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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 117 98
Rank change year-on-year +15 -19 +22
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 403 458 864
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.50% 2.92% 3.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.22% 7.26% 8.41%
Number of salaries quoted 237 175 613
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,375 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +15.02% -9.11%
75th Percentile £60,250 £70,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% +30.95% -20.00%

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 5,585 6,309 10,270
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.59% 40.22% 37.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,507 3,511 8,350
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,060 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £64,177 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +6.96% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £104,250 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -11.29% +11.83% -14.71%

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 13 February 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 10 (2.48%) Apache
2 9 (2.23%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (1.99%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.74%) Confluence
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) Moodle
7 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (11.41%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.74%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.25%) InDesign
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.49%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.49%) Shopify
3 5 (1.24%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Endur
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 53 (13.15%) Azure
2 36 (8.93%) SaaS
3 34 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 26 (6.45%) AWS
6 19 (4.71%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (2.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 10 (2.48%) GCP
8 10 (2.48%) GitHub
8 10 (2.48%) Power Automate
9 9 (2.23%) Amazon Kinesis
9 9 (2.23%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.23%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.74%) GitHub Copilot
11 6 (1.49%) Google Docs
11 6 (1.49%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.74%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.72%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (2.48%) DNS
2 10 (2.48%) Firewall
3 9 (2.23%) DHCP
3 9 (2.23%) WAN
4 8 (1.99%) LAN
5 7 (1.74%) Internet
6 6 (1.49%) VLAN
7 5 (1.24%) Broadband
7 5 (1.24%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.24%) VoIP
8 4 (0.99%) VPN
8 4 (0.99%) WLAN
9 3 (0.74%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.74%) DSL
9 3 (0.74%) GPON
9 3 (0.74%) IPv4
9 3 (0.74%) IPv6
9 3 (0.74%) PPP
9 3 (0.74%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.20%) Power BI
2 19 (4.71%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (3.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (2.48%) MySQL
6 9 (2.23%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (2.23%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (2.23%) Apache Iceberg
6 9 (2.23%) Metadata
6 9 (2.23%) Tableau
7 6 (1.49%) MariaDB
7 6 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.24%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.74%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.50%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 20 (4.96%) Git
2 12 (2.98%) JIRA
3 11 (2.73%) Selenium
4 10 (2.48%) WebDriver
5 8 (1.99%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.99%) JMeter
6 4 (0.99%) Postman
7 3 (0.74%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.74%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.74%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.74%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.74%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.74%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.50%) GitLab
8 2 (0.50%) Storybook
8 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.25%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.25%) JUnit
9 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
General
1 239 (59.31%) Social Skills
2 124 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 112 (27.79%) Finance
4 53 (13.15%) Presentation Skills
5 51 (12.66%) Marketing
6 48 (11.91%) Public Sector
7 37 (9.18%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (7.20%) Manufacturing
9 28 (6.95%) Law
10 22 (5.46%) Billing
11 20 (4.96%) Retail
12 15 (3.72%) Legal
13 14 (3.47%) Telecoms
14 13 (3.23%) Financial Institution
15 12 (2.98%) Banking
15 12 (2.98%) Electronics
16 11 (2.73%) Advertising
17 9 (2.23%) Automotive
18 7 (1.74%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 59 (14.64%) Analyst
2 45 (11.17%) Support Engineer
3 43 (10.67%) Technical Support
4 37 (9.18%) Architect
4 37 (9.18%) Technical Engineer
4 37 (9.18%) Technical Support Engineer
5 33 (8.19%) Solutions Architect
6 27 (6.70%) IT Support
7 25 (6.20%) Sales Executive
