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 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 65 97
Rank change year-on-year +3 +32 -49
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 131 141 87
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.28% 3.99% 2.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.81% 11.38% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 111 64 66
10th Percentile £25,125 £30,150 £29,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,125 £34,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +10.09% +26.01%
75th Percentile £52,500 £120,625 £58,194
90th Percentile £72,500 £122,500 £74,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +15.79% -0.23%

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 1,109 1,239 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.75% 35.03% 31.99%
Number of salaries quoted 611 541 728
10th Percentile £26,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £43,911 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £66,955 £74,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £56,252 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +2.28% -2.65%

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 25 December 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 25 December 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 71 £47,500 -52.50% 50
Buckinghamshire +7 39 £37,500 -34.78% 25
Oxfordshire +14 21 £31,250 -0.79% 18
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 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 16 (12.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.53%) C-CURE
2 2 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.76%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.69%) Azure
2 13 (9.92%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.29%) AWS
4 1 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (0.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.92%) OLTP
2 1 (0.76%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (6.11%) Selenium
1 8 (6.11%) WebDriver
2 5 (3.82%) JIRA
2 5 (3.82%) SoapUI
3 4 (3.05%) Cypress.io
3 4 (3.05%) Postman
3 4 (3.05%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) MLflow
General
1 86 (65.65%) Social Skills
2 29 (22.14%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (22.14%) Influencing Skills
3 23 (17.56%) Marketing
4 14 (10.69%) Billing
4 14 (10.69%) Finance
5 11 (8.40%) Manufacturing
6 10 (7.63%) Law
7 9 (6.87%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (6.11%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (5.34%) Public Sector
10 6 (4.58%) Telecoms
11 5 (3.82%) Local Government
12 4 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.53%) French Language
14 1 (0.76%) German Language
14 1 (0.76%) Italian Language
14 1 (0.76%) Retail
14 1 (0.76%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 26 (19.85%) Senior
2 18 (13.74%) Consultant
3 17 (12.98%) Developer
4 16 (12.21%) Senior Developer
4 16 (12.21%) Technical Support
5 14 (10.69%) Oracle Developer
5 14 (10.69%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 13 (9.92%) 3rd Line Support
7 12 (9.16%) 3rd Line Technical Support
7 12 (9.16%) Administrator
8 9 (6.87%) IT Technician
8 9 (6.87%) Managing Consultant
9 8 (6.11%) Recruitment Consultant
10 7 (5.34%) Coordinator
10 7 (5.34%) Lead
11 6 (4.58%) Analyst
12 5 (3.82%) IT Support
12 5 (3.82%) IT Support Technician
12 5 (3.82%) Support Engineer
12 5 (3.82%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.74%) HTML
2 14 (10.69%) JSON
3 5 (3.82%) .NET
3 5 (3.82%) SOAP
4 4 (3.05%) Playwright
5 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.76%) Blazor
5 1 (0.76%) Django
5 1 (0.76%) React
5 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (19.08%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.58%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.82%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.05%) Social Media
4 4 (3.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (3.05%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (1.53%) CCTV
5 2 (1.53%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.53%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.76%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.69%) Windows
2 12 (9.16%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.53%) Linux
3 2 (1.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (30.53%) Customer Service
2 21 (16.03%) Mentoring
3 18 (13.74%) Collaborative Working
4 17 (12.98%) Red Team
5 16 (12.21%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (10.69%) Configuration Management
6 14 (10.69%) CRM
6 14 (10.69%) Issue Tracking
7 13 (9.92%) Agile
7 13 (9.92%) Clean Code
7 13 (9.92%) Coaching
7 13 (9.92%) Mathematics
8 12 (9.16%) Business Development
8 12 (9.16%) Risk Management
9 11 (8.40%) CAD
10 10 (7.63%) Time Management
11 9 (6.87%) Computer Science
11 9 (6.87%) Software Testing
11 9 (6.87%) Test Scripting
12 8 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.32%) Java
2 20 (15.27%) SQL
3 15 (11.45%) JavaScript
4 14 (10.69%) PL/SQL
5 10 (7.63%) C#
6 5 (3.82%) Python
7 2 (1.53%) C++
7 2 (1.53%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (25.19%) Degree
2 9 (6.87%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.11%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.05%) HNC
5 4 (3.05%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.05%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 3 (2.29%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (1.53%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.76%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.76%) HND
8 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.76%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.34%) QA
1 7 (5.34%) SLA
2 4 (3.05%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (12.98%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.16%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.69%) Oracle
3 6 (4.58%) SAP
4 5 (3.82%) VMware
5 1 (0.76%) Openreach