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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 144 90
Rank change year-on-year +27 -54 +34
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 368 305 954
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.18% 2.37% 3.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.18% 5.63% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 191 181 708
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,716 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,863
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.30% -9.34%
75th Percentile £61,375 £67,500 £63,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,934 £72,500
UK median annual salary £39,000 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -25.71% +31.25% -24.53%

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 5,956 5,421 11,408
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.35% 42.20% 36.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,698 3,615 9,122
10th Percentile £30,925 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,456 £47,500 £43,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.00% -8.42%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £118,750 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 2 April 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 15 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.72%) Apache
4 9 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.45%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.45%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.45%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.82%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) Moodle
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (13.59%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.36%) Shopify
3 4 (1.09%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.27%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 64 (17.39%) Azure
2 43 (11.68%) AWS
3 32 (8.70%) SaaS
4 31 (8.42%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (5.71%) GCP
7 20 (5.43%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.80%) Entra ID
8 14 (3.80%) GitHub
9 12 (3.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (2.72%) OpenShift
11 9 (2.45%) Amazon Kinesis
11 9 (2.45%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.45%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.90%) GitHub Copilot
13 7 (1.90%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.63%) Apigee
14 6 (1.63%) Google Docs
14 6 (1.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (3.53%) DHCP
3 12 (3.26%) Firewall
4 10 (2.72%) DNS
4 10 (2.72%) WAN
5 9 (2.45%) LAN
6 8 (2.17%) Internet
7 6 (1.63%) Broadband
7 6 (1.63%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.63%) LTE
7 6 (1.63%) VLAN
7 6 (1.63%) VPN
8 4 (1.09%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.09%) WLAN
9 3 (0.82%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.82%) DSL
9 3 (0.82%) IPv4
9 3 (0.82%) IPv6
9 3 (0.82%) PPP
9 3 (0.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.88%) Power BI
2 18 (4.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (4.62%) SQL Server
4 16 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (3.26%) Tableau
6 10 (2.72%) Metadata
7 9 (2.45%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (2.45%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (2.45%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.45%) Apache Iceberg
8 7 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.36%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.09%) MySQL
12 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.82%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
14 1 (0.27%) Cloudera CDH
14 1 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (5.43%) Git
2 11 (2.99%) JIRA
3 6 (1.63%) GitLab
4 4 (1.09%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.09%) Selenium
4 4 (1.09%) WebDriver
5 3 (0.82%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.82%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.82%) JMeter
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.82%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.54%) Storybook
6 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.27%) git-flow
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
7 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 207 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 116 (31.52%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (25.54%) Finance
4 50 (13.59%) Presentation Skills
5 46 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (11.14%) Public Sector
7 40 (10.87%) Marketing
8 28 (7.61%) Law
9 22 (5.98%) Manufacturing
10 21 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (5.43%) Billing
12 18 (4.89%) Electronics
13 16 (4.35%) Retail
14 14 (3.80%) Banking
14 14 (3.80%) Financial Institution
14 14 (3.80%) Telecoms
15 9 (2.45%) Legal
16 7 (1.90%) Back Office
16 7 (1.90%) Local Government
17 6 (1.63%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 51 (13.86%) Analyst
2 46 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 37 (10.05%) Architect
4 33 (8.97%) Solutions Architect
4 33 (8.97%) Technical Engineer
4 33 (8.97%) Technical Support
4 33 (8.97%) Technical Support Engineer
5 28 (7.61%) Senior
6 20 (5.43%) Account Manager
7 19 (5.16%) IT Support
8 18 (4.89%) Sales Executive
9 17 (4.62%) Lead
10 16 (4.35%) Developer
11 12 (3.26%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.26%) Commercial Analyst
11 12 (3.26%) Insight Analyst
11 12 (3.26%) Sales Manager
12 11 (2.99%) IT Engineer
12 11 (2.99%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (2.72%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.80%) REST
2 11 (2.99%) XML
3 10 (2.72%) React
4 9 (2.45%) JSON
4 9 (2.45%) Kafka
4 9 (2.45%) RESTful
5 8 (2.17%) HTML
6 6 (1.63%) HEVC
6 6 (1.63%) Jinja
6 6 (1.63%) OpenAPI
6 6 (1.63%) Swagger
6 6 (1.63%) Web Services
6 6 (1.63%) YAML
6 6 (1.63%) YANG
7 5 (1.36%) Django
7 5 (1.36%) Node.js
7 5 (1.36%) Twisted
7 5 (1.36%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.09%) Playwright
9 3 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.51%) Onboarding
2 26 (7.07%) Virtual Team
3 23 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (5.43%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.08%) Social Media
6 11 (2.99%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.45%) Blog
7 9 (2.45%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.90%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.63%) Solar Energy
10 6 (1.63%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (1.36%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.36%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.36%) PMI
12 4 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.78%) Windows
2 24 (6.52%) Linux
3 16 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.45%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.45%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.90%) Unix
6 6 (1.63%) Android
6 6 (1.63%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.09%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.54%) Debian
8 2 (0.54%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.27%) AIX
9 1 (0.27%) CentOS
9 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (39.40%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (22.01%) Analytics
3 79 (21.47%) Decision-Making
4 76 (20.65%) Business Development
5 71 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 62 (16.85%) CRM
7 60 (16.30%) Agile
8 53 (14.40%) B2B
9 50 (13.59%) Customer Experience
10 47 (12.77%) Coaching
11 46 (12.50%) AI
12 44 (11.96%) Customer Service
12 44 (11.96%) Project Management
13 40 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
14 38 (10.33%) Collaborative Culture
14 38 (10.33%) Strategic Thinking
15 34 (9.24%) DevOps
16 33 (8.97%) Data Analysis
16 33 (8.97%) Software Engineering
17 32 (8.70%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 51 (13.86%) SQL
2 39 (10.60%) Python
3 23 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.80%) Java
5 13 (3.53%) Bash
5 13 (3.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (3.53%) TypeScript
6 11 (2.99%) C#
7 6 (1.63%) C++
8 5 (1.36%) C
8 5 (1.36%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.36%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.82%) VBA
9 3 (0.82%) VC++
10 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.27%) Go
11 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 94 (25.54%) Degree
2 33 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.79%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.90%) CFA
6 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.63%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.36%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.82%) PhD
8 3 (0.82%) PMP
9 2 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.54%) CCNA
9 2 (0.54%) CCNP
9 2 (0.54%) CISA
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.54%) CISM
9 2 (0.54%) CISSP
9 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.42%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.89%) QA
3 15 (4.08%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.17%) GDPR
5 4 (1.09%) EMIR
5 4 (1.09%) IFRS
5 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.09%) WCAG
6 3 (0.82%) NIST
6 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.54%) GMP
7 2 (0.54%) GRC
7 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.54%) PMO
7 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.27%) COBIT
8 1 (0.27%) MiFID
8 1 (0.27%) P3O
System Software
1 25 (6.79%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.17%) Docker
3 5 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) iptables
Systems Management
1 12 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.63%) Ansible
3 5 (1.36%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.09%) Terraform
5 2 (0.54%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 59 (16.03%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.35%) Oracle
3 13 (3.53%) Google
4 9 (2.45%) Cisco
4 9 (2.45%) Dell
4 9 (2.45%) HP
5 8 (2.17%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.90%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.63%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.63%) Autodesk
7 6 (1.63%) F5
7 6 (1.63%) Juniper
7 6 (1.63%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.09%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.82%) Intel
9 3 (0.82%) SAP
9 3 (0.82%) Splunk
9 3 (0.82%) Veeam
10 2 (0.54%) Adobe
10 2 (0.54%) Citrix