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 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 104 107
Rank change year-on-year +7 +3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 425 539 588
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.79% 3.09% 2.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.02% 7.92% 7.65%
Number of salaries quoted 265 217 409
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,700 £32,092
25th Percentile £28,000 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +0.92% -5.22%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% - +1.89%

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 5,296 6,804 7,684
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.74% 38.97% 38.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,433 3,879 5,995
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,713 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,250 £83,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £108,750 £113,796 £103,750
UK median annual salary £54,635 £60,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -8.94% -3.23% -4.62%

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 18 December 2025.

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 9 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.47%) Apache
3 2 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.47%) Confluence
3 2 (0.47%) IIS
4 1 (0.24%) Moodle
Applications
1 48 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (11.06%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.18%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.24%) Blender
7 1 (0.24%) InDesign
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.24%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (2.12%) Shopify
2 8 (1.88%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.18%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.24%) Endur
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 53 (12.47%) Azure
2 40 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (8.47%) Power Platform
4 27 (6.35%) SaaS
5 20 (4.71%) AWS
6 19 (4.47%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (3.06%) GitHub
7 13 (3.06%) Power Automate
8 12 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 10 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.65%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.65%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (1.18%) Google Analytics
11 5 (1.18%) Google Docs
11 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (1.18%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.94%) GCP
12 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (2.35%) Firewall
2 10 (2.35%) Internet
2 10 (2.35%) VoIP
2 10 (2.35%) VPN
3 9 (2.12%) VLAN
3 9 (2.12%) WAN
4 8 (1.88%) DNS
4 8 (1.88%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.65%) Broadband
5 7 (1.65%) DHCP
5 7 (1.65%) LAN
6 4 (0.94%) WLAN
7 3 (0.71%) DOCSIS
7 3 (0.71%) DSL
7 3 (0.71%) Ethernet
7 3 (0.71%) IPv4
7 3 (0.71%) IPv6
7 3 (0.71%) PPP
7 3 (0.71%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.24%) Power BI
2 25 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (3.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (2.82%) GIS
5 11 (2.59%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (1.88%) MySQL
7 6 (1.41%) MariaDB
7 6 (1.41%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.18%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.94%) Tableau
10 3 (0.71%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.47%) Amazon QuickSight
11 2 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.47%) Apache Iceberg
11 2 (0.47%) Metadata
11 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (4.24%) Selenium
2 17 (4.00%) WebDriver
3 14 (3.29%) JIRA
4 13 (3.06%) Git
5 9 (2.12%) Cypress.io
5 9 (2.12%) Postman
5 9 (2.12%) SoapUI
5 9 (2.12%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.71%) JMeter
7 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.47%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.47%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.47%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.24%) JUnit
8 1 (0.24%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.24%) Storybook
8 1 (0.24%) TestNG
8 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 251 (59.06%) Social Skills
2 136 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
3 127 (29.88%) Finance
4 60 (14.12%) Presentation Skills
5 55 (12.94%) Marketing
6 50 (11.76%) Public Sector
7 36 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (6.59%) Manufacturing
9 26 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (5.88%) Billing
10 25 (5.88%) Law
11 19 (4.47%) Legal
12 16 (3.76%) Telecoms
13 15 (3.53%) Retail
14 11 (2.59%) Advertising
15 9 (2.12%) Local Government
16 8 (1.88%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.65%) Automotive
17 7 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (1.18%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 65 (15.29%) Analyst
2 48 (11.29%) Technical Support
3 40 (9.41%) Support Engineer
4 37 (8.71%) Technical Engineer
4 37 (8.71%) Technical Support Engineer
