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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 92 46
Rank change year-on-year +22 -46 +34
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 152 127 210
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.12% 3.21% 4.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.40% 7.66% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 117 107 111
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -19.05% -4.11%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £61,600 £67,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -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 1,810 1,658 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.21% 41.96% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 678 744
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,705 £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 £67,997 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,125 £81,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £46,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.13% -12.38% -8.70%

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 11 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 11 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 +24 84 £34,250 -27.89% 37
Oxfordshire -10 44 £37,500 +15.38% 19
Buckinghamshire -1 24 £52,250 +39.33% 20
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 (7.24%) IIS
1 11 (7.24%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.95%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (3.29%) SAP GTS
3 4 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.97%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.47%) Azure
2 16 (10.53%) AWS
3 9 (5.92%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.29%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.29%) GCP
4 5 (3.29%) SaaS
5 3 (1.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 3 (1.97%) GitHub
5 3 (1.97%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.32%) Apigee
6 2 (1.32%) Figma
6 2 (1.32%) Kong
6 2 (1.32%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.66%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.66%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.66%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.84%) Firewall
2 13 (8.55%) DNS
3 12 (7.89%) DHCP
4 9 (5.92%) VPN
4 9 (5.92%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (4.61%) Wireless
6 6 (3.95%) VLAN
7 2 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.66%) LAN
8 1 (0.66%) Network Security
8 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.66%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.66%) VoIP
8 1 (0.66%) WAN
8 1 (0.66%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.24%) MySQL
1 11 (7.24%) Relational Database
1 11 (7.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (7.24%) Claude Code
1 11 (7.24%) Oracle Forms
1 11 (7.24%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (3.95%) Git
3 5 (3.29%) Eclipse
3 5 (3.29%) Eclipse RCP
4 4 (2.63%) GitLab
General
1 80 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 44 (28.95%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (25.66%) Marketing
4 15 (9.87%) Manufacturing
5 14 (9.21%) Telecoms
6 13 (8.55%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (7.89%) Retail
8 9 (5.92%) Finance
8 9 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (5.26%) Aerospace
10 7 (4.61%) Electronics
10 7 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (4.61%) Local Government
11 5 (3.29%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.97%) Billing
12 3 (1.97%) Law
13 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.66%) Agriculture
14 1 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (15.79%) Sales Executive
2 17 (11.18%) Business Development Manager
2 17 (11.18%) Business Manager
2 17 (11.18%) Developer
2 17 (11.18%) Development Manager
3 16 (10.53%) Business Development Executive
3 16 (10.53%) Senior
4 13 (8.55%) Sales Manager
5 11 (7.24%) .NET Developer
5 11 (7.24%) Sales Business Development Manager
6 9 (5.92%) Network Engineer
6 9 (5.92%) Software Engineer
6 9 (5.92%) VB.NET Developer
7 7 (4.61%) Compliance Manager
8 6 (3.95%) Administrator
8 6 (3.95%) C++ Developer
8 6 (3.95%) Network Operations Engineer
8 6 (3.95%) Operations Engineer
8 6 (3.95%) Senior C++ Developer
8 6 (3.95%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.21%) .NET
1 14 (9.21%) CSS
1 14 (9.21%) HTML
2 11 (7.24%) ASP.NET
2 11 (7.24%) ASP.NET Web API
2 11 (7.24%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 11 (7.24%) jQuery
2 11 (7.24%) LESS
3 9 (5.92%) REST
4 6 (3.95%) MFC
5 4 (2.63%) Middleware
5 4 (2.63%) SOAP
6 3 (1.97%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.97%) Django
6 3 (1.97%) JSON
6 3 (1.97%) OAuth
6 3 (1.97%) React
6 3 (1.97%) SAML
6 3 (1.97%) WebSockets
6 3 (1.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.89%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.24%) Driving Licence
3 10 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.92%) Renewable Energy
5 8 (5.26%) Life Science
5 8 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.95%) CCTV
6 6 (3.95%) Cloud Native
6 6 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.95%) NHS
7 5 (3.29%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.63%) Video\Live Streaming
9 3 (1.97%) CMDB
9 3 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.97%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.97%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.97%) TM Forum
10 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.32%) Smart Home
10 2 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (10.53%) Windows
2 6 (3.95%) Linux
2 6 (3.95%) Windows 10
2 6 (3.95%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (42.76%) Decision-Making
2 63 (41.45%) Business Development
3 58 (38.16%) CRM
4 50 (32.89%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (22.37%) Service Management
6 30 (19.74%) ITSM
7 24 (15.79%) Lead Generation
8 19 (12.50%) Mentoring
9 18 (11.84%) B2B
10 17 (11.18%) B2B Sales
11 16 (10.53%) ITIL
11 16 (10.53%) User Experience
12 15 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (9.87%) Software Engineering
13 14 (9.21%) Customer Service
13 14 (9.21%) Test Automation
14 13 (8.55%) Agile
14 13 (8.55%) Computer Science
14 13 (8.55%) SIAM
15 12 (7.89%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.16%) Python
2 19 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 14 (9.21%) C#
3 14 (9.21%) C++
3 14 (9.21%) TypeScript
4 13 (8.55%) PowerShell
5 11 (7.24%) VB.NET
6 3 (1.97%) Bash
6 3 (1.97%) C
6 3 (1.97%) Java
7 1 (0.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (23.03%) Degree
2 8 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.32%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (1.32%) HNC
4 1 (0.66%) City & Guilds
4 1 (0.66%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.66%) HND
4 1 (0.66%) NVQ Level 4
4 1 (0.66%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.66%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.92%) GDPR
2 7 (4.61%) SLA
3 6 (3.95%) QA
4 5 (3.29%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.97%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.97%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.32%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.92%) Hyper-V
2 9 (5.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.95%) vSphere
4 5 (3.29%) Docker
5 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.97%) Ansible
2 3 (1.97%) Grafana
2 3 (1.97%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.97%) Prometheus
2 3 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.66%) QRadar
Vendors
1 42 (27.63%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.82%) Salesforce
3 14 (9.21%) Oracle
4 11 (7.24%) ServiceNow
5 9 (5.92%) VMware
6 5 (3.29%) SAP
7 4 (2.63%) Google
8 3 (1.97%) Sophos
9 2 (1.32%) Cisco
9 2 (1.32%) F5
9 2 (1.32%) Juniper
9 2 (1.32%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.32%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.32%) Sage
9 2 (1.32%) Xero
10 1 (0.66%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.66%) Splunk
10 1 (0.66%) YouTube