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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 106 105
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 395 505 670
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.61% 3.07% 3.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.58% 7.75% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 246 196 460
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,925
25th Percentile £28,000 £39,930 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £56,875 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,875 £78,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% +12.24% -6.67%

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 5,210 6,512 8,225
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.40% 39.63% 38.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,334 3,592 6,491
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £46,978
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,264 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.18% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 14 January 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 6 (1.52%) Apache
1 6 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.51%) Confluence
3 2 (0.51%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) Moodle
Applications
1 50 (12.66%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (10.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.76%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.51%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.25%) InDesign
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.25%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 7 (1.77%) Shopify
2 5 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.27%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.27%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.25%) Endur
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 46 (11.65%) Azure
2 36 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (7.59%) SaaS
4 29 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.81%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (4.56%) AWS
7 12 (3.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (2.78%) GitHub
9 10 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (2.28%) Power Automate
11 7 (1.77%) GitHub Copilot
12 6 (1.52%) Amazon Kinesis
12 6 (1.52%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.27%) GCP
13 5 (1.27%) Google Docs
14 4 (1.01%) Entra ID
15 3 (0.76%) Google Analytics
16 2 (0.51%) Firebase
16 2 (0.51%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (2.03%) WAN
3 7 (1.77%) Internet
3 7 (1.77%) LAN
3 7 (1.77%) VPN
4 6 (1.52%) DNS
4 6 (1.52%) VLAN
5 5 (1.27%) Broadband
5 5 (1.27%) DHCP
5 5 (1.27%) Firewall
5 5 (1.27%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.27%) VoIP
6 4 (1.01%) WLAN
7 3 (0.76%) DOCSIS
7 3 (0.76%) DSL
7 3 (0.76%) IPv4
7 3 (0.76%) IPv6
7 3 (0.76%) Network Security
7 3 (0.76%) PPP
7 3 (0.76%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.09%) Power BI
2 20 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (3.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (3.04%) GIS
5 11 (2.78%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (2.03%) MySQL
6 8 (2.03%) Tableau
7 6 (1.52%) Amazon Athena
7 6 (1.52%) Amazon QuickSight
7 6 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.52%) Apache Iceberg
7 6 (1.52%) MariaDB
7 6 (1.52%) Metadata
7 6 (1.52%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.51%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (4.56%) Git
2 17 (4.30%) Selenium
3 16 (4.05%) WebDriver
4 13 (3.29%) JIRA
5 9 (2.28%) Cypress.io
6 8 (2.03%) Postman
6 8 (2.03%) SoapUI
6 8 (2.03%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.76%) JMeter
8 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.51%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.51%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.51%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.51%) Storybook
9 1 (0.25%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.25%) JUnit
9 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.25%) TestNG
9 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 237 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 130 (32.91%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (31.14%) Finance
4 52 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
5 50 (12.66%) Marketing
6 49 (12.41%) Public Sector
7 36 (9.11%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (6.58%) Manufacturing
10 23 (5.82%) Billing
10 23 (5.82%) Law
11 15 (3.80%) Retail
12 13 (3.29%) Legal
13 12 (3.04%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.78%) Advertising
15 9 (2.28%) Local Government
16 8 (2.03%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.77%) Automotive
18 5 (1.27%) Aerospace
18 5 (1.27%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 62 (15.70%) Analyst
2 44 (11.14%) Technical Support
3 39 (9.87%) Support Engineer
4 35 (8.86%) Technical Engineer
4 35 (8.86%) Technical Support Engineer
5 32 (8.10%) Architect
6 31 (7.85%) IT Support
7 29 (7.34%) Solutions Architect
8 26 (6.58%) Senior
