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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 124 45
Rank change year-on-year +56 -79 +21
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 114 58 317
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.00% 1.75% 4.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.35% 4.20% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 89 50 253
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,388 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £56,533 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.24% +25.63% -10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £91,000 £65,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £55,283 £37,500
% change year-on-year -23.12% +47.42% -25.00%

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 1,366 1,381 2,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 23.91% 41.66% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 901 546 1,500
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £28,846
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.00% +5.26% -16.30%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £61,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £73,750
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +34 76 £36,250 -38.30% 36
Buckinghamshire +15 23 £55,000 -16.98% 14
Oxfordshire +1 15 £37,500 -3.23% 19
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:

Applications
1 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.39%) SAP GTS
2 3 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 29 (25.44%) Azure
2 17 (14.91%) AWS
3 11 (9.65%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.26%) GitHub
5 5 (4.39%) Apigee
5 5 (4.39%) Figma
5 5 (4.39%) GCP
5 5 (4.39%) iPaaS
5 5 (4.39%) Kong
5 5 (4.39%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (1.75%) SaaS
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.88%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (13.16%) Firewall
2 8 (7.02%) DNS
3 5 (4.39%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (2.63%) DHCP
5 2 (1.75%) NAS
5 2 (1.75%) NetScaler
5 2 (1.75%) SAN
5 2 (1.75%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.88%) Network Security
6 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 6 (5.26%) Git
2 5 (4.39%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.88%) JIRA
3 1 (0.88%) Selenium
3 1 (0.88%) WebDriver
General
1 64 (56.14%) Social Skills
2 34 (29.82%) Marketing
3 29 (25.44%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (9.65%) Finance
6 9 (7.89%) Retail
7 7 (6.14%) Manufacturing
8 5 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.39%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (4.39%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.63%) Local Government
11 2 (1.75%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.75%) Billing
11 2 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.75%) Law
12 1 (0.88%) French Language
12 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (14.04%) Sales Executive
2 14 (12.28%) Business Development Manager
2 14 (12.28%) Business Manager
2 14 (12.28%) Development Manager
3 11 (9.65%) Sales Manager
4 10 (8.77%) Sales Business Development Manager
5 9 (7.89%) Applications Architect
5 9 (7.89%) Architect
5 9 (7.89%) Senior
6 8 (7.02%) 3rd Line Support
6 8 (7.02%) Developer
6 8 (7.02%) Senior Developer
6 8 (7.02%) Software Engineer
7 7 (6.14%) Business Development Executive
8 6 (5.26%) Administrator
9 5 (4.39%) Compliance Manager
9 5 (4.39%) Network Specialist
9 5 (4.39%) Oracle Developer
9 5 (4.39%) Senior Oracle Developer
9 5 (4.39%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.91%) JSON
2 16 (14.04%) REST
3 12 (10.53%) XML
4 8 (7.02%) Middleware
5 7 (6.14%) Django
6 6 (5.26%) React
6 6 (5.26%) WebSockets
7 5 (4.39%) HTML
7 5 (4.39%) Jinja
7 5 (4.39%) SOAP
7 5 (4.39%) Twisted
7 5 (4.39%) Web Services
7 5 (4.39%) YAML
7 5 (4.39%) YANG
8 3 (2.63%) MFC
9 2 (1.75%) JSON Schema
9 2 (1.75%) LDAP
9 2 (1.75%) Regular Expression
10 1 (0.88%) EDI
10 1 (0.88%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.28%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.39%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.39%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.63%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.63%) Life Science
3 3 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.63%) NHS
3 3 (2.63%) PMI
3 3 (2.63%) Private Cloud
3 3 (2.63%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (2.63%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.75%) PKI
5 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.88%) Smart Home
5 1 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.04%) Linux
1 16 (14.04%) Windows
2 11 (9.65%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.39%) Unix
4 4 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (37.72%) CRM
2 42 (36.84%) Business Development
3 28 (24.56%) Decision-Making
3 28 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (16.67%) Service Management
5 18 (15.79%) Mentoring
6 17 (14.91%) Lead Generation
7 16 (14.04%) Customer Service
8 15 (13.16%) ITSM
9 13 (11.40%) Agile
9 13 (11.40%) Containerisation
9 13 (11.40%) ERP
10 11 (9.65%) End-to-End Testing
10 11 (9.65%) Software Engineering
11 10 (8.77%) B2B
11 10 (8.77%) Computer Science
12 9 (7.89%) Coaching
12 9 (7.89%) Test Automation
13 8 (7.02%) Configuration Management
13 8 (7.02%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.91%) Python
2 16 (14.04%) JavaScript
3 11 (9.65%) Java
4 10 (8.77%) SQL
5 7 (6.14%) TypeScript
6 6 (5.26%) C#
7 5 (4.39%) C++
7 5 (4.39%) PL/SQL
8 4 (3.51%) PowerShell
9 3 (2.63%) Bash
10 2 (1.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (25.44%) Degree
2 8 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.39%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.51%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.63%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.63%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.88%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.88%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.28%) QA
2 6 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.63%) SLA
3 3 (2.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (9.65%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.02%) Docker
3 7 (6.14%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.51%) vSphere
6 3 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.63%) Ansible
1 3 (2.63%) Grafana
1 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.63%) Prometheus
1 3 (2.63%) Terraform
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.88%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 17 (14.91%) Salesforce
3 7 (6.14%) VMware
4 5 (4.39%) Cisco
4 5 (4.39%) F5
4 5 (4.39%) Juniper
4 5 (4.39%) Oracle
4 5 (4.39%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.39%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.39%) SAP
5 3 (2.63%) Sophos
6 2 (1.75%) Citrix
6 2 (1.75%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.75%) NetApp
7 1 (0.88%) BMC
7 1 (0.88%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.88%) Google
7 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.88%) Splunk