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 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 107 107
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 408 526 622
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.70% 3.11% 3.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.72% 7.93% 7.84%
Number of salaries quoted 253 206 422
10th Percentile £26,300 £27,250 £31,280
25th Percentile £28,000 £39,790 £37,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +8.57% -6.25%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,375 £78,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -4.76%

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 5,283 6,630 7,933
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.97% 39.21% 38.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,374 3,687 6,188
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,795 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,188 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £110,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 2 January 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 7 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.23%) Apache
2 5 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.49%) Confluence
3 2 (0.49%) IIS
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) Moodle
Applications
1 48 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (11.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.98%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.25%) InDesign
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.25%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.96%) Shopify
2 6 (1.47%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.23%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Endur
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.01%) Azure
2 37 (9.07%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 29 (7.11%) SaaS
5 21 (5.15%) AWS
6 19 (4.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (2.94%) GitHub
8 11 (2.70%) Power Automate
9 10 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
11 5 (1.23%) Amazon Kinesis
11 5 (1.23%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.23%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.23%) GCP
11 5 (1.23%) Google Docs
12 4 (0.98%) Google Analytics
13 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.74%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (2.21%) Internet
3 8 (1.96%) VLAN
3 8 (1.96%) VoIP
3 8 (1.96%) VPN
3 8 (1.96%) WAN
4 7 (1.72%) DNS
4 7 (1.72%) Firewall
4 7 (1.72%) LAN
4 7 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.47%) Broadband
5 6 (1.47%) DHCP
6 4 (0.98%) WLAN
7 3 (0.74%) DOCSIS
7 3 (0.74%) DSL
7 3 (0.74%) GPON
7 3 (0.74%) IPv4
7 3 (0.74%) IPv6
7 3 (0.74%) PPP
7 3 (0.74%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.60%) Power BI
2 21 (5.15%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (3.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (2.94%) GIS
5 11 (2.70%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (1.96%) MySQL
7 7 (1.72%) Tableau
8 6 (1.47%) MariaDB
8 6 (1.47%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.23%) Amazon QuickSight
9 5 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.23%) Apache Iceberg
9 5 (1.23%) Metadata
9 5 (1.23%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (4.41%) Selenium
2 17 (4.17%) Git
2 17 (4.17%) WebDriver
3 14 (3.43%) JIRA
4 9 (2.21%) Cypress.io
4 9 (2.21%) Postman
4 9 (2.21%) SoapUI
4 9 (2.21%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.74%) JMeter
6 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.49%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.49%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.49%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.49%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.49%) Storybook
7 1 (0.25%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.25%) JUnit
7 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.25%) TestNG
7 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 244 (59.80%) Social Skills
2 133 (32.60%) Analytical Skills
3 125 (30.64%) Finance
4 58 (14.22%) Presentation Skills
5 55 (13.48%) Marketing
6 49 (12.01%) Public Sector
7 36 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (6.37%) Manufacturing
9 25 (6.13%) Law
10 24 (5.88%) Billing
11 17 (4.17%) Legal
11 17 (4.17%) Retail
12 14 (3.43%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.70%) Advertising
14 9 (2.21%) Local Government
15 8 (1.96%) Financial Institution
16 7 (1.72%) Automotive
17 6 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (1.23%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 62 (15.20%) Analyst
2 45 (11.03%) Technical Support
3 39 (9.56%) Support Engineer
4 36 (8.82%) Technical Engineer
4 36 (8.82%) Technical Support Engineer
5 32 (7.84%) Architect
6 31 (7.60%) IT Support
7 29 (7.11%) Solutions Architect
8 28 (6.86%) Support Technician
9 25 (6.13%) IT Support Technician
9 25 (6.13%) IT Technician
