Self-Motivation Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 99 83
Rank change year-on-year +13 -16 +13
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 975 959 1,169
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.31% 2.67% 3.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.17% 7.81% 9.78%
Number of salaries quoted 647 343 799
10th Percentile £25,353 £25,550 £25,925
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +20.48% -12.63%
75th Percentile £47,500 £65,000 £56,000
90th Percentile £59,250 £89,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -31.82% +11.11% -5.71%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,592 12,280 11,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.21% 34.23% 34.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6,281 5,272 8,510
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,744
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.28% -4.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Self-Motivation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Self-Motivation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
South East -23 279 £40,000 -30.43% 327
North of England +14 191 £31,890 -24.96% 197
East of England +40 140 £35,000 -33.33% 163
South West +34 108 £35,000 -39.13% 137
Midlands +6 107 £35,000 -30.00% 134
Scotland +45 97 £31,000 -51.37% 40
Yorkshire +17 91 £30,000 +9.09% 81
North West -1 82 £35,000 -18.60% 84
West Midlands +14 66 £37,500 -23.08% 59
East Midlands -20 41 £34,500 -36.11% 73
Wales +18 33 £48,122 -25.97% 45
Northern Ireland +12 30 £30,000 - 27
North East +13 18 £27,500 +9.98% 34
Self-Motivation
UK

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.82%) CMS
4 6 (0.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.31%) Confluence
5 3 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.10%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.10%) FileNet
7 1 (0.10%) WinCC
Applications
1 129 (13.23%) Microsoft Office
2 73 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.62%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
5 4 (0.41%) Autodesk Inventor
5 4 (0.41%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.31%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.31%) Final Cut Pro
6 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.21%) DaVinci Resolve
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.10%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.10%) InDesign
8 1 (0.10%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.10%) Sketch
8 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.82%) Shopify
2 6 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.51%) Visualfiles
4 4 (0.41%) C-CURE
4 4 (0.41%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.10%) Postilion
Cloud Services
1 92 (9.44%) Azure
2 79 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (3.79%) SaaS
4 35 (3.59%) AWS
5 34 (3.49%) Power Platform
6 18 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 16 (1.64%) GitHub
8 13 (1.33%) Entra ID
9 11 (1.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (0.82%) Nutanix
11 8 (0.82%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.72%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (0.72%) Google Analytics
13 5 (0.51%) GCP
13 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 4 (0.41%) Figma
15 3 (0.31%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.00%) LAN
2 28 (2.87%) VoIP
2 28 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
3 24 (2.46%) WAN
4 21 (2.15%) Broadband
5 19 (1.95%) Firewall
6 15 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.54%) VLAN
7 14 (1.44%) VPN
8 12 (1.23%) DNS
8 12 (1.23%) SAN
9 10 (1.03%) Wireless
10 9 (0.92%) 5G
10 9 (0.92%) Internet
11 8 (0.82%) Ethernet
12 7 (0.72%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.62%) MPLS
13 6 (0.62%) PSTN
14 5 (0.51%) DHCP
14 5 (0.51%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.38%) Power BI
2 27 (2.77%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.44%) GIS
4 13 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
4 13 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (1.13%) OLTP
6 10 (1.03%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.31%) Metadata
7 3 (0.31%) QGIS
7 3 (0.31%) Spatial Data
7 3 (0.31%) Tableau
8 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.21%) Looker
8 2 (0.21%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.21%) MS Access
8 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.10%) FileMaker
9 1 (0.10%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 22 (2.26%) JIRA
2 15 (1.54%) Git
3 14 (1.44%) Selenium
4 12 (1.23%) WebDriver
5 9 (0.92%) Postman
5 9 (0.92%) SoapUI
6 8 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (0.72%) JUnit
7 7 (0.72%) Maven
8 6 (0.62%) LabVIEW
8 6 (0.62%) Mockito
9 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.31%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.10%) Balsamiq
11 1 (0.10%) MLflow
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.10%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 550 (56.41%) Social Skills
2 236 (24.21%) Analytical Skills
3 193 (19.79%) Finance
4 133 (13.64%) Marketing
5 98 (10.05%) Organisational Skills
6 76 (7.79%) Presentation Skills
7 73 (7.49%) Manufacturing
8 72 (7.38%) Telecoms
9 49 (5.03%) Public Sector
10 46 (4.72%) Billing
11 44 (4.51%) Influencing Skills
12 43 (4.41%) Legal
12 43 (4.41%) Retail
13 41 (4.21%) Advertising
14 38 (3.90%) Electronics
15 35 (3.59%) Law
16 33 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 22 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (1.23%) Fire and Rescue
