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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 116 87
Rank change year-on-year +49 -29 +44
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 3,659 3,192 5,931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.73% 3.05% 3.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.52% 7.12% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,222 1,720 2,522
10th Percentile £24,264 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +1.94% +3.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £72,647 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £88,329 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £47,555 £42,500
% change year-on-year -23.25% +11.89% -

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 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +55 3,375 £40,000 -23.81% 1,337
UK excluding London +40 2,691 £36,500 -23.25% 1,039
Work from Home +32 951 £49,000 -10.91% 458
South East +46 870 £37,000 -26.00% 293
London +30 790 £54,000 -20.00% 360
North of England +86 537 £35,000 -26.32% 263
Midlands +34 479 £37,500 -21.05% 189
South West +71 390 £40,000 -9.09% 129
North West +86 336 £35,000 -22.22% 157
East of England +5 268 £33,000 -38.60% 110
West Midlands +9 263 £36,250 -27.50% 115
East Midlands +56 212 £37,500 -11.76% 74
Yorkshire +74 150 £36,250 -27.50% 83
Scotland -109 74 £27,500 -43.04% 65
Wales +24 63 £47,304 +18.26% 22
North East +4 51 £32,250 -11.64% 29
Northern Ireland +17 12 £47,500 -1.04% 11
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 - 2

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
1 123 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 93 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 74 (2.02%) IIS
4 53 (1.45%) CMS
5 41 (1.12%) Umbraco
6 37 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
7 36 (0.98%) Headless CMS
8 35 (0.96%) Kentico
8 35 (0.96%) WordPress
9 13 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
9 13 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
9 13 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
10 12 (0.33%) Skype for Business
11 11 (0.30%) nginx
12 10 (0.27%) Confluence
13 9 (0.25%) Office Communications Server
14 8 (0.22%) Apache Pig
15 7 (0.19%) SAS
16 6 (0.16%) Apache
16 6 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 646 (17.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 473 (12.93%) Microsoft Office
3 417 (11.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 44 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 19 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
7 16 (0.44%) Photoshop
8 15 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 14 (0.38%) AutoCAD
10 12 (0.33%) OrCAD
10 12 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
11 8 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
11 8 (0.22%) Adobe XD
11 8 (0.22%) InDesign
12 7 (0.19%) Simulink
13 6 (0.16%) Sketch
14 5 (0.14%) Stateflow
15 4 (0.11%) Revit
15 4 (0.11%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 36 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.36%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.25%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.25%) SAP BPC
5 6 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
7 3 (0.082%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.082%) Infor SunSystems
7 3 (0.082%) JDE EnterpriseOne
7 3 (0.082%) Q-Pulse
7 3 (0.082%) Sage 200
7 3 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.055%) CiviCRM
8 2 (0.055%) Eikon
8 2 (0.055%) iTrent
8 2 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.055%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 450 (12.30%) Azure
2 300 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
3 287 (7.84%) GCP
4 277 (7.57%) AWS
5 139 (3.80%) Power Platform
6 121 (3.31%) SaaS
7 80 (2.19%) Entra ID
8 63 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (0.96%) Kontent
10 33 (0.90%) Snowflake
11 32 (0.87%) Google Analytics
11 32 (0.87%) Matillion
12 31 (0.85%) dbt
13 30 (0.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 27 (0.74%) GitHub
14 27 (0.74%) OneDrive
15 24 (0.66%) WhatsApp
16 23 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (0.57%) Amazon EC2
18 20 (0.55%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 133 (3.63%) Firewall
2 129 (3.53%) DNS
3 79 (2.16%) Wireless
4 75 (2.05%) TCP/IP