5 34 (8.00%) IT Support
6 32 (7.53%) Architect
7 29 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
7 29 (6.82%) Support Technician
8 25 (5.88%) IT Support Technician
8 25 (5.88%) IT Technician
9 24 (5.65%) Sales Executive
10 19 (4.47%) Lead
10 19 (4.47%) Senior
11 18 (4.24%) Account Manager
11 18 (4.24%) Developer
11 18 (4.24%) Sales Manager
12 17 (4.00%) Business Development Manager
12 17 (4.00%) Business Manager
12 17 (4.00%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.53%) HTML
2 14 (3.29%) .NET
3 10 (2.35%) SOAP
4 8 (1.88%) Playwright
5 7 (1.65%) Node.js
6 4 (0.94%) Vue
7 3 (0.71%) FreeSWITCH
7 3 (0.71%) RESTful
7 3 (0.71%) XML
8 2 (0.47%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.47%) CSS
8 2 (0.47%) CSS3
8 2 (0.47%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.47%) HTML5
8 2 (0.47%) Kafka
8 2 (0.47%) OpenAPI
8 2 (0.47%) Sass
8 2 (0.47%) Swagger
8 2 (0.47%) XSLT
8 2 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 29 (6.82%) Virtual Team
3 27 (6.35%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (4.47%) Management Information System
5 17 (4.00%) Driving Licence
6 14 (3.29%) Social Media
7 11 (2.59%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.65%) IoT
9 7 (1.65%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (0.71%) Blog
13 3 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.71%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.71%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 65 (15.29%) Windows
2 24 (5.65%) Windows 10
3 23 (5.41%) Apple iOS
4 22 (5.18%) Linux
5 11 (2.59%) Windows 7
6 7 (1.65%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.18%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.94%) OpenWrt
9 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.47%) Android
10 2 (0.47%) Unix
11 1 (0.24%) Debian
11 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (45.65%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (21.18%) Decision-Making
3 81 (19.06%) Analytics
4 78 (18.35%) Agile
5 72 (16.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 72 (16.94%) Customer Service
6 71 (16.71%) Business Development
7 69 (16.24%) CRM
8 63 (14.82%) B2B
9 50 (11.76%) Customer Experience
10 49 (11.53%) AI
11 48 (11.29%) Coaching
12 44 (10.35%) Mentoring
13 43 (10.12%) Project Management
14 42 (9.88%) Time Management
15 40 (9.41%) Root Cause Analysis
16 39 (9.18%) User Experience
17 38 (8.94%) Business Intelligence
17 38 (8.94%) Creative Problem-Solving
18 34 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 73 (17.18%) SQL
2 27 (6.35%) C#
3 26 (6.12%) Python
4 25 (5.88%) Java
5 13 (3.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (2.12%) C++
6 9 (2.12%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.88%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.65%) PHP
9 5 (1.18%) Bash
9 5 (1.18%) C
9 5 (1.18%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.71%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.47%) Bicep
11 2 (0.47%) R
11 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.47%) VBA
11 2 (0.47%) VC++
12 1 (0.24%) Ruby
12 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 109 (25.65%) Degree
2 43 (10.12%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (4.94%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.06%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.82%) DBS Check
7 9 (2.12%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.12%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 8 (1.88%) CFA
9 6 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.41%) MCSE
10 5 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.18%) MCP
10 5 (1.18%) MCSA
11 4 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.71%) AAT
12 3 (0.71%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.18%) Data Quality
1 22 (5.18%) QA
2 13 (3.06%) SLA
3 9 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.65%) GDPR
5 6 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.18%) IFRS
7 4 (0.94%) PMO
7 4 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.71%) EMIR
9 2 (0.47%) NIST
10 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.24%) MiFID
10 1 (0.24%) NCSC
10 1 (0.24%) P3O
10 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (8.94%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.41%) Firmware
4 3 (0.71%) Docker
4 3 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.24%) iptables
6 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.94%) Terraform
4 3 (0.71%) Ansible
5 2 (0.47%) SCOM
6 1 (0.24%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 92 (21.65%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.29%) Google
3 11 (2.59%) Autodesk
4 10 (2.35%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.35%) VMware
5 7 (1.65%) Cisco
5 7 (1.65%) Oracle
5 7 (1.65%) Xero
6 6 (1.41%) Apple
7 4 (0.94%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.71%) Intel
8 3 (0.71%) Mercator
8 3 (0.71%) YouTube
9 2 (0.47%) Adobe
9 2 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.47%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.47%) N-able
9 2 (0.47%) TP-LINK
9 2 (0.47%) Ubiquiti