Self-Motivation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 120 88
Rank change year-on-year +53 -32 +42
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 3,696 2,873 6,586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.60% 2.95% 3.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.45% 6.90% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,211 1,545 2,588
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £35,400 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £47,805 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.56% +6.23% +4.65%

All Generic Skills
UK

Self-Motivation is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,381 41,658 80,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.48% 42.79% 48.24%
Number of salaries quoted 23,078 22,714 34,326
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,738 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,070 £46,350 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation.

Salary trend for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
England +54 3,408 £40,000 -23.81% 1,476
UK excluding London +51 2,739 £37,500 -21.56% 1,111
Work from Home +37 941 £49,000 -10.91% 497
South East +48 909 £37,500 -25.00% 268
London +27 778 £54,000 -17.56% 371
North of England +78 550 £35,000 -26.32% 297
Midlands +38 474 £37,500 -21.05% 237
South West +80 380 £40,927 -6.98% 121
North West +85 343 £35,000 -22.22% 175
East of England +2 274 £33,000 -37.14% 123
West Midlands +10 271 £35,000 -26.32% 135
East Midlands +66 199 £40,000 - 102
Yorkshire +75 158 £35,000 -30.00% 100
Scotland -96 75 £30,000 -34.47% 66
Wales +24 62 £49,608 +24.02% 29
North East -1 49 £32,500 -10.96% 30
Northern Ireland +14 16 £42,800 -14.40% 11

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 126 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 94 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 75 (2.03%) IIS
4 57 (1.54%) CMS
5 43 (1.16%) Umbraco
6 38 (1.03%) Sitecore CMS
7 37 (1.00%) Headless CMS
8 36 (0.97%) Kentico
8 36 (0.97%) WordPress
9 17 (0.46%) Skype for Business
10 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
10 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
10 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
11 12 (0.32%) Confluence
12 11 (0.30%) nginx
13 9 (0.24%) Office Communications Server
14 7 (0.19%) SAS
15 6 (0.16%) Apache Pig
15 6 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2000
16 5 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 651 (17.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 480 (12.99%) Microsoft Office
3 370 (10.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 47 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 44 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 17 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 16 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 16 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 14 (0.38%) AutoCAD
10 13 (0.35%) OrCAD
11 12 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
12 9 (0.24%) Adobe XD
13 8 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
13 8 (0.22%) InDesign
14 7 (0.19%) Simulink
14 7 (0.19%) Sketch
15 5 (0.14%) Stateflow
16 4 (0.11%) Revit
16 4 (0.11%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 33 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.60%) NEC Housing
3 16 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.35%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.22%) SAP BPC
6 6 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.11%) CA PPM
8 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
9 3 (0.081%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.081%) Infor SunSystems
9 3 (0.081%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.081%) Magento
9 3 (0.081%) Q-Pulse
9 3 (0.081%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.081%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.054%) CiviCRM
10 2 (0.054%) iTrent
10 2 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 452 (12.23%) Azure
2 304 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
3 298 (8.06%) GCP
4 293 (7.93%) AWS
5 146 (3.95%) Power Platform
6 112 (3.03%) SaaS
7 82 (2.22%) Entra ID
8 65 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (0.97%) Kontent
10 33 (0.89%) GitHub
10 33 (0.89%) Snowflake
11 32 (0.87%) Google Analytics
12 31 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 31 (0.84%) dbt
13 30 (0.81%) Matillion
14 27 (0.73%) OneDrive
15 25 (0.68%) WhatsApp
16 23 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (0.57%) Amazon S3
