Self-Motivation Job Trends in Staffordshire

Self-Motivation
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 58 31
Rank change year-on-year +3 -27 +20
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 16 6 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 1.62% 1.07% 4.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.49% 2.70% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 15 3 13
10th Percentile £22,700 £46,500 £30,800
25th Percentile £23,000 £46,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £50,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +42.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £47,500
90th Percentile - £52,000 £58,750
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% -20.00%

All Generic Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 459 222 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 46.60% 39.57% 30.94%
Number of salaries quoted 81 141 98
10th Percentile £23,500 £30,000 £26,538
25th Percentile £26,375 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £54,659 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £66,967 £60,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -2.86%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in Staffordshire

Self-Motivation
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 6 £24,000 -
Tamworth - 2 £25,000 - 4
Self-Motivation
West Midlands

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Broadband
1 2 (12.50%) DNS
1 2 (12.50%) Ethernet
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) LAN
1 2 (12.50%) MPLS
1 2 (12.50%) PSTN
1 2 (12.50%) VoIP
1 2 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Support Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Software Support Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Support Technician
3 5 (31.25%) Technical Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Technical Support
3 5 (31.25%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Support
4 2 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 2 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
3 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) HNC
1 1 (6.25%) HND
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Dell
1 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 2 (12.50%) HP
1 2 (12.50%) Juniper
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) VMware