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 18 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 122 45
Rank change year-on-year +52 -77 +34
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 120 66 333
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.05% 1.94% 4.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.44% 4.43% 14.18%
Number of salaries quoted 93 56 252
10th Percentile £26,800 £27,813 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,555 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,605 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.29% +1.34% -16.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £64,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £53,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.93% +43.33% -25.00%

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 1,422 1,490 2,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.32% 43.90% 31.98%
Number of salaries quoted 945 596 1,505
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £28,773
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,250 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £60,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,313 £73,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend 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 18 June 2026.

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 18 June 2026. 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 +39 78 £32,500 -45.83% 43
Buckinghamshire +11 24 £56,000 +49.33% 16
Oxfordshire +7 18 £37,500 -6.25% 22
Self-Motivation
South East

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.17%) SAP GTS
2 3 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.83%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 33 (27.50%) Azure
2 20 (16.67%) AWS
3 12 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.00%) GCP
4 6 (5.00%) GitHub
5 5 (4.17%) Apigee
5 5 (4.17%) Figma
5 5 (4.17%) iPaaS
5 5 (4.17%) Kong
5 5 (4.17%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (2.50%) SaaS
7 1 (0.83%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.83%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.83%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.17%) Firewall
2 9 (7.50%) DNS
3 5 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (3.33%) DHCP
5 2 (1.67%) NAS
5 2 (1.67%) NetScaler
5 2 (1.67%) Network Security
5 2 (1.67%) SAN
5 2 (1.67%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.83%) LAN
6 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.83%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.83%) VoIP
6 1 (0.83%) VPN
6 1 (0.83%) WAN
6 1 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.83%) Wireless
6 1 (0.83%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (5.83%) Git
2 5 (4.17%) GitLab
3 1 (0.83%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.83%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (0.83%) JIRA
General
1 63 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 36 (30.00%) Marketing
3 28 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (9.17%) Finance
6 9 (7.50%) Retail
7 8 (6.67%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (5.00%) Telecoms
9 5 (4.17%) Local Government
9 5 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.67%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.83%) Billing
12 1 (0.83%) French Language
Job Titles
1 17 (14.17%) Sales Executive
2 15 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
2 15 (12.50%) Business Manager
2 15 (12.50%) Development Manager
3 11 (9.17%) Sales Manager
4 10 (8.33%) Business Development Executive
4 10 (8.33%) Sales Business Development Manager
4 10 (8.33%) Senior
4 10 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 9 (7.50%) Applications Architect
5 9 (7.50%) Architect
6 8 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
6 8 (6.67%) Developer
6 8 (6.67%) Senior Developer
7 7 (5.83%) Administrator
8 6 (5.00%) Network Engineer
9 5 (4.17%) C++ Developer
9 5 (4.17%) Network Specialist
9 5 (4.17%) Senior C++ Developer
9 5 (4.17%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.33%) REST
2 15 (12.50%) JSON
3 12 (10.00%) XML
4 8 (6.67%) Middleware
5 7 (5.83%) Django
6 6 (5.00%) React
6 6 (5.00%) WebSockets
7 5 (4.17%) Jinja
7 5 (4.17%) MFC
7 5 (4.17%) SOAP
7 5 (4.17%) Twisted
7 5 (4.17%) Web Services
7 5 (4.17%) YAML
7 5 (4.17%) YANG
8 3 (2.50%) HTML
9 2 (1.67%) JSON Schema
9 2 (1.67%) LDAP
9 2 (1.67%) Regular Expression
10 1 (0.83%) .NET
10 1 (0.83%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.67%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.17%) NHS
3 5 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (3.33%) Life Science
4 4 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.50%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.50%) PMI
5 3 (2.50%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.50%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.50%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.67%) PKI
7 1 (0.83%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.83%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 19 (15.83%) Windows
2 16 (13.33%) Linux
3 12 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.17%) Unix
5 4 (3.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (3.33%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (40.00%) CRM
2 47 (39.17%) Business Development
3 34 (28.33%) Decision-Making
4 32 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (19.17%) Service Management
6 21 (17.50%) Mentoring
7 20 (16.67%) Lead Generation
8 19 (15.83%) ITSM
9 16 (13.33%) Customer Service
10 14 (11.67%) Agile
11 13 (10.83%) Containerisation
11 13 (10.83%) ERP
11 13 (10.83%) Software Engineering
12 11 (9.17%) B2B
12 11 (9.17%) Coaching
12 11 (9.17%) Computer Science
12 11 (9.17%) End-to-End Testing
13 9 (7.50%) CI/CD
13 9 (7.50%) Migration
13 9 (7.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.00%) Python
2 14 (11.67%) JavaScript
3 9 (7.50%) C#
3 9 (7.50%) C++
4 8 (6.67%) Java
4 8 (6.67%) SQL
5 7 (5.83%) TypeScript
6 5 (4.17%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.50%) Bash
7 3 (2.50%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.67%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.83%) C
Qualifications
1 31 (25.83%) Degree
2 8 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (3.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (3.33%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.50%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (2.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.83%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.83%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.83%) QA
2 5 (4.17%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.50%) SLA
3 3 (2.50%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.67%) Docker
3 7 (5.83%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.33%) vSphere
6 3 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.50%) Ansible
1 3 (2.50%) Grafana
1 3 (2.50%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.50%) Prometheus
1 3 (2.50%) Terraform
2 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.83%) QRadar
Vendors
1 29 (24.17%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.67%) Salesforce
3 7 (5.83%) VMware
4 5 (4.17%) Cisco
4 5 (4.17%) F5
4 5 (4.17%) Juniper
4 5 (4.17%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.17%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.17%) SAP
5 3 (2.50%) Oracle
5 3 (2.50%) Sophos
6 2 (1.67%) Citrix
6 2 (1.67%) Google
6 2 (1.67%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.67%) NetApp
6 2 (1.67%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.83%) BMC
7 1 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.83%) Splunk