9 25 (6.13%) Sales Executive
10 22 (5.39%) Senior
11 21 (5.15%) Lead
12 20 (4.90%) Developer
13 18 (4.41%) Account Manager
13 18 (4.41%) Sales Manager
14 16 (3.92%) Business Development Manager
14 16 (3.92%) Business Manager
14 16 (3.92%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.17%) HTML
2 13 (3.19%) .NET
3 9 (2.21%) SOAP
4 8 (1.96%) Playwright
5 7 (1.72%) Node.js
6 5 (1.23%) Kafka
7 4 (0.98%) RESTful
7 4 (0.98%) Vue
8 3 (0.74%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.74%) CSS
8 3 (0.74%) CSS3
8 3 (0.74%) HTML5
8 3 (0.74%) Sass
9 2 (0.49%) Express.js
9 2 (0.49%) FreeSWITCH
9 2 (0.49%) JSON
9 2 (0.49%) OAuth
9 2 (0.49%) XML
9 2 (0.49%) XSLT
9 2 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 28 (6.86%) Virtual Team
3 27 (6.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (4.66%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.92%) Driving Licence
6 14 (3.43%) Social Media
7 11 (2.70%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.72%) IoT
9 7 (1.72%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.98%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.98%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.74%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.74%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 56 (13.73%) Windows
2 23 (5.64%) Apple iOS
2 23 (5.64%) Windows 10
3 20 (4.90%) Linux
4 9 (2.21%) Windows 7
5 7 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.98%) Mac OS X
6 4 (0.98%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.49%) Android
7 2 (0.49%) Unix
8 1 (0.25%) Debian
8 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (22.55%) Decision-Making
3 85 (20.83%) Analytics
4 75 (18.38%) Agile
5 72 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (17.40%) Business Development
7 69 (16.91%) CRM
8 67 (16.42%) Customer Service
9 63 (15.44%) B2B
10 50 (12.25%) Customer Experience
11 49 (12.01%) AI
11 49 (12.01%) Coaching
12 44 (10.78%) Mentoring
13 43 (10.54%) Project Management
14 39 (9.56%) Root Cause Analysis
15 38 (9.31%) Business Intelligence
15 38 (9.31%) User Experience
16 36 (8.82%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 35 (8.58%) Time Management
18 34 (8.33%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 72 (17.65%) SQL
2 28 (6.86%) Python
3 27 (6.62%) Java
4 26 (6.37%) C#
5 13 (3.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 9 (2.21%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.96%) Bash
7 8 (1.96%) C++
7 8 (1.96%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.72%) PHP
9 6 (1.47%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.23%) C
11 2 (0.49%) Bicep
11 2 (0.49%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.49%) R
11 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.49%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.49%) VBA
11 2 (0.49%) VC++
Qualifications
1 104 (25.49%) Degree
2 41 (10.05%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (4.90%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.19%) DBS Check
4 13 (3.19%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.21%) CFA
6 9 (2.21%) ISTQB
6 9 (2.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 6 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.23%) MCSE
9 4 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.98%) MCP
9 4 (0.98%) MCSA
9 4 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (0.98%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.74%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.13%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.90%) QA
3 11 (2.70%) SLA
4 10 (2.45%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.72%) GDPR
6 5 (1.23%) IFRS
6 5 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.98%) PMO
7 4 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.74%) EMIR
9 2 (0.49%) NIST
9 2 (0.49%) WCAG
10 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.25%) GMP
10 1 (0.25%) GRC
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.25%) MiFID
10 1 (0.25%) NCSC
10 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 38 (9.31%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.98%) Firmware
4 3 (0.74%) Docker
4 3 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.25%) iptables
Systems Management
1 5 (1.23%) Kubernetes
1 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.98%) Terraform
3 3 (0.74%) Ansible
4 2 (0.49%) SCOM
5 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 84 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.43%) Google
3 11 (2.70%) Autodesk
4 9 (2.21%) Salesforce
5 8 (1.96%) Oracle
5 8 (1.96%) VMware
6 6 (1.47%) Apple
7 5 (1.23%) Cisco
7 5 (1.23%) Xero
8 4 (0.98%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.74%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.74%) Intel
9 3 (0.74%) YouTube
10 2 (0.49%) Adobe
10 2 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.49%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.49%) Nokia
10 2 (0.49%) SAP
10 2 (0.49%) TP-LINK
10 2 (0.49%) Ubiquiti