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 1 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 102 114
Rank change year-on-year -32 +12 +22
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 425 571 860
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.05% 3.59% 2.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.50% 8.26% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 290 238 663
10th Percentile £28,975 £29,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,040 £73,750 £64,625
90th Percentile £70,000 £89,875 £73,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,818
% change year-on-year - +4.12% -22.25%

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 7,721 6,910 11,677
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.26% 43.49% 34.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,820 3,533 8,985
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £59,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -14.10%

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 1 July 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 20 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 20 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.12%) Exchange Server 2007
2 9 (2.12%) Exchange Server 2010
2 9 (2.12%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (1.65%) WordPress
4 6 (1.41%) Apache
5 5 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.18%) CMS
5 5 (1.18%) IIS
6 3 (0.71%) Confluence
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 42 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 6 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.18%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.71%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (0.71%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.71%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.71%) InDesign
7 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 13 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.18%) Primavera
3 2 (0.47%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 62 (14.59%) Azure
2 44 (10.35%) AWS
3 29 (6.82%) SaaS
4 21 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (4.71%) GCP
6 19 (4.47%) Entra ID
7 15 (3.53%) GitHub
7 15 (3.53%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.59%) Figma
9 10 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.35%) Serverless
10 8 (1.88%) OpenShift
11 7 (1.65%) Canva
11 7 (1.65%) IaaS
11 7 (1.65%) PaaS
12 6 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (1.41%) Azure Functions
12 6 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (1.41%) Kong
12 6 (1.41%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.24%) Firewall
2 15 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (3.29%) VPN
4 12 (2.82%) Broadband
4 12 (2.82%) DNS
5 11 (2.59%) DHCP
6 10 (2.35%) Internet
7 7 (1.65%) LTE
7 7 (1.65%) WAN
8 6 (1.41%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.41%) Network Security
8 6 (1.41%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.18%) LAN
10 3 (0.71%) DMARC
10 3 (0.71%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.71%) WPA
11 2 (0.47%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.24%) HTTP
12 1 (0.24%) SNMP
12 1 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.06%) Power BI
2 11 (2.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.35%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.12%) Tableau
5 8 (1.88%) Metadata
6 7 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (1.18%) Amazon QuickSight
7 5 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.18%) Apache Iceberg
7 5 (1.18%) Data Mining
7 5 (1.18%) MySQL
7 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.24%) Big Data
9 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (8.00%) Git
2 12 (2.82%) JIRA
3 6 (1.41%) GitLab
4 3 (0.71%) JUnit
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.47%) Maven
5 2 (0.47%) Mockito
5 2 (0.47%) Postman
5 2 (0.47%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.24%) git-flow
6 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.24%) JMeter
6 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 180 (42.35%) Social Skills
2 79 (18.59%) Marketing
3 77 (18.12%) Finance
4 72 (16.94%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
6 42 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (7.29%) Retail
8 30 (7.06%) Automotive
9 26 (6.12%) Public Sector
10 25 (5.88%) Law
11 22 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (4.94%) Banking
13 20 (4.71%) Telecoms
14 15 (3.53%) Electronics
14 15 (3.53%) Games
14 15 (3.53%) Legal
15 14 (3.29%) Manufacturing
16 12 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (2.82%) Multimedia
17 9 (2.12%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 46 (10.82%) Developer
2 42 (9.88%) Analyst
2 42 (9.88%) Senior
3 38 (8.94%) Business Manager
4 36 (8.47%) Business Development Manager
4 36 (8.47%) Development Manager
5 30 (7.06%) Support Engineer
6 19 (4.47%) Full-Stack Developer
7 16 (3.76%) Sales Executive
7 16 (3.76%) Technical Engineer
8 15 (3.53%) Technical Support
8 15 (3.53%) Technical Support Engineer
9 14 (3.29%) IT Support
9 14 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (3.06%) Consultant
