Self-Motivation Job Trends in the West Midlands

Self-Motivation
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 106 124 63
Rank change year-on-year +18 -61 +5
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 72 79 128
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.37% 1.82% 3.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.61% 5.02% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 49 46 112
10th Percentile £23,000 £28,000 £24,500
25th Percentile £25,500 £36,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile £45,000 £62,500 £56,688
90th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £71,125
England median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% +8.00% -4.76%

All Generic Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,992 1,573 1,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 38.02% 36.19% 36.70%
Number of salaries quoted 691 638 1,048
10th Percentile £26,375 £32,500 £27,760
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -2.86%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,625
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 West Midlands

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

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the West Midlands

Self-Motivation
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands 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
Warwickshire +31 20 £27,000 -46.00% 8
Staffordshire +3 16 £25,000 -50.00% 13
Birmingham +7 13 £45,000 -25.00% 18
Worcestershire -4 7 £38,000 +26.67% 18
Herefordshire -3 6 £70,000 +174.51% 1
Coventry -13 3 £52,500 +10.53% 12
Wolverhampton - 1 £40,000 - 9
Shropshire - 1 £31,500 - 30
Self-Motivation
England

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (5.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (4.17%) CMS
2 3 (4.17%) Umbraco
3 2 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 17 (23.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.39%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.72%) Azure
2 4 (5.56%) AWS
2 4 (5.56%) Figma
2 4 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.78%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.39%) GitHub
4 1 (1.39%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.06%) Broadband
2 3 (4.17%) DNS
3 2 (2.78%) Ethernet
3 2 (2.78%) Firewall
3 2 (2.78%) LAN
3 2 (2.78%) MPLS
3 2 (2.78%) PSTN
3 2 (2.78%) VoIP
3 2 (2.78%) WAN
4 1 (1.39%) Bluetooth
4 1 (1.39%) DHCP
4 1 (1.39%) NAS
4 1 (1.39%) RFID
4 1 (1.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) Power BI
2 3 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.78%) Looker
4 1 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) JUnit
1 4 (5.56%) Maven
1 4 (5.56%) Mockito
2 1 (1.39%) Balsamiq
2 1 (1.39%) Git
2 1 (1.39%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
General
1 30 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 12 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (13.89%) Manufacturing
5 9 (12.50%) Finance
6 8 (11.11%) Public Sector
7 6 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (8.33%) Marketing
8 5 (6.94%) Law
9 4 (5.56%) Aerospace
9 4 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.78%) Retail
12 1 (1.39%) Billing
12 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.39%) Legal
12 1 (1.39%) Local Government
12 1 (1.39%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 22 (30.56%) Support Engineer
2 11 (15.28%) Sales Executive
3 10 (13.89%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (13.89%) Technical Support
3 10 (13.89%) Technical Support Engineer
4 7 (9.72%) Developer
5 6 (8.33%) Software Support Engineer
5 6 (8.33%) Support Technician
6 5 (6.94%) Analyst
6 5 (6.94%) Coordinator
7 4 (5.56%) Administrator
7 4 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
7 4 (5.56%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 4 (5.56%) IT Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) IT Support
7 4 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Java Developer
7 4 (5.56%) Project Coordinator
8 3 (4.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 3 (4.17%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) REST
2 3 (4.17%) CSS
2 3 (4.17%) HTML
2 3 (4.17%) SVG
3 2 (2.78%) React
3 2 (2.78%) Spring
4 1 (1.39%) EDI
4 1 (1.39%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 6 (8.33%) Social Media
2 4 (5.56%) Web Conferencing
3 3 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.17%) Virtual Team
3 3 (4.17%) W3C
4 1 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.89%) Windows
2 6 (8.33%) Linux
3 2 (2.78%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.78%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (25.00%) B2B
3 16 (22.22%) B2B Sales
3 16 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
4 13 (18.06%) Business Development
5 9 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 9 (12.50%) Project Management
6 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 8 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 7 (9.72%) Agile
7 7 (9.72%) ERP
7 7 (9.72%) Time Management
8 6 (8.33%) AI
8 6 (8.33%) CRM
8 6 (8.33%) Logistics
9 5 (6.94%) Analytics
9 5 (6.94%) Line Management
9 5 (6.94%) Scrum
9 5 (6.94%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.72%) SQL
2 5 (6.94%) JavaScript
3 4 (5.56%) Bash
3 4 (5.56%) Java
3 4 (5.56%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.78%) C
4 2 (2.78%) R
4 2 (2.78%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (16.67%) Degree
2 9 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 4 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.39%) City & Guilds
4 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.39%) HNC
4 1 (1.39%) HND
4 1 (1.39%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) QA
2 3 (4.17%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.17%) GDPR
3 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.39%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.39%) PMO
3 1 (1.39%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.94%) Docker
2 4 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.78%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.39%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (15.28%) BT
2 9 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.56%) HubSpot
3 4 (5.56%) Oracle
3 4 (5.56%) SAP
3 4 (5.56%) VMware
4 2 (2.78%) Cisco
4 2 (2.78%) Dell
4 2 (2.78%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.78%) Google
4 2 (2.78%) HP
4 2 (2.78%) Juniper
5 1 (1.39%) Adobe
5 1 (1.39%) Intel
5 1 (1.39%) Ubiquiti