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 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 89 133
Rank change year-on-year -20 +44 -13
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 591 628 576
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.51% 3.89% 2.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.71% 9.23% 7.35%
Number of salaries quoted 402 296 305
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% -5.73%
75th Percentile £57,451 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £79,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -12.04%

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 8,806 6,802 7,839
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.46% 42.17% 33.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,297 3,520 5,066
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £43,787 £41,250 £45,786
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.56% -4.80%

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 5 September 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 28 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.52%) CMS
4 7 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.18%) WordPress
5 5 (0.85%) IIS
6 3 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 38 (6.43%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (1.02%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.85%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.85%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.85%) InDesign
8 4 (0.68%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.68%) Revit
8 4 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.17%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 8 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.85%) Primavera
2 5 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.34%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.17%) JDE World
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 73 (12.35%) Azure
2 55 (9.31%) SaaS
3 49 (8.29%) AWS
4 42 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (4.06%) Entra ID
6 21 (3.55%) Figma
7 18 (3.05%) Power Platform
8 17 (2.88%) GCP
9 15 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.37%) GitHub
11 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.35%) Serverless
12 7 (1.18%) IaaS
12 7 (1.18%) PaaS
12 7 (1.18%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (1.02%) Azure Functions
13 6 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.02%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.55%) Firewall
2 18 (3.05%) VPN
3 16 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (2.54%) Broadband
5 13 (2.20%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.03%) LAN
6 12 (2.03%) WAN
7 10 (1.69%) DNS
8 8 (1.35%) DHCP
8 8 (1.35%) Network Security
9 7 (1.18%) Internet
10 5 (0.85%) WPA
11 4 (0.68%) LTE
11 4 (0.68%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.51%) VoIP
13 2 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (0.34%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.34%) VLAN
14 1 (0.17%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.37%) Power BI
2 13 (2.20%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.85%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.85%) Tableau
7 4 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.68%) Metadata
7 4 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.68%) MySQL
7 4 (0.68%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.51%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.51%) Looker
9 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 41 (6.94%) Git
2 12 (2.03%) JIRA
3 8 (1.35%) JUnit
4 7 (1.18%) Maven
4 7 (1.18%) Mockito
5 6 (1.02%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.51%) GitLab
6 3 (0.51%) Mercurial
6 3 (0.51%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.51%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.17%) git-flow
7 1 (0.17%) Mocha
7 1 (0.17%) Postman
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 297 (50.25%) Social Skills
2 136 (23.01%) Marketing
3 125 (21.15%) Finance
4 117 (19.80%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (12.86%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (9.14%) Retail
8 51 (8.63%) Public Sector
9 44 (7.45%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (5.08%) Law
11 28 (4.74%) Games
12 27 (4.57%) Automotive
12 27 (4.57%) Telecoms
13 24 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (4.06%) Legal
14 19 (3.21%) French Language
14 19 (3.21%) Manufacturing
15 17 (2.88%) Banking
16 14 (2.37%) Pharmaceutical
17 13 (2.20%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 66 (11.17%) Developer
2 60 (10.15%) Business Manager
3 58 (9.81%) Business Development Manager
3 58 (9.81%) Development Manager
4 48 (8.12%) Senior
5 42 (7.11%) Analyst
6 32 (5.41%) Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (4.06%) IT Support
8 23 (3.89%) Sales Executive
9 21 (3.55%) Lead
10 19 (3.21%) Consultant
11 18 (3.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 17 (2.88%) Support Engineer
