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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 93 131
Rank change year-on-year -11 +38 -12
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 619 625 568
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.59% 3.85% 2.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.87% 9.13% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 421 299 278
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -21.30% -4.42%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £85,000
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 9,011 6,845 7,880
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.68% 42.17% 33.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,391 3,542 4,906
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £46,250
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 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

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 12 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 29 (4.68%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.45%) CMS
4 7 (1.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.13%) WordPress
5 5 (0.81%) IIS
6 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 46 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.94%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.97%) Navisworks
6 6 (0.97%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.97%) Revit
6 6 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.81%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.81%) InDesign
8 4 (0.65%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.16%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 9 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.81%) Primavera
2 5 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.48%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.32%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.32%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.32%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) JDE World
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 74 (11.95%) Azure
2 60 (9.69%) SaaS
3 46 (7.43%) AWS
4 42 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (3.88%) Entra ID
6 20 (3.23%) Figma
7 18 (2.91%) Power Platform
8 17 (2.75%) GCP
9 15 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (2.10%) GitHub
11 8 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.13%) ChatGPT
12 7 (1.13%) IaaS
12 7 (1.13%) PaaS
12 7 (1.13%) Serverless
12 7 (1.13%) Snowflake
13 6 (0.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (0.97%) Azure Functions
13 6 (0.97%) Canva
13 6 (0.97%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.23%) Firewall
2 18 (2.91%) VPN
3 16 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (2.26%) Broadband
5 13 (2.10%) LAN
5 13 (2.10%) TCP/IP
5 13 (2.10%) WAN
6 10 (1.62%) DNS
7 9 (1.45%) Network Security
8 8 (1.29%) DHCP
9 6 (0.97%) Internet
10 5 (0.81%) WPA
11 4 (0.65%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.48%) LTE
12 3 (0.48%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.48%) VoIP
13 2 (0.32%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.32%) RS-422
13 2 (0.32%) VLAN
14 1 (0.16%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.26%) Power BI
2 13 (2.10%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.81%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.81%) Metadata
6 5 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.81%) Tableau
7 4 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.65%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.65%) MySQL
7 4 (0.65%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.48%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.48%) Looker
9 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 39 (6.30%) Git
2 13 (2.10%) JIRA
3 7 (1.13%) JUnit
3 7 (1.13%) Maven
3 7 (1.13%) Mockito
4 6 (0.97%) Bitbucket
4 6 (0.97%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.48%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.48%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.48%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.32%) GitLab
7 1 (0.16%) Mocha
7 1 (0.16%) Postman
7 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 312 (50.40%) Social Skills
2 149 (24.07%) Marketing
3 131 (21.16%) Finance
4 123 (19.87%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (12.60%) Organisational Skills
6 62 (10.02%) Retail
7 55 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 53 (8.56%) Public Sector
9 49 (7.92%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (4.85%) Law
11 28 (4.52%) Telecoms
12 27 (4.36%) Automotive
12 27 (4.36%) Games
13 26 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (4.20%) Manufacturing
14 24 (3.88%) Legal
15 21 (3.39%) French Language
16 17 (2.75%) Aerospace
16 17 (2.75%) Banking
17 15 (2.42%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 66 (10.66%) Developer
2 59 (9.53%) Business Manager
3 57 (9.21%) Business Development Manager
3 57 (9.21%) Development Manager
4 48 (7.75%) Senior
5 44 (7.11%) Analyst
6 32 (5.17%) Full-Stack Developer
7 26 (4.20%) Sales Executive
8 24 (3.88%) IT Support
9 21 (3.39%) Lead
10 19 (3.07%) Consultant
