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 4 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 102 111
Rank change year-on-year -36 +9 +23
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 363 530 925
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.89% 3.57% 2.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.34% 7.89% 7.78%
Number of salaries quoted 243 218 708
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,600 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.16% -10.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,250 £63,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,000 £44,700 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.04% +11.75% -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 6,800 6,717 11,893
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.33% 45.24% 35.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,213 3,388 9,265
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,188 £42,500
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 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,670 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.04% +4.85% -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 4 June 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 20 (5.51%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.48%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.48%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.20%) Apache
5 7 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.65%) WordPress
7 5 (1.38%) CMS
8 3 (0.83%) Confluence
9 2 (0.55%) IIS
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 51 (14.05%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (7.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.83%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.55%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 13 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.10%) Primavera
3 2 (0.55%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.33%) Azure
2 43 (11.85%) AWS
3 27 (7.44%) SaaS
4 25 (6.89%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (6.06%) GCP
6 17 (4.68%) Entra ID
7 16 (4.41%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.31%) GitHub
9 9 (2.48%) Figma
10 8 (2.20%) OpenShift
11 7 (1.93%) Amazon Kinesis
11 7 (1.93%) Amazon S3
11 7 (1.93%) Canva
11 7 (1.93%) Serverless
12 6 (1.65%) Apigee
12 6 (1.65%) Kong
12 6 (1.65%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.65%) Smartsheet
13 5 (1.38%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.41%) Firewall
2 12 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (3.03%) Broadband
4 10 (2.75%) DHCP
4 10 (2.75%) DNS
5 9 (2.48%) Internet
5 9 (2.48%) LAN
6 8 (2.20%) VPN
6 8 (2.20%) WAN
7 7 (1.93%) LTE
8 6 (1.65%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.38%) Network Security
10 4 (1.10%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.83%) DMARC
11 3 (0.83%) VLAN
11 3 (0.83%) WLAN
12 2 (0.55%) 4G
12 2 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.55%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.28%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.86%) Power BI
2 11 (3.03%) Tableau
3 9 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.20%) Metadata
4 8 (2.20%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.93%) Amazon Athena
5 7 (1.93%) Amazon QuickSight
5 7 (1.93%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (1.93%) Apache Iceberg
6 6 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.38%) MySQL
8 3 (0.83%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.83%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.28%) Cloudera CDH
10 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (7.44%) Git
2 12 (3.31%) JIRA
3 6 (1.65%) GitLab
4 3 (0.83%) JUnit
4 3 (0.83%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.55%) Maven
5 2 (0.55%) Mockito
5 2 (0.55%) Storybook
5 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.28%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.28%) git-flow
6 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.28%) JMeter
6 1 (0.28%) Postman
6 1 (0.28%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.28%) Selenium
6 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 170 (46.83%) Social Skills
2 73 (20.11%) Finance
2 73 (20.11%) Marketing
3 71 (19.56%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (14.05%) Organisational Skills
5 28 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (7.16%) Automotive
7 20 (5.51%) Law
7 20 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (5.51%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.51%) Retail
7 20 (5.51%) Telecoms
8 16 (4.41%) Banking
9 15 (4.13%) Electronics
9 15 (4.13%) Games
10 14 (3.86%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.75%) Legal
12 8 (2.20%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 44 (12.12%) Senior
2 36 (9.92%) Analyst
3 34 (9.37%) Developer
4 27 (7.44%) Business Manager
5 26 (7.16%) Support Engineer
6 25 (6.89%) Business Development Manager
6 25 (6.89%) Development Manager
7 16 (4.41%) IT Support
7 16 (4.41%) Sales Executive
8 15 (4.13%) Lead
9 14 (3.86%) Account Manager
10 13 (3.58%) Full-Stack Developer
11 12 (3.31%) Business Development Executive
