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 have cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 108 100 95
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +42
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 1,614 4,226 4,552
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.02% 3.37% 3.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.20% 7.77% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,100 2,218 2,522
10th Percentile £29,450 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £37,500 £34,990
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,283 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +3.66%

All Generic Skills
UK

Self-Motivation is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,689 54,405 57,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.90% 43.41% 44.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,422 30,172 33,858
10th Percentile £33,426 £34,996 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,956 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.28% +6.59% -
75th Percentile £84,056 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation.

Salary trend for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 2 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Top 18 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 2 December 2023. 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 -6 1,447 £52,500 - 1,619
UK excluding London -3 992 £50,000 +5.26% 1,181
Work from Home -13 605 £55,000 -4.35% 859
London +6 501 £65,000 +4.00% 529
South East -16 237 £50,000 +2.56% 289
North of England +37 235 £50,000 - 309
Midlands +12 216 £45,000 -5.26% 253
North West +48 134 £50,000 +0.51% 185
South West -12 134 £42,500 -14.53% 134
West Midlands +2 126 £45,000 -10.00% 164
East of England +41 107 £50,000 +25.00% 125
East Midlands +13 90 £54,000 +13.68% 89
Yorkshire +24 86 £54,000 -1.82% 84
Scotland -17 60 £57,720 +18.40% 71
Wales -22 18 £42,024 -0.53% 17
North East +27 16 £33,750 -32.50% 43
Northern Ireland -20 5 - - 15
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 - 1

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (2.73%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.35%) Confluence
3 16 (0.99%) IIS
3 16 (0.99%) MS Exchange
4 15 (0.93%) WordPress
5 14 (0.87%) SAS
6 13 (0.81%) WebSphere
7 12 (0.74%) CMS
8 11 (0.68%) Apache
9 7 (0.43%) Joomla!
10 6 (0.37%) Apache Spark
11 5 (0.31%) OpenStack
12 4 (0.25%) Kentico
13 3 (0.19%) Drupal
13 3 (0.19%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.19%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.12%) nginx
14 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 279 (17.29%) Microsoft Office
2 275 (17.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 196 (12.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.56%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.56%) Simulink
6 8 (0.50%) Windchill
7 7 (0.43%) PTC Creo
8 6 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
9 4 (0.25%) CANalyzer
9 4 (0.25%) Stateflow
10 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.12%) CATIA
11 2 (0.12%) Marvel
11 2 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.12%) Sketch
11 2 (0.12%) TargetLink
11 2 (0.12%) Trello
11 2 (0.12%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 32 (1.98%) NetSuite
2 28 (1.73%) Oracle Payables
3 27 (1.67%) Oracle Receivables
4 25 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 5 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.31%) Shopify
6 5 (0.31%) SystmOne
7 4 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.25%) Infor SunSystems
7 4 (0.25%) ProductWriter
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.12%) Demantra
9 2 (0.12%) Hyperion Planning
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle ASCP
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 239 (14.81%) Azure
2 181 (11.21%) AWS
3 134 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (4.65%) SaaS
5 65 (4.03%) Power Platform
6 54 (3.35%) GCP
7 44 (2.73%) GitHub
8 38 (2.35%) Entra ID
9 29 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
9 29 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (1.30%) Power Automate
11 20 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
11 20 (1.24%) PowerApps
12 17 (1.05%) IaaS
12 17 (1.05%) PaaS
13 16 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 16 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (0.99%) Mimecast
13 16 (0.99%) Serverless
