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 27 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 83 53
Rank change year-on-year +14 -30 +28
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 162 129 196
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.17% 3.41% 4.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.24% 8.26% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 125 109 91
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,125 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £42,386 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% -19.27% -3.67%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £61,150 £67,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,750
% change year-on-year +6.25% -16.23% -4.50%

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 1,967 1,562 1,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.38% 41.32% 31.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,353 674 659
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,854 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £53,818
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -11.74% -6.40%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £84,000
South East median annual salary £54,000 £45,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -17.43% -5.22%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +6 88 £38,750 -11.35% 58
Oxfordshire -10 47 £40,000 +23.08% 45
Buckinghamshire +2 27 £52,250 +39.33% 23
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 12 (7.41%) IIS
2 11 (6.79%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (8.64%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.70%) Raiser’s Edge
2 3 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.85%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.85%) SAP GTS
3 2 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.49%) Azure
2 11 (6.79%) AWS
3 9 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.09%) Entra ID
4 5 (3.09%) SaaS
5 3 (1.85%) GCP
5 3 (1.85%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.62%) GitHub
7 1 (0.62%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.62%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.62%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (9.26%) Firewall
2 12 (7.41%) DNS
3 11 (6.79%) DHCP
4 9 (5.56%) VPN
4 9 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (4.32%) Wireless
6 6 (3.70%) VLAN
7 2 (1.23%) LAN
8 1 (0.62%) Network Security
8 1 (0.62%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.62%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.62%) VoIP
8 1 (0.62%) WAN
8 1 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.41%) MySQL
1 12 (7.41%) Relational Database
1 12 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (7.41%) Claude Code
1 12 (7.41%) Oracle Forms
1 12 (7.41%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (3.09%) Eclipse
2 5 (3.09%) Eclipse RCP
3 4 (2.47%) Git
4 2 (1.23%) GitLab
5 1 (0.62%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.62%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 90 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 41 (25.31%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (24.69%) Marketing
4 15 (9.26%) Manufacturing
4 15 (9.26%) Retail
5 14 (8.64%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (8.02%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (7.41%) Electronics
7 12 (7.41%) Telecoms
8 11 (6.79%) Aerospace
9 10 (6.17%) Finance
9 10 (6.17%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (4.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (4.32%) Local Government
11 3 (1.85%) Billing
11 3 (1.85%) Law
11 3 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Legal
13 1 (0.62%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 23 (14.20%) Sales Executive
2 21 (12.96%) Business Development Manager
2 21 (12.96%) Business Manager
2 21 (12.96%) Development Manager
3 18 (11.11%) Business Development Executive
3 18 (11.11%) Developer
4 16 (9.88%) Sales Manager
4 16 (9.88%) Senior
5 12 (7.41%) .NET Developer
6 11 (6.79%) Sales Business Development Manager
7 9 (5.56%) VB.NET Developer
8 7 (4.32%) Administrator
8 7 (4.32%) Network Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) Software Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) C++ Developer
9 6 (3.70%) IT Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Network Operations Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Operations Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Senior C++ Developer
9 6 (3.70%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.26%) .NET
1 15 (9.26%) CSS
1 15 (9.26%) HTML
2 12 (7.41%) ASP.NET
2 12 (7.41%) ASP.NET Web API
2 12 (7.41%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 12 (7.41%) jQuery
2 12 (7.41%) LESS
3 6 (3.70%) MFC
4 5 (3.09%) REST
5 4 (2.47%) Middleware
5 4 (2.47%) SOAP
6 3 (1.85%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (1.85%) OAuth
6 3 (1.85%) SAML
7 2 (1.23%) EDI
7 2 (1.23%) OSGi
7 2 (1.23%) Swing
7 2 (1.23%) SWT
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.49%) Driving Licence
2 12 (7.41%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.94%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.94%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.94%) Renewable Energy
4 7 (4.32%) Life Science
5 6 (3.70%) CCTV
5 6 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.70%) NHS
6 4 (2.47%) Video\Live Streaming
6 4 (2.47%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.85%) CMDB
7 3 (1.85%) TM Forum
8 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.23%) iPad
8 2 (1.23%) iPhone
8 2 (1.23%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.88%) Windows
2 6 (3.70%) Windows 10
2 6 (3.70%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (45.68%) Decision-Making
2 72 (44.44%) Business Development
3 65 (40.12%) CRM
4 52 (32.10%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (21.60%) Service Management
6 32 (19.75%) ITSM
7 27 (16.67%) Lead Generation
8 26 (16.05%) B2B
9 22 (13.58%) B2B Sales
10 18 (11.11%) Customer Service
10 18 (11.11%) ITIL
10 18 (11.11%) Mentoring
11 15 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (9.26%) SIAM
11 15 (9.26%) User Experience
12 14 (8.64%) Value Proposition
13 13 (8.02%) Agile
13 13 (8.02%) AI
13 13 (8.02%) Commercial Awareness
13 13 (8.02%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.88%) C#
1 16 (9.88%) JavaScript
1 16 (9.88%) Python
2 15 (9.26%) C++
3 13 (8.02%) TypeScript
4 12 (7.41%) PowerShell
4 12 (7.41%) VB.NET
5 4 (2.47%) C
6 3 (1.85%) Java
7 2 (1.23%) Bash
8 1 (0.62%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.62%) R
8 1 (0.62%) Rust
8 1 (0.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (22.22%) Degree
2 7 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.85%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.85%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (1.23%) HNC
4 2 (1.23%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.62%) City & Guilds
5 1 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.62%) HND
5 1 (0.62%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (0.62%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.56%) GDPR
2 7 (4.32%) SLA
3 3 (1.85%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.85%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.85%) QA
4 2 (1.23%) ISO 22301
4 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (8.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.94%) Hyper-V
2 8 (4.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.70%) vSphere
4 2 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.23%) Ansible
3 2 (1.23%) Grafana
3 2 (1.23%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.62%) QRadar
Vendors
1 47 (29.01%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.96%) Salesforce
3 15 (9.26%) Oracle
4 13 (8.02%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.94%) VMware
6 4 (2.47%) Google
7 3 (1.85%) SAP
7 3 (1.85%) Sophos
8 2 (1.23%) Sage
8 2 (1.23%) Thales
8 2 (1.23%) Xero
9 1 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.62%) IBM
9 1 (0.62%) Splunk
9 1 (0.62%) YouTube