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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 115 43
Rank change year-on-year +52 -72 +44
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 135 81 301
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.17% 2.25% 4.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.67% 5.03% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 104 73 225
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,438 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -17.43%
75th Percentile £58,125 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,500 £64,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -20.00%

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 1,557 1,611 1,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.07% 44.74% 31.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 660 1,262
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,196 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -1.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £75,000
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 July 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 July 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 +36 82 £31,500 -43.31% 32
Oxfordshire +5 27 £40,000 +23.08% 19
Buckinghamshire +6 26 £55,000 +46.67% 16
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 9 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.74%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.44%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (3.70%) SAP GTS
3 3 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.48%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 33 (24.44%) Azure
2 22 (16.30%) AWS
3 12 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.93%) GCP
5 6 (4.44%) GitHub
6 5 (3.70%) Apigee
6 5 (3.70%) Figma
6 5 (3.70%) Kong
6 5 (3.70%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (2.22%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.22%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.22%) SaaS
8 2 (1.48%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.74%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.78%) Firewall
2 17 (12.59%) DNS
3 12 (8.89%) DHCP
4 9 (6.67%) VPN
4 9 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (5.19%) Wireless
6 6 (4.44%) VLAN
7 5 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.48%) NAS
8 2 (1.48%) NetScaler
8 2 (1.48%) SAN
8 2 (1.48%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.74%) LAN
9 1 (0.74%) Network Security
9 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.74%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.74%) VoIP
9 1 (0.74%) WAN
9 1 (0.74%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.74%) MySQL
1 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (6.67%) Git
2 6 (4.44%) GitLab
3 4 (2.96%) Eclipse
3 4 (2.96%) Eclipse RCP
4 1 (0.74%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.74%) JIRA
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 65 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 40 (29.63%) Marketing
3 30 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (8.15%) Manufacturing
6 10 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (6.67%) Telecoms
8 8 (5.93%) Finance
9 7 (5.19%) Retail
10 6 (4.44%) Local Government
11 5 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (2.22%) Aerospace
14 2 (1.48%) Billing
15 1 (0.74%) French Language
Job Titles
1 19 (14.07%) Sales Executive
2 15 (11.11%) Business Development Manager
2 15 (11.11%) Business Manager
2 15 (11.11%) Development Manager
3 14 (10.37%) Business Development Executive
4 13 (9.63%) Senior
5 12 (8.89%) Network Engineer
5 12 (8.89%) Software Engineer
6 11 (8.15%) Sales Manager
7 10 (7.41%) Sales Business Development Manager
8 8 (5.93%) Architect
8 8 (5.93%) Developer
9 7 (5.19%) Administrator
9 7 (5.19%) Compliance Manager
9 7 (5.19%) IT Engineer
9 7 (5.19%) Senior Developer
10 6 (4.44%) 3rd Line Support
10 6 (4.44%) Network Operations Engineer
10 6 (4.44%) Operations Engineer
10 6 (4.44%) Senior C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.11%) REST
2 10 (7.41%) JSON
3 9 (6.67%) XML
4 6 (4.44%) Django
4 6 (4.44%) MFC
4 6 (4.44%) React
4 6 (4.44%) WebSockets
5 5 (3.70%) Jinja
5 5 (3.70%) Middleware
5 5 (3.70%) Twisted
5 5 (3.70%) Web Services
5 5 (3.70%) YAML
5 5 (3.70%) YANG
6 4 (2.96%) .NET
6 4 (2.96%) HTML
6 4 (2.96%) SOAP
7 3 (2.22%) CSS
8 2 (1.48%) LDAP
8 2 (1.48%) OAuth
8 2 (1.48%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.33%) Onboarding
2 11 (8.15%) Product Ownership
3 7 (5.19%) Life Science
3 7 (5.19%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (4.44%) CCTV
4 6 (4.44%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.44%) NHS
5 5 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.96%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.22%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.22%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.22%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.48%) CMDB
8 2 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.48%) PKI
8 2 (1.48%) TM Forum
9 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.56%) Windows
2 16 (11.85%) Linux
3 13 (9.63%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.44%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.70%) Unix
6 4 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (39.26%) Business Development
2 49 (36.30%) CRM
3 44 (32.59%) Decision-Making
4 38 (28.15%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (22.96%) Service Management
6 27 (20.00%) ITSM
7 24 (17.78%) Lead Generation
8 19 (14.07%) Mentoring
9 18 (13.33%) Customer Service
10 16 (11.85%) Software Engineering
11 14 (10.37%) Test Automation
12 13 (9.63%) B2B
12 13 (9.63%) Containerisation
13 12 (8.89%) Agile
13 12 (8.89%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (8.89%) Migration
13 12 (8.89%) Time Management
14 11 (8.15%) CI/CD
14 11 (8.15%) Computer Science
14 11 (8.15%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 25 (18.52%) Python
2 15 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 13 (9.63%) C++
3 13 (9.63%) PowerShell
4 12 (8.89%) C#
5 7 (5.19%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.96%) Java
7 3 (2.22%) Bash
7 3 (2.22%) C
7 3 (2.22%) SQL
8 2 (1.48%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.74%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.74%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 30 (22.22%) Degree
2 8 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.70%) DV Cleared
3 5 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.74%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.74%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.74%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.41%) QA
2 8 (5.93%) GDPR
3 5 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.70%) SLA
4 3 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.22%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.48%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.48%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (14.07%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.89%) Hyper-V
3 10 (7.41%) vSphere
4 9 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (5.93%) Docker
6 5 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.22%) Ansible
1 3 (2.22%) Grafana
1 3 (2.22%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.22%) Prometheus
1 3 (2.22%) Terraform
2 2 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.74%) QRadar
Vendors
1 37 (27.41%) Microsoft
2 24 (17.78%) Salesforce
3 13 (9.63%) VMware
4 6 (4.44%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.70%) Cisco
5 5 (3.70%) F5
5 5 (3.70%) Juniper
5 5 (3.70%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.70%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.70%) SAP
6 4 (2.96%) Google
7 3 (2.22%) Oracle
7 3 (2.22%) Sophos
8 2 (1.48%) Citrix
8 2 (1.48%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.48%) NetApp
9 1 (0.74%) BMC
9 1 (0.74%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.74%) Splunk