18 18 (0.49%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 130 (3.52%) DNS
2 127 (3.44%) Firewall
3 82 (2.22%) TCP/IP
4 79 (2.14%) Wireless
5 69 (1.87%) Internet
6 65 (1.76%) DHCP
7 62 (1.68%) WAN
8 60 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
9 53 (1.43%) LAN
10 52 (1.41%) Network Security
11 42 (1.14%) SAN
12 36 (0.97%) SSL
13 34 (0.92%) VPN
14 30 (0.81%) Broadband
15 29 (0.78%) Ethernet
15 29 (0.78%) Unified Communications
15 29 (0.78%) VoIP
16 20 (0.54%) HTTP
17 19 (0.51%) SD-WAN
18 18 (0.49%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 287 (7.77%) Looker
2 279 (7.55%) BigQuery
3 233 (6.30%) SQL Server
4 165 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
5 133 (3.60%) Power BI
6 54 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
7 44 (1.19%) Data Lake
8 42 (1.14%) Relational Database
9 40 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
10 37 (1.00%) Power Query
11 35 (0.95%) Tableau
12 31 (0.84%) MySQL
13 30 (0.81%) Star Schema
14 28 (0.76%) Big Data
15 24 (0.65%) Oracle Database 12c
16 23 (0.62%) NoSQL
16 23 (0.62%) Oracle Database
17 21 (0.57%) RDBMS
17 21 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 21 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 77 (2.08%) Git
2 68 (1.84%) GitLab
3 53 (1.43%) JIRA
4 38 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.60%) LabVIEW
6 12 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.32%) Selenium
7 10 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.24%) MSI
8 9 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 8 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.19%) SonarQube
10 7 (0.19%) SpecFlow
11 6 (0.16%) AdminStudio
11 6 (0.16%) Checkstyle
11 6 (0.16%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.16%) InstallShield
11 6 (0.16%) JBehave
11 6 (0.16%) Postman
11 6 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 2,046 (55.36%) Social Skills
2 1,095 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
3 709 (19.18%) Finance
4 472 (12.77%) Retail
5 378 (10.23%) Organisational Skills
6 254 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 254 (6.87%) Marketing
7 210 (5.68%) German Language
8 157 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
9 152 (4.11%) Billing
10 128 (3.46%) Manufacturing
11 121 (3.27%) Law
12 118 (3.19%) Telecoms
13 117 (3.17%) Public Sector
14 114 (3.08%) Banking
15 102 (2.76%) Legal
16 84 (2.27%) Investment Banking
17 83 (2.25%) Advertising
18 73 (1.98%) Local Government
19 65 (1.76%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 364 (9.85%) Analyst
1 364 (9.85%) Senior
2 283 (7.66%) Graduate
3 250 (6.76%) Developer
4 234 (6.33%) Consultant
5 224 (6.06%) Project Manager
6 215 (5.82%) Data Engineer
7 178 (4.82%) Principal Engineer
8 169 (4.57%) Principal Data Engineer
9 167 (4.52%) Architect
10 160 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
11 145 (3.92%) Administrator
12 142 (3.84%) IT Support
13 137 (3.71%) Coordinator
14 132 (3.57%) Lead
15 122 (3.30%) Software Engineer
16 113 (3.06%) Data Architect
17 108 (2.92%) IT Manager
18 104 (2.81%) Development Manager
19 101 (2.73%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (3.44%) .NET
2 123 (3.33%) CSS
3 112 (3.03%) React
4 85 (2.30%) REST
5 82 (2.22%) HTML
6 80 (2.16%) ASP.NET
7 57 (1.54%) ASP.NET MVC
8 50 (1.35%) .NET Framework
9 49 (1.33%) .NET Core
10 47 (1.27%) RESTful
11 44 (1.19%) AngularJS
11 44 (1.19%) Vue
12 40 (1.08%) Web Services
13 38 (1.03%) Next.js
13 38 (1.03%) Tailwind CSS
14 33 (0.89%) JSON
15 32 (0.87%) jQuery
15 32 (0.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 27 (0.73%) WPF
17 26 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 418 (11.31%) Driving Licence
2 180 (4.87%) Management Information System
3 109 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
4 104 (2.81%) Social Media
5 95 (2.57%) Data Centre
6 92 (2.49%) Digital Signage
7 89 (2.41%) Video\Live Streaming
8 73 (1.98%) Onboarding
9 62 (1.68%) Data Structures
9 62 (1.68%) Product Ownership
10 45 (1.22%) EPoS
11 42 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
12 38 (1.03%) Mobile App
13 34 (0.92%) Algorithms
13 34 (0.92%) Public Cloud
14 30 (0.81%) CCTV
14 30 (0.81%) Virtual Team
15 27 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
16 26 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
17 24 (0.65%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 443 (11.99%) Windows
2 182 (4.92%) Linux
3 158 (4.27%) Windows Server
4 101 (2.73%) Windows 10
5 75 (2.03%) Unix
6 65 (1.76%) Android
