Self-Motivation Job Trends

Self-Motivation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 94 87
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 +13
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 2,138 1,520 2,153
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.91% 3.09% 2.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.39% 7.51% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,474 822 921
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,125 £25,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -12.04%
75th Percentile £55,000 £59,344 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,716 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,650
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.08% -14.70%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 28,940 20,239 25,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.90% 41.16% 32.11%
Number of salaries quoted 18,166 10,134 13,541
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in the UK

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend

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

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

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 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
England +2 1,854 £42,000 +5.00% 1,592
UK excluding London +13 1,620 £40,000 +6.67% 1,130
Work from Home -19 591 £45,000 +2.95% 1,173
North of England -12 413 £38,500 +26.23% 223
London -19 366 £50,000 -9.09% 643
Midlands +76 352 £42,500 +21.43% 206
South East +10 349 £42,500 - 310
North West -16 216 £42,500 +13.33% 126
East of England +8 207 £40,000 - 149
West Midlands +46 194 £45,000 +12.50% 117
South West -19 185 £40,000 +12.68% 138
East Midlands +50 158 £40,000 +14.29% 90
Yorkshire 0 141 £39,197 +47.91% 68
Scotland +38 64 £39,197 -17.91% 71
North East -45 56 £28,333 +0.51% 31
Wales -57 39 £42,500 -11.68% 31
Northern Ireland -47 38 £30,000 - 21

