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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 146 90
Rank change year-on-year +26 -56 +31
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 381 319 963
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.24% 2.38% 3.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.44% 5.64% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 206 172 708
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,662 £32,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.02% -9.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,250 £64,181
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,741 £74,125
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +28.05% -24.07%

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 5,918 5,652 11,101
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.72% 42.25% 36.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,628 3,564 8,988
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £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 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £101,325 £116,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -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 21 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 13 (3.41%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.62%) Apache
4 9 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.84%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (1.84%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (1.84%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (1.05%) Confluence
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) Moodle
7 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (12.34%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (8.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.79%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.52%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.52%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.26%) InDesign
6 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (2.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.57%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.31%) Shopify
4 1 (0.26%) Endur
4 1 (0.26%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 63 (16.54%) Azure
2 41 (10.76%) AWS
3 34 (8.92%) SaaS
4 32 (8.40%) Power Platform
5 31 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (4.99%) Azure Data Factory
6 19 (4.99%) GCP
7 14 (3.67%) GitHub
8 12 (3.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (3.15%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.62%) OpenShift
10 9 (2.36%) Amazon Kinesis
10 9 (2.36%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.36%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.84%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (1.57%) Apigee
13 6 (1.57%) Figma
13 6 (1.57%) Google Docs
13 6 (1.57%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (3.15%) Firewall
3 11 (2.89%) DHCP
4 10 (2.62%) WAN
5 9 (2.36%) LAN
6 8 (2.10%) DNS
7 7 (1.84%) Broadband
7 7 (1.84%) Internet
8 6 (1.57%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.57%) VLAN
9 4 (1.05%) LTE
9 4 (1.05%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.05%) VPN
9 4 (1.05%) WLAN
10 3 (0.79%) DOCSIS
10 3 (0.79%) DSL
10 3 (0.79%) IPv4
10 3 (0.79%) PPP
10 3 (0.79%) RTP
10 3 (0.79%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.61%) Power BI
2 18 (4.72%) SQL Server
3 17 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (3.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (3.15%) Tableau
6 10 (2.62%) Metadata
7 9 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (2.36%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.36%) Apache Iceberg
8 7 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.57%) MySQL
10 5 (1.31%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.79%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.52%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.52%) MariaDB
13 1 (0.26%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 22 (5.77%) Git
2 13 (3.41%) JIRA
3 6 (1.57%) GitLab
4 5 (1.31%) Selenium
4 5 (1.31%) WebDriver
5 4 (1.05%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.79%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.79%) JMeter
6 3 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.79%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.79%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.52%) Postman
7 2 (0.52%) Storybook
8 1 (0.26%) git-flow
8 1 (0.26%) JUnit
8 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 223 (58.53%) Social Skills
2 119 (31.23%) Analytical Skills
3 99 (25.98%) Finance
4 52 (13.65%) Presentation Skills
5 44 (11.55%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (10.76%) Public Sector
7 40 (10.50%) Marketing
8 27 (7.09%) Law
9 23 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (6.04%) Manufacturing
10 21 (5.51%) Billing
11 17 (4.46%) Telecoms
12 16 (4.20%) Electronics
13 15 (3.94%) Financial Institution
13 15 (3.94%) Retail
14 13 (3.41%) Banking
15 12 (3.15%) Legal
16 7 (1.84%) Advertising
16 7 (1.84%) Automotive
16 7 (1.84%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 53 (13.91%) Analyst
2 46 (12.07%) Support Engineer
3 37 (9.71%) Architect
4 36 (9.45%) Technical Support
5 35 (9.19%) Technical Engineer
5 35 (9.19%) Technical Support Engineer
6 33 (8.66%) Solutions Architect