8 24 (5.96%) Senior
9 23 (5.71%) Account Manager
10 20 (4.96%) Developer
11 18 (4.47%) Sales Manager
12 17 (4.22%) Lead
13 16 (3.97%) IT Support Technician
13 16 (3.97%) IT Technician
13 16 (3.97%) Support Technician
14 13 (3.23%) Commercial Analyst
14 13 (3.23%) Development Manager
14 13 (3.23%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.98%) HTML
2 9 (2.23%) Kafka
2 9 (2.23%) RESTful
3 8 (1.99%) .NET
4 7 (1.74%) Playwright
5 6 (1.49%) OpenAPI
5 6 (1.49%) Swagger
6 5 (1.24%) JSON
6 5 (1.24%) Node.js
6 5 (1.24%) XML
7 4 (0.99%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.99%) CSS
7 4 (0.99%) REST
7 4 (0.99%) Vue
8 3 (0.74%) CSS3
8 3 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.74%) HTML5
8 3 (0.74%) Sass
8 3 (0.74%) SOAP
8 3 (0.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.91%) Onboarding
2 29 (7.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (6.45%) Virtual Team
4 17 (4.22%) Social Media
5 16 (3.97%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.23%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.73%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.99%) Blog
8 8 (1.99%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (1.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.74%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.49%) IoT
10 6 (1.49%) Solar Energy
10 6 (1.49%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (1.24%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.24%) PMI
11 5 (1.24%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.99%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 45 (11.17%) Windows
2 17 (4.22%) Linux
3 15 (3.72%) Apple iOS
4 14 (3.47%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.73%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.49%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.99%) OpenWrt
8 4 (0.99%) Unix
9 3 (0.74%) Android
10 2 (0.50%) Debian
11 1 (0.25%) AIX
11 1 (0.25%) CentOS
11 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (41.44%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (21.84%) Analytics
3 82 (20.35%) Decision-Making
4 78 (19.35%) CRM
5 76 (18.86%) Business Development
6 73 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (17.87%) Agile
8 65 (16.13%) B2B
9 60 (14.89%) Customer Service
10 55 (13.65%) Customer Experience
11 50 (12.41%) AI
11 50 (12.41%) Coaching
12 46 (11.41%) Collaborative Culture
12 46 (11.41%) Project Management
13 40 (9.93%) Business Intelligence
14 36 (8.93%) Data Analysis
14 36 (8.93%) Mentoring
14 36 (8.93%) Root Cause Analysis
15 34 (8.44%) Software Engineering
16 33 (8.19%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 67 (16.63%) SQL
2 32 (7.94%) Python
3 23 (5.71%) Java
4 20 (4.96%) C#
5 13 (3.23%) Bash
5 13 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.99%) C++
6 8 (1.99%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.49%) PHP
7 6 (1.49%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.24%) C
9 3 (0.74%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.74%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.50%) Bicep
10 2 (0.50%) R
10 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.50%) VBA
10 2 (0.50%) VC++
11 1 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 94 (23.33%) Degree
2 39 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.46%) DV Cleared
4 14 (3.47%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.99%) CFA
7 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.49%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.24%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.74%) AAT
10 3 (0.74%) CCNA
10 3 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.74%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 3 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.50%) ACCA
11 2 (0.50%) CISSP
11 2 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.70%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.71%) QA
3 10 (2.48%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.99%) GDPR
5 7 (1.74%) SLA
6 6 (1.49%) IFRS
7 5 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.74%) EMIR
9 3 (0.74%) NIST
9 3 (0.74%) WCAG
10 2 (0.50%) GMP
10 2 (0.50%) GRC
10 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.50%) PMO
10 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.25%) COBIT
11 1 (0.25%) MiFID
11 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 34 (8.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.74%) Docker
3 3 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.25%) iptables
Systems Management
1 6 (1.49%) Ansible
1 6 (1.49%) Terraform
2 5 (1.24%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.50%) SCOM
4 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 67 (16.63%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.23%) Google
3 12 (2.98%) Oracle
3 12 (2.98%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.73%) Autodesk
5 6 (1.49%) Cisco
6 5 (1.24%) Dell
6 5 (1.24%) HP
6 5 (1.24%) HubSpot
7 4 (0.99%) Atlassian
7 4 (0.99%) VMware
8 3 (0.74%) Adobe
8 3 (0.74%) BT
8 3 (0.74%) Intel
8 3 (0.74%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.74%) SAP
8 3 (0.74%) Splunk
8 3 (0.74%) Veeam
8 3 (0.74%) Xero
9 2 (0.50%) Ubiquiti