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 15 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 78 71
Rank change year-on-year +14 -7 -23
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 120 106 185
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.75% 3.26% 3.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.35% 9.60% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 102 46 144
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,000 £25,575
25th Percentile £32,750 £55,313 £29,913
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £75,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +66.67% -3.34%
75th Percentile £52,500 £122,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 - £65,000
South East median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -30.43% +55.41% -26.00%

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 1,159 1,104 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.58% 33.94% 32.67%
Number of salaries quoted 670 488 1,206
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £95,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £48,580 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.51% +15.00% -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 15 February 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 15 February 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 -3 53 £47,500 -54.76% 22
Buckinghamshire +24 51 £37,500 -34.78% 11
Oxfordshire +11 16 £37,500 +15.38% 13
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 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.67%) C-CURE
2 2 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.83%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.67%) Azure
2 20 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.17%) AWS
4 4 (3.33%) iPaaS
5 2 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.83%) Apigee
6 1 (0.83%) GCP
6 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.83%) Kong
6 1 (0.83%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.17%) Firewall
2 2 (1.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.83%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.00%) OLTP
2 1 (0.83%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Selenium
1 5 (4.17%) WebDriver
2 3 (2.50%) Cypress.io
2 3 (2.50%) JIRA
2 3 (2.50%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.67%) Postman
3 2 (1.67%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.83%) GitLab
4 1 (0.83%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.83%) MLflow
General
1 80 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 24 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (17.50%) Influencing Skills
4 20 (16.67%) Marketing
5 15 (12.50%) Finance
6 12 (10.00%) Billing
7 10 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (7.50%) Law
8 9 (7.50%) Manufacturing
8 9 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (5.83%) Telecoms
10 5 (4.17%) Local Government
10 5 (4.17%) Public Sector
11 4 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (2.50%) French Language
12 3 (2.50%) Retail
13 2 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.83%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.83%) Environmental Health
14 1 (0.83%) German Language
Job Titles
1 20 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
2 19 (15.83%) Technical Support
3 18 (15.00%) Senior
4 15 (12.50%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 13 (10.83%) Consultant
6 11 (9.17%) Developer
7 10 (8.33%) Senior Developer
8 9 (7.50%) IT Technician
8 9 (7.50%) Oracle Developer
8 9 (7.50%) Senior Oracle Developer
9 7 (5.83%) Managing Consultant
10 6 (5.00%) IT Support
10 6 (5.00%) Support Engineer
11 5 (4.17%) IT Support Technician
11 5 (4.17%) Recruitment Consultant
11 5 (4.17%) Support Technician
12 4 (3.33%) Applications Architect
12 4 (3.33%) IT Administrator
12 4 (3.33%) Technical Engineer
12 4 (3.33%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.67%) JSON
2 11 (9.17%) HTML
3 7 (5.83%) SOAP
4 6 (5.00%) XML
5 5 (4.17%) REST
6 4 (3.33%) Middleware
7 3 (2.50%) .NET
7 3 (2.50%) Playwright
8 2 (1.67%) Django
9 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.83%) Blazor
9 1 (0.83%) Jinja
9 1 (0.83%) React
9 1 (0.83%) YAML
9 1 (0.83%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.50%) PMI
3 3 (2.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (1.67%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.67%) CCTV
4 2 (1.67%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.67%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
5 1 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.17%) Windows
2 15 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.83%) Linux
3 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.50%) Customer Service
2 28 (23.33%) CRM
3 26 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 18 (15.00%) Coaching
6 14 (11.67%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (10.83%) Agile
8 12 (10.00%) Red Team
9 11 (9.17%) CAD
9 11 (9.17%) Computer Science
10 9 (7.50%) Configuration Management
10 9 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (7.50%) Issue Tracking
10 9 (7.50%) Risk Management
11 8 (6.67%) Business Development
11 8 (6.67%) Software Testing
12 7 (5.83%) Decision-Making
12 7 (5.83%) Project Management
13 6 (5.00%) Cost Control
13 6 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.00%) Java
2 15 (12.50%) SQL
3 11 (9.17%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.50%) PL/SQL
5 8 (6.67%) C#
6 5 (4.17%) Python
7 3 (2.50%) C++
7 3 (2.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (30.00%) Degree
2 7 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.33%) HNC
6 3 (2.50%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (2.50%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.67%) City & Guilds
7 2 (1.67%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.83%) HND
8 1 (0.83%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.83%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.33%) QA
2 3 (2.50%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.50%) GDPR
3 2 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 15 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.50%) Oracle
3 5 (4.17%) VMware
4 4 (3.33%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.50%) SAP
6 1 (0.83%) Cisco
6 1 (0.83%) F5
6 1 (0.83%) Google
6 1 (0.83%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.83%) Juniper
6 1 (0.83%) Openreach
6 1 (0.83%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.83%) Red Hat