5 70 (1.91%) Internet
6 66 (1.80%) WAN
7 65 (1.78%) DHCP
8 61 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
9 54 (1.48%) LAN
10 51 (1.39%) Network Security
11 42 (1.15%) SAN
12 35 (0.96%) SSL
13 33 (0.90%) VPN
14 31 (0.85%) Broadband
15 30 (0.82%) Unified Communications
16 29 (0.79%) VoIP
17 28 (0.77%) Ethernet
18 23 (0.63%) HTTP
19 22 (0.60%) SD-WAN
20 20 (0.55%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 287 (7.84%) Looker
2 279 (7.63%) BigQuery
3 228 (6.23%) SQL Server
4 165 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
5 129 (3.53%) Power BI
6 47 (1.28%) Relational Database
7 43 (1.18%) Data Lake
8 40 (1.09%) Power Query
9 39 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
10 38 (1.04%) MySQL
10 38 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
11 34 (0.93%) Tableau
12 31 (0.85%) Big Data
13 30 (0.82%) Star Schema
14 26 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 26 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 25 (0.68%) RDBMS
16 21 (0.57%) Metadata
17 16 (0.44%) NoSQL
18 15 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 79 (2.16%) Git
2 58 (1.59%) GitLab
3 54 (1.48%) JIRA
4 38 (1.04%) Jenkins
5 25 (0.68%) LabVIEW
6 13 (0.36%) Selenium
7 11 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 11 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 8 (0.22%) Checkstyle
9 8 (0.22%) JUnit
9 8 (0.22%) Maven
9 8 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.19%) MSI
10 7 (0.19%) SpecFlow
10 7 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.16%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.16%) Postman
11 6 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 1,995 (54.52%) Social Skills
2 1,090 (29.79%) Analytical Skills
3 759 (20.74%) Finance
4 484 (13.23%) Retail
5 317 (8.66%) Organisational Skills
6 249 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 248 (6.78%) Marketing
8 211 (5.77%) German Language
9 155 (4.24%) Billing
10 154 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
11 148 (4.04%) Banking
12 125 (3.42%) Manufacturing
12 125 (3.42%) Telecoms
13 122 (3.33%) Investment Banking
14 115 (3.14%) Public Sector
15 107 (2.92%) Law
16 100 (2.73%) Legal
17 85 (2.32%) Advertising
18 67 (1.83%) Local Government
19 62 (1.69%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 430 (11.75%) Analyst
2 356 (9.73%) Senior
3 290 (7.93%) Graduate
4 251 (6.86%) Developer
5 233 (6.37%) Consultant
6 225 (6.15%) Project Manager
7 217 (5.93%) Data Engineer
8 177 (4.84%) Principal Engineer
9 169 (4.62%) Principal Data Engineer
10 168 (4.59%) Architect
11 160 (4.37%) Platform Engineer
12 138 (3.77%) IT Support
13 136 (3.72%) Administrator
14 126 (3.44%) Lead
15 115 (3.14%) IT Manager
16 113 (3.09%) Data Architect
17 107 (2.92%) Software Engineer
18 94 (2.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 92 (2.51%) Business Manager
20 87 (2.38%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (3.36%) .NET
2 122 (3.33%) CSS
3 115 (3.14%) React
4 85 (2.32%) HTML
5 79 (2.16%) ASP.NET
6 69 (1.89%) REST
7 56 (1.53%) ASP.NET MVC
8 48 (1.31%) .NET Core
8 48 (1.31%) .NET Framework
8 48 (1.31%) AngularJS
9 45 (1.23%) RESTful
9 45 (1.23%) Vue
10 38 (1.04%) Next.js
11 36 (0.98%) JSON
12 33 (0.90%) Tailwind CSS
13 32 (0.87%) jQuery
13 32 (0.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 27 (0.74%) WPF
15 25 (0.68%) Web Services
16 24 (0.66%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 409 (11.18%) Driving Licence
2 196 (5.36%) Management Information System
3 103 (2.81%) Video Conferencing
4 102 (2.79%) Social Media
5 95 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 91 (2.49%) Digital Signage
7 88 (2.41%) Video\Live Streaming
8 76 (2.08%) Onboarding
9 65 (1.78%) Product Ownership
10 59 (1.61%) Data Structures
11 42 (1.15%) EPoS
11 42 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
12 38 (1.04%) Mobile App
13 33 (0.90%) Algorithms
14 31 (0.85%) CCTV
15 30 (0.82%) Public Cloud
16 27 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
17 23 (0.63%) Virtual Team
18 22 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
19 21 (0.57%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 437 (11.94%) Windows
2 172 (4.70%) Linux
3 160 (4.37%) Windows Server
4 94 (2.57%) Windows 10
5 70 (1.91%) Unix
6 63 (1.72%) Android
6 63 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 55 (1.50%) Apple iOS
