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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 107 103
Rank change year-on-year +17 -4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 459 561 621
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.02% 2.88% 2.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.54% 7.79% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 282 219 446
10th Percentile £26,525 £26,850 £32,693
25th Percentile £28,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% - -1.82%

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 5,375 7,206 8,142
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.42% 37.01% 38.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,475 4,144 6,422
10th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £102,375
UK median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.42% -4.00% -

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 30 November 2025.

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 14 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.65%) Confluence
3 3 (0.65%) WordPress
4 2 (0.44%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.22%) Moodle
Applications
1 54 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (9.37%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.53%) Photoshop
5 6 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.65%) Blender
6 3 (0.65%) InDesign
7 2 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.22%) Civil 3D
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.22%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.22%) Revit
8 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.40%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.96%) Shopify
3 5 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.09%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.22%) Endur
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 58 (12.64%) Azure
2 44 (9.59%) Power Platform
3 43 (9.37%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (5.45%) SaaS
5 19 (4.14%) AWS
5 19 (4.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 16 (3.49%) Power Automate
7 15 (3.27%) GitHub
8 12 (2.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 11 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (2.18%) Entra ID
11 9 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (1.96%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.74%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.53%) GitHub Copilot
13 7 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (1.09%) Google Analytics
15 4 (0.87%) GCP
16 3 (0.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.05%) Firewall
2 13 (2.83%) VoIP
2 13 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (2.40%) VPN
4 10 (2.18%) Broadband
4 10 (2.18%) Internet
5 9 (1.96%) WAN
6 8 (1.74%) DNS
6 8 (1.74%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.53%) DHCP
7 7 (1.53%) VLAN
8 6 (1.31%) Ethernet
9 5 (1.09%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.87%) ADSL
10 4 (0.87%) ADSL2+
10 4 (0.87%) G.fast
10 4 (0.87%) PSTN
11 3 (0.65%) GPON
11 3 (0.65%) STUN
11 3 (0.65%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (9.15%) Power BI
2 32 (6.97%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.05%) GIS
3 14 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (2.40%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (1.74%) MySQL
7 6 (1.31%) MariaDB
7 6 (1.31%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.09%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.87%) Tableau
10 3 (0.65%) QGIS
11 2 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.22%) FileMaker
12 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (3.70%) Selenium
2 16 (3.49%) JIRA
2 16 (3.49%) WebDriver
3 14 (3.05%) Git
4 9 (1.96%) Postman
4 9 (1.96%) SoapUI
4 9 (1.96%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (1.74%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.65%) JMeter
8 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.44%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.44%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.44%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.22%) JUnit
9 1 (0.22%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.22%) TestNG
9 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 275 (59.91%) Social Skills
2 141 (30.72%) Finance
3 135 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (13.73%) Presentation Skills
5 57 (12.42%) Marketing
6 46 (10.02%) Public Sector
7 38 (8.28%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (5.88%) Billing
8 27 (5.88%) Manufacturing
9 24 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (4.79%) Law
11 21 (4.58%) Legal
12 18 (3.92%) Telecoms
13 16 (3.49%) Retail
14 12 (2.61%) Advertising
15 8 (1.74%) Automotive
15 8 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.74%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (14.38%) Analyst
2 51 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 41 (8.93%) Support Engineer
4 38 (8.28%) Technical Engineer
4 38 (8.28%) Technical Support Engineer
5 35 (7.63%) IT Support
6 31 (6.75%) Architect
7 28 (6.10%) Solutions Architect
7 28 (6.10%) Support Technician
