Self-Motivation Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 108 146
Rank change year-on-year +31 +38 -33
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 841 940 871
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.32% 2.64% 2.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.39% 7.59% 6.01%
Number of salaries quoted 229 703 638
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -10.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -23.81% -4.55%

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 8,091 12,391 14,502
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.56% 34.79% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,679 9,321 10,862
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,860 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,977
90th Percentile £122,500 £105,000 £109,865
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Self-Motivation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Self-Motivation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Self-Motivation.

Self-Motivation salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Self-Motivation salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 73 (8.68%) Confluence
2 36 (4.28%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (1.55%) IIS
5 9 (1.07%) Tomcat
6 6 (0.71%) WordPress
7 3 (0.36%) Apache
8 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 109 (12.96%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.95%) Revit
5 7 (0.83%) Blender
6 3 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.36%) Final Cut Pro
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.24%) InDesign
7 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.24%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.62%) NetSuite
2 16 (1.90%) Sage 200
2 16 (1.90%) Sage CRM
3 9 (1.07%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle iRecruitment
4 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 460 (54.70%) Azure
2 413 (49.11%) AWS
3 400 (47.56%) GCP
4 215 (25.56%) AWS Lambda
4 215 (25.56%) Serverless
5 72 (8.56%) Asana
5 72 (8.56%) Miro
6 52 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (3.21%) SaaS
8 21 (2.50%) OneDrive
9 20 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (2.02%) Entra ID
11 13 (1.55%) Power Platform
12 12 (1.43%) Power Automate
13 8 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.83%) GitHub
15 6 (0.71%) Google Analytics
16 5 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
16 5 (0.59%) Canva
17 4 (0.48%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 293 (34.84%) Broadband
2 41 (4.88%) Firewall
3 22 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (1.66%) SSL
5 13 (1.55%) DNS
6 12 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.43%) WAN
7 11 (1.31%) 5G
7 11 (1.31%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.07%) DMARC
9 6 (0.71%) DHCP
9 6 (0.71%) Internet
10 5 (0.59%) HTTP
10 5 (0.59%) IP Telephony
10 5 (0.59%) Network Security
10 5 (0.59%) PSTN
10 5 (0.59%) SSH
10 5 (0.59%) VLAN
10 5 (0.59%) VoIP
10 5 (0.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.04%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (1.31%) Power BI
3 7 (0.83%) QGIS
4 6 (0.71%) NonStop SQL
5 5 (0.59%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.48%) MySQL
7 3 (0.36%) GIS
7 3 (0.36%) Metadata
7 3 (0.36%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.24%) Couchbase
8 2 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.24%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.24%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.24%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.12%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 78 (9.27%) JIRA
2 16 (1.90%) Git
3 6 (0.71%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.48%) Subversion
5 3 (0.36%) GDB
5 3 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.24%) Axure RP
6 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.24%) Selenium
6 2 (0.24%) Spock
6 2 (0.24%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.24%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.12%) Babel
7 1 (0.12%) Mocha
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.12%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.12%) webpack
General
1 270 (32.10%) Analytical Skills
2 229 (27.23%) Social Skills
3 203 (24.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 199 (23.66%) Finance
5 79 (9.39%) Influencing Skills
6 39 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
7 36 (4.28%) Manufacturing
8 35 (4.16%) Marketing
9 32 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (2.85%) Banking
10 24 (2.85%) Public Sector
11 22 (2.62%) Legal
12 12 (1.43%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.31%) Law
14 10 (1.19%) Advertising
15 9 (1.07%) Czech Language
16 7 (0.83%) Billing
17 6 (0.71%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.71%) Retail
18 5 (0.59%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 454 (53.98%) Senior
2 215 (25.56%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 182 (21.64%) Software Engineer
4 178 (21.17%) Senior Software Engineer
5 107 (12.72%) Analyst
6 74 (8.80%) Product Analyst
7 35 (4.16%) Developer
8 33 (3.92%) IT Support
9 28 (3.33%) Support Engineer
10 26 (3.09%) Consultant
