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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 92 137
Rank change year-on-year -23 +45 -12
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 563 633 600
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.45% 3.82% 2.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.49% 9.00% 7.15%
Number of salaries quoted 391 290 386
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,710 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -16.74% -8.70%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £76,125
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -16.67%

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 8,672 7,035 8,390
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.77% 42.45% 33.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5,259 3,611 5,834
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,750 £33,976
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,202
Median % change year-on-year - -0.34% -7.38%
75th Percentile £81,250 £84,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%

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 August 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 30 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.60%) CMS
4 7 (1.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.24%) WordPress
5 5 (0.89%) IIS
6 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 39 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.07%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.89%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.89%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.89%) InDesign
7 4 (0.71%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.71%) Revit
7 4 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.18%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 8 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.89%) Primavera
3 3 (0.53%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.36%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) JDE World
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 76 (13.50%) Azure
2 51 (9.06%) SaaS
3 50 (8.88%) AWS
4 37 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (4.26%) Entra ID
6 22 (3.91%) Figma
7 21 (3.73%) GCP
8 16 (2.84%) Power Platform
9 15 (2.66%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.66%) GitHub
10 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (1.42%) Serverless
11 7 (1.24%) IaaS
11 7 (1.24%) PaaS
11 7 (1.24%) Snowflake
12 6 (1.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (1.07%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.07%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.37%) Firewall
2 17 (3.02%) VPN
3 15 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (2.31%) Broadband
4 13 (2.31%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.95%) DNS
5 11 (1.95%) Internet
6 9 (1.60%) DHCP
6 9 (1.60%) LAN
6 9 (1.60%) WAN
7 7 (1.24%) LTE
7 7 (1.24%) Network Security
8 5 (0.89%) WPA
9 4 (0.71%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.53%) VoIP
11 2 (0.36%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.36%) VLAN
12 1 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.31%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.13%) Power BI
3 10 (1.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (1.07%) Tableau
6 5 (0.89%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.89%) Metadata
6 5 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.71%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.71%) MySQL
7 4 (0.71%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.53%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.53%) Looker
9 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (7.46%) Git
2 11 (1.95%) JIRA
3 8 (1.42%) JUnit
4 7 (1.24%) Maven
4 7 (1.24%) Mockito
5 6 (1.07%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.07%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.71%) GitLab
7 3 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.53%) Mercurial
7 3 (0.53%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.53%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.18%) git-flow
8 1 (0.18%) Mocha
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Postman
8 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 272 (48.31%) Social Skills
2 125 (22.20%) Marketing
3 118 (20.96%) Finance
4 115 (20.43%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (13.14%) Organisational Skills
6 53 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (9.06%) Public Sector
8 42 (7.46%) Retail
9 40 (7.10%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (5.33%) Law
11 28 (4.97%) Automotive
12 25 (4.44%) Games
12 25 (4.44%) Telecoms
13 23 (4.09%) Legal
14 21 (3.73%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (3.02%) Banking
16 15 (2.66%) Manufacturing
17 14 (2.49%) French Language
18 12 (2.13%) Aerospace
19 11 (1.95%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 64 (11.37%) Developer
2 56 (9.95%) Business Manager
3 54 (9.59%) Business Development Manager
3 54 (9.59%) Development Manager
4 47 (8.35%) Analyst
5 46 (8.17%) Senior