8 24 (5.23%) IT Support Technician
8 24 (5.23%) IT Technician
8 24 (5.23%) Senior
9 23 (5.01%) Sales Executive
10 21 (4.58%) Developer
10 21 (4.58%) Support Analyst
11 20 (4.36%) Administrator
11 20 (4.36%) Lead
12 18 (3.92%) Business Development Manager
12 18 (3.92%) Business Manager
12 18 (3.92%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.92%) .NET
2 16 (3.49%) HTML
3 10 (2.18%) SOAP
4 7 (1.53%) Playwright
5 6 (1.31%) Node.js
6 5 (1.09%) XML
7 4 (0.87%) JSON
7 4 (0.87%) Vue
8 3 (0.65%) CSS
8 3 (0.65%) FreeSWITCH
8 3 (0.65%) REST
8 3 (0.65%) Web Services
9 2 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.44%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.44%) RESTful
9 2 (0.44%) Swagger
9 2 (0.44%) YAML
10 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.22%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 54 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 27 (5.88%) Virtual Team
3 26 (5.66%) Analytical Mindset
4 21 (4.58%) Management Information System
5 19 (4.14%) Driving Licence
6 16 (3.49%) Social Media
7 10 (2.18%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.53%) IoT
9 7 (1.53%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.09%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.87%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.65%) BYOD
12 3 (0.65%) GNSS
12 3 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.65%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.65%) Self-Driving Car
12 3 (0.65%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 73 (15.90%) Windows
2 26 (5.66%) Windows 10
3 24 (5.23%) Apple iOS
4 22 (4.79%) Linux
5 13 (2.83%) Windows 7
6 6 (1.31%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.31%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.09%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.87%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.44%) Unix
9 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.22%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (45.97%) Problem-Solving
2 90 (19.61%) Decision-Making
3 81 (17.65%) Analytics
4 80 (17.43%) Customer Service
5 79 (17.21%) Business Development
6 76 (16.56%) Agile
7 72 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 70 (15.25%) B2B
8 70 (15.25%) CRM
9 52 (11.33%) Mentoring
9 52 (11.33%) Time Management
10 50 (10.89%) Customer Experience
11 49 (10.68%) AI
12 48 (10.46%) Coaching
13 44 (9.59%) User Experience
14 42 (9.15%) Business Intelligence
15 41 (8.93%) Project Management
16 39 (8.50%) Root Cause Analysis
17 37 (8.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 37 (8.06%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 81 (17.65%) SQL
2 30 (6.54%) Python
3 29 (6.32%) C#
4 24 (5.23%) Java
5 13 (2.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 11 (2.40%) C++
7 10 (2.18%) JavaScript
7 10 (2.18%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.53%) PHP
9 5 (1.09%) C
9 5 (1.09%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.87%) Bash
10 4 (0.87%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.44%) Bicep
11 2 (0.44%) R
12 1 (0.22%) Ruby
12 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.22%) VBA
12 1 (0.22%) VC++
Qualifications
1 116 (25.27%) Degree
2 39 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (4.36%) SC Cleared
5 17 (3.70%) DBS Check
6 13 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.40%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.96%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 6 (1.31%) CFA
9 6 (1.31%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.31%) MCSE
10 5 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.09%) MCP
10 5 (1.09%) MCSA
11 4 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.65%) AAT
12 3 (0.65%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.79%) QA
2 20 (4.36%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.70%) SLA
4 8 (1.74%) GDPR
5 7 (1.53%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.09%) IFRS
6 5 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.87%) PMO
8 3 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.44%) EMIR
9 2 (0.44%) NIST
10 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.22%) MiFID
10 1 (0.22%) NCSC
10 1 (0.22%) P3O
10 1 (0.22%) PERC
System Software
1 35 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.31%) Docker
3 6 (1.31%) Firmware
4 3 (0.65%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.22%) iptables
6 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.87%) Terraform
4 3 (0.65%) Ansible
5 2 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.44%) SCOM
6 1 (0.22%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 102 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.83%) VMware
3 12 (2.61%) Autodesk
4 11 (2.40%) Google
5 10 (2.18%) Oracle
5 10 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.96%) Xero
7 7 (1.53%) Cisco
8 6 (1.31%) SAP
9 4 (0.87%) Adobe
9 4 (0.87%) Apple
9 4 (0.87%) Concur
9 4 (0.87%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.87%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.87%) JD Edwards
9 4 (0.87%) Mercator
9 4 (0.87%) N-able
10 3 (0.65%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.65%) Trayport
10 3 (0.65%) YouTube