11 25 (2.97%) Technical Support
12 23 (2.73%) Administrator
13 21 (2.50%) Lead
14 18 (2.14%) Senior Developer
15 16 (1.90%) Sage 200 Support
15 16 (1.90%) Sage Support
15 16 (1.90%) Support Analyst
16 15 (1.78%) Senior Manager
16 15 (1.78%) Technical Engineer
16 15 (1.78%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (24.26%) .NET
2 181 (21.52%) Node.js
3 16 (1.90%) REST
3 16 (1.90%) XML
4 15 (1.78%) JSON
5 13 (1.55%) HTML
6 11 (1.31%) Blazor
7 10 (1.19%) SOAP
8 6 (0.71%) Bootstrap
8 6 (0.71%) HTML5
8 6 (0.71%) WinForms
9 5 (0.59%) Web Services
10 4 (0.48%) CSS
10 4 (0.48%) React
11 3 (0.36%) Kafka
11 3 (0.36%) OpenEmbedded
11 3 (0.36%) Redux
11 3 (0.36%) Yocto
12 2 (0.24%) Playwright
12 2 (0.24%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 179 (21.28%) Linux Command Line
2 178 (21.17%) Cyberattack
3 78 (9.27%) Product Ownership
4 72 (8.56%) Over-the-Top Content
4 72 (8.56%) Video\Live Streaming
5 33 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.38%) Management Information System
7 17 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (1.78%) Virtual Team
9 14 (1.66%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.55%) Social Media
11 11 (1.31%) GNSS
11 11 (1.31%) Self-Driving Car
12 10 (1.19%) Tandem
13 9 (1.07%) Blog
13 9 (1.07%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
14 8 (0.95%) FMCG
15 7 (0.83%) Driving Licence
16 5 (0.59%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 215 (25.56%) Linux
2 81 (9.63%) Windows
3 35 (4.16%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.62%) Mac OS
5 21 (2.50%) Unix
6 11 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.07%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.71%) zOS
9 5 (0.59%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.48%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.12%) Android
13 1 (0.12%) Debian
13 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (61.36%) Agile
2 412 (48.99%) Mentoring
3 395 (46.97%) Machine Learning
3 395 (46.97%) Problem-Solving
4 230 (27.35%) CI/CD
5 226 (26.87%) Clean Code
6 222 (26.40%) Data Science
7 217 (25.80%) Creative Thinking
8 215 (25.56%) Performance Metrics
8 215 (25.56%) Personalization
9 198 (23.54%) Software Engineering
10 189 (22.47%) User Experience
11 187 (22.24%) Scrum
12 185 (22.00%) Cloud Security
12 185 (22.00%) Microservices
13 178 (21.17%) Data Engineering
13 178 (21.17%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 172 (20.45%) Customer Service
15 135 (16.05%) CRM
16 103 (12.25%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 418 (49.70%) Python
2 216 (25.68%) TypeScript
3 203 (24.14%) Java
4 200 (23.78%) C++
5 196 (23.31%) JavaScript
6 178 (21.17%) Go
6 178 (21.17%) Rust
7 94 (11.18%) SQL
8 25 (2.97%) C#
9 15 (1.78%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.19%) C
10 10 (1.19%) MATLAB
11 9 (1.07%) VBA
12 5 (0.59%) PHP
13 4 (0.48%) Bash
13 4 (0.48%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.24%) Fortran
14 2 (0.24%) Groovy
15 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 287 (34.13%) Degree
2 217 (25.80%) PhD
3 195 (23.19%) Security Cleared
4 181 (21.52%) DV Cleared
5 179 (21.28%) AWS Certification
6 178 (21.17%) AWS Certified Developer
6 178 (21.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 18 (2.14%) DBS Check
8 16 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.78%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.07%) SC Cleared
12 8 (0.95%) MCSA
13 7 (0.83%) MCP
13 7 (0.83%) MCSE
14 4 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.36%) CCNA
15 3 (0.36%) CISA
16 2 (0.24%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (1.43%) Accessibility
2 12 (1.43%) SLA
3 11 (1.31%) QA
4 9 (1.07%) GDPR
5 6 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.48%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.36%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.36%) IEC 61508
7 3 (0.36%) JTAG
8 2 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.24%) GMP
8 2 (0.24%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.24%) PMO
9 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.12%) COSO
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 22 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.66%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.95%) Docker
3 8 (0.95%) Firmware
4 5 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (1.07%) Terraform
3 8 (0.95%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.83%) PaperCut
5 4 (0.48%) Ansible
6 3 (0.36%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.36%) SCCM
7 2 (0.24%) Grafana
7 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.24%) SCOM
7 2 (0.24%) SCOrch
7 2 (0.24%) SCSM
8 1 (0.12%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.12%) Nessus
8 1 (0.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 154 (18.31%) Microsoft
2 94 (11.18%) Salesforce
3 24 (2.85%) Oracle
4 16 (1.90%) Google
4 16 (1.90%) Sage
5 11 (1.31%) SAP
6 10 (1.19%) VMware
7 8 (0.95%) Cisco
7 8 (0.95%) Concur
7 8 (0.95%) IBM
8 7 (0.83%) Adobe
8 7 (0.83%) JD Edwards
9 6 (0.71%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.59%) Trayport
11 4 (0.48%) HP
11 4 (0.48%) Instagram
11 4 (0.48%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.36%) Facebook
12 3 (0.36%) N-able
12 3 (0.36%) ServiceNow