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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 145 96
Rank change year-on-year +33 -49 +19
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 394 347 890
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.35% 2.39% 3.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.75% 5.73% 8.38%
Number of salaries quoted 224 165 637
10th Percentile £26,400 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,375 £38,750 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +12.24% -10.91%
75th Percentile £60,250 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £98,500 £86,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% +35.00% -23.81%

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 5,837 6,058 10,616
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.84% 41.72% 37.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,627 3,510 8,637
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,750 £32,875
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +4.63% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £104,250 £115,000 £98,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 6 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 12 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.54%) Apache
2 10 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.02%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Moodle
6 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (12.44%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (10.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.76%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.51%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.51%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.25%) InDesign
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.52%) Shopify
3 4 (1.02%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Endur
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 58 (14.72%) Azure
2 34 (8.63%) SaaS
3 33 (8.38%) Power Platform
4 32 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (7.61%) AWS
6 19 (4.82%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (3.30%) GCP
8 12 (3.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (3.05%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.54%) GitHub
10 9 (2.28%) Amazon Kinesis
10 9 (2.28%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.28%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (2.03%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.78%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (1.52%) Google Docs
14 4 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.02%) Kong
14 4 (1.02%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (3.05%) Firewall
3 10 (2.54%) DHCP
3 10 (2.54%) WAN
4 9 (2.28%) DNS
4 9 (2.28%) LAN
5 8 (2.03%) Internet
6 6 (1.52%) Broadband
6 6 (1.52%) VLAN
7 5 (1.27%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.27%) VPN
8 4 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (1.02%) WLAN
9 3 (0.76%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.76%) DSL
9 3 (0.76%) IPv4
9 3 (0.76%) IPv6
9 3 (0.76%) Network Security
9 3 (0.76%) PPP
9 3 (0.76%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.87%) Power BI
2 18 (4.57%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (3.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (3.05%) Tableau
6 10 (2.54%) Metadata
6 10 (2.54%) MySQL
7 9 (2.28%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (2.28%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (2.28%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.28%) Apache Iceberg
8 6 (1.52%) MariaDB
9 5 (1.27%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.27%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.76%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.51%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (5.08%) Git
2 14 (3.55%) JIRA
3 7 (1.78%) Selenium
3 7 (1.78%) WebDriver
4 5 (1.27%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.02%) GitLab
6 3 (0.76%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.76%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.76%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.76%) JMeter
6 3 (0.76%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.76%) Postman
6 3 (0.76%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.76%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.51%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.51%) Storybook
7 2 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 239 (60.66%) Social Skills
2 128 (32.49%) Analytical Skills
3 105 (26.65%) Finance
4 52 (13.20%) Presentation Skills
5 45 (11.42%) Public Sector
6 42 (10.66%) Marketing
6 42 (10.66%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (7.36%) Manufacturing
8 28 (7.11%) Law
9 26 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (5.33%) Billing
11 19 (4.82%) Retail
12 16 (4.06%) Telecoms
13 15 (3.81%) Electronics
14 14 (3.55%) Financial Institution
14 14 (3.55%) Legal
15 12 (3.05%) Banking
16 11 (2.79%) Automotive
17 10 (2.54%) Advertising
18 7 (1.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 60 (15.23%) Analyst
2 48 (12.18%) Support Engineer
3 43 (10.91%) Technical Support
4 39 (9.90%) Technical Engineer
4 39 (9.90%) Technical Support Engineer
5 37 (9.39%) Architect
