Hybrid/Remote Self-Motivation Job Trends

Self-Motivation
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 143 92
Rank change year-on-year +23 -51 +30
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 366 304 948
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.17% 2.37% 3.04%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.15% 5.62% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 189 181 707
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £37,716 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +12.24% -10.91%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £62,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,934 £72,500
UK median annual salary £39,000 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -25.71% +31.25% -24.53%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,952 5,407 11,400
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.28% 42.14% 36.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,702 3,615 9,113
10th Percentile £31,138 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.00% -8.42%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £99,800
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Self-Motivation and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Self-Motivation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 3 April 2026.

Self-Motivation salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 15 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.73%) Apache
4 9 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.46%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.46%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.46%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.82%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) Moodle
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (13.66%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.09%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.09%) Shopify
3 1 (0.27%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 64 (17.49%) Azure
2 43 (11.75%) AWS
3 32 (8.74%) SaaS
4 31 (8.47%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.92%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (5.74%) GCP
7 20 (5.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.83%) Entra ID
8 14 (3.83%) GitHub
9 12 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (2.73%) OpenShift
11 9 (2.46%) Amazon Kinesis
11 9 (2.46%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.46%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.91%) GitHub Copilot
13 7 (1.91%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.64%) Apigee
14 6 (1.64%) Google Docs
14 6 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.10%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (3.55%) DHCP
3 12 (3.28%) Firewall
4 10 (2.73%) DNS
4 10 (2.73%) WAN
5 9 (2.46%) LAN
6 8 (2.19%) Internet
7 6 (1.64%) Broadband
7 6 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.64%) LTE
7 6 (1.64%) VLAN
7 6 (1.64%) VPN
8 4 (1.09%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.09%) WLAN
9 3 (0.82%) GPON
9 3 (0.82%) IPv4
9 3 (0.82%) IPv6
9 3 (0.82%) Network Security
9 3 (0.82%) PPP
9 3 (0.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.92%) Power BI
2 18 (4.92%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (4.64%) SQL Server
4 16 (4.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (3.28%) Tableau
6 10 (2.73%) Metadata
7 9 (2.46%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (2.46%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.46%) Apache Iceberg
8 7 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.37%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.09%) MySQL
12 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.82%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
14 1 (0.27%) Cloudera CDH
14 1 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (5.46%) Git
2 11 (3.01%) JIRA
3 6 (1.64%) GitLab
4 4 (1.09%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.09%) Selenium
4 4 (1.09%) WebDriver
5 3 (0.82%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.82%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.82%) JMeter
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.82%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.55%) Storybook
6 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.27%) git-flow
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
7 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 204 (55.74%) Social Skills
2 114 (31.15%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (25.68%) Finance
4 50 (13.66%) Presentation Skills
5 45 (12.30%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (11.20%) Public Sector
7 39 (10.66%) Marketing
8 28 (7.65%) Law
9 21 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (5.46%) Billing
10 20 (5.46%) Manufacturing
11 18 (4.92%) Electronics
12 16 (4.37%) Retail
13 14 (3.83%) Banking
13 14 (3.83%) Financial Institution
13 14 (3.83%) Telecoms
14 9 (2.46%) Legal
15 7 (1.91%) Back Office
15 7 (1.91%) Local Government
16 6 (1.64%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 51 (13.93%) Analyst
2 47 (12.84%) Support Engineer
3 37 (10.11%) Architect
4 33 (9.02%) Solutions Architect
4 33 (9.02%) Technical Engineer
4 33 (9.02%) Technical Support
4 33 (9.02%) Technical Support Engineer
5 28 (7.65%) Senior
6 20 (5.46%) Account Manager
7 19 (5.19%) IT Support
8 17 (4.64%) Lead
8 17 (4.64%) Sales Executive
9 16 (4.37%) Developer
10 12 (3.28%) Business Analyst
10 12 (3.28%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (3.28%) Insight Analyst
11 11 (3.01%) IT Engineer
11 11 (3.01%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (2.73%) Business Development Manager
12 10 (2.73%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.83%) REST
2 11 (3.01%) XML
3 10 (2.73%) React
4 9 (2.46%) JSON
4 9 (2.46%) Kafka
4 9 (2.46%) RESTful
5 8 (2.19%) HTML
6 6 (1.64%) HEVC
6 6 (1.64%) Jinja
6 6 (1.64%) OpenAPI
6 6 (1.64%) Swagger
6 6 (1.64%) Web Services
6 6 (1.64%) YAML
6 6 (1.64%) YANG
7 5 (1.37%) Django
7 5 (1.37%) Node.js
7 5 (1.37%) Twisted
7 5 (1.37%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.09%) Playwright
9 3 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.56%) Onboarding
2 26 (7.10%) Virtual Team
3 21 (5.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (5.46%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.10%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.10%) Social Media
6 11 (3.01%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.46%) Blog
7 9 (2.46%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.19%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.91%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.64%) Solar Energy
10 6 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (1.37%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.37%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.37%) PMI
12 4 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.82%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.84%) Windows
2 24 (6.56%) Linux
3 16 (4.37%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.91%) Unix
6 6 (1.64%) Android
6 6 (1.64%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.09%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.55%) Debian
8 2 (0.55%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.27%) AIX
9 1 (0.27%) CentOS
9 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (39.62%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (21.31%) Analytics
3 76 (20.77%) Business Development
3 76 (20.77%) Decision-Making
4 71 (19.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 60 (16.39%) Agile
5 60 (16.39%) CRM
6 51 (13.93%) B2B
7 49 (13.39%) Customer Experience
8 47 (12.84%) Coaching
9 46 (12.57%) AI
10 44 (12.02%) Customer Service
10 44 (12.02%) Project Management
11 40 (10.93%) Business Intelligence
12 38 (10.38%) Collaborative Culture
12 38 (10.38%) Strategic Thinking
13 34 (9.29%) DevOps
14 33 (9.02%) Data Analysis
14 33 (9.02%) Software Engineering
15 32 (8.74%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 52 (14.21%) SQL
2 39 (10.66%) Python
3 23 (6.28%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.83%) Java
5 13 (3.55%) Bash
5 13 (3.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (3.55%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.01%) C#
7 6 (1.64%) C++
8 5 (1.37%) C
8 5 (1.37%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.37%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.82%) VBA
9 3 (0.82%) VC++
10 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.27%) Go
11 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 94 (25.68%) Degree
2 33 (9.02%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.83%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.91%) CFA
6 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.64%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.37%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.82%) PhD
8 3 (0.82%) PMP
9 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.55%) CCNA
9 2 (0.55%) CCNP
9 2 (0.55%) CISA
9 2 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.55%) CISM
9 2 (0.55%) CISSP
9 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.47%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.92%) QA
3 15 (4.10%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.19%) GDPR
5 4 (1.09%) EMIR
5 4 (1.09%) IFRS
5 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.09%) WCAG
6 3 (0.82%) NIST
6 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.55%) GMP
7 2 (0.55%) GRC
7 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.55%) PMO
7 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.27%) COBIT
8 1 (0.27%) NCSC
8 1 (0.27%) P3O
System Software
1 25 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.19%) Docker
3 5 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) iptables
Systems Management
1 12 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.64%) Ansible
3 5 (1.37%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.09%) Terraform
5 2 (0.55%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 59 (16.12%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.37%) Oracle
3 13 (3.55%) Google
4 9 (2.46%) Cisco
4 9 (2.46%) Dell
4 9 (2.46%) HP
5 8 (2.19%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.91%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.64%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.64%) F5
7 6 (1.64%) Juniper
7 6 (1.64%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.09%) Autodesk
8 4 (1.09%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.82%) Intel
9 3 (0.82%) SAP
9 3 (0.82%) Splunk
9 3 (0.82%) Veeam
10 2 (0.55%) Adobe
10 2 (0.55%) Citrix