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 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 98 53
Rank change year-on-year +32 -45 -4
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 108 67 258
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.38% 2.38% 4.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.13% 6.76% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 93 38 214
10th Percentile £27,500 £48,875 £25,575
25th Percentile £32,000 £56,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £85,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% +88.89% +4.05%
75th Percentile £63,750 £122,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 - £64,750
South East median annual salary £40,000 £62,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -36.00% +73.61% -28.00%

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 1,183 991 2,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.03% 35.17% 33.57%
Number of salaries quoted 699 478 1,393
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,670 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.63% +15.34% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £94,125 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +22 54 £42,500 -59.52% 33
Buckinghamshire +18 42 £40,000 -33.33% 19
Oxfordshire +1 12 £32,500 -7.14% 9
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 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 11 (10.19%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 25 (23.15%) Azure
2 14 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (8.33%) AWS
4 4 (3.70%) iPaaS
5 3 (2.78%) Apigee
5 3 (2.78%) GCP
5 3 (2.78%) Kong
5 3 (2.78%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.85%) Figma
6 2 (1.85%) GitHub
7 1 (0.93%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.41%) Firewall
2 3 (2.78%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (1.85%) DNS
3 2 (1.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.93%) NAS
4 1 (0.93%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.93%) Network Security
4 1 (0.93%) SAN
4 1 (0.93%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.56%) OLTP
2 1 (0.93%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (2.78%) GitLab
1 3 (2.78%) JIRA
1 3 (2.78%) Selenium
1 3 (2.78%) WebDriver
2 2 (1.85%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.85%) Git
2 2 (1.85%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.93%) MLflow
3 1 (0.93%) Postman
3 1 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 66 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 23 (21.30%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (17.59%) Marketing
4 13 (12.04%) Influencing Skills
5 11 (10.19%) Finance
6 10 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (9.26%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (8.33%) Billing
8 8 (7.41%) Telecoms
9 6 (5.56%) Law
9 6 (5.56%) Manufacturing
10 4 (3.70%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (2.78%) French Language
11 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.78%) Local Government
11 3 (2.78%) Retail
12 1 (0.93%) German Language
12 1 (0.93%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.93%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (13.89%) 3rd Line Support
1 15 (13.89%) Senior
2 14 (12.96%) Technical Support
3 10 (9.26%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 10 (9.26%) Developer
3 10 (9.26%) Senior Developer
4 9 (8.33%) Consultant
4 9 (8.33%) IT Technician
4 9 (8.33%) Oracle Developer
4 9 (8.33%) Senior Oracle Developer
5 6 (5.56%) Applications Architect
5 6 (5.56%) Architect
5 6 (5.56%) IT Support
6 5 (4.63%) IT Support Technician
6 5 (4.63%) Recruitment Consultant
6 5 (4.63%) Software Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Support Engineer
6 5 (4.63%) Support Technician
7 4 (3.70%) IT Administrator
7 4 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.74%) JSON
2 10 (9.26%) HTML
3 9 (8.33%) REST
3 9 (8.33%) XML
4 6 (5.56%) SOAP
5 4 (3.70%) Django
5 4 (3.70%) Middleware
6 3 (2.78%) Jinja
6 3 (2.78%) React
6 3 (2.78%) YAML
6 3 (2.78%) YANG
7 2 (1.85%) .NET
7 2 (1.85%) Playwright
7 2 (1.85%) Twisted
7 2 (1.85%) Web Services
7 2 (1.85%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET Core
8 1 (0.93%) Blazor
8 1 (0.93%) JSON Schema
8 1 (0.93%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.81%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.78%) Driving Licence
2 3 (2.78%) PMI
3 2 (1.85%) AI Agents
3 2 (1.85%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.93%) PKI
4 1 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.96%) Windows
2 12 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 7 (6.48%) Linux
4 3 (2.78%) Unix
5 2 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (29.63%) CRM
2 30 (27.78%) Customer Service
3 24 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (15.74%) Mentoring
5 13 (12.04%) Business Development
5 13 (12.04%) Coaching
6 11 (10.19%) Agile
6 11 (10.19%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (9.26%) Computer Science
8 9 (8.33%) CAD
8 9 (8.33%) Configuration Management
8 9 (8.33%) Issue Tracking
8 9 (8.33%) Red Team
9 8 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (6.48%) Decision-Making
10 7 (6.48%) Time Management
11 6 (5.56%) Clean Code
11 6 (5.56%) Cost Control
11 6 (5.56%) End-to-End Testing
11 6 (5.56%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 16 (14.81%) Java
2 15 (13.89%) JavaScript
3 14 (12.96%) SQL
4 9 (8.33%) PL/SQL
4 9 (8.33%) Python
5 6 (5.56%) C#
6 5 (4.63%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.78%) C++
8 1 (0.93%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (26.85%) Degree
2 6 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (4.63%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.70%) HNC
5 3 (2.78%) Numerate Degree
5 3 (2.78%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.85%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.85%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.93%) HND
7 1 (0.93%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.93%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.19%) QA
2 2 (1.85%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.85%) GDPR
2 2 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (15.74%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.26%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.78%) Docker
5 2 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (23.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.33%) Oracle
3 7 (6.48%) Salesforce
3 7 (6.48%) VMware
4 3 (2.78%) Cisco
4 3 (2.78%) F5
4 3 (2.78%) Juniper
4 3 (2.78%) Palo Alto
4 3 (2.78%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.85%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.93%) BMC
6 1 (0.93%) Citrix
6 1 (0.93%) Google
6 1 (0.93%) NetApp
6 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow