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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 139 98
Rank change year-on-year +12 -41 +35
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 356 322 941
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.96% 2.39% 2.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.70% 5.65% 8.02%
Number of salaries quoted 215 202 716
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,221 £37,554 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +12.24% -10.91%
75th Percentile £61,000 £68,250 £63,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £93,625 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -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 6,242 5,700 11,733
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.41% 42.36% 36.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,926 3,688 9,267
10th Percentile £32,000 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £59,300
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.40% -8.77%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 1 May 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 22 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.81%) Apache
4 9 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.84%) Confluence
5 3 (0.84%) WordPress
6 2 (0.56%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 56 (15.73%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.84%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.56%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.84%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.28%) Primavera
3 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 48 (13.48%) Azure
2 41 (11.52%) AWS
3 32 (8.99%) SaaS
4 26 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.62%) GCP
6 17 (4.78%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.93%) Entra ID
8 11 (3.09%) GitHub
9 9 (2.53%) Amazon Kinesis
9 9 (2.53%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.53%) OpenShift
9 9 (2.53%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.25%) Figma
11 6 (1.69%) Apigee
11 6 (1.69%) Google Docs
11 6 (1.69%) Kong
11 6 (1.69%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.69%) Serverless
12 5 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.65%) Firewall
1 13 (3.65%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (3.09%) DHCP
3 10 (2.81%) DNS
4 9 (2.53%) LAN
5 8 (2.25%) Internet
5 8 (2.25%) WAN
6 7 (1.97%) LTE
7 6 (1.69%) Broadband
7 6 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.69%) VLAN
7 6 (1.69%) VPN
8 4 (1.12%) WLAN
9 3 (0.84%) DMARC
9 3 (0.84%) Network Security
9 3 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.56%) 4G
10 2 (0.56%) OpenVPN
10 2 (0.56%) SSH
10 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.21%) Power BI
2 12 (3.37%) Tableau
3 10 (2.81%) Metadata
4 9 (2.53%) Amazon Athena
4 9 (2.53%) Amazon QuickSight
4 9 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (2.53%) Apache Iceberg
5 8 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.69%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.12%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.84%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.84%) MySQL
8 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.84%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.28%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 22 (6.18%) Git
2 9 (2.53%) JIRA
3 6 (1.69%) GitLab
4 3 (0.84%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.56%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.56%) JMeter
5 2 (0.56%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.56%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.56%) Storybook
5 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.28%) git-flow
6 1 (0.28%) JUnit
6 1 (0.28%) Postman
6 1 (0.28%) Selenium
6 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 172 (48.31%) Social Skills
2 83 (23.31%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (19.94%) Finance
4 53 (14.89%) Marketing
5 51 (14.33%) Organisational Skills
6 34 (9.55%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (7.30%) Public Sector
8 24 (6.74%) Law
9 23 (6.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (5.34%) Retail
11 18 (5.06%) Electronics
12 17 (4.78%) Banking
12 17 (4.78%) Manufacturing
13 15 (4.21%) Automotive
14 13 (3.65%) Telecoms
15 10 (2.81%) Financial Institution
15 10 (2.81%) Legal
16 8 (2.25%) Billing
16 8 (2.25%) Games
17 6 (1.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 39 (10.96%) Analyst
2 38 (10.67%) Support Engineer
3 33 (9.27%) Senior
4 21 (5.90%) Architect
4 21 (5.90%) Developer
5 20 (5.62%) Technical Engineer
5 20 (5.62%) Technical Support
5 20 (5.62%) Technical Support Engineer
6 19 (5.34%) Account Manager
6 19 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (4.78%) IT Support
8 16 (4.49%) Lead
9 15 (4.21%) Sales Executive
10 14 (3.93%) Business Development Executive
11 11 (3.09%) Business Analyst
11 11 (3.09%) Business Manager
11 11 (3.09%) IT Engineer
11 11 (3.09%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (2.81%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.81%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.06%) React
2 14 (3.93%) REST
3 11 (3.09%) XML
4 9 (2.53%) HTML
4 9 (2.53%) JSON
4 9 (2.53%) Kafka
5 7 (1.97%) HEVC
5 7 (1.97%) RESTful
6 6 (1.69%) Jinja
6 6 (1.69%) Web Services
6 6 (1.69%) YAML
6 6 (1.69%) YANG
7 5 (1.40%) Django
7 5 (1.40%) Node.js
7 5 (1.40%) Twisted
7 5 (1.40%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.12%) CSS
8 4 (1.12%) OpenAPI
8 4 (1.12%) Swagger
9 3 (0.84%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.87%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.18%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.34%) Social Media
4 18 (5.06%) Driving Licence
4 18 (5.06%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.93%) Virtual Team
6 10 (2.81%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.25%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (1.97%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.69%) Blog
9 6 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.40%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.40%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.40%) PMI
10 5 (1.40%) Solar Energy
11 4 (1.12%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 38 (10.67%) Windows
2 22 (6.18%) Linux
3 19 (5.34%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.97%) Unix
6 6 (1.69%) Android
7 4 (1.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.56%) AIX
8 2 (0.56%) Debian
8 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.56%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.28%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) Solaris
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (33.43%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (23.03%) Business Development
3 72 (20.22%) CRM
4 56 (15.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (13.76%) Agile
6 47 (13.20%) B2B
6 47 (13.20%) Decision-Making
7 46 (12.92%) Analytics
8 44 (12.36%) AI
9 41 (11.52%) Customer Service
10 39 (10.96%) Collaborative Culture
11 35 (9.83%) Coaching
11 35 (9.83%) Project Management
12 33 (9.27%) Cybersecurity
13 32 (8.99%) Customer Experience
13 32 (8.99%) Strategic Thinking
14 28 (7.87%) DevOps
15 26 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (7.30%) CI/CD
16 25 (7.02%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 45 (12.64%) SQL
2 39 (10.96%) Python
3 32 (8.99%) JavaScript
4 21 (5.90%) TypeScript
5 13 (3.65%) Bash
6 9 (2.53%) Java
7 8 (2.25%) C#
8 7 (1.97%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.40%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.12%) C++
11 3 (0.84%) C
11 3 (0.84%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.84%) VBA
11 3 (0.84%) VC++
12 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.28%) Go
13 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 80 (22.47%) Degree
2 32 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.74%) DV Cleared
4 7 (1.97%) CFA
5 6 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.69%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.40%) CISSP
6 5 (1.40%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.12%) CISA
7 4 (1.12%) CISM
7 4 (1.12%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.84%) PhD
9 2 (0.56%) CCNA
9 2 (0.56%) CCNP
9 2 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.46%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.21%) QA
3 13 (3.65%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.25%) GDPR
5 6 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.69%) NIST
6 5 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.12%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.12%) WCAG
8 3 (0.84%) COBIT
8 3 (0.84%) EMIR
8 3 (0.84%) IFRS
9 2 (0.56%) GMP
9 2 (0.56%) GRC
9 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.56%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (6.74%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.97%) Docker
3 5 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.28%) iptables
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.40%) Ansible
3 4 (1.12%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.84%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.84%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (0.84%) Terraform
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.49%) Oracle
3 11 (3.09%) Google
4 9 (2.53%) Cisco
4 9 (2.53%) Dell
4 9 (2.53%) HP
5 8 (2.25%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.97%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.69%) F5
7 6 (1.69%) Juniper
7 6 (1.69%) Palo Alto
7 6 (1.69%) SAP
8 5 (1.40%) Adobe
8 5 (1.40%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.12%) Sage
10 3 (0.84%) Freshdesk
10 3 (0.84%) Intel
10 3 (0.84%) Veeam
11 2 (0.56%) Instagram