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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 64 99
Rank change year-on-year +6 +35 -51
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 126 134 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.13% 3.96% 2.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.85% 11.34% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 106 58 75
10th Percentile £25,938 £30,675 £28,200
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,220 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +14.68% +14.74%
75th Percentile £52,500 £122,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 - £71,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year -30.43% +49.35% -22.03%

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 1,063 1,182 1,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.37% 34.93% 32.99%
Number of salaries quoted 598 511 857
10th Percentile £26,925 £36,250 £30,300
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,081 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +10.09% -0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,917 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £57,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year -21.05% +3.65% -0.01%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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 -11 66 £47,500 -54.76% 62
Buckinghamshire +9 41 £37,500 -34.78% 30
Oxfordshire +16 19 £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 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.59%) C-CURE
2 2 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (12.70%) Azure
2 12 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.38%) AWS
3 3 (2.38%) iPaaS
4 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (0.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.73%) OLTP
2 1 (0.79%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Selenium
1 8 (6.35%) WebDriver
2 5 (3.97%) JIRA
2 5 (3.97%) SoapUI
3 4 (3.17%) Cypress.io
3 4 (3.17%) Postman
3 4 (3.17%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.79%) MLflow
General
1 84 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.60%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
4 22 (17.46%) Marketing
5 15 (11.90%) Finance
6 13 (10.32%) Billing
7 11 (8.73%) Manufacturing
8 10 (7.94%) Law
9 8 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (6.35%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (4.76%) Public Sector
10 6 (4.76%) Telecoms
11 5 (3.97%) Local Government
12 4 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.59%) French Language
13 2 (1.59%) Retail
14 1 (0.79%) German Language
14 1 (0.79%) Italian Language
14 1 (0.79%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (19.84%) Senior
2 17 (13.49%) Consultant
3 16 (12.70%) Developer
4 15 (11.90%) Senior Developer
4 15 (11.90%) Technical Support
5 13 (10.32%) Oracle Developer
5 13 (10.32%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 12 (9.52%) 3rd Line Support
7 11 (8.73%) 3rd Line Technical Support
8 9 (7.14%) Administrator
8 9 (7.14%) IT Technician
9 8 (6.35%) Managing Consultant
9 8 (6.35%) Recruitment Consultant
10 7 (5.56%) Lead
11 6 (4.76%) Analyst
12 5 (3.97%) IT Support
12 5 (3.97%) IT Support Technician
12 5 (3.97%) Support Engineer
12 5 (3.97%) Support Technician
13 4 (3.17%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.49%) HTML
2 16 (12.70%) JSON
3 8 (6.35%) SOAP
4 5 (3.97%) .NET
5 4 (3.17%) Playwright
5 4 (3.17%) XML
6 3 (2.38%) Middleware
6 3 (2.38%) REST
7 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.79%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (0.79%) Blazor
7 1 (0.79%) Django
7 1 (0.79%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (19.05%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.97%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.17%) Social Media
4 4 (3.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (3.17%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (1.59%) CCTV
5 2 (1.59%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.59%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (1.59%) PMI
6 1 (0.79%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.32%) Windows
2 11 (8.73%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.59%) Linux
3 2 (1.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (27.78%) Customer Service
2 21 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 21 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (14.29%) CRM
4 17 (13.49%) Collaborative Working
5 16 (12.70%) Agile
5 16 (12.70%) Red Team
6 13 (10.32%) Configuration Management
6 13 (10.32%) Issue Tracking
7 12 (9.52%) Coaching
7 12 (9.52%) Computer Science
7 12 (9.52%) Risk Management
8 11 (8.73%) CAD
8 11 (8.73%) Clean Code
8 11 (8.73%) Mathematics
9 10 (7.94%) Software Testing
10 9 (7.14%) Business Development
10 9 (7.14%) Test Scripting
11 8 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (6.35%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (20.63%) Java
2 22 (17.46%) SQL
3 14 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 13 (10.32%) PL/SQL
5 10 (7.94%) C#
6 5 (3.97%) Python
7 2 (1.59%) C++
7 2 (1.59%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (29.37%) Degree
2 9 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.35%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.17%) HNC
6 4 (3.17%) ISTQB
6 4 (3.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 4 (3.17%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (1.59%) City & Guilds
7 2 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.79%) HND
8 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.79%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.94%) QA
2 5 (3.97%) SLA
3 4 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (12.70%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.73%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (15.08%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.32%) Oracle
3 6 (4.76%) SAP
4 5 (3.97%) VMware
5 1 (0.79%) Openreach