9 25 (6.33%) IT Support Technician
9 25 (6.33%) IT Technician
9 25 (6.33%) Sales Executive
9 25 (6.33%) Support Technician
10 21 (5.32%) Lead
11 19 (4.81%) Account Manager
11 19 (4.81%) Developer
12 18 (4.56%) Sales Manager
13 14 (3.54%) Business Development Manager
13 14 (3.54%) Business Manager
13 14 (3.54%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.80%) HTML
2 12 (3.04%) .NET
3 8 (2.03%) Playwright
3 8 (2.03%) SOAP
4 6 (1.52%) Kafka
5 4 (1.01%) Node.js
5 4 (1.01%) RESTful
5 4 (1.01%) Vue
6 3 (0.76%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.76%) CSS
6 3 (0.76%) CSS3
6 3 (0.76%) HTML5
6 3 (0.76%) Sass
7 2 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.51%) Express.js
7 2 (0.51%) JSON
7 2 (0.51%) OAuth
7 2 (0.51%) XML
7 2 (0.51%) XSLT
7 2 (0.51%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.66%) Onboarding
2 29 (7.34%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (6.84%) Virtual Team
4 17 (4.30%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.80%) Social Media
6 14 (3.54%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.78%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.77%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.52%) IoT
11 5 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.01%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.01%) PMI
12 4 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (1.01%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.76%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.76%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 52 (13.16%) Windows
2 23 (5.82%) Apple iOS
2 23 (5.82%) Windows 10
3 17 (4.30%) Linux
4 9 (2.28%) Windows 7
5 8 (2.03%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.01%) OpenWrt
7 3 (0.76%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.51%) Android
8 2 (0.51%) Unix
9 1 (0.25%) Debian
9 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (45.32%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (23.80%) Decision-Making
3 82 (20.76%) Analytics
4 72 (18.23%) Agile
5 69 (17.47%) Business Development
5 69 (17.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 69 (17.47%) CRM
6 67 (16.96%) Customer Service
7 63 (15.95%) B2B
8 49 (12.41%) Coaching
9 48 (12.15%) AI
9 48 (12.15%) Customer Experience
10 43 (10.89%) Project Management
11 42 (10.63%) Mentoring
12 37 (9.37%) Business Intelligence
12 37 (9.37%) Root Cause Analysis
13 36 (9.11%) User Experience
14 35 (8.86%) Data Analysis
15 34 (8.61%) Collaborative Culture
16 33 (8.35%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 72 (18.23%) SQL
2 28 (7.09%) Python
3 26 (6.58%) Java
4 25 (6.33%) C#
5 13 (3.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (2.28%) Bash
7 8 (2.03%) C++
7 8 (2.03%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.03%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.52%) PHP
9 5 (1.27%) C
9 5 (1.27%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.51%) Bicep
10 2 (0.51%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.51%) R
10 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.51%) VBA
10 2 (0.51%) VC++
Qualifications
1 97 (24.56%) Degree
2 39 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.81%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.54%) DBS Check
6 13 (3.29%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.28%) CFA
8 8 (2.03%) ISTQB
8 8 (2.03%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.27%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.01%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.01%) MCSE
10 4 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.76%) AAT
11 3 (0.76%) ACCA
11 3 (0.76%) CIMA
11 3 (0.76%) MCP
11 3 (0.76%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.82%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.06%) QA
3 10 (2.53%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.28%) SLA
5 7 (1.77%) GDPR
6 5 (1.27%) IFRS
7 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.01%) PMO
7 4 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.76%) EMIR
9 2 (0.51%) GMP
9 2 (0.51%) GRC
9 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.51%) NIST
9 2 (0.51%) WCAG
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.25%) MiFID
10 1 (0.25%) NCSC
10 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 39 (9.87%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.51%) Docker
4 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.25%) Firmware
5 1 (0.25%) iptables
Systems Management
1 4 (1.01%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (1.01%) Terraform
2 3 (0.76%) Ansible
3 2 (0.51%) SCOM
4 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 79 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.29%) Google
3 11 (2.78%) Autodesk
4 9 (2.28%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.03%) Oracle
6 7 (1.77%) VMware
7 6 (1.52%) Apple
8 4 (1.01%) Cisco
8 4 (1.01%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.01%) Xero
9 3 (0.76%) BT
9 3 (0.76%) YouTube
10 2 (0.51%) Adobe
10 2 (0.51%) Intel
10 2 (0.51%) Nokia
10 2 (0.51%) SAP
10 2 (0.51%) SendGrid
10 2 (0.51%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.51%) Splunk
10 2 (0.51%) Wyse