7 55 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 51 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 24 (0.66%) Windows 7
10 19 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
11 14 (0.38%) Mac OS
11 14 (0.38%) VMS
12 13 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
12 13 (0.36%) Windows 8
13 8 (0.22%) AIX
13 8 (0.22%) Solaris
14 6 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 5 (0.14%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,314 (35.91%) Problem-Solving
2 572 (15.63%) Agile
3 545 (14.89%) Customer Service
4 521 (14.24%) Mentoring
5 483 (13.20%) Project Management
6 321 (8.77%) DevOps
7 316 (8.64%) Data Engineering
8 300 (8.20%) Change Management
9 280 (7.65%) Platform Engineering
10 268 (7.32%) Time Management
11 259 (7.08%) Computer Science
12 240 (6.56%) Project Delivery
13 236 (6.45%) CRM
14 229 (6.26%) Data Science
15 226 (6.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 223 (6.09%) Decision-Making
17 218 (5.96%) Business Development
18 213 (5.82%) Data Pipeline
19 203 (5.55%) Data Modelling
20 201 (5.49%) Innovative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 378 (10.33%) SQL
2 200 (5.47%) Python
3 163 (4.45%) C#
4 137 (3.74%) JavaScript
5 98 (2.68%) PowerShell
6 91 (2.49%) Java
7 76 (2.08%) C++
8 56 (1.53%) C
9 37 (1.01%) Bash
10 34 (0.93%) Scala
11 33 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 28 (0.77%) PHP
13 25 (0.68%) MATLAB
14 24 (0.66%) VB
14 24 (0.66%) XAML
15 21 (0.57%) R
16 19 (0.52%) VBScript
17 18 (0.49%) T-SQL
18 17 (0.46%) Perl
19 14 (0.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 845 (23.09%) Degree
2 326 (8.91%) DBS Check
3 199 (5.44%) Security Cleared
4 149 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 98 (2.68%) SC Cleared
6 54 (1.48%) Master's Degree
7 45 (1.23%) CIMA
8 44 (1.20%) ACCA
8 44 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 41 (1.12%) DV Cleared
10 34 (0.93%) HNC
10 34 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 31 (0.85%) CISSP
12 30 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
13 29 (0.79%) HND
14 25 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 20 (0.55%) AWS Certification
16 19 (0.52%) GIAC
17 18 (0.49%) CCNA
17 18 (0.49%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 357 (9.76%) GDPR
2 206 (5.63%) SLA
3 184 (5.03%) Data Quality
4 95 (2.60%) QA
5 91 (2.49%) PMO
6 75 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 47 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 35 (0.96%) Accessibility
9 20 (0.55%) ISO 9001
10 18 (0.49%) GRC
11 15 (0.41%) NIST
12 9 (0.25%) COSHH
12 9 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.25%) NCSC
13 7 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (0.19%) ISO 26262
13 7 (0.19%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.16%) JTAG
14 6 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 265 (7.24%) Active Directory
2 102 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (1.48%) Hyper-V
4 41 (1.12%) Firmware
5 37 (1.01%) Docker
6 34 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (0.46%) vSphere
9 8 (0.22%) HDFS
10 7 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
11 6 (0.16%) DFS Replication
11 6 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.055%) NFS
12 2 (0.055%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 59 (1.61%) SCCM
2 58 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 45 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 43 (1.18%) WSUS
5 38 (1.04%) Terraform
6 37 (1.01%) Ansible
7 21 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 19 (0.52%) Puppet
9 15 (0.41%) FortiGate
9 15 (0.41%) SCOM
9 15 (0.41%) vCenter Server
10 12 (0.33%) Progress Chef
11 9 (0.25%) Prometheus
12 6 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 6 (0.16%) Nessus
12 6 (0.16%) NetBackup
12 6 (0.16%) Rundeck
12 6 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
13 5 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 934 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 362 (9.89%) Google
3 139 (3.80%) VMware
4 96 (2.62%) Oracle
5 74 (2.02%) Cisco
6 70 (1.91%) SAP
7 61 (1.67%) NEC
8 55 (1.50%) Salesforce
9 53 (1.45%) HP
10 52 (1.42%) Adobe
11 47 (1.28%) Apple
12 41 (1.12%) Virgin Media
13 39 (1.07%) Citrix
14 38 (1.04%) IBM
14 38 (1.04%) Sitecore
15 36 (0.98%) Optimizely
16 34 (0.93%) NetApp
17 32 (0.87%) Dell
18 29 (0.79%) Veeam
19 25 (0.68%) IFS