14 14 (0.87%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 94 (5.82%) Firewall
2 75 (4.65%) DNS
3 70 (4.34%) DHCP
4 46 (2.85%) 5G
5 43 (2.66%) TCP/IP
6 39 (2.42%) WAN
7 32 (1.98%) VLAN
8 30 (1.86%) Broadband
8 30 (1.86%) Wireless
9 29 (1.80%) Internet
10 23 (1.43%) LAN
11 22 (1.36%) SD-WAN
11 22 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
12 21 (1.30%) HTTP
13 19 (1.18%) Network Security
13 19 (1.18%) VPN
14 16 (0.99%) Intranet
15 11 (0.68%) BGP
15 11 (0.68%) OSPF
15 11 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 51 (3.16%) Power BI
3 42 (2.60%) MySQL
4 37 (2.29%) Relational Database
5 36 (2.23%) Tableau
6 35 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
7 27 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
8 25 (1.55%) NoSQL
9 23 (1.43%) MongoDB
10 21 (1.30%) RDBMS
11 20 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
12 19 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 18 (1.12%) Big Data
13 18 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
14 16 (0.99%) DynamoDB
15 14 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 13 (0.81%) Amazon QuickSight
16 13 (0.81%) Hadoop
17 10 (0.62%) DB2
18 9 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 101 (6.26%) Git
2 71 (4.40%) JIRA
3 46 (2.85%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.92%) Maven
5 26 (1.61%) IntelliJ
6 18 (1.12%) MSI
7 16 (0.99%) AdminStudio
7 16 (0.99%) InstallShield
8 13 (0.81%) Visual Studio
9 11 (0.68%) Axure RP
10 10 (0.62%) eggPlant
10 10 (0.62%) LabVIEW
11 9 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (0.50%) Artifactory
12 8 (0.50%) AutoIt
12 8 (0.50%) GitLab
12 8 (0.50%) Selenium
12 8 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 7 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
13 7 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 846 (52.42%) Social Skills
2 608 (37.67%) Finance
3 345 (21.38%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (10.41%) Banking
5 130 (8.05%) Organisational Skills
6 127 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 121 (7.50%) Retail
8 120 (7.43%) Investment Banking
9 119 (7.37%) Marketing
10 105 (6.51%) Telecoms
11 93 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
12 74 (4.58%) Manufacturing
13 69 (4.28%) Public Sector
14 65 (4.03%) Electronics
14 65 (4.03%) Legal
15 55 (3.41%) Law
16 36 (2.23%) Aerospace
17 35 (2.17%) Advertising
18 34 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
19 32 (1.98%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 385 (23.85%) Analyst
2 258 (15.99%) Senior
3 182 (11.28%) Developer
4 117 (7.25%) Business Strategy Analyst
4 117 (7.25%) Strategy Analyst
5 75 (4.65%) Lead
6 70 (4.34%) Support Engineer
7 62 (3.84%) Infrastructure Manager
7 62 (3.84%) Senior Developer
8 61 (3.78%) Software Engineer
9 58 (3.59%) Project Manager
10 57 (3.53%) Business Analyst
11 54 (3.35%) IT Manager
12 52 (3.22%) Java Developer
13 50 (3.10%) Development Manager
14 49 (3.04%) IT Support
15 47 (2.91%) Consultant
16 40 (2.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 39 (2.42%) Systems Engineer
18 38 (2.35%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (6.20%) .NET
2 84 (5.20%) HTML
3 80 (4.96%) CSS
4 68 (4.21%) React
5 52 (3.22%) JSON
6 45 (2.79%) Node.js
7 34 (2.11%) .NET Framework
7 34 (2.11%) AngularJS
8 32 (1.98%) ASP.NET
9 31 (1.92%) Web Services
9 31 (1.92%) XML
10 29 (1.80%) J2EE
10 29 (1.80%) REST
11 28 (1.73%) React Native
12 26 (1.61%) HTML5
12 26 (1.61%) jOOQ
12 26 (1.61%) Redux
13 24 (1.49%) RESTful
13 24 (1.49%) Vue
14 18 (1.12%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 95 (5.89%) Management Information System
2 52 (3.22%) Driving Licence
3 51 (3.16%) Virtual Team
4 31 (1.92%) Onboarding
5 30 (1.86%) Cyberattack
5 30 (1.86%) Product Ownership
6 27 (1.67%) Taxonomies
7 25 (1.55%) Linux Command Line
7 25 (1.55%) Public Cloud
8 21 (1.30%) Data Centre
9 20 (1.24%) GNSS
10 19 (1.18%) NHS
10 19 (1.18%) Reinsurance
11 18 (1.12%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.12%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (0.99%) EPoS
13 16 (0.99%) Shadow IT
14 15 (0.93%) PKI
15 14 (0.87%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 236 (14.62%) Windows
2 93 (5.76%) Windows Server
3 85 (5.27%) Linux
4 73 (4.52%) Windows 10
5 40 (2.48%) Android
6 37 (2.29%) Mac OS
7 31 (1.92%) Windows 7
8 28 (1.73%) Unix
9 21 (1.30%) Apple iOS
10 12 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
10 12 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (0.68%) Windows 8
