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 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 104 102
Rank change year-on-year -33 -2 +33
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 338 504 932
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.82% 3.44% 2.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.35% 7.60% 7.93%
Number of salaries quoted 220 203 710
10th Percentile £27,838 £31,350 £24,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,075 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +4.71% -13.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,250 £62,875
90th Percentile £92,750 £92,387 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,417 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -10.70% +18.75% -23.81%

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 6,319 6,630 11,757
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.09% 45.31% 36.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4,007 3,567 9,263
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +5.00% -8.42%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 15 May 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 21 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.96%) Apache
4 9 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.66%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.66%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.66%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.18%) WordPress
6 3 (0.89%) CMS
6 3 (0.89%) Confluence
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 55 (16.27%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (7.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.89%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.59%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 8 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.89%) Primavera
3 2 (0.59%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.91%) Azure
2 42 (12.43%) AWS
3 29 (8.58%) SaaS
4 26 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (6.21%) GCP
6 16 (4.73%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.14%) Entra ID
8 12 (3.55%) GitHub
9 9 (2.66%) Amazon Kinesis
9 9 (2.66%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.37%) Figma
10 8 (2.37%) OpenShift
11 7 (2.07%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.78%) Apigee
12 6 (1.78%) Google Docs
12 6 (1.78%) Kong
12 6 (1.78%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.78%) Serverless
13 5 (1.48%) Canva
13 5 (1.48%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.85%) Firewall
2 12 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (2.66%) DHCP
3 9 (2.66%) DNS
3 9 (2.66%) LAN
4 8 (2.37%) Broadband
4 8 (2.37%) Internet
4 8 (2.37%) WAN
5 7 (2.07%) LTE
6 6 (1.78%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (1.48%) VPN
8 4 (1.18%) VLAN
8 4 (1.18%) WLAN
9 3 (0.89%) DMARC
9 3 (0.89%) Network Security
10 2 (0.59%) 4G
10 2 (0.59%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.30%) AMQP
11 1 (0.30%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.30%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.14%) Power BI
2 12 (3.55%) Tableau
3 10 (2.96%) Metadata
4 9 (2.66%) Amazon Athena
4 9 (2.66%) Amazon QuickSight
4 9 (2.66%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (2.66%) Apache Iceberg
5 8 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.48%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.18%) MySQL
9 3 (0.89%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.89%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.59%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.59%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.30%) Cloudera CDH
11 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 25 (7.40%) Git
2 9 (2.66%) JIRA
3 6 (1.78%) GitLab
4 3 (0.89%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.59%) JUnit
5 2 (0.59%) Storybook
5 2 (0.59%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.30%) git-flow
6 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.30%) JMeter
6 1 (0.30%) Maven
6 1 (0.30%) Mockito
6 1 (0.30%) Postman
6 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.30%) Selenium
6 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 152 (44.97%) Social Skills
2 65 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
2 65 (19.23%) Finance
3 63 (18.64%) Marketing
4 51 (15.09%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (8.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (7.69%) Automotive
7 22 (6.51%) Law
8 19 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.62%) Retail
9 17 (5.03%) Banking
9 17 (5.03%) Manufacturing
10 16 (4.73%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.73%) Telecoms
11 15 (4.44%) Electronics
11 15 (4.44%) Games
12 9 (2.66%) Financial Institution
12 9 (2.66%) Legal
13 6 (1.78%) Back Office
13 6 (1.78%) Billing
Job Titles
1 39 (11.54%) Senior
2 36 (10.65%) Analyst
3 27 (7.99%) Developer
4 24 (7.10%) Support Engineer
5 18 (5.33%) Business Manager
6 17 (5.03%) IT Support
6 17 (5.03%) Lead
7 16 (4.73%) Business Development Manager
7 16 (4.73%) Development Manager
8 15 (4.44%) Sales Executive
9 14 (4.14%) Account Manager
10 12 (3.55%) Business Development Executive
11 11 (3.25%) IT Engineer
11 11 (3.25%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (2.96%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.96%) Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (2.96%) Software Engineer