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 95 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 74 (3.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 43 (2.01%) CMS
4 27 (1.26%) Sitecore CMS
5 19 (0.89%) IIS
6 13 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 7 (0.33%) WordPress
8 4 (0.19%) SAS
9 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.14%) WinCC
10 2 (0.094%) Apache
10 2 (0.094%) Confluence
11 1 (0.047%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 150 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 139 (6.50%) Microsoft Office
3 54 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 12 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.37%) ALPHACAM
7 8 (0.37%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
8 6 (0.28%) InDesign
8 6 (0.28%) Navisworks
8 6 (0.28%) Revit
9 5 (0.23%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.19%) AutoCAD
10 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.094%) CapCut
12 2 (0.094%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.094%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 37 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.28%) Primavera
3 6 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
3 6 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.23%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.19%) Visualfiles
6 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.14%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.14%) Shopify
7 2 (0.094%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 2 (0.094%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.094%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.094%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.094%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.094%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.094%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.094%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.047%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 201 (9.40%) Azure
2 189 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
3 117 (5.47%) AWS
4 108 (5.05%) SaaS
5 81 (3.79%) Power Platform
6 61 (2.85%) GCP
7 53 (2.48%) Entra ID
8 32 (1.50%) PowerApps
9 27 (1.26%) GitHub
10 26 (1.22%) Figma
11 23 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
12 16 (0.75%) OneDrive
13 13 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (0.61%) Serverless
14 12 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (0.56%) Power Automate
15 11 (0.51%) ChatGPT
16 10 (0.47%) Azure Monitor
16 10 (0.47%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 84 (3.93%) Firewall
2 61 (2.85%) Internet
3 59 (2.76%) DNS
4 51 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
5 38 (1.78%) VPN
6 37 (1.73%) TCP/IP
7 36 (1.68%) Broadband
7 36 (1.68%) DHCP
8 35 (1.64%) VoIP
9 32 (1.50%) LAN
10 30 (1.40%) WAN
10 30 (1.40%) Wireless
11 29 (1.36%) VLAN
12 28 (1.31%) Network Security
13 16 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
14 6 (0.28%) NAS
14 6 (0.28%) Unified Communications
14 6 (0.28%) WLAN
15 5 (0.23%) Ethernet
15 5 (0.23%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (3.51%) Power BI
2 37 (1.73%) MySQL
2 37 (1.73%) SQL Server
3 19 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 19 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (0.70%) BigQuery
4 15 (0.70%) Relational Database
5 14 (0.65%) Data Lake
6 13 (0.61%) MongoDB
6 13 (0.61%) NoSQL
7 12 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
8 9 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.23%) Data Mining
11 5 (0.23%) Redis
11 5 (0.23%) Tableau
12 4 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.19%) Metadata
12 4 (0.19%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 57 (2.67%) Git
2 45 (2.10%) JIRA
3 19 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.51%) Claude Code
4 11 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
4 11 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (0.37%) JUnit
6 7 (0.33%) Maven
6 7 (0.33%) Mockito
7 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.28%) Postman
8 5 (0.23%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.23%) Eclipse RCP
8 5 (0.23%) GitLab
8 5 (0.23%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.14%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,100 (51.45%) Social Skills
2 411 (19.22%) Finance
3 353 (16.51%) Marketing
4 299 (13.99%) Organisational Skills
5 293 (13.70%) Analytical Skills
6 224 (10.48%) Presentation Skills
7 182 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 154 (7.20%) Manufacturing
9 118 (5.52%) Retail
10 114 (5.33%) Public Sector
11 111 (5.19%) Legal
12 107 (5.00%) Brand Awareness
13 105 (4.91%) Law
14 91 (4.26%) Telecoms
15 58 (2.71%) Automotive
16 52 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
17 50 (2.34%) Local Government
18 49 (2.29%) Games
19 46 (2.15%) Aerospace
20 38 (1.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 379 (17.73%) Development Manager
2 307 (14.36%) Business Manager
3 299 (13.99%) Business Development Manager
4 140 (6.55%) Developer
5 135 (6.31%) Senior
6 126 (5.89%) IT Support
7 107 (5.00%) Support Engineer
8 103 (4.82%) Analyst
9 96 (4.49%) Consultant
10 88 (4.12%) Business Development Executive
11 81 (3.79%) Sales Executive
12 80 (3.74%) Portfolio Manager
13 74 (3.46%) IT Engineer
14 73 (3.41%) Sales Manager
15 69 (3.23%) Recruitment Consultant
16 61 (2.85%) IT Support Engineer
17 49 (2.29%) Full-Stack Developer
17 49 (2.29%) Lead
18 46 (2.15%) Account Manager
18 46 (2.15%) Sales Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (3.37%) React
2 43 (2.01%) .NET
