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 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 147 91
Rank change year-on-year +26 -56 +29
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 364 307 963
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.16% 2.39% 3.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.14% 5.62% 8.49%
Number of salaries quoted 190 178 706
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,800 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,313 £37,716 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,863
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.30% -9.34%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,580 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +31.25% -25.93%

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 5,932 5,464 11,347
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.15% 42.48% 36.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,668 3,595 9,072
10th Percentile £30,165 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £118,250 £97,500
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 28 March 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 14 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.75%) Apache
4 9 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (2.20%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (2.20%) Exchange Server 2010
5 8 (2.20%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.82%) Confluence
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.27%) Moodle
7 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (12.91%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (8.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.55%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.55%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.55%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) InDesign
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.37%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.37%) Shopify
3 1 (0.27%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 62 (17.03%) Azure
2 42 (11.54%) AWS
3 33 (9.07%) SaaS
4 30 (8.24%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (8.24%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.49%) GCP
6 19 (5.22%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (3.85%) GitHub
8 13 (3.57%) Entra ID
9 12 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (2.75%) OpenShift
11 9 (2.47%) Amazon Kinesis
11 9 (2.47%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.47%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.92%) GitHub Copilot
14 6 (1.65%) Apigee
14 6 (1.65%) Google Docs
14 6 (1.65%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (3.30%) DHCP
2 12 (3.30%) Firewall
3 10 (2.75%) WAN
4 9 (2.47%) DNS
4 9 (2.47%) LAN
5 7 (1.92%) Internet
6 6 (1.65%) Broadband
6 6 (1.65%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.65%) VLAN
7 5 (1.37%) LTE
7 5 (1.37%) VPN
8 4 (1.10%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.10%) WLAN
9 3 (0.82%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.82%) DSL
9 3 (0.82%) IPv4
9 3 (0.82%) IPv6
9 3 (0.82%) PPP
9 3 (0.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.69%) Power BI
2 17 (4.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (4.67%) SQL Server
3 15 (4.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (3.30%) Tableau
5 10 (2.75%) Metadata
6 9 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (2.47%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (2.47%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (2.47%) Apache Iceberg
7 7 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.37%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.37%) MySQL
8 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.82%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.27%) Cloudera CDH
11 1 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (5.49%) Git
2 11 (3.02%) JIRA
3 6 (1.65%) GitLab
4 4 (1.10%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.10%) Selenium
4 4 (1.10%) 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
1 210 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 113 (31.04%) Analytical Skills
3 93 (25.55%) Finance
4 50 (13.74%) Presentation Skills
5 44 (12.09%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (11.26%) Public Sector
7 38 (10.44%) Marketing
8 27 (7.42%) Law
9 21 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (5.77%) Manufacturing
10 20 (5.49%) Billing
11 17 (4.67%) Electronics
12 15 (4.12%) Retail
12 15 (4.12%) Telecoms
13 14 (3.85%) Financial Institution
14 13 (3.57%) Banking
15 10 (2.75%) Legal
16 7 (1.92%) Back Office
16 7 (1.92%) Local Government
17 6 (1.65%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 51 (14.01%) Analyst
2 46 (12.64%) Support Engineer
3 37 (10.16%) Architect
4 34 (9.34%) Technical Engineer
4 34 (9.34%) Technical Support
4 34 (9.34%) Technical Support Engineer
5 33 (9.07%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (7.69%) Senior
7 20 (5.49%) Account Manager
7 20 (5.49%) IT Support
8 17 (4.67%) Sales Executive
9 16 (4.40%) Developer
9 16 (4.40%) Lead
10 14 (3.85%) Sales Manager
11 12 (3.30%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.30%) Commercial Analyst
11 12 (3.30%) Insight Analyst
12 10 (2.75%) IT Engineer
12 10 (2.75%) IT Support Engineer
13 9 (2.47%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.85%) REST
2 11 (3.02%) XML
3 10 (2.75%) React
4 9 (2.47%) JSON
4 9 (2.47%) Kafka
4 9 (2.47%) RESTful
5 8 (2.20%) HTML
6 6 (1.65%) Jinja
6 6 (1.65%) OpenAPI
6 6 (1.65%) Swagger
6 6 (1.65%) Web Services
6 6 (1.65%) YAML
6 6 (1.65%) YANG
7 5 (1.37%) Django
7 5 (1.37%) HEVC
7 5 (1.37%) Node.js
7 5 (1.37%) Twisted
7 5 (1.37%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.10%) Playwright
9 3 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.16%) Onboarding
2 26 (7.14%) Virtual Team
3 24 (6.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (5.49%) Product Ownership
5 16 (4.40%) Social Media
6 14 (3.85%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.30%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.47%) Blog
8 9 (2.47%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.92%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 6 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.65%) Solar Energy
11 6 (1.65%) Web Conferencing
12 5 (1.37%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.37%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.37%) PMI
13 4 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 37 (10.16%) Windows
2 24 (6.59%) Linux
3 15 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.20%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.20%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
4 8 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.92%) Unix
6 6 (1.65%) Android
7 4 (1.10%) OpenWrt
7 4 (1.10%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.55%) Debian
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
1 143 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (22.53%) Analytics
3 80 (21.98%) Decision-Making
4 72 (19.78%) Business Development
5 69 (18.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (17.58%) CRM
7 60 (16.48%) Agile
8 53 (14.56%) B2B
9 50 (13.74%) Customer Experience
10 46 (12.64%) AI
10 46 (12.64%) Coaching
11 44 (12.09%) Customer Service
12 43 (11.81%) Project Management
13 39 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
14 37 (10.16%) Collaborative Culture
14 37 (10.16%) Strategic Thinking
15 34 (9.34%) DevOps
15 34 (9.34%) Software Engineering
16 33 (9.07%) Data Analysis
17 32 (8.79%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.01%) SQL
2 38 (10.44%) Python
3 23 (6.32%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.85%) Java
5 13 (3.57%) Bash
5 13 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (3.57%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.02%) C#
7 6 (1.65%) C++
8 5 (1.37%) C
8 5 (1.37%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.10%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.82%) VBA
10 3 (0.82%) VC++
11 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.27%) Go
12 1 (0.27%) PHP
12 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 94 (25.82%) Degree
2 32 (8.79%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.59%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.92%) CFA
6 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.65%) 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 30 (8.24%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.67%) QA
3 14 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.92%) GDPR
5 5 (1.37%) IFRS
6 4 (1.10%) EMIR
6 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.10%) WCAG
7 3 (0.82%) NIST
7 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.55%) GMP
8 2 (0.55%) GRC
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.55%) PMO
8 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) MiFID
9 1 (0.27%) P3O
System Software
1 26 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.20%) 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 11 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.65%) Ansible
3 5 (1.37%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.10%) 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 58 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.40%) Oracle
3 13 (3.57%) Google
4 9 (2.47%) Cisco
4 9 (2.47%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.20%) Dell
5 8 (2.20%) HP
6 7 (1.92%) Autodesk
6 7 (1.92%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.65%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.65%) F5
7 6 (1.65%) Juniper
7 6 (1.65%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.10%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.82%) Adobe
9 3 (0.82%) Intel
9 3 (0.82%) SAP
9 3 (0.82%) Splunk
9 3 (0.82%) Veeam
10 2 (0.55%) Citrix