10 13 (3.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 12 (2.82%) Account Manager
11 12 (2.82%) Business Development Executive
11 12 (2.82%) Lead
12 11 (2.59%) Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (9.41%) React
2 19 (4.47%) REST
3 10 (2.35%) JSON
3 10 (2.35%) Web Services
4 9 (2.12%) .NET
4 9 (2.12%) HTML
4 9 (2.12%) XML
5 7 (1.65%) HEVC
6 6 (1.41%) CSS
6 6 (1.41%) Django
6 6 (1.41%) Jinja
6 6 (1.41%) RESTful
6 6 (1.41%) WebSockets
6 6 (1.41%) YAML
6 6 (1.41%) YANG
7 5 (1.18%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.18%) Kafka
7 5 (1.18%) Middleware
7 5 (1.18%) Twisted
8 4 (0.94%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.76%) Onboarding
2 29 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 24 (5.65%) Driving Licence
4 18 (4.24%) Social Media
5 16 (3.76%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.82%) Blog
6 12 (2.82%) e-Learning
6 12 (2.82%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (2.82%) Web Conferencing
7 11 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.35%) FMCG
9 9 (2.12%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.88%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.65%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.65%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.65%) Freedom of Information Act
11 7 (1.65%) Podcast
11 7 (1.65%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 40 (9.41%) Windows
2 20 (4.71%) Linux
3 16 (3.76%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.12%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.12%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.88%) Unix
6 6 (1.41%) Android
6 6 (1.41%) VMS
7 4 (0.94%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.47%) AIX
8 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.24%) CentOS
9 1 (0.24%) Debian
9 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.24%) Solaris
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (25.88%) Business Development
2 108 (25.41%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (20.71%) CRM
4 70 (16.47%) Agile
5 59 (13.88%) AI
5 59 (13.88%) B2B
6 52 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
6 52 (12.24%) Decision-Making
7 44 (10.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (10.35%) Mentoring
8 39 (9.18%) Collaborative Culture
9 37 (8.71%) Coaching
9 37 (8.71%) Customer Service
9 37 (8.71%) Full-Stack Development
9 37 (8.71%) Roadmaps
10 33 (7.76%) Analytics
11 32 (7.53%) CI/CD
12 30 (7.06%) DevOps
12 30 (7.06%) Risk Management
13 29 (6.82%) B2B Sales
Programming Languages
1 51 (12.00%) JavaScript
2 49 (11.53%) SQL
3 37 (8.71%) Python
4 36 (8.47%) TypeScript
5 15 (3.53%) Bash
6 11 (2.59%) C#
6 11 (2.59%) Java
7 9 (2.12%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.12%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.41%) Bicep
8 6 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.71%) C++
9 3 (0.71%) Perl
9 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.24%) Delphi
10 1 (0.24%) Go
10 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.24%) Pascal
10 1 (0.24%) VBA
10 1 (0.24%) VC++
Qualifications
1 80 (18.82%) Degree
2 42 (9.88%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.71%) DV Cleared
4 15 (3.53%) CISSP
5 14 (3.29%) CISM
6 13 (3.06%) SC Cleared
7 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.12%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.88%) CISA
10 7 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.65%) CRISC
10 7 (1.65%) ISACA
11 6 (1.41%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.41%) PMP
12 5 (1.18%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.94%) CCSP
13 4 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 3 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.94%) Accessibility
1 21 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
1 21 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (4.47%) GDPR
3 18 (4.24%) QA
4 17 (4.00%) Data Quality
5 14 (3.29%) NIST
6 9 (2.12%) PCI DSS
6 9 (2.12%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.88%) COBIT
7 8 (1.88%) GRC
8 7 (1.65%) SOC 1
9 5 (1.18%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.71%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.71%) PMO
11 3 (0.71%) SLA
12 2 (0.47%) NCSC
12 2 (0.47%) WCAG
13 1 (0.24%) IFRS
System Software
1 30 (7.06%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.35%) Docker
3 9 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.41%) vSphere
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.88%) Terraform
3 7 (1.65%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.71%) Ansible
4 3 (0.71%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 83 (19.53%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.47%) SAP
3 17 (4.00%) Cisco
4 14 (3.29%) Oracle
5 13 (3.06%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.35%) Adobe
7 9 (2.12%) Dell
7 9 (2.12%) HP
8 8 (1.88%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.41%) F5
9 6 (1.41%) Juniper
9 6 (1.41%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.41%) ScienceLogic
9 6 (1.41%) VMware
10 5 (1.18%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.18%) Sage
11 4 (0.94%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.94%) Google
12 3 (0.71%) Planview
12 3 (0.71%) Veeam