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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 116 88
Rank change year-on-year +50 -28 +45
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 3,678 3,066 6,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.71% 3.02% 3.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.49% 7.06% 8.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,217 1,653 2,525
10th Percentile £24,055 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £47,500 £44,500
% change year-on-year -23.16% +6.74% +4.71%

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 35,055 43,406 74,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.74% 47.58%
Number of salaries quoted 23,055 23,484 33,996
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £84,056
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 8 May 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 8 May 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 +53 3,395 £40,000 -23.81% 1,373
UK excluding London +41 2,722 £36,500 -23.16% 1,039
Work from Home +35 950 £49,000 -10.91% 462
South East +45 897 £37,000 -26.00% 269
London +38 780 £54,000 -20.00% 378
North of England +82 538 £35,000 -26.32% 263
Midlands +35 482 £37,500 -16.67% 206
South West +74 388 £40,464 -8.04% 131
North West +80 337 £35,000 -22.22% 167
East of England +7 270 £33,000 -37.14% 120
West Midlands +8 266 £35,000 -26.32% 119
East Midlands +64 212 £40,000 -3.03% 87
Yorkshire +78 150 £35,000 -30.00% 79
Scotland -97 74 £30,000 -37.87% 56
Wales +26 62 £49,608 +24.02% 25
North East +2 51 £32,250 -11.64% 20
Northern Ireland +16 13 £37,750 -24.50% 10
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 - 3

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
1 125 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 74 (2.01%) IIS
4 54 (1.47%) CMS
5 41 (1.11%) Umbraco
6 37 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
7 36 (0.98%) Headless CMS
8 35 (0.95%) Kentico
8 35 (0.95%) WordPress
9 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
9 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
9 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
9 13 (0.35%) Skype for Business
10 12 (0.33%) nginx
11 10 (0.27%) Confluence
12 9 (0.24%) Office Communications Server
13 8 (0.22%) Apache Pig
14 7 (0.19%) SAS
15 6 (0.16%) Apache
15 6 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 666 (18.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 493 (13.40%) Microsoft Office
3 399 (10.85%) 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 13 (0.35%) OrCAD
11 12 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
12 8 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
12 8 (0.22%) Adobe XD
12 8 (0.22%) InDesign
13 7 (0.19%) Simulink
14 6 (0.16%) Sketch
15 5 (0.14%) Stateflow
16 4 (0.11%) Revit
16 4 (0.11%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 34 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 16 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.24%) SAP BPC
6 6 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
9 3 (0.082%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.082%) Infor SunSystems
9 3 (0.082%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.082%) Q-Pulse
9 3 (0.082%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.054%) CiviCRM
10 2 (0.054%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 2 (0.054%) iTrent
10 2 (0.054%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.054%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 449 (12.21%) Azure
2 299 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
3 288 (7.83%) GCP
4 276 (7.50%) AWS
5 144 (3.92%) Power Platform
6 116 (3.15%) SaaS
7 80 (2.18%) Entra ID
8 63 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (0.95%) Kontent
10 34 (0.92%) Snowflake
11 31 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 31 (0.84%) dbt
11 31 (0.84%) Google Analytics
12 30 (0.82%) Matillion
13 27 (0.73%) OneDrive
14 25 (0.68%) GitHub
15 24 (0.65%) WhatsApp
16 23 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
17 20 (0.54%) Amazon S3
18 19 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 130 (3.53%) DNS
2 128 (3.48%) Firewall
3 80 (2.18%) TCP/IP
3 80 (2.18%) Wireless
4 70 (1.90%) Internet
5 65 (1.77%) WAN
6 64 (1.74%) DHCP
7 60 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
8 53 (1.44%) LAN
9 51 (1.39%) Network Security
10 44 (1.20%) SAN
11 36 (0.98%) SSL
12 35 (0.95%) VPN
13 31 (0.84%) Broadband
14 30 (0.82%) Unified Communications
15 29 (0.79%) Ethernet
16 28 (0.76%) VoIP
17 22 (0.60%) HTTP
18 21 (0.57%) SD-WAN
19 19 (0.52%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 287 (7.80%) Looker
2 279 (7.59%) BigQuery
3 231 (6.28%) SQL Server
4 164 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
5 134 (3.64%) Power BI
6 45 (1.22%) Relational Database
7 43 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 43 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (1.11%) Power Query
9 39 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (0.95%) MySQL
11 34 (0.92%) Tableau
12 31 (0.84%) Big Data
13 30 (0.82%) Star Schema
14 23 (0.63%) RDBMS
14 23 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 23 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 21 (0.57%) Metadata
15 21 (0.57%) Oracle Database 12c
16 20 (0.54%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 74 (2.01%) Git
2 58 (1.58%) GitLab
3 51 (1.39%) JIRA
4 37 (1.01%) Jenkins
5 23 (0.63%) LabVIEW
6 13 (0.35%) Selenium
7 11 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 10 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 9 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.22%) Checkstyle
10 8 (0.22%) JUnit
10 8 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.22%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.19%) MSI
11 7 (0.19%) SpecFlow
12 6 (0.16%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.16%) JBehave
12 6 (0.16%) Postman
12 6 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 2,034 (55.30%) Social Skills
2 1,094 (29.74%) Analytical Skills
3 740 (20.12%) Finance
4 480 (13.05%) Retail
5 357 (9.71%) Organisational Skills
6 252 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 250 (6.80%) Marketing
8 210 (5.71%) German Language
9 154 (4.19%) Billing
10 152 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
11 131 (3.56%) Banking
12 124 (3.37%) Manufacturing
13 120 (3.26%) Telecoms
14 119 (3.24%) Public Sector
15 110 (2.99%) Law
16 104 (2.83%) Investment Banking
17 100 (2.72%) Legal
18 85 (2.31%) Advertising
19 73 (1.98%) Local Government
20 64 (1.74%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 399 (10.85%) Analyst
2 356 (9.68%) Senior
3 286 (7.78%) Graduate
4 248 (6.74%) Developer
5 233 (6.33%) Consultant
6 224 (6.09%) Project Manager
7 215 (5.85%) Data Engineer
8 178 (4.84%) Principal Engineer
9 170 (4.62%) Architect
10 169 (4.59%) Principal Data Engineer
11 160 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
12 142 (3.86%) Administrator
13 139 (3.78%) IT Support
14 124 (3.37%) Coordinator
15 123 (3.34%) Lead
16 113 (3.07%) Data Architect
17 112 (3.05%) IT Manager
18 107 (2.91%) Software Engineer
19 96 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 92 (2.50%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (3.37%) .NET
2 122 (3.32%) CSS
3 114 (3.10%) React
4 84 (2.28%) HTML
5 79 (2.15%) ASP.NET
6 69 (1.88%) REST
7 56 (1.52%) ASP.NET MVC
8 49 (1.33%) .NET Framework
9 48 (1.31%) .NET Core
10 47 (1.28%) AngularJS
11 45 (1.22%) RESTful
12 43 (1.17%) Vue
13 38 (1.03%) Next.js
14 35 (0.95%) Tailwind CSS
15 34 (0.92%) JSON
16 32 (0.87%) jQuery
16 32 (0.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 27 (0.73%) WPF
18 26 (0.71%) Web Services
19 23 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 416 (11.31%) Driving Licence
2 194 (5.27%) Management Information System
3 105 (2.85%) Video Conferencing
4 104 (2.83%) Social Media
5 93 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 92 (2.50%) Digital Signage
7 89 (2.42%) Video\Live Streaming
8 75 (2.04%) Onboarding
9 64 (1.74%) Product Ownership
10 60 (1.63%) Data Structures
11 44 (1.20%) EPoS
12 42 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
13 38 (1.03%) Mobile App
14 33 (0.90%) Algorithms
15 31 (0.84%) CCTV
16 30 (0.82%) Public Cloud
17 27 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
18 24 (0.65%) Virtual Team
19 21 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
19 21 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 438 (11.91%) Windows
2 177 (4.81%) Linux
3 158 (4.30%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.58%) Windows 10
5 75 (2.04%) Unix
6 64 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 63 (1.71%) Android
8 58 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 54 (1.47%) Apple iOS
10 50 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 24 (0.65%) Windows 7
12 17 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
13 15 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
14 14 (0.38%) VMS
15 13 (0.35%) Mac OS
15 13 (0.35%) Windows 8
16 8 (0.22%) AIX
16 8 (0.22%) Solaris
17 7 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 5 (0.14%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,348 (36.65%) Problem-Solving
2 574 (15.61%) Agile
3 548 (14.90%) Customer Service
4 523 (14.22%) Mentoring
5 486 (13.21%) Project Management
6 320 (8.70%) DevOps
7 315 (8.56%) Data Engineering
8 303 (8.24%) Change Management
9 280 (7.61%) Platform Engineering
10 267 (7.26%) Time Management
11 256 (6.96%) Computer Science
12 240 (6.53%) Project Delivery
13 234 (6.36%) CRM
14 228 (6.20%) Decision-Making
15 227 (6.17%) Data Science
16 225 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
17 218 (5.93%) Business Development
18 213 (5.79%) Data Pipeline
19 205 (5.57%) Innovative Thinking
20 202 (5.49%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 376 (10.22%) SQL
2 194 (5.27%) Python
3 161 (4.38%) C#
4 136 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 100 (2.72%) PowerShell
6 87 (2.37%) Java
7 80 (2.18%) C++
8 60 (1.63%) C
9 34 (0.92%) Bash
9 34 (0.92%) TypeScript
10 32 (0.87%) Scala
11 29 (0.79%) PHP
12 24 (0.65%) VB
12 24 (0.65%) XAML
13 23 (0.63%) MATLAB
14 21 (0.57%) R
15 19 (0.52%) VBScript
16 17 (0.46%) Perl
16 17 (0.46%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 844 (22.95%) Degree
2 326 (8.86%) DBS Check
3 207 (5.63%) Security Cleared
4 142 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 98 (2.66%) SC Cleared
6 53 (1.44%) Master's Degree
7 48 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 45 (1.22%) CIMA
9 44 (1.20%) ACCA
10 43 (1.17%) DV Cleared
11 34 (0.92%) HNC
12 33 (0.90%) CISSP
12 33 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 29 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
14 27 (0.73%) HND
15 25 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 20 (0.54%) AWS Certification
16 20 (0.54%) GIAC
17 19 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
18 18 (0.49%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 357 (9.71%) GDPR
2 208 (5.66%) SLA
3 182 (4.95%) Data Quality
4 94 (2.56%) PMO
4 94 (2.56%) QA
5 74 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 41 (1.11%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.54%) ISO 9001
9 18 (0.49%) GRC
10 15 (0.41%) NIST
11 9 (0.24%) COSHH
11 9 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.24%) NCSC
12 7 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (0.19%) ISO 26262
12 7 (0.19%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.16%) JTAG
13 6 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 263 (7.15%) Active Directory
2 104 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (1.44%) Hyper-V
4 48 (1.31%) Firmware
5 35 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 34 (0.92%) Docker
7 20 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 20 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (0.46%) vSphere
9 8 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
9 8 (0.22%) HDFS
10 6 (0.16%) DFS Replication
10 6 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.054%) NFS
11 2 (0.054%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 58 (1.58%) SCCM
2 56 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 43 (1.17%) Kubernetes
3 43 (1.17%) WSUS
4 38 (1.03%) Terraform
5 37 (1.01%) Ansible
6 21 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (0.54%) Puppet
8 15 (0.41%) SCOM
8 15 (0.41%) vCenter Server
9 14 (0.38%) FortiGate
10 12 (0.33%) Progress Chef
11 9 (0.24%) 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
1 948 (25.77%) Microsoft
2 364 (9.90%) Google
3 140 (3.81%) VMware
4 103 (2.80%) Oracle
5 74 (2.01%) Cisco
6 70 (1.90%) SAP
7 67 (1.82%) NEC
8 56 (1.52%) Salesforce
9 54 (1.47%) HP
10 52 (1.41%) Adobe
11 47 (1.28%) Apple
12 41 (1.11%) Virgin Media
13 40 (1.09%) IBM
14 39 (1.06%) Citrix
15 38 (1.03%) NetApp
15 38 (1.03%) Sitecore
16 36 (0.98%) Optimizely
17 34 (0.92%) Dell
18 29 (0.79%) Veeam
19 25 (0.68%) IFS