Self-Motivation Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Self-Motivation
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 53 80
Rank change year-on-year -36 +27 -17
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 125 195 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.25% 4.00% 3.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.81% 12.98% 9.39%
Number of salaries quoted 105 98 109
10th Percentile £25,125 £26,100 £32,350
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -3.67% +14.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £74,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,601 1,502 1,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 41.66% 30.82% 36.56%
Number of salaries quoted 674 698 918
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,510 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £56,525
% change year-on-year -9.52% -7.12% +2.58%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the Thames Valley

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the Thames Valley

Self-Motivation
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Berkshire -17 80 £43,710 -16.74% 48
Oxfordshire +7 25 £32,500 +8.33% 23
Buckinghamshire -27 20 £37,500 -34.78% 17
Self-Motivation
South East

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 21 (16.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (8.80%) NetSuite
1 11 (8.80%) Sage 200
1 11 (8.80%) Sage CRM
2 6 (4.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.40%) C-CURE
3 3 (2.40%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.60%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.80%) Azure
2 14 (11.20%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.00%) AWS
4 2 (1.60%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.60%) SaaS
5 1 (0.80%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.20%) OLTP
2 2 (1.60%) Metadata
2 2 (1.60%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.60%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.80%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (4.80%) Selenium
1 6 (4.80%) WebDriver
2 4 (3.20%) JIRA
2 4 (3.20%) Postman
2 4 (3.20%) SoapUI
2 4 (3.20%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.60%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.80%) MLflow
General
1 102 (81.60%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.80%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (19.20%) Finance
4 19 (15.20%) Manufacturing
5 18 (14.40%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (12.00%) Marketing
7 11 (8.80%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (5.60%) Billing
8 7 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (5.60%) Public Sector
9 4 (3.20%) Law
10 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.60%) Local Government
11 1 (0.80%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (0.80%) Legal
11 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (23.20%) Senior
2 23 (18.40%) Developer
3 22 (17.60%) Senior Developer
4 19 (15.20%) Oracle Developer
4 19 (15.20%) Senior Oracle Developer
5 18 (14.40%) Administrator
6 14 (11.20%) Consultant
7 12 (9.60%) Coordinator
8 11 (8.80%) 3rd Line Support
8 11 (8.80%) 3rd Line Technical Support
8 11 (8.80%) Sage 200 Support
8 11 (8.80%) Sage Support
8 11 (8.80%) Technical Support
9 10 (8.00%) Customer Service Administrator
10 6 (4.80%) Analyst
10 6 (4.80%) Lead
11 5 (4.00%) Managing Consultant
11 5 (4.00%) Mathematical Modeller
11 5 (4.00%) Recruitment Consultant
12 4 (3.20%) Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (18.40%) HTML
2 20 (16.00%) JSON
3 5 (4.00%) .NET
3 5 (4.00%) SOAP
4 2 (1.60%) Playwright
5 1 (0.80%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.80%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.80%) Blazor
5 1 (0.80%) React
5 1 (0.80%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.80%) Onboarding
2 10 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.20%) CCTV
3 4 (3.20%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.20%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.20%) Fibre Optics
3 4 (3.20%) Social Media
4 2 (1.60%) Acoustics
4 2 (1.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (1.60%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.80%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.60%) Windows
2 15 (12.00%) Windows Server
3 10 (8.00%) Linux
4 7 (5.60%) Unix
5 5 (4.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (37.60%) Customer Service
2 21 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (16.00%) Clean Code
4 19 (15.20%) Configuration Management
4 19 (15.20%) Issue Tracking
5 17 (13.60%) CRM
6 16 (12.80%) Mentoring
6 16 (12.80%) Project Management
7 15 (12.00%) Mathematics
8 13 (10.40%) Time Management
9 12 (9.60%) Agile
9 12 (9.60%) Coaching
9 12 (9.60%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (9.60%) Line Management
10 11 (8.80%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (8.80%) Computer Science
10 11 (8.80%) ERP
10 11 (8.80%) Inventory Management
10 11 (8.80%) Preventative Maintenance
11 10 (8.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 42 (33.60%) SQL
2 27 (21.60%) Java
3 20 (16.00%) JavaScript
4 19 (15.20%) PL/SQL
5 9 (7.20%) Python
6 7 (5.60%) C#
7 6 (4.80%) C++
8 5 (4.00%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.60%) Bash
9 2 (1.60%) C
9 2 (1.60%) Fortran
10 1 (0.80%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (20.80%) Degree
2 8 (6.40%) SC Cleared
2 8 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (4.00%) Numerate Degree
4 4 (3.20%) ISTQB
4 4 (3.20%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 3 (2.40%) City & Guilds
5 3 (2.40%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.40%) MCP
5 3 (2.40%) MCSA
5 3 (2.40%) MCSE
6 2 (1.60%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.60%) NVQ Level 3
6 2 (1.60%) PhD
7 1 (0.80%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.60%) SLA
2 6 (4.80%) QA
3 3 (2.40%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.40%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (11.20%) Hyper-V
2 13 (10.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.40%) PaperCut
2 2 (1.60%) SCCM
3 1 (0.80%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (16.80%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.20%) Oracle
3 11 (8.80%) Sage
4 6 (4.80%) SAP
5 3 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.60%) Apple
6 2 (1.60%) Google
6 2 (1.60%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.80%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.80%) Openreach