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 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 128 41
Rank change year-on-year +55 -87 +20
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 109 52 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.93% 1.58% 4.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.04% 4.23% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 86 40 250
10th Percentile £27,000 £37,375 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,125 £50,848 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £63,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.25% +41.67% -1.10%
75th Percentile £68,750 £87,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £122,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £60,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year -29.17% +62.16% -26.00%

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 1,355 1,229 2,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 23.93% 37.25% 33.93%
Number of salaries quoted 831 544 1,507
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +13.16% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,625 £73,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.91%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +43 77 £40,000 -38.46% 40
Buckinghamshire +4 22 £51,000 -18.40% 11
Oxfordshire +8 10 £27,500 -29.03% 14
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:

Applications
1 14 (12.84%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.59%) SAP GTS
2 2 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.92%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 25 (22.94%) Azure
2 13 (11.93%) AWS
3 10 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.59%) Apigee
4 5 (4.59%) Figma
4 5 (4.59%) GCP
4 5 (4.59%) GitHub
4 5 (4.59%) iPaaS
4 5 (4.59%) Kong
4 5 (4.59%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.92%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.84%) Firewall
2 7 (6.42%) DNS
3 5 (4.59%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (1.83%) DHCP
4 2 (1.83%) NAS
4 2 (1.83%) NetScaler
4 2 (1.83%) SAN
4 2 (1.83%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.92%) Network Security
5 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.50%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 5 (4.59%) Git
1 5 (4.59%) GitLab
2 2 (1.83%) JIRA
3 1 (0.92%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.92%) Selenium
3 1 (0.92%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.92%) WebDriver
General
1 68 (62.39%) Social Skills
2 33 (30.28%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (27.52%) Marketing
4 12 (11.01%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (10.09%) Finance
6 8 (7.34%) Retail
7 5 (4.59%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.59%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (4.59%) Telecoms
8 4 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.75%) Billing
9 3 (2.75%) French Language
9 3 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.83%) Law
10 2 (1.83%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.92%) Environmental Health
11 1 (0.92%) German Language
11 1 (0.92%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 11 (10.09%) Sales Executive
1 11 (10.09%) Senior
2 9 (8.26%) 3rd Line Support
2 9 (8.26%) Applications Architect
2 9 (8.26%) Architect
2 9 (8.26%) Developer
2 9 (8.26%) Oracle Developer
2 9 (8.26%) Senior Developer
2 9 (8.26%) Senior Oracle Developer
3 7 (6.42%) Business Development Manager
3 7 (6.42%) Business Manager
3 7 (6.42%) Development Manager
4 6 (5.50%) Administrator
4 6 (5.50%) Business Development Executive
4 6 (5.50%) Sales Manager
4 6 (5.50%) Software Engineer
5 5 (4.59%) Integration Architect
5 5 (4.59%) Network Engineer
5 5 (4.59%) Technical Support
5 5 (4.59%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (19.27%) JSON
2 15 (13.76%) REST
3 13 (11.93%) XML
4 9 (8.26%) HTML
5 8 (7.34%) Middleware
6 6 (5.50%) Django
6 6 (5.50%) SOAP
7 5 (4.59%) Jinja
7 5 (4.59%) React
7 5 (4.59%) Twisted
7 5 (4.59%) Web Services
7 5 (4.59%) WebSockets
7 5 (4.59%) YAML
7 5 (4.59%) YANG
8 2 (1.83%) JSON Schema
8 2 (1.83%) LDAP
8 2 (1.83%) Regular Expression
9 1 (0.92%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.09%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.59%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.59%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (2.75%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.75%) PMI
4 2 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.83%) Life Science
4 2 (1.83%) PKI
4 2 (1.83%) Private Cloud
4 2 (1.83%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.83%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.92%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.92%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.76%) Linux
2 11 (10.09%) Windows
3 10 (9.17%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.59%) Unix
5 4 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.83%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (35.78%) CRM
2 34 (31.19%) Business Development
3 26 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (19.27%) Decision-Making
5 18 (16.51%) Mentoring
6 17 (15.60%) Customer Service
7 16 (14.68%) Lead Generation
8 14 (12.84%) Service Management
9 13 (11.93%) ERP
10 12 (11.01%) Containerisation
11 11 (10.09%) Configuration Management
12 10 (9.17%) End-to-End Testing
12 10 (9.17%) ITSM
13 9 (8.26%) Agile
13 9 (8.26%) DevOps
13 9 (8.26%) Issue Tracking
14 8 (7.34%) Computer Science
14 8 (7.34%) Software Engineering
14 8 (7.34%) Test Automation
14 8 (7.34%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.43%) JavaScript
2 15 (13.76%) Java
3 14 (12.84%) Python
3 14 (12.84%) SQL
4 9 (8.26%) PL/SQL
5 6 (5.50%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.75%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.83%) Bash
7 2 (1.83%) C#
7 2 (1.83%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.92%) C++
Qualifications
1 24 (22.02%) Degree
2 7 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.50%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.67%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.75%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.75%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.92%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.92%) HNC
6 1 (0.92%) HND
6 1 (0.92%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.92%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.93%) QA
2 6 (5.50%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.67%) SLA
4 2 (1.83%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (9.17%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.42%) Docker
3 6 (5.50%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.59%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.67%) vSphere
6 2 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) Ansible
1 2 (1.83%) Grafana
1 2 (1.83%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.83%) Prometheus
1 2 (1.83%) Terraform
2 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.92%) QRadar
Vendors
1 21 (19.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (14.68%) Salesforce
3 9 (8.26%) Oracle
4 6 (5.50%) VMware
5 5 (4.59%) Cisco
5 5 (4.59%) F5
5 5 (4.59%) Juniper
5 5 (4.59%) Palo Alto
5 5 (4.59%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.59%) SAP
6 2 (1.83%) Citrix
6 2 (1.83%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.83%) NetApp
6 2 (1.83%) Sophos
7 1 (0.92%) BMC
7 1 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.92%) Google
7 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.92%) Splunk