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 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 69 82
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 -37
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 120 123 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.82% 3.63% 3.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.97% 10.79% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 99 52 133
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,525 £25,550
25th Percentile £33,500 £51,555 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +38.89% -5.48%
75th Percentile £52,500 £122,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 - £65,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £36,750
% change year-on-year -30.43% +56.46% -26.50%

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 1,094 1,140 1,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.73% 33.65% 32.85%
Number of salaries quoted 625 492 1,175
10th Percentile £27,793 £36,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +17.65% -7.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £75,750 £95,000 £78,900
South East median annual salary £47,500 £57,000 £51,010
% change year-on-year -16.67% +11.74% -7.26%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 -6 55 £47,510 -54.75% 24
Buckinghamshire +16 48 £37,500 -34.78% 21
Oxfordshire +14 17 £37,500 +15.38% 15
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%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.67%) C-CURE
2 2 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.17%) Azure
2 18 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.33%) AWS
3 4 (3.33%) iPaaS
4 2 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.83%) GCP
5 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.50%) Firewall
2 2 (1.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.83%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.83%) OLTP
2 1 (0.83%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (5.83%) Selenium
1 7 (5.83%) WebDriver
2 4 (3.33%) Cypress.io
2 4 (3.33%) JIRA
2 4 (3.33%) SoapUI
3 3 (2.50%) Postman
3 3 (2.50%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) MLflow
General
1 81 (67.50%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.67%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 18 (15.00%) Marketing
5 17 (14.17%) Finance
6 12 (10.00%) Billing
6 12 (10.00%) Manufacturing
7 10 (8.33%) Law
8 8 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (5.00%) Public Sector
9 6 (5.00%) Telecoms
10 5 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (4.17%) Local Government
11 3 (2.50%) Retail
12 2 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.67%) French Language
13 1 (0.83%) German Language
13 1 (0.83%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.83%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 21 (17.50%) Senior
2 18 (15.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 18 (15.00%) Technical Support
3 14 (11.67%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 13 (10.83%) Consultant
4 13 (10.83%) Developer
5 12 (10.00%) Senior Developer
6 10 (8.33%) Oracle Developer
6 10 (8.33%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 9 (7.50%) IT Technician
8 7 (5.83%) Lead
8 7 (5.83%) Managing Consultant
9 5 (4.17%) Administrator
9 5 (4.17%) IT Support
9 5 (4.17%) IT Support Technician
9 5 (4.17%) Recruitment Consultant
9 5 (4.17%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.17%) Support Technician
10 4 (3.33%) Architect
10 4 (3.33%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.67%) JSON
2 13 (10.83%) HTML
3 8 (6.67%) SOAP
4 5 (4.17%) XML
5 4 (3.33%) .NET
5 4 (3.33%) Middleware
5 4 (3.33%) Playwright
5 4 (3.33%) REST
6 2 (1.67%) Django
7 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (0.83%) Blazor
7 1 (0.83%) React
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.33%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.17%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (2.50%) PMI
6 2 (1.67%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.67%) CCTV
6 2 (1.67%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.67%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.67%) Social Media
6 2 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.33%) Windows
2 14 (11.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.83%) Linux
3 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (31.67%) Customer Service
2 25 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 22 (18.33%) CRM
5 17 (14.17%) Coaching
6 15 (12.50%) Agile
7 14 (11.67%) Collaborative Working
8 13 (10.83%) Computer Science
9 12 (10.00%) Red Team
9 12 (10.00%) Risk Management
10 11 (9.17%) CAD
11 10 (8.33%) Configuration Management
11 10 (8.33%) Issue Tracking
11 10 (8.33%) Software Testing
12 9 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (6.67%) Decision-Making
13 8 (6.67%) Test Scripting
14 7 (5.83%) Contract Management
14 7 (5.83%) Data Science
14 7 (5.83%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.50%) Java
2 17 (14.17%) SQL
3 11 (9.17%) JavaScript
4 10 (8.33%) C#
4 10 (8.33%) PL/SQL
5 5 (4.17%) Python
6 3 (2.50%) C++
6 3 (2.50%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.83%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 40 (33.33%) Degree
2 8 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (5.83%) Security Cleared
4 6 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.33%) HNC
6 4 (3.33%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (2.50%) ISTQB
7 3 (2.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 3 (2.50%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.67%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.83%) HND
9 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.83%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.17%) QA
2 4 (3.33%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.50%) GDPR
3 3 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (15.83%) Active Directory
2 14 (11.67%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (21.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.33%) Oracle
3 6 (5.00%) SAP
4 5 (4.17%) VMware
5 1 (0.83%) Google
5 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.83%) Openreach
5 1 (0.83%) Salesforce