6 32 (5.68%) Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (4.26%) IT Support
8 20 (3.55%) Sales Executive
9 19 (3.37%) Consultant
9 19 (3.37%) Lead
9 19 (3.37%) Support Engineer
10 18 (3.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 15 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (2.49%) Support Analyst
13 13 (2.31%) Business Development Executive
13 13 (2.31%) Support Specialist
14 12 (2.13%) IT Analyst
15 11 (1.95%) 3rd Line Support
15 11 (1.95%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.95%) React
2 18 (3.20%) REST
3 14 (2.49%) .NET
4 8 (1.42%) JSON
4 8 (1.42%) Spring
4 8 (1.42%) Web Services
5 7 (1.24%) AngularJS
5 7 (1.24%) HEVC
5 7 (1.24%) Terraform
6 5 (0.89%) CSS
6 5 (0.89%) Django
6 5 (0.89%) HTML
6 5 (0.89%) WebSockets
7 4 (0.71%) COM
7 4 (0.71%) DCOM
7 4 (0.71%) LDAP
7 4 (0.71%) Middleware
7 4 (0.71%) Twisted
7 4 (0.71%) XML
8 3 (0.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.86%) Management Information System
2 32 (5.68%) Driving Licence
3 29 (5.15%) Onboarding
4 26 (4.62%) Social Media
5 18 (3.20%) Blog
6 16 (2.84%) Web Conferencing
7 13 (2.31%) FMCG
7 13 (2.31%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.13%) e-Learning
9 11 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.95%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (1.60%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.42%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.24%) FPGA
12 7 (1.24%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.24%) Freedom of Information Act
12 7 (1.24%) Smartcard
13 6 (1.07%) Podcast
13 6 (1.07%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.17%) Windows
2 19 (3.37%) Linux
3 15 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.07%) VMS
5 4 (0.71%) Android
5 4 (0.71%) Unix
5 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.18%) AIX
8 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.18%) Solaris
8 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (26.29%) Business Development
2 138 (24.51%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (22.74%) CRM
4 95 (16.87%) AI
4 95 (16.87%) Decision-Making
5 88 (15.63%) Agile
6 85 (15.10%) B2B
7 63 (11.19%) Mentoring
8 60 (10.66%) Customer Service
9 59 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (9.95%) Cybersecurity
11 54 (9.59%) Full-Stack Development
12 53 (9.41%) Collaborative Culture
13 46 (8.17%) Business Strategy
14 42 (7.46%) B2B Sales
15 41 (7.28%) CI/CD
15 41 (7.28%) Coaching
15 41 (7.28%) Customer Experience
16 40 (7.10%) Lead Generation
16 40 (7.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 66 (11.72%) JavaScript
2 58 (10.30%) SQL
3 48 (8.53%) TypeScript
4 35 (6.22%) Python
5 16 (2.84%) Java
6 14 (2.49%) Bash
7 11 (1.95%) C#
8 10 (1.78%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.42%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.24%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.07%) Bicep
11 6 (1.07%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.53%) C++
12 3 (0.53%) Perl
12 3 (0.53%) R
13 1 (0.18%) Delphi
13 1 (0.18%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.18%) Pascal
13 1 (0.18%) VBA
13 1 (0.18%) VC++
Qualifications
1 82 (14.56%) Degree
2 62 (11.01%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.68%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.73%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.84%) CISSP
7 13 (2.31%) CISM
8 12 (2.13%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.24%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (1.24%) CISA
10 7 (1.24%) CRISC
10 7 (1.24%) ISACA
10 7 (1.24%) PMP
11 6 (1.07%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (0.89%) CCNA
12 5 (0.89%) CCNP
13 4 (0.71%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.82%) Accessibility
2 28 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (4.62%) QA
4 25 (4.44%) GDPR
5 21 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (3.20%) Data Quality
7 13 (2.31%) NIST
8 10 (1.78%) GRC
9 8 (1.42%) ISO 9001
9 8 (1.42%) PCI DSS
10 7 (1.24%) COBIT
10 7 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 7 (1.24%) SOC 1
10 7 (1.24%) SOC 2
11 6 (1.07%) SLA
12 5 (0.89%) NCSC
12 5 (0.89%) PMO
13 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.71%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.53%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 34 (6.04%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.55%) Docker
3 9 (1.60%) Firmware
4 8 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.07%) vSphere
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.53%) Ansible
3 3 (0.53%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 118 (20.96%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.44%) SAP
3 21 (3.73%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.37%) Oracle
5 18 (3.20%) HubSpot
6 16 (2.84%) Cisco
7 11 (1.95%) Adobe
7 11 (1.95%) Google
8 6 (1.07%) ScienceLogic
8 6 (1.07%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.07%) VMware
9 5 (0.89%) Sage
10 4 (0.71%) Dell
10 4 (0.71%) HP
10 4 (0.71%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.71%) YouTube
11 3 (0.53%) Apple
11 3 (0.53%) Juniper
11 3 (0.53%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.53%) Perforce