3 40 (1.87%) HTML
4 34 (1.59%) CSS
5 28 (1.31%) REST
6 23 (1.08%) Terraform
7 20 (0.94%) ASP.NET
8 18 (0.84%) JSON
9 17 (0.80%) Spring
10 16 (0.75%) RESTful
11 14 (0.65%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 14 (0.65%) MFC
11 14 (0.65%) Node.js
12 12 (0.56%) Web Services
13 11 (0.51%) ASP.NET Web API
13 11 (0.51%) jQuery
13 11 (0.51%) Kafka
13 11 (0.51%) LESS
13 11 (0.51%) Middleware
13 11 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 229 (10.71%) Driving Licence
2 139 (6.50%) Onboarding
3 126 (5.89%) Management Information System
4 107 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
5 81 (3.79%) Social Media
6 51 (2.39%) Blog
7 42 (1.96%) Product Ownership
8 39 (1.82%) Data Centre
8 39 (1.82%) Web Conferencing
9 38 (1.78%) CCTV
10 35 (1.64%) Cloud Native
11 33 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
12 26 (1.22%) Security Posture
13 24 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
13 24 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (0.98%) FMCG
14 21 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
15 20 (0.94%) Virtual Team
16 19 (0.89%) Fibre Optics
17 17 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 190 (8.89%) Windows
2 80 (3.74%) Windows Server
3 61 (2.85%) Linux
4 28 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 17 (0.80%) Android
6 13 (0.61%) Debian
6 13 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.42%) VMS
7 9 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.23%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.23%) Unix
11 4 (0.19%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.094%) AIX
13 2 (0.094%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.047%) Solaris
14 1 (0.047%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 749 (35.03%) Business Development
2 540 (25.26%) Problem-Solving
3 485 (22.68%) CRM
4 379 (17.73%) Decision-Making
5 303 (14.17%) Customer Service
6 259 (12.11%) B2B
7 224 (10.48%) Agile
8 215 (10.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 195 (9.12%) AI
10 181 (8.47%) Mentoring
11 170 (7.95%) Business Strategy
12 164 (7.67%) B2B Sales
13 154 (7.20%) Lead Generation
14 151 (7.06%) Time Management
15 148 (6.92%) Cybersecurity
16 137 (6.41%) ITIL
17 121 (5.66%) Customer Experience
18 118 (5.52%) Project Management
19 117 (5.47%) Commercial Awareness
20 114 (5.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 123 (5.75%) SQL
2 97 (4.54%) JavaScript
3 79 (3.70%) Python
4 72 (3.37%) TypeScript
5 49 (2.29%) C#
6 42 (1.96%) Java
7 36 (1.68%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.50%) C++
9 22 (1.03%) Bash
10 14 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
11 11 (0.51%) C
11 11 (0.51%) VB.NET
12 10 (0.47%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.42%) Perl
14 7 (0.33%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.28%) Bicep
15 6 (0.28%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.19%) Ruby
16 4 (0.19%) Rust
17 3 (0.14%) R
Qualifications
1 266 (12.44%) Degree
2 142 (6.64%) Security Cleared
3 78 (3.65%) SC Cleared
4 70 (3.27%) DBS Check
5 48 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (2.25%) DV Cleared
6 34 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (1.12%) ACCA
9 24 (1.12%) CISSP
10 23 (1.08%) CIMA
11 20 (0.94%) HNC
12 18 (0.84%) CCNA
12 18 (0.84%) CISM
13 17 (0.80%) HND
14 14 (0.65%) AAT
14 14 (0.65%) Chartered Engineer
15 13 (0.61%) SANS
16 12 (0.56%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (2.90%) QA
2 59 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 54 (2.53%) GDPR
5 36 (1.68%) ISO 9001
6 32 (1.50%) Data Quality
7 31 (1.45%) SLA
8 29 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (0.98%) NIST
10 16 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 16 (0.75%) PMO
11 14 (0.65%) PCI DSS
12 12 (0.56%) SOC 2
13 11 (0.51%) GRC
14 8 (0.37%) COBIT
15 7 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.33%) SOC 1
16 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.28%) ISO 19650
17 5 (0.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 147 (6.88%) Active Directory
2 36 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (1.50%) Docker
4 27 (1.26%) Hyper-V
5 15 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.65%) Firmware
6 14 (0.65%) vSphere
7 6 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.094%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.094%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.047%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.047%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 63 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 15 (0.70%) Ansible
4 12 (0.56%) Grafana
4 12 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 10 (0.47%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.19%) Nessus
6 4 (0.19%) SCCM
7 3 (0.14%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.094%) Cisco CUCM
8 2 (0.094%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.094%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.094%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.047%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.047%) Oracle Flashback
9 1 (0.047%) QRadar
9 1 (0.047%) SCOM
Vendors
1 421 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 81 (3.79%) Salesforce
3 64 (2.99%) HubSpot
4 59 (2.76%) Cisco
5 48 (2.25%) Google
6 47 (2.20%) VMware
7 46 (2.15%) ServiceNow
8 39 (1.82%) SAP
9 31 (1.45%) Oracle
10 28 (1.31%) Adobe
11 27 (1.26%) Sitecore
12 21 (0.98%) Apple
13 19 (0.89%) BMC
14 17 (0.80%) Sophos
15 16 (0.75%) YouTube
16 14 (0.65%) Dell
16 14 (0.65%) Palo Alto
16 14 (0.65%) Sage
17 13 (0.61%) HP
18 12 (0.56%) Splunk