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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 99 50
Rank change year-on-year +29 -49 +3
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 111 65 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.39% 2.32% 4.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.16% 6.54% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 97 36 223
10th Percentile £27,500 £45,625 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £57,188 £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 £36,750
% change year-on-year -36.00% +70.07% -26.50%

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 1,212 994 2,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.06% 35.41% 33.72%
Number of salaries quoted 722 478 1,397
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £93,750 £75,000
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 14 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 14 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 +21 59 £42,500 -59.52% 25
Buckinghamshire +17 42 £40,000 -36.00% 12
Oxfordshire +2 10 £32,500 -7.14% 3
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 11 (9.91%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.90%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 25 (22.52%) Azure
2 13 (11.71%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.01%) AWS
4 5 (4.50%) Apigee
4 5 (4.50%) Kong
4 5 (4.50%) OpenShift
5 4 (3.60%) iPaaS
6 3 (2.70%) Figma
6 3 (2.70%) GCP
6 3 (2.70%) GitHub
7 2 (1.80%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.90%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.91%) Firewall
2 5 (4.50%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (3.60%) DNS
4 2 (1.80%) NAS
4 2 (1.80%) NetScaler
4 2 (1.80%) SAN
4 2 (1.80%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.80%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.90%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.41%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 5 (4.50%) GitLab
2 3 (2.70%) Git
3 2 (1.80%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.80%) JIRA
3 2 (1.80%) Selenium
3 2 (1.80%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.90%) SoapUI
General
1 68 (61.26%) Social Skills
2 25 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (18.92%) Marketing
4 13 (11.71%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (9.01%) Finance
5 10 (9.01%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (9.01%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (9.01%) Telecoms
6 9 (8.11%) Billing
7 6 (5.41%) Law
8 4 (3.60%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.60%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.70%) French Language
9 3 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.70%) Local Government
9 3 (2.70%) Retail
10 1 (0.90%) German Language
10 1 (0.90%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.90%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (12.61%) 3rd Line Support
1 14 (12.61%) Senior
2 13 (11.71%) Technical Support
3 10 (9.01%) Developer
3 10 (9.01%) Senior Developer
4 9 (8.11%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 9 (8.11%) Consultant
4 9 (8.11%) IT Technician
4 9 (8.11%) Oracle Developer
4 9 (8.11%) Senior Oracle Developer
5 8 (7.21%) Applications Architect
5 8 (7.21%) Architect
6 6 (5.41%) IT Support
7 5 (4.50%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.50%) Automation Specialist
7 5 (4.50%) Network Engineer
7 5 (4.50%) Recruitment Consultant
7 5 (4.50%) Sales Executive
7 5 (4.50%) Support Technician
7 5 (4.50%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (18.02%) JSON
2 12 (10.81%) REST
2 12 (10.81%) XML
3 9 (8.11%) HTML
4 5 (4.50%) Django
4 5 (4.50%) Jinja
4 5 (4.50%) SOAP
4 5 (4.50%) YAML
4 5 (4.50%) YANG
5 4 (3.60%) Middleware
6 3 (2.70%) React
6 3 (2.70%) Twisted
6 3 (2.70%) Web Services
6 3 (2.70%) WebSockets
7 2 (1.80%) JSON Schema
7 2 (1.80%) LDAP
7 2 (1.80%) Playwright
7 2 (1.80%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.41%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.70%) Driving Licence
2 3 (2.70%) PMI
2 3 (2.70%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (1.80%) AI Agents
3 2 (1.80%) PKI
3 2 (1.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.90%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.61%) Windows
2 13 (11.71%) Windows Server
3 12 (10.81%) Linux
4 5 (4.50%) Unix
5 4 (3.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (29.73%) CRM
2 30 (27.03%) Customer Service
3 24 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (14.41%) Mentoring
5 15 (13.51%) Business Development
6 12 (10.81%) Coaching
7 11 (9.91%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (8.11%) CAD
8 9 (8.11%) Configuration Management
8 9 (8.11%) Decision-Making
8 9 (8.11%) Issue Tracking
8 9 (8.11%) Red Team
9 8 (7.21%) Agile
9 8 (7.21%) Computer Science
9 8 (7.21%) Containerisation
9 8 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (6.31%) DevOps
10 7 (6.31%) End-to-End Testing
10 7 (6.31%) Lead Generation
11 6 (5.41%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.32%) JavaScript
2 15 (13.51%) Java
3 13 (11.71%) SQL
4 10 (9.01%) Python
5 9 (8.11%) PL/SQL
6 5 (4.50%) TypeScript
7 4 (3.60%) C#
8 2 (1.80%) C++
8 2 (1.80%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (23.42%) Degree
2 7 (6.31%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.60%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.60%) HNC
6 3 (2.70%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (2.70%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.80%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.90%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.01%) QA
2 2 (1.80%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.80%) SLA
3 1 (0.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (16.22%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.11%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.60%) vSphere
5 3 (2.70%) Docker
5 3 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.11%) Oracle
2 9 (8.11%) VMware
3 8 (7.21%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.50%) Cisco
4 5 (4.50%) F5
4 5 (4.50%) Juniper
4 5 (4.50%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.50%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.80%) Citrix
5 2 (1.80%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.80%) NetApp
6 1 (0.90%) BMC
6 1 (0.90%) Google
6 1 (0.90%) ServiceNow