6 65 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 58 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
8 53 (1.43%) Apple iOS
9 48 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 25 (0.68%) Windows 7
11 18 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
12 16 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
13 15 (0.41%) VMS
14 12 (0.32%) Mac OS
14 12 (0.32%) Windows 8
15 8 (0.22%) AIX
15 8 (0.22%) Solaris
16 6 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 5 (0.14%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,353 (36.61%) Problem-Solving
2 592 (16.02%) Agile
3 551 (14.91%) Customer Service
4 523 (14.15%) Mentoring
5 490 (13.26%) Project Management
6 327 (8.85%) DevOps
7 315 (8.52%) Data Engineering
8 306 (8.28%) Change Management
9 280 (7.58%) Platform Engineering
10 263 (7.12%) Time Management
11 256 (6.93%) Computer Science
12 240 (6.49%) Project Delivery
13 231 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
14 229 (6.20%) CRM
15 228 (6.17%) Business Development
16 225 (6.09%) Data Science
17 222 (6.01%) Decision-Making
18 214 (5.79%) Software Engineering
19 213 (5.76%) Data Pipeline
20 205 (5.55%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 370 (10.01%) SQL
2 188 (5.09%) Python
3 164 (4.44%) C#
4 138 (3.73%) JavaScript
5 103 (2.79%) PowerShell
6 91 (2.46%) Java
7 82 (2.22%) C++
8 63 (1.70%) C
9 45 (1.22%) Scala
10 36 (0.97%) TypeScript
11 33 (0.89%) Bash
12 28 (0.76%) PHP
12 28 (0.76%) VB
13 24 (0.65%) XAML
14 22 (0.60%) Kotlin
15 21 (0.57%) MATLAB
15 21 (0.57%) R
15 21 (0.57%) VBScript
16 17 (0.46%) Perl
16 17 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 856 (23.16%) Degree
2 326 (8.82%) DBS Check
3 213 (5.76%) Security Cleared
4 140 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 102 (2.76%) SC Cleared
6 53 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 49 (1.33%) Master's Degree
8 48 (1.30%) DV Cleared
9 45 (1.22%) CIMA
10 44 (1.19%) ACCA
11 35 (0.95%) HNC
12 32 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
13 31 (0.84%) CISSP
14 28 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
14 28 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 26 (0.70%) HND
16 22 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
17 20 (0.54%) GIAC
18 19 (0.51%) AWS Certification
19 18 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 358 (9.69%) GDPR
2 204 (5.52%) SLA
3 182 (4.92%) Data Quality
4 95 (2.57%) PMO
5 92 (2.49%) QA
6 70 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 46 (1.24%) Accessibility
7 46 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (0.51%) ISO 9001
9 18 (0.49%) GRC
10 14 (0.38%) NIST
11 9 (0.24%) COSHH
11 9 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.24%) NCSC
12 7 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (0.19%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.16%) ISO 26262
13 6 (0.16%) JTAG
13 6 (0.16%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.14%) TARGET2
System Software
1 261 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 103 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (1.54%) Firmware
4 52 (1.41%) Hyper-V
5 44 (1.19%) Docker
6 38 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
8 20 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
9 17 (0.46%) vSphere
10 8 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
10 8 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (0.16%) HDFS
12 5 (0.14%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.054%) NFS
13 2 (0.054%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 60 (1.62%) SCCM
2 54 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 49 (1.33%) Kubernetes
4 48 (1.30%) WSUS
5 37 (1.00%) Ansible
6 36 (0.97%) Terraform
7 23 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 20 (0.54%) Puppet
9 18 (0.49%) SCOM
10 15 (0.41%) vCenter Server
11 14 (0.38%) FortiGate
12 13 (0.35%) Progress Chef
13 10 (0.27%) Prometheus
14 7 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
15 6 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
15 6 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
15 6 (0.16%) Nessus
15 6 (0.16%) Rundeck
16 5 (0.14%) Nagios
16 5 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 934 (25.27%) Microsoft
2 366 (9.90%) Google
3 138 (3.73%) VMware
4 109 (2.95%) Oracle
5 71 (1.92%) Cisco
6 70 (1.89%) NEC
7 67 (1.81%) SAP
8 55 (1.49%) Adobe
9 54 (1.46%) Salesforce
10 52 (1.41%) HP
11 46 (1.24%) Apple
12 44 (1.19%) NetApp
13 41 (1.11%) IBM
13 41 (1.11%) Virgin Media
14 39 (1.06%) Sitecore
15 37 (1.00%) Citrix
15 37 (1.00%) Optimizely
16 35 (0.95%) Dell
17 27 (0.73%) Veeam
18 25 (0.68%) IFS