-Motivation
England

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (0.34%) CMS
1 1 (0.34%) Confluence
1 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 39 (13.27%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.34%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.70%) Shopify
3 2 (0.68%) C-CURE
3 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (7.48%) Azure
2 14 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (3.06%) AWS
4 4 (1.36%) GitHub
4 4 (1.36%) SaaS
5 3 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 3 (1.02%) GCP
5 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.34%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.34%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.34%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (0.34%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.34%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.34%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.40%) TCP/IP
1 10 (3.40%) Wireless
2 6 (2.04%) Firewall
3 4 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.02%) DHCP
4 3 (1.02%) DNS
4 3 (1.02%) Internet
4 3 (1.02%) STUN
4 3 (1.02%) VLAN
4 3 (1.02%) VoIP
4 3 (1.02%) VoLTE
4 3 (1.02%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.68%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.42%) OLTP
2 10 (3.40%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.36%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.34%) Big Data
4 1 (0.34%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 13 (4.42%) Selenium
1 13 (4.42%) WebDriver
2 11 (3.74%) JIRA
3 10 (3.40%) SoapUI
4 9 (3.06%) Postman
4 9 (3.06%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (1.36%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.02%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.34%) Git
7 1 (0.34%) MLflow
7 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 171 (58.16%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.07%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (18.03%) Marketing
4 36 (12.24%) Finance
5 33 (11.22%) Telecoms
6 29 (9.86%) Influencing Skills
7 20 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (5.44%) Manufacturing
9 15 (5.10%) Billing
9 15 (5.10%) Law
10 13 (4.42%) Public Sector
11 9 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (2.38%) Local Government
13 6 (2.04%) German Language
13 6 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (2.04%) Retail
14 5 (1.70%) Electronics
15 4 (1.36%) Legal
16 2 (0.68%) French Language
Job Titles
1 36 (12.24%) Senior
1 36 (12.24%) Technical Support
2 28 (9.52%) Support Engineer
3 24 (8.16%) Consultant
4 22 (7.48%) Developer
5 17 (5.78%) Sales Executive
5 17 (5.78%) Senior Developer
6 16 (5.44%) Analyst
6 16 (5.44%) Technical Engineer
6 16 (5.44%) Technical Support Engineer
7 15 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support
7 15 (5.10%) Oracle Developer
7 15 (5.10%) Senior Oracle Developer
8 14 (4.76%) Account Manager
8 14 (4.76%) IT Support
9 13 (4.42%) Administrator
10 11 (3.74%) 3rd Line Technical Support
11 10 (3.40%) Business Development Manager
11 10 (3.40%) Business Manager
11 10 (3.40%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (10.20%) HTML
2 16 (5.44%) JSON
3 11 (3.74%) SOAP
4 10 (3.40%) .NET
5 6 (2.04%) React
6 5 (1.70%) Node.js
7 4 (1.36%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.36%) DCOM
7 4 (1.36%) Playwright
8 3 (1.02%) CSS
8 3 (1.02%) FreeSWITCH
8 3 (1.02%) Vue
9 2 (0.68%) XML
10 1 (0.34%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.34%) CSS3
10 1 (0.34%) Django
10 1 (0.34%) HTML5
10 1 (0.34%) Middleware
10 1 (0.34%) REST
10 1 (0.34%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.93%) Onboarding
2 24 (8.16%) Driving Licence
3 11 (3.74%) Social Media
4 10 (3.40%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.06%) Web Conferencing
6 7 (2.38%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.38%) NHS
6 7 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 6 (2.04%) Digital Signage
8 4 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.36%) FPGA
8 4 (1.36%) Multi-touch
8 4 (1.36%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.02%) CCTV
9 3 (1.02%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.68%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 42 (14.29%) Windows
2 17 (5.78%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.06%) Windows 7
4 7 (2.38%) Linux
5 2 (0.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (23.13%) Customer Service
2 62 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (18.37%) CRM
4 45 (15.31%) Mentoring
5 35 (11.90%) B2B
6 31 (10.54%) Business Development
7 30 (10.20%) Agile
8 28 (9.52%) Decision-Making
9 25 (8.50%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (7.82%) B2B Sales
11 22 (7.48%) Coaching
12 20 (6.80%) Analytics
12 20 (6.80%) Time Management
13 19 (6.46%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (6.12%) Computer Science
14 18 (6.12%) Risk Management
14 18 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (5.78%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (5.78%) Red Team
15 17 (5.78%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 41 (13.95%) SQL
2 34 (11.56%) Java
3 22 (7.48%) JavaScript
4 16 (5.44%) C#
5 15 (5.10%) PL/SQL
6 11 (3.74%) Python
7 6 (2.04%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.70%) C++
8 5 (1.70%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.02%) Go
10 2 (0.68%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 75 (25.51%) Degree
2 20 (6.80%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.06%) ISTQB
5 9 (3.06%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.04%) HNC
7 6 (2.04%) HND
8 5 (1.70%) CISM
8 5 (1.70%) CISSP
8 5 (1.70%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.36%) CRISC
9 4 (1.36%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.02%) CCNP
10 3 (1.02%) CIMA
10 3 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.74%) GDPR
2 9 (3.06%) QA
3 8 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.72%) SLA
4 6 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.36%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (7.82%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.74%) Hyper-V
3 9 (3.06%) Firmware
4 6 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) SCCM
1 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.10%) Oracle
3 10 (3.40%) SAP
4 9 (3.06%) HP
5 6 (2.04%) VMware
6 5 (1.70%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 5 (1.70%) Aruba
6 5 (1.70%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.36%) Dell
7 4 (1.36%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.36%) IBM
8 3 (1.02%) Adobe
8 3 (1.02%) Cisco
9 2 (0.68%) Google
9 2 (0.68%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.34%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (0.34%) Netskope
10 1 (0.34%) Openreach
10 1 (0.34%) Rapid7