19 9 (0.92%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 114 (11.69%) Support Engineer
2 93 (9.54%) Technical Support
3 87 (8.92%) IT Support
4 69 (7.08%) Technical Engineer
4 69 (7.08%) Technical Support Engineer
5 68 (6.97%) Consultant
6 66 (6.77%) Analyst
7 57 (5.85%) Business Development Manager
7 57 (5.85%) Business Manager
7 57 (5.85%) Development Manager
8 56 (5.74%) Sales Manager
8 56 (5.74%) Senior
9 55 (5.64%) Sales Executive
10 51 (5.23%) Support Technician
11 48 (4.92%) Recruitment Consultant
12 43 (4.41%) Account Manager
13 31 (3.18%) Developer
13 31 (3.18%) IT Technician
14 30 (3.08%) IT Engineer
15 29 (2.97%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.49%) HTML
2 17 (1.74%) JSON
3 12 (1.23%) SOAP
4 10 (1.03%) .NET
4 10 (1.03%) REST
5 8 (0.82%) React
6 7 (0.72%) CSS
7 6 (0.62%) pytest
8 5 (0.51%) XML
9 4 (0.41%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.41%) DCOM
9 4 (0.41%) Node.js
9 4 (0.41%) Playwright
10 3 (0.31%) Middleware
10 3 (0.31%) SVG
10 3 (0.31%) Vue
11 2 (0.21%) Spring
12 1 (0.10%) Django
12 1 (0.10%) JSR 170
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.51%) Driving Licence
2 71 (7.28%) Onboarding
3 43 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 27 (2.77%) Virtual Team
6 26 (2.67%) Social Media
7 23 (2.36%) Mobile App
8 19 (1.95%) Data Centre
9 14 (1.44%) Renewable Energy
9 14 (1.44%) Web Conferencing
10 10 (1.03%) NHS
11 9 (0.92%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.82%) Digital Signage
12 8 (0.82%) IoT
13 7 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 6 (0.62%) CCTV
14 6 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (0.62%) SCADA
14 6 (0.62%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 108 (11.08%) Windows
2 34 (3.49%) Windows Server
3 26 (2.67%) Linux
4 15 (1.54%) Windows 10
5 13 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.13%) Windows 7
7 8 (0.82%) Unix
8 7 (0.72%) Android
9 3 (0.31%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.21%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.10%) Debian
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (31.90%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (19.59%) CRM
3 186 (19.08%) Customer Service
4 171 (17.54%) B2B
5 163 (16.72%) Business Development
6 133 (13.64%) Decision-Making
7 100 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 88 (9.03%) B2B Sales
9 84 (8.62%) Analytics
10 82 (8.41%) Agile
11 80 (8.21%) Mentoring
12 79 (8.10%) Time Management
13 74 (7.59%) Project Management
14 71 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
15 70 (7.18%) Coaching
16 69 (7.08%) Customer Experience
17 58 (5.95%) Service Delivery
18 50 (5.13%) Lead Generation
19 49 (5.03%) Collaborative Working
20 46 (4.72%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 113 (11.59%) SQL
2 47 (4.82%) Python
3 43 (4.41%) Java
4 29 (2.97%) JavaScript
5 21 (2.15%) PL/SQL
6 19 (1.95%) C#
7 13 (1.33%) C++
8 12 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 9 (0.92%) MATLAB
9 9 (0.92%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.82%) Bash
10 8 (0.82%) PowerShell
11 7 (0.72%) C
12 5 (0.51%) VBA
13 4 (0.41%) Delphi
13 4 (0.41%) R
14 3 (0.31%) Go
15 2 (0.21%) Perl
15 2 (0.21%) Ruby
15 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 194 (19.90%) Degree
2 53 (5.44%) Security Cleared
3 30 (3.08%) DBS Check
4 25 (2.56%) SC Cleared
5 17 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.23%) HNC
8 11 (1.13%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.03%) HND
10 9 (0.92%) CISSP
10 9 (0.92%) ISTQB
11 8 (0.82%) A+ Certification
11 8 (0.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 7 (0.72%) CFA
12 7 (0.72%) CISM
12 7 (0.72%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.62%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.51%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.31%) QA
2 25 (2.56%) SLA
3 24 (2.46%) GDPR
4 20 (2.05%) Data Quality
5 16 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.72%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.62%) GLBA
8 6 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (0.51%) NIST
10 4 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.41%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.41%) PMO
11 2 (0.21%) GMP
11 2 (0.21%) GRC
11 2 (0.21%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.10%) P3O
12 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.05%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.82%) Docker
5 2 (0.21%) Firmware
6 1 (0.10%) iptables
6 1 (0.10%) Lustre
6 1 (0.10%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.10%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.10%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (0.62%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.31%) SCCM
4 2 (0.21%) Ansible
4 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.10%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.10%) AssetCenter
5 1 (0.10%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 189 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.08%) VMware
3 24 (2.46%) HP
4 21 (2.15%) Oracle
4 21 (2.15%) YouTube
5 19 (1.95%) Dell
5 19 (1.95%) SAP
6 16 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.44%) BT
8 13 (1.33%) Cisco
8 13 (1.33%) HubSpot
9 12 (1.23%) Autodesk
10 11 (1.13%) IBM
11 10 (1.03%) Apple
11 10 (1.03%) Fortinet
11 10 (1.03%) Google
12 9 (0.92%) Adobe
12 9 (0.92%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.72%) Instagram
13 7 (0.72%) TikTok