13 9 (2.66%) Business Analyst
13 9 (2.66%) Lead Data Engineer
14 8 (2.37%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.80%) React
2 17 (5.03%) REST
3 11 (3.25%) HTML
4 10 (2.96%) XML
5 9 (2.66%) JSON
5 9 (2.66%) Kafka
6 8 (2.37%) Web Services
7 7 (2.07%) HEVC
7 7 (2.07%) RESTful
8 6 (1.78%) CSS
8 6 (1.78%) Django
8 6 (1.78%) Jinja
8 6 (1.78%) WebSockets
8 6 (1.78%) YAML
8 6 (1.78%) YANG
9 5 (1.48%) Twisted
10 4 (1.18%) .NET
10 4 (1.18%) Node.js
10 4 (1.18%) OpenAPI
10 4 (1.18%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.99%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.51%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.62%) Social Media
4 17 (5.03%) Product Ownership
5 16 (4.73%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.55%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (2.66%) Blog
7 9 (2.66%) Web Conferencing
8 5 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.48%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.48%) PMI
8 5 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.18%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.18%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.18%) FMCG
9 4 (1.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (0.89%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.65%) Windows
2 20 (5.92%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.62%) Linux
4 9 (2.66%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.66%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (2.07%) Unix
6 6 (1.78%) Android
7 4 (1.18%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.59%) AIX
8 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
9 1 (0.30%) Debian
9 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.30%) Solaris
9 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (27.81%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (24.85%) Business Development
3 71 (21.01%) CRM
4 50 (14.79%) Agile
5 44 (13.02%) AI
6 41 (12.13%) B2B
6 41 (12.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (11.24%) Collaborative Culture
8 34 (10.06%) Decision-Making
9 33 (9.76%) Analytics
9 33 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (9.47%) Customer Service
11 27 (7.99%) CI/CD
11 27 (7.99%) DevOps
11 27 (7.99%) Roadmaps
12 25 (7.40%) Coaching
12 25 (7.40%) Software Engineering
13 24 (7.10%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (6.80%) Project Management
15 22 (6.51%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 42 (12.43%) SQL
2 40 (11.83%) Python
3 38 (11.24%) JavaScript
4 24 (7.10%) TypeScript
5 12 (3.55%) Bash
6 11 (3.25%) Java
7 7 (2.07%) C#
7 7 (2.07%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.18%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.89%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.59%) C++
10 2 (0.59%) Perl
10 2 (0.59%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.59%) VBA
10 2 (0.59%) VC++
11 1 (0.30%) C
11 1 (0.30%) Go
11 1 (0.30%) R
Qualifications
1 74 (21.89%) Degree
2 33 (9.76%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.21%) DV Cleared
4 6 (1.78%) CFA
4 6 (1.78%) CISSP
4 6 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.78%) DBS Check
4 6 (1.78%) PMI Certification
4 6 (1.78%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.48%) CISA
5 5 (1.48%) CISM
5 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.89%) CRISC
6 3 (0.89%) ISACA
6 3 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
6 3 (0.89%) PhD
6 3 (0.89%) PMP
7 2 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.51%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.73%) QA
3 13 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.66%) GDPR
5 7 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (2.07%) NIST
6 6 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.48%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.48%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.18%) COBIT
8 4 (1.18%) WCAG
9 3 (0.89%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.59%) EMIR
10 2 (0.59%) GMP
10 2 (0.59%) GRC
10 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.30%) IFRS
11 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.30%) PMO
11 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (6.51%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.37%) Docker
3 5 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.30%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.89%) Ansible
3 3 (0.89%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.89%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.59%) Terraform
5 1 (0.30%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Flashback
5 1 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 62 (18.34%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.44%) Oracle
3 13 (3.85%) SAP
4 11 (3.25%) Google
5 9 (2.66%) Dell
5 9 (2.66%) HP
6 8 (2.37%) Cisco
6 8 (2.37%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.37%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.78%) F5
7 6 (1.78%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.78%) Juniper
7 6 (1.78%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.48%) Adobe
9 4 (1.18%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.18%) Sage
10 3 (0.89%) Citrix
10 3 (0.89%) Freshdesk
10 3 (0.89%) Intel
10 3 (0.89%) Veeam