11 18 (2.91%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 17 (2.75%) Support Engineer
13 16 (2.58%) Support Specialist
14 15 (2.42%) Business Development Executive
14 15 (2.42%) Sales Representative
15 14 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
16 13 (2.10%) Account Executive
16 13 (2.10%) Technical Manager
17 12 (1.94%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (8.72%) React
2 15 (2.42%) .NET
3 14 (2.26%) REST
4 8 (1.29%) AngularJS
5 7 (1.13%) Middleware
5 7 (1.13%) Spring
5 7 (1.13%) Terraform
6 6 (0.97%) JSON
6 6 (0.97%) Web Services
7 5 (0.81%) CSS
7 5 (0.81%) HTML
8 4 (0.65%) COM
8 4 (0.65%) DCOM
8 4 (0.65%) LDAP
9 3 (0.48%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.48%) EDI
9 3 (0.48%) HEVC
9 3 (0.48%) RESTful
9 3 (0.48%) TensorFlow
9 3 (0.48%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 41 (6.62%) Driving Licence
2 40 (6.46%) Onboarding
3 33 (5.33%) Management Information System
4 26 (4.20%) Social Media
5 18 (2.91%) Web Conferencing
6 17 (2.75%) Blog
7 13 (2.10%) FMCG
8 12 (1.94%) e-Learning
9 11 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.78%) Product Ownership
9 11 (1.78%) Security Posture
9 11 (1.78%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (1.45%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.29%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.13%) FPGA
12 7 (1.13%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.13%) Freedom of Information Act
12 7 (1.13%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.95%) Windows
2 17 (2.75%) Linux
3 15 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.97%) VMS
5 3 (0.48%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.32%) Android
6 2 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.32%) Unix
6 2 (0.32%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Solaris
7 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (26.01%) CRM
2 157 (25.36%) Business Development
3 146 (23.59%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (18.26%) Decision-Making
5 111 (17.93%) AI
6 96 (15.51%) Agile
7 95 (15.35%) B2B
8 74 (11.95%) Customer Service
9 71 (11.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 71 (11.47%) Mentoring
10 57 (9.21%) Collaborative Culture
10 57 (9.21%) Cybersecurity
11 53 (8.56%) Business Strategy
11 53 (8.56%) Coaching
12 52 (8.40%) Full-Stack Development
13 51 (8.24%) Lead Generation
14 50 (8.08%) B2B Sales
14 50 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
15 49 (7.92%) Customer Experience
16 46 (7.43%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (10.02%) JavaScript
2 55 (8.89%) SQL
3 46 (7.43%) TypeScript
4 29 (4.68%) Python
5 15 (2.42%) Java
6 14 (2.26%) Bash
7 11 (1.78%) C#
8 10 (1.62%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.29%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.13%) Bicep
10 7 (1.13%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.65%) C++
13 3 (0.48%) Perl
13 3 (0.48%) R
14 2 (0.32%) C
15 1 (0.16%) Delphi
15 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.16%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 87 (14.05%) Degree
2 64 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 36 (5.82%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (3.23%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.75%) DBS Check
7 16 (2.58%) CISSP
8 13 (2.10%) CISM
9 11 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.45%) PMP
11 8 (1.29%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.29%) Chartered Engineer
12 7 (1.13%) CCNA
12 7 (1.13%) CCNP
12 7 (1.13%) CISA
12 7 (1.13%) CRISC
12 7 (1.13%) ISACA
13 6 (0.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (0.81%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (6.95%) Accessibility
2 28 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (4.04%) GDPR
4 24 (3.88%) QA
5 20 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (2.91%) Data Quality
7 13 (2.10%) NIST
8 12 (1.94%) PMO
9 10 (1.62%) GRC
10 9 (1.45%) ISO 9001
11 8 (1.29%) PCI DSS
12 7 (1.13%) COBIT
12 7 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 7 (1.13%) SOC 1
12 7 (1.13%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.97%) ISO 19650
13 6 (0.97%) SLA
14 5 (0.81%) NCSC
15 4 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.65%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 34 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 18 (2.91%) Docker
3 9 (1.45%) Firmware
4 6 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.97%) vSphere
5 2 (0.32%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.94%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.48%) Ansible
4 2 (0.32%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Flashback
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 136 (21.97%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.01%) SAP
3 30 (4.85%) Salesforce
4 27 (4.36%) HubSpot
5 20 (3.23%) Google
6 16 (2.58%) Cisco
6 16 (2.58%) Oracle
7 15 (2.42%) YouTube
8 11 (1.78%) Adobe
9 8 (1.29%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.13%) Sage
11 6 (0.97%) ScienceLogic
11 6 (0.97%) VMware
12 3 (0.48%) Apple
12 3 (0.48%) Dell
12 3 (0.48%) HP
12 3 (0.48%) Perforce
12 3 (0.48%) Planview
13 2 (0.32%) Citrix
13 2 (0.32%) JD Edwards