6 33 (8.38%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (6.60%) Senior
8 24 (6.09%) IT Support
8 24 (6.09%) Sales Executive
9 21 (5.33%) Account Manager
10 18 (4.57%) Developer
11 17 (4.31%) Sales Manager
12 15 (3.81%) Lead
13 14 (3.55%) Support Analyst
14 13 (3.30%) Business Analyst
14 13 (3.30%) Business Development Manager
14 13 (3.30%) Business Manager
14 13 (3.30%) Development Manager
14 13 (3.30%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.05%) HTML
2 9 (2.28%) Kafka
2 9 (2.28%) RESTful
2 9 (2.28%) XML
3 7 (1.78%) .NET
3 7 (1.78%) JSON
3 7 (1.78%) REST
4 6 (1.52%) OpenAPI
4 6 (1.52%) Swagger
5 5 (1.27%) Node.js
5 5 (1.27%) Playwright
6 4 (1.02%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.02%) CSS
6 4 (1.02%) Jinja
6 4 (1.02%) Vue
6 4 (1.02%) YAML
6 4 (1.02%) YANG
7 3 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.76%) React
7 3 (0.76%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.17%) Onboarding
2 29 (7.36%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (6.60%) Virtual Team
4 18 (4.57%) Social Media
5 16 (4.06%) Product Ownership
6 15 (3.81%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.79%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.03%) Blog
8 8 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.78%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.52%) IoT
10 6 (1.52%) Solar Energy
10 6 (1.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 5 (1.27%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.27%) PMI
11 5 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
12 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.17%) Windows
2 18 (4.57%) Linux
3 13 (3.30%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.79%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.28%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.52%) Android
6 6 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.27%) Unix
8 4 (1.02%) OpenWrt
8 4 (1.02%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.51%) Debian
10 1 (0.25%) AIX
10 1 (0.25%) CentOS
10 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (41.88%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (22.59%) Analytics
3 83 (21.07%) Decision-Making
4 78 (19.80%) CRM
5 74 (18.78%) Business Development
5 74 (18.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (18.02%) Agile
7 62 (15.74%) B2B
8 54 (13.71%) Customer Service
9 52 (13.20%) Customer Experience
10 50 (12.69%) AI
11 46 (11.68%) Coaching
11 46 (11.68%) Collaborative Culture
12 45 (11.42%) Project Management
13 42 (10.66%) Business Intelligence
14 36 (9.14%) Data Analysis
15 35 (8.88%) Software Engineering
16 33 (8.38%) Mentoring
16 33 (8.38%) Strategic Thinking
17 32 (8.12%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 62 (15.74%) SQL
2 34 (8.63%) Python
3 19 (4.82%) Java
4 17 (4.31%) C#
5 15 (3.81%) JavaScript
6 13 (3.30%) Bash
6 13 (3.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (2.28%) C++
8 7 (1.78%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.78%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.52%) PHP
10 5 (1.27%) C
11 3 (0.76%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.76%) VBA
11 3 (0.76%) VC++
12 2 (0.51%) Bicep
12 2 (0.51%) R
12 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 95 (24.11%) Degree
2 37 (9.39%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.58%) DV Cleared
4 12 (3.05%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.78%) CFA
7 6 (1.52%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.76%) AAT
9 3 (0.76%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.76%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.76%) PMP
10 2 (0.51%) CISA
10 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.51%) CISM
10 2 (0.51%) CISSP
10 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.61%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.08%) QA
3 12 (3.05%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.79%) GDPR
5 6 (1.52%) IFRS
5 6 (1.52%) SLA
6 4 (1.02%) EMIR
6 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.02%) WCAG
7 3 (0.76%) NIST
8 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.51%) GMP
8 2 (0.51%) GRC
8 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.51%) PMO
8 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
9 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 32 (8.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.02%) Docker
2 4 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) iptables
Systems Management
1 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.52%) Ansible
2 6 (1.52%) Terraform
3 4 (1.02%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.51%) SCOM
5 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 65 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.81%) Oracle
3 14 (3.55%) Google
4 12 (3.05%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.54%) Autodesk
6 7 (1.78%) Cisco
7 6 (1.52%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.52%) Dell
7 6 (1.52%) HP
8 5 (1.27%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.02%) F5
9 4 (1.02%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.02%) Juniper
9 4 (1.02%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.02%) VMware
10 3 (0.76%) Adobe
10 3 (0.76%) BT
10 3 (0.76%) Splunk
10 3 (0.76%) Veeam
10 3 (0.76%) Xero