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 17 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 86 52
Rank change year-on-year +22 -34 +29
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 157 126 197
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.17% 3.26% 4.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.50% 7.77% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 120 106 101
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,125 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,563 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -19.05% -3.67%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £61,025 £67,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,386 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.27% -5.81% -10.00%

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 1,847 1,621 1,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.50% 41.91% 30.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 680 713
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,475 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,875 £81,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -7.12%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +21 85 £37,250 -21.58% 59
Oxfordshire -12 46 £40,000 +23.08% 38
Buckinghamshire +4 26 £57,000 +52.00% 21
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 11 (7.01%) IIS
1 11 (7.01%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.82%) Raiser’s Edge
2 4 (2.55%) SAP GTS
3 3 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.91%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.10%) Azure
2 13 (8.28%) AWS
3 9 (5.73%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.18%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.18%) SaaS
5 4 (2.55%) GCP
6 3 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (1.91%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.27%) GitHub
8 1 (0.64%) Figma
8 1 (0.64%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.64%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.64%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.19%) Firewall
2 13 (8.28%) DNS
3 12 (7.64%) DHCP
4 9 (5.73%) VPN
4 9 (5.73%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (4.46%) Wireless
6 6 (3.82%) VLAN
7 2 (1.27%) LAN
8 1 (0.64%) Network Security
8 1 (0.64%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.64%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.64%) VoIP
8 1 (0.64%) WAN
8 1 (0.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.01%) MySQL
1 11 (7.01%) Relational Database
1 11 (7.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (7.01%) Claude Code
1 11 (7.01%) Oracle Forms
1 11 (7.01%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (3.18%) Eclipse
2 5 (3.18%) Eclipse RCP
2 5 (3.18%) Git
3 2 (1.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.64%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 83 (52.87%) Social Skills
2 41 (26.11%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (25.48%) Marketing
4 16 (10.19%) Manufacturing
5 13 (8.28%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (8.28%) Retail
6 12 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (7.64%) Telecoms
7 10 (6.37%) Aerospace
7 10 (6.37%) Finance
7 10 (6.37%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (5.73%) Electronics
9 7 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (4.46%) Local Government
10 4 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.91%) Billing
11 3 (1.91%) Law
12 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.27%) Legal
13 1 (0.64%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 24 (15.29%) Sales Executive
2 21 (13.38%) Business Development Manager
2 21 (13.38%) Business Manager
2 21 (13.38%) Development Manager
3 17 (10.83%) Business Development Executive
3 17 (10.83%) Developer
4 16 (10.19%) Senior
5 15 (9.55%) Sales Manager
6 11 (7.01%) .NET Developer
6 11 (7.01%) Sales Business Development Manager
7 9 (5.73%) VB.NET Developer
8 8 (5.10%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) Network Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) C++ Developer
10 6 (3.82%) Compliance Manager
10 6 (3.82%) IT Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) Network Operations Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) Operations Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) Senior C++ Developer
10 6 (3.82%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.92%) .NET
1 14 (8.92%) CSS
1 14 (8.92%) HTML
2 11 (7.01%) ASP.NET
2 11 (7.01%) ASP.NET Web API
2 11 (7.01%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 11 (7.01%) jQuery
2 11 (7.01%) LESS
3 6 (3.82%) MFC
3 6 (3.82%) REST
4 4 (2.55%) Middleware
4 4 (2.55%) SOAP
5 3 (1.91%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.91%) OAuth
5 3 (1.91%) SAML
5 3 (1.91%) Terraform
6 2 (1.27%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (1.27%) OSGi
6 2 (1.27%) React
6 2 (1.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.19%) Driving Licence
2 12 (7.64%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.73%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.73%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (5.10%) Life Science
4 8 (5.10%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.82%) CCTV
5 6 (3.82%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.82%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.82%) NHS
6 5 (3.18%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.55%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (1.91%) CMDB
8 3 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.91%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.91%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.91%) TM Forum
9 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.27%) iPad
9 2 (1.27%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.19%) Windows
2 6 (3.82%) Windows 10
2 6 (3.82%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.91%) Linux
3 3 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (45.22%) Decision-Making
2 70 (44.59%) Business Development
3 63 (40.13%) CRM
4 49 (31.21%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (22.29%) Service Management
6 32 (20.38%) ITSM
7 26 (16.56%) Lead Generation
8 23 (14.65%) B2B
9 20 (12.74%) B2B Sales
10 18 (11.46%) Mentoring
11 17 (10.83%) ITIL
12 16 (10.19%) Customer Service
13 15 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (9.55%) User Experience
14 14 (8.92%) SIAM
14 14 (8.92%) Software Engineering
15 13 (8.28%) Computer Science
15 13 (8.28%) Test Automation
15 13 (8.28%) Time Management
15 13 (8.28%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.83%) Python
2 16 (10.19%) JavaScript
3 14 (8.92%) C#
3 14 (8.92%) C++
4 13 (8.28%) PowerShell
4 13 (8.28%) TypeScript
5 11 (7.01%) VB.NET
6 3 (1.91%) Bash
6 3 (1.91%) C
6 3 (1.91%) Java
7 1 (0.64%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (22.93%) Degree
2 8 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (1.27%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.27%) HNC
3 2 (1.27%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.64%) City & Guilds
4 1 (0.64%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (0.64%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.64%) HND
4 1 (0.64%) NVQ Level 4
4 1 (0.64%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.64%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.73%) GDPR
2 7 (4.46%) SLA
3 5 (3.18%) QA
4 4 (2.55%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.91%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.91%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.27%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (8.92%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.73%) Hyper-V
2 9 (5.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.82%) vSphere
4 4 (2.55%) Docker
5 1 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.91%) Ansible
2 3 (1.91%) Grafana
2 3 (1.91%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.91%) Prometheus
2 3 (1.91%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.64%) QRadar
Vendors
1 44 (28.03%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.01%) Salesforce
3 14 (8.92%) Oracle
4 12 (7.64%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.73%) VMware
6 4 (2.55%) Google
6 4 (2.55%) SAP
7 3 (1.91%) Sophos
8 2 (1.27%) Sage
8 2 (1.27%) Xero
9 1 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.64%) IBM
9 1 (0.64%) Splunk
9 1 (0.64%) Thales
9 1 (0.64%) YouTube