7 30 (7.87%) Senior
8 21 (5.51%) Account Manager
8 21 (5.51%) IT Support
9 20 (5.25%) Sales Executive
10 17 (4.46%) Developer
11 16 (4.20%) Lead
11 16 (4.20%) Sales Manager
12 12 (3.15%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.15%) Commercial Analyst
12 12 (3.15%) Insight Analyst
13 10 (2.62%) Business Development Manager
13 10 (2.62%) Business Manager
13 10 (2.62%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.67%) REST
2 11 (2.89%) XML
3 10 (2.62%) HTML
4 9 (2.36%) JSON
4 9 (2.36%) Kafka
4 9 (2.36%) React
4 9 (2.36%) RESTful
5 6 (1.57%) Jinja
5 6 (1.57%) OpenAPI
5 6 (1.57%) Swagger
5 6 (1.57%) Web Services
5 6 (1.57%) YAML
5 6 (1.57%) YANG
6 5 (1.31%) .NET
6 5 (1.31%) Django
6 5 (1.31%) Node.js
6 5 (1.31%) Twisted
6 5 (1.31%) WebSockets
7 4 (1.05%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.05%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.50%) Onboarding
2 26 (6.82%) Analytical Mindset
2 26 (6.82%) Virtual Team
3 20 (5.25%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.46%) Social Media
5 13 (3.41%) Management Information System
6 12 (3.15%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.36%) Blog
7 9 (2.36%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.10%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.84%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.57%) Solar Energy
10 6 (1.57%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (1.31%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.31%) PMI
12 4 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.79%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 39 (10.24%) Windows
2 24 (6.30%) Linux
3 14 (3.67%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.62%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.84%) Unix
5 7 (1.84%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (1.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.57%) Android
6 6 (1.57%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.05%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.52%) Debian
9 1 (0.26%) AIX
9 1 (0.26%) CentOS
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (39.11%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (22.57%) Analytics
3 83 (21.78%) Decision-Making
4 73 (19.16%) Business Development
5 71 (18.64%) CRM
6 70 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 64 (16.80%) Agile
8 57 (14.96%) B2B
9 53 (13.91%) Customer Experience
10 47 (12.34%) AI
10 47 (12.34%) Customer Service
11 46 (12.07%) Coaching
12 44 (11.55%) Project Management
13 41 (10.76%) Collaborative Culture
14 40 (10.50%) Business Intelligence
15 37 (9.71%) Strategic Thinking
16 35 (9.19%) Software Engineering
17 34 (8.92%) DevOps
18 33 (8.66%) Data Analysis
19 32 (8.40%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 56 (14.70%) SQL
2 38 (9.97%) Python
3 23 (6.04%) JavaScript
4 15 (3.94%) Java
5 14 (3.67%) C#
6 13 (3.41%) Bash
6 13 (3.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (3.41%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.57%) C++
8 5 (1.31%) C
8 5 (1.31%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.05%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.79%) VBA
10 3 (0.79%) VC++
11 2 (0.52%) PHP
11 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.26%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 96 (25.20%) Degree
2 33 (8.66%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.56%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.84%) CFA
5 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.57%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.31%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.79%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.79%) PhD
8 3 (0.79%) PMP
9 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.52%) CCNA
9 2 (0.52%) CCNP
9 2 (0.52%) CISA
9 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.52%) CISM
9 2 (0.52%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.87%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.72%) QA
3 13 (3.41%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.10%) GDPR
5 6 (1.57%) IFRS
6 4 (1.05%) EMIR
6 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.05%) WCAG
7 3 (0.79%) NIST
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.52%) GMP
8 2 (0.52%) GRC
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.52%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) SLA
8 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 27 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.10%) Docker
3 5 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.26%) iptables
Systems Management
1 10 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.57%) Ansible
3 5 (1.31%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.05%) Terraform
5 2 (0.52%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 62 (16.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.20%) Oracle
3 13 (3.41%) Google
4 11 (2.89%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.36%) Autodesk
5 9 (2.36%) Cisco
6 7 (1.84%) Dell
6 7 (1.84%) HP
6 7 (1.84%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.57%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.57%) F5
7 6 (1.57%) Juniper
7 6 (1.57%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.05%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.79%) Adobe
9 3 (0.79%) Intel
9 3 (0.79%) SAP
9 3 (0.79%) Splunk
9 3 (0.79%) Veeam
10 2 (0.52%) Citrix