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 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 105 41
Rank change year-on-year +36 -64 +51
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 138 89 275
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.15% 2.47% 5.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.72% 5.47% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 106 81 198
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -17.43%
75th Percentile £55,875 £67,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £66,875 £68,750 £64,750
South East median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -15.00%

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 1,582 1,628 1,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 24.60% 45.25% 32.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 674 1,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,705 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -7.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,125 £77,500
South East median annual salary £54,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -11.54%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +27 83 £32,500 -31.61% 35
Oxfordshire -4 31 £40,000 +60.00% 16
Buckinghamshire +5 24 £57,000 +52.00% 16
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 9 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.90%) IIS
3 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Raiser’s Edge
2 5 (3.62%) SAP GTS
3 3 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 29 (21.01%) Azure
2 22 (15.94%) AWS
3 10 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.80%) GCP
5 6 (4.35%) GitHub
6 5 (3.62%) Apigee
6 5 (3.62%) Figma
6 5 (3.62%) Kong
6 5 (3.62%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (2.17%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.17%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.17%) SaaS
8 1 (0.72%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (15.94%) Firewall
2 17 (12.32%) DNS
3 12 (8.70%) DHCP
4 9 (6.52%) VPN
4 9 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (5.07%) Wireless
6 6 (4.35%) VLAN
7 5 (3.62%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.45%) NAS
8 2 (1.45%) NetScaler
8 2 (1.45%) SAN
8 2 (1.45%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.72%) LAN
9 1 (0.72%) Network Security
9 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.72%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.72%) VoIP
9 1 (0.72%) WAN
9 1 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.90%) MySQL
1 4 (2.90%) Relational Database
1 4 (2.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (6.52%) Git
2 7 (5.07%) GitLab
3 5 (3.62%) Eclipse
3 5 (3.62%) Eclipse RCP
4 4 (2.90%) Claude Code
4 4 (2.90%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (2.90%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.72%) JIRA
General
1 67 (48.55%) Social Skills
2 40 (28.99%) Marketing
3 35 (25.36%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 11 (7.97%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (7.97%) Telecoms
6 10 (7.25%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (5.07%) Finance
7 7 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.07%) Retail
8 6 (4.35%) Local Government
9 5 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (3.62%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.17%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.45%) Billing
13 1 (0.72%) French Language
Job Titles
1 21 (15.22%) Sales Executive
2 15 (10.87%) Business Development Executive
2 15 (10.87%) Business Development Manager
2 15 (10.87%) Business Manager
2 15 (10.87%) Development Manager
3 13 (9.42%) Senior
4 12 (8.70%) Network Engineer
4 12 (8.70%) Software Engineer
5 10 (7.25%) Developer
5 10 (7.25%) Sales Business Development Manager
5 10 (7.25%) Sales Manager
6 8 (5.80%) Architect
7 7 (5.07%) Compliance Manager
7 7 (5.07%) IT Engineer
8 6 (4.35%) Administrator
8 6 (4.35%) C++ Developer
8 6 (4.35%) Network Operations Engineer
8 6 (4.35%) Operations Engineer
8 6 (4.35%) Senior C++ Developer
8 6 (4.35%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.87%) REST
2 8 (5.80%) JSON
2 8 (5.80%) XML
3 7 (5.07%) .NET
3 7 (5.07%) CSS
3 7 (5.07%) HTML
4 6 (4.35%) Django
4 6 (4.35%) MFC
4 6 (4.35%) React
4 6 (4.35%) WebSockets
5 5 (3.62%) Jinja
5 5 (3.62%) Twisted
5 5 (3.62%) Web Services
5 5 (3.62%) YAML
5 5 (3.62%) YANG
6 4 (2.90%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.90%) jQuery
6 4 (2.90%) LESS
6 4 (2.90%) Middleware
6 4 (2.90%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.87%) Onboarding
2 13 (9.42%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.80%) Life Science
3 8 (5.80%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (4.35%) CCTV
4 6 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (4.35%) NHS
5 5 (3.62%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.62%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (3.62%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.17%) CMDB
6 3 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.17%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.17%) Private Cloud
6 3 (2.17%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.17%) TM Forum
7 2 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.45%) PKI
8 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.49%) Windows
2 16 (11.59%) Linux
3 12 (8.70%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.35%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.62%) Unix
6 4 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (42.03%) Business Development
2 52 (37.68%) Decision-Making
3 51 (36.96%) CRM
4 41 (29.71%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (26.09%) Service Management
6 31 (22.46%) ITSM
7 24 (17.39%) Lead Generation
8 18 (13.04%) Mentoring
9 17 (12.32%) Software Engineering
10 16 (11.59%) Test Automation
11 14 (10.14%) Customer Service
11 14 (10.14%) ITIL
12 13 (9.42%) B2B
12 13 (9.42%) Containerisation
13 12 (8.70%) Agile
13 12 (8.70%) Computer Science
13 12 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (8.70%) Migration
13 12 (8.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 26 (18.84%) Python
2 18 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 14 (10.14%) C++
4 13 (9.42%) PowerShell
5 12 (8.70%) C#
6 10 (7.25%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.90%) VB.NET
8 3 (2.17%) Bash
8 3 (2.17%) C
8 3 (2.17%) Java
9 2 (1.45%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (22.46%) Degree
2 8 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.62%) DV Cleared
3 5 (3.62%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.72%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.72%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (0.72%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.52%) GDPR
1 9 (6.52%) QA
2 7 (5.07%) SLA
3 5 (3.62%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.17%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.45%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.45%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.97%) Hyper-V
3 10 (7.25%) vSphere
4 9 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (5.80%) Docker
6 5 (3.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (2.17%) Ansible
1 3 (2.17%) Grafana
1 3 (2.17%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.17%) Prometheus
1 3 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (2.17%) Terraform
2 1 (0.72%) QRadar
Vendors
1 37 (26.81%) Microsoft
2 25 (18.12%) Salesforce
3 13 (9.42%) VMware
4 9 (6.52%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.35%) Oracle
6 5 (3.62%) Cisco
6 5 (3.62%) F5
6 5 (3.62%) Juniper
6 5 (3.62%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.62%) Red Hat
6 5 (3.62%) SAP
7 3 (2.17%) Google
7 3 (2.17%) Sophos
8 2 (1.45%) Citrix
8 2 (1.45%) NetApp
9 1 (0.72%) BMC
9 1 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.72%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.72%) Splunk