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 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 58 94
Rank change year-on-year -6 +36 -44
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 141 171 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.88% 3.93% 2.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.73% 12.52% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 121 71 79
10th Percentile £25,125 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £38,125 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £56,525 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.23% +3.72% +14.74%
75th Percentile £52,270 £65,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £122,500 £74,750
South East median annual salary £37,500 £56,252 £50,000
% change year-on-year -33.34% +12.50% +1.73%

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 1,314 1,366 1,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.12% 31.38% 34.99%
Number of salaries quoted 672 546 783
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,063 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,263 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,509 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year -15.94% +2.65% +0.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

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 4 November 2025.

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 4 November 2025. 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 -5 74 £42,500 -24.81% 139
Buckinghamshire +6 41 £37,500 -34.78% 66
Oxfordshire +17 26 £37,500 +19.05% 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 1 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 20 (14.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (7.80%) NetSuite
1 11 (7.80%) Sage 200
1 11 (7.80%) Sage CRM
2 6 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.13%) C-CURE
4 2 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.42%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (12.77%) Azure
3 3 (2.13%) AWS
4 2 (1.42%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.42%) SaaS
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.71%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
1 2 (1.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.93%) OLTP
2 1 (0.71%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (4.96%) Selenium
1 7 (4.96%) WebDriver
2 4 (2.84%) JIRA
2 4 (2.84%) Postman
2 4 (2.84%) SoapUI
2 4 (2.84%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (2.13%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.71%) MLflow
General
1 101 (71.63%) Social Skills
2 28 (19.86%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (19.86%) Influencing Skills
3 25 (17.73%) Finance
4 23 (16.31%) Marketing
5 20 (14.18%) Manufacturing
6 13 (9.22%) Billing
7 11 (7.80%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.67%) Law
8 8 (5.67%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.55%) Local Government
9 5 (3.55%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.55%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.71%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 25 (17.73%) Senior
2 19 (13.48%) Technical Support
3 17 (12.06%) Consultant
3 17 (12.06%) Developer
4 16 (11.35%) 3rd Line Support
4 16 (11.35%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 16 (11.35%) Senior Developer
5 15 (10.64%) Administrator
6 14 (9.93%) Oracle Developer
6 14 (9.93%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 11 (7.80%) Sage 200 Support
7 11 (7.80%) Sage Support
8 9 (6.38%) Coordinator
8 9 (6.38%) Managing Consultant
9 7 (4.96%) Customer Service Administrator
9 7 (4.96%) Recruitment Consultant
10 6 (4.26%) Analyst
10 6 (4.26%) IT Technician
10 6 (4.26%) Lead
10 6 (4.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (12.77%) HTML
2 15 (10.64%) JSON
3 5 (3.55%) .NET
3 5 (3.55%) SOAP
4 3 (2.13%) Playwright
5 1 (0.71%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.71%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.71%) Blazor
5 1 (0.71%) Django
5 1 (0.71%) React
5 1 (0.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.02%) Onboarding
2 7 (4.96%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.26%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.84%) CCTV
4 4 (2.84%) Fibre Optics
4 4 (2.84%) Social Media
4 4 (2.84%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (2.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.42%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.71%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.71%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 22 (15.60%) Windows
2 20 (14.18%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.42%) Linux
3 2 (1.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (39.72%) Customer Service
2 22 (15.60%) CRM
2 22 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (14.89%) Mentoring
4 18 (12.77%) Project Management
5 17 (12.06%) Collaborative Working
6 16 (11.35%) Coaching
6 16 (11.35%) Red Team
7 15 (10.64%) Clean Code
8 14 (9.93%) Configuration Management
8 14 (9.93%) Issue Tracking
9 13 (9.22%) Agile
10 12 (8.51%) Mathematics
10 12 (8.51%) Risk Management
11 11 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (7.80%) CAD
11 11 (7.80%) ERP
11 11 (7.80%) Inventory Management
11 11 (7.80%) Time Management
12 9 (6.38%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (22.70%) SQL
2 23 (16.31%) Java
3 15 (10.64%) JavaScript
4 14 (9.93%) PL/SQL
5 9 (6.38%) C#
6 5 (3.55%) Python
7 2 (1.42%) C++
7 2 (1.42%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (20.57%) Degree
2 9 (6.38%) SC Cleared
2 9 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.84%) ISTQB
4 4 (2.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 3 (2.13%) City & Guilds
5 3 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.13%) HNC
6 2 (1.42%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.42%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (1.42%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.71%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.38%) SLA
2 7 (4.96%) QA
3 3 (2.13%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (15.60%) Active Directory
2 16 (11.35%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.42%) SCCM
2 1 (0.71%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.93%) Oracle
3 11 (7.80%) Sage
4 6 (4.26%) SAP
5 4 (2.84%) VMware
6 2 (1.42%) Apple
6 2 (1.42%) Google
6 2 (1.42%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.71%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.71%) Openreach