12 10 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
14 7 (0.43%) Ubuntu
15 4 (0.25%) CentOS
16 3 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 667 (41.33%) Problem-Solving
2 360 (22.30%) Agile
3 208 (12.89%) Customer Service
4 204 (12.64%) ITIL
5 202 (12.52%) Business Strategy
6 195 (12.08%) Asset Management
7 178 (11.03%) Project Management
8 163 (10.10%) Computer Science
9 140 (8.67%) Decision-Making
9 140 (8.67%) Time Management
10 139 (8.61%) Benchmarking
10 139 (8.61%) Mentoring
11 135 (8.36%) Creative Thinking
11 135 (8.36%) Software Engineering
12 124 (7.68%) Competitor Analysis
12 124 (7.68%) Planning and Forecasting
13 118 (7.31%) Business Forecasting
14 116 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
15 115 (7.13%) Continuous Improvement
16 109 (6.75%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 285 (17.66%) SQL
2 185 (11.46%) Python
3 172 (10.66%) JavaScript
4 140 (8.67%) Java
5 106 (6.57%) C#
6 86 (5.33%) PowerShell
7 72 (4.46%) Bash
8 35 (2.17%) C++
8 35 (2.17%) Rust
9 33 (2.04%) VB
10 29 (1.80%) MATLAB
11 27 (1.67%) C
11 27 (1.67%) Go
12 26 (1.61%) T-SQL
13 20 (1.24%) Scala
14 18 (1.12%) PHP
15 15 (0.93%) R
16 14 (0.87%) TypeScript
17 13 (0.81%) VBScript
18 8 (0.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 417 (25.84%) Degree
2 155 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 110 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 101 (6.26%) SC Cleared
5 64 (3.97%) DV Cleared
6 44 (2.73%) AWS Certification
7 43 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 29 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
9 29 (1.80%) Master's Degree
10 27 (1.67%) Azure Certification
11 23 (1.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 23 (1.43%) AWS Certified Developer
12 22 (1.36%) HND
13 21 (1.30%) CCNA
14 20 (1.24%) DBS Check
15 17 (1.05%) Chartered Engineer
15 17 (1.05%) MCSE
16 15 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
17 14 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (4.71%) QA
2 49 (3.04%) SLA
3 37 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.49%) Data Quality
4 24 (1.49%) PMO
5 12 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 11 (0.68%) COBIT
6 11 (0.68%) GDPR
6 11 (0.68%) NCSC
7 10 (0.62%) ISO 9001
7 10 (0.62%) NIST
8 9 (0.56%) ISO 26262
9 6 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.37%) DO-178B
9 6 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.31%) IEC 61508
11 4 (0.25%) Automotive SPICE
11 4 (0.25%) MISRA
12 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 144 (8.92%) Active Directory
2 73 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (3.59%) Docker
4 37 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
5 36 (2.23%) Hyper-V
6 17 (1.05%) Firmware
7 16 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
7 16 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.25%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.25%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 3 (0.19%) vCloud
9 3 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.19%) vSphere
10 2 (0.12%) HDFS
10 2 (0.12%) XenApp
10 2 (0.12%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.062%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.062%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.062%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 57 (3.53%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.35%) SCCM
3 38 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (2.17%) Terraform
5 28 (1.73%) WSUS
6 25 (1.55%) Ansible
7 21 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 17 (1.05%) SCOM
9 7 (0.43%) Argo
9 7 (0.43%) Packer
9 7 (0.43%) Tivoli
10 6 (0.37%) Nagios
10 6 (0.37%) Puppet
11 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.25%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.25%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.25%) NetBackup
12 4 (0.25%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.25%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 3 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 509 (31.54%) Microsoft
2 88 (5.45%) VMware
3 71 (4.40%) Oracle
4 55 (3.41%) SAP
5 48 (2.97%) ServiceNow
6 38 (2.35%) Google
7 37 (2.29%) IBM
8 31 (1.92%) Citrix
9 26 (1.61%) Virgin Media
10 25 (1.55%) Red Hat
11 24 (1.49%) Cisco
11 24 (1.49%) YouTube
12 22 (1.36%) HP
13 20 (1.24%) Dell
14 19 (1.18%) Salesforce
15 18 (1.12%) Autodesk
16 14 (0.87%) Intel
16 14 (0.87%) N-able
16 14 (0.87%) Samsung
16 14 (0.87%) Sophos