12 11 (3.03%) Technical Engineer
13 10 (2.75%) Consultant
13 10 (2.75%) IT Engineer
13 10 (2.75%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (2.75%) Software Engineer
13 10 (2.75%) Technical Support
13 10 (2.75%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.71%) React
2 18 (4.96%) REST
3 12 (3.31%) HTML
4 10 (2.75%) XML
5 9 (2.48%) JSON
5 9 (2.48%) Web Services
6 7 (1.93%) CSS
6 7 (1.93%) HEVC
6 7 (1.93%) Kafka
6 7 (1.93%) RESTful
7 6 (1.65%) Django
7 6 (1.65%) Jinja
7 6 (1.65%) WebSockets
7 6 (1.65%) YAML
7 6 (1.65%) YANG
8 5 (1.38%) .NET
8 5 (1.38%) Twisted
9 4 (1.10%) EDI
9 4 (1.10%) OpenAPI
9 4 (1.10%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.82%) Onboarding
2 23 (6.34%) Management Information System
3 20 (5.51%) Social Media
4 19 (5.23%) Driving Licence
5 15 (4.13%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.31%) Blog
6 12 (3.31%) Video Conferencing
7 11 (3.03%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (1.93%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.65%) FMCG
9 6 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.38%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.38%) PMI
10 5 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Licensing
12 3 (0.83%) Replication
12 3 (0.83%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.92%) Windows
2 20 (5.51%) Linux
3 18 (4.96%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.48%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (2.20%) Unix
6 7 (1.93%) Android
7 4 (1.10%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.55%) AIX
8 2 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.28%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) Debian
9 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.28%) Solaris
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
9 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (26.45%) Problem-Solving
2 95 (26.17%) Business Development
3 78 (21.49%) CRM
4 55 (15.15%) Agile
5 48 (13.22%) B2B
6 45 (12.40%) AI
7 39 (10.74%) Collaborative Culture
7 39 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (10.74%) Decision-Making
8 35 (9.64%) Analytics
8 35 (9.64%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (8.82%) Customer Service
10 28 (7.71%) CI/CD
10 28 (7.71%) Roadmaps
11 27 (7.44%) Full-Stack Development
12 26 (7.16%) B2B Sales
12 26 (7.16%) Coaching
12 26 (7.16%) DevOps
13 25 (6.89%) Software Engineering
14 24 (6.61%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (11.85%) JavaScript
1 43 (11.85%) SQL
2 40 (11.02%) Python
3 27 (7.44%) TypeScript
4 13 (3.58%) Java
5 12 (3.31%) Bash
6 8 (2.20%) C#
7 7 (1.93%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.38%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.10%) C++
9 4 (1.10%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.83%) Perl
11 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.55%) VBA
11 2 (0.55%) VC++
12 1 (0.28%) Bicep
12 1 (0.28%) Go
12 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.28%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 78 (21.49%) Degree
2 36 (9.92%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.23%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.48%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.20%) CISSP
5 8 (2.20%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.20%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.93%) CISM
7 6 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.65%) PMP
8 5 (1.38%) CISA
9 4 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.83%) CAPM
10 3 (0.83%) CCNA
10 3 (0.83%) CCNP
10 3 (0.83%) CFA
10 3 (0.83%) PhD
10 3 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.51%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.96%) QA
3 13 (3.58%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.48%) GDPR
5 9 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (2.20%) NIST
7 5 (1.38%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.38%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.10%) COBIT
8 4 (1.10%) GRC
8 4 (1.10%) WCAG
9 3 (0.83%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.83%) PMO
9 3 (0.83%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.55%) EMIR
10 2 (0.55%) GMP
11 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.28%) IFRS
11 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (6.34%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.75%) Docker
3 7 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.83%) Ansible
3 3 (0.83%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (0.83%) Terraform
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Flashback
5 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 77 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.96%) SAP
3 17 (4.68%) Oracle
4 11 (3.03%) Cisco
4 11 (3.03%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.48%) Dell
5 9 (2.48%) HP
6 8 (2.20%) Google
6 8 (2.20%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.93%) Adobe
8 6 (1.65%) F5
8 6 (1.65%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.65%) Juniper
8 6 (1.65%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.10%) Apple
9 4 (1.10%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.10%) Sage
10 3 (0.83%) Citrix
10 3 (0.83%) Intel
10 3 (0.83%) Planview