13 16 (2.71%) Support Specialist
14 15 (2.54%) Business Development Executive
15 14 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
16 12 (2.03%) Account Executive
16 12 (2.03%) Sales Representative
16 12 (2.03%) Support Analyst
16 12 (2.03%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (9.31%) React
2 16 (2.71%) REST
3 14 (2.37%) .NET
4 8 (1.35%) Spring
5 7 (1.18%) AngularJS
5 7 (1.18%) JSON
5 7 (1.18%) Terraform
5 7 (1.18%) Web Services
6 6 (1.02%) Middleware
7 5 (0.85%) CSS
7 5 (0.85%) HTML
8 4 (0.68%) COM
8 4 (0.68%) DCOM
8 4 (0.68%) Django
8 4 (0.68%) HEVC
8 4 (0.68%) LDAP
8 4 (0.68%) WebSockets
9 3 (0.51%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.51%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.51%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.26%) Driving Licence
2 34 (5.75%) Onboarding
3 31 (5.25%) Management Information System
4 25 (4.23%) Social Media
5 17 (2.88%) Blog
6 16 (2.71%) Web Conferencing
7 13 (2.20%) FMCG
8 12 (2.03%) e-Learning
8 12 (2.03%) Product Ownership
9 11 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.86%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (1.35%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.18%) FPGA
12 7 (1.18%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.18%) Freedom of Information Act
12 7 (1.18%) Smartcard
13 6 (1.02%) Podcast
13 6 (1.02%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.45%) Windows
2 17 (2.88%) Linux
3 16 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.02%) VMS
5 3 (0.51%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.51%) Unix
5 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.34%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Solaris
7 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (26.73%) Business Development
2 145 (24.53%) CRM
3 143 (24.20%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (18.27%) Decision-Making
5 105 (17.77%) AI
6 92 (15.57%) Agile
6 92 (15.57%) B2B
7 72 (12.18%) Customer Service
8 70 (11.84%) Mentoring
9 66 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 57 (9.64%) Collaborative Culture
11 56 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
12 53 (8.97%) Full-Stack Development
13 51 (8.63%) Business Strategy
14 50 (8.46%) Coaching
15 49 (8.29%) B2B Sales
16 48 (8.12%) Customer Experience
17 46 (7.78%) Lead Generation
18 44 (7.45%) Stakeholder Management
19 43 (7.28%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (10.83%) JavaScript
2 57 (9.64%) SQL
3 47 (7.95%) TypeScript
4 32 (5.41%) Python
5 16 (2.71%) Java
6 14 (2.37%) Bash
7 10 (1.69%) C#
7 10 (1.69%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.35%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.02%) Bicep
10 6 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.51%) Perl
11 3 (0.51%) R
12 2 (0.34%) C++
13 1 (0.17%) Delphi
13 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.17%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 82 (13.87%) Degree
2 64 (10.83%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.75%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.72%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.71%) CISSP
7 13 (2.20%) CISM
7 13 (2.20%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
10 8 (1.35%) PMP
11 7 (1.18%) CISA
11 7 (1.18%) CRISC
11 7 (1.18%) ISACA
12 6 (1.02%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.02%) CCNA
12 6 (1.02%) CCNP
12 6 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.68%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.45%) Accessibility
2 28 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (4.23%) GDPR
4 24 (4.06%) QA
5 20 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (2.71%) Data Quality
7 13 (2.20%) NIST
8 11 (1.86%) PMO
9 10 (1.69%) GRC
10 8 (1.35%) ISO 9001
10 8 (1.35%) PCI DSS
11 7 (1.18%) COBIT
11 7 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 7 (1.18%) SOC 1
11 7 (1.18%) SOC 2
12 6 (1.02%) SLA
13 5 (0.85%) NCSC
14 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.68%) ISO 19650
15 3 (0.51%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 34 (5.75%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.21%) Docker
3 9 (1.52%) Firmware
4 7 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.02%) vSphere
6 2 (0.34%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.20%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.51%) Ansible
3 3 (0.51%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 122 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.74%) SAP
3 27 (4.57%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.72%) HubSpot
5 17 (2.88%) Oracle
6 16 (2.71%) Cisco
7 13 (2.20%) Google
7 13 (2.20%) YouTube
8 11 (1.86%) Adobe
9 6 (1.02%) ScienceLogic
9 6 (1.02%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.02%) VMware
10 5 (0.85%) Sage
11 3 (0.51%) Apple
11 3 (0.51%) Dell
11 3 (0.51%) HP
11 3 (0.51%) Perforce
11 3 (0.51%) Planview
11 3 (0.51%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.34%) JD Edwards