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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 105 108
Rank change year-on-year +21 +3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 467 564 619
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.06% 2.87% 2.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.61% 7.78% 7.58%
Number of salaries quoted 285 222 445
10th Percentile £26,600 £27,000 £33,275
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 £82,250 £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 5,427 7,248 8,168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.53% 36.87% 39.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,524 4,164 6,428
10th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,713 £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 £102,500
UK median annual salary £54,963 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.40% -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 29 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 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.86%) WordPress
4 3 (0.64%) Confluence
5 2 (0.43%) IIS
6 1 (0.21%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.21%) Moodle
Applications
1 55 (11.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (9.42%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.71%) Photoshop
5 6 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.86%) Blender
6 4 (0.86%) InDesign
7 2 (0.43%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.21%) Civil 3D
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.21%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.21%) Revit
8 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.57%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.93%) Shopify
3 5 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.07%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.21%) Endur
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 59 (12.63%) Azure
2 44 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (9.42%) Power Platform
3 25 (5.35%) SaaS
4 19 (4.07%) AWS
4 19 (4.07%) Azure Data Factory
5 16 (3.43%) Power Automate
6 15 (3.21%) GitHub
7 12 (2.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (2.14%) Entra ID
10 9 (1.93%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (1.93%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.71%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.50%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (1.07%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.86%) GCP
15 3 (0.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.21%) Firewall
2 14 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (2.78%) VoIP
4 11 (2.36%) VPN
5 10 (2.14%) Broadband
5 10 (2.14%) Internet
5 10 (2.14%) WAN
6 8 (1.71%) DNS
6 8 (1.71%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.50%) DHCP
7 7 (1.50%) VLAN
8 6 (1.28%) Ethernet
8 6 (1.28%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.86%) 5G
9 4 (0.86%) ADSL
9 4 (0.86%) ADSL2+
9 4 (0.86%) G.fast
9 4 (0.86%) PSTN
10 3 (0.64%) GPON
10 3 (0.64%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.99%) Power BI
2 33 (7.07%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.00%) GIS
3 14 (3.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (2.36%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (1.71%) MySQL
7 6 (1.28%) MariaDB
7 6 (1.28%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.07%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.86%) QGIS
9 4 (0.86%) Tableau
10 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.21%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.21%) FileMaker
11 1 (0.21%) NonStop SQL
11 1 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (3.64%) Selenium
2 16 (3.43%) JIRA
2 16 (3.43%) WebDriver
3 14 (3.00%) Git
4 9 (1.93%) Postman
4 9 (1.93%) SoapUI
4 9 (1.93%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (1.71%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.64%) JMeter
8 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.43%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.43%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.43%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) JUnit
9 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.21%) TestNG
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 279 (59.74%) Social Skills
2 143 (30.62%) Finance
3 136 (29.12%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (13.70%) Presentation Skills
5 57 (12.21%) Marketing
6 46 (9.85%) Public Sector
7 38 (8.14%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (6.00%) Billing
8 28 (6.00%) Manufacturing
9 24 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (4.71%) Law
11 21 (4.50%) Legal
12 19 (4.07%) Telecoms
13 16 (3.43%) Retail
14 12 (2.57%) Advertising
15 8 (1.71%) Automotive
15 8 (1.71%) Banking
15 8 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.71%) Financial Institution
15 8 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (14.56%) Analyst
2 51 (10.92%) Technical Support
3 41 (8.78%) Support Engineer
4 38 (8.14%) Technical Engineer
4 38 (8.14%) Technical Support Engineer
5 35 (7.49%) IT Support
6 32 (6.85%) Architect
7 29 (6.21%) Solutions Architect
8 28 (6.00%) Support Technician
9 24 (5.14%) IT Support Technician
9 24 (5.14%) IT Technician
9 24 (5.14%) Senior
10 23 (4.93%) Sales Executive
11 22 (4.71%) Developer
11 22 (4.71%) Support Analyst
12 21 (4.50%) Administrator
13 20 (4.28%) Lead
14 18 (3.85%) Business Development Manager
14 18 (3.85%) Business Manager
14 18 (3.85%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.85%) .NET
2 17 (3.64%) HTML
3 10 (2.14%) SOAP
4 7 (1.50%) Playwright
5 6 (1.28%) Node.js
6 5 (1.07%) XML
7 4 (0.86%) CSS
7 4 (0.86%) JSON
7 4 (0.86%) Vue
8 3 (0.64%) FreeSWITCH
8 3 (0.64%) REST
8 3 (0.64%) Web Services
9 2 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.43%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.43%) RESTful
9 2 (0.43%) Swagger
9 2 (0.43%) YAML
10 1 (0.21%) Pandas
10 1 (0.21%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.21%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 54 (11.56%) Onboarding
2 28 (6.00%) Virtual Team
3 26 (5.57%) Analytical Mindset
4 21 (4.50%) Management Information System
5 19 (4.07%) Driving Licence
6 16 (3.43%) Social Media
7 10 (2.14%) Product Ownership
8 9 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 7 (1.50%) IoT
10 7 (1.50%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.28%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.86%) GNSS
12 4 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.86%) Self-Driving Car
12 4 (0.86%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.64%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.64%) Solar Energy
Operating Systems
1 74 (15.85%) Windows
2 26 (5.57%) Windows 10
3 24 (5.14%) Apple iOS
4 22 (4.71%) Linux
5 13 (2.78%) Windows 7
6 7 (1.50%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.28%) Windows Server
8 5 (1.07%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.86%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.43%) Unix
10 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.21%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (45.82%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (19.49%) Decision-Making
3 82 (17.56%) Customer Service
4 81 (17.34%) Analytics
5 79 (16.92%) Business Development
6 76 (16.27%) Agile
7 73 (15.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 72 (15.42%) B2B
9 70 (14.99%) CRM
10 53 (11.35%) Time Management
11 52 (11.13%) Mentoring
12 51 (10.92%) Customer Experience
13 49 (10.49%) AI
14 48 (10.28%) Coaching
15 45 (9.64%) User Experience
16 42 (8.99%) Business Intelligence
17 41 (8.78%) Project Management
18 39 (8.35%) Root Cause Analysis
19 38 (8.14%) Process Improvement
20 37 (7.92%) Creative Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 84 (17.99%) SQL
2 31 (6.64%) Python
3 29 (6.21%) C#
4 25 (5.35%) Java
5 13 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 12 (2.57%) C++
7 11 (2.36%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.14%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.50%) PHP
10 6 (1.28%) MATLAB
11 5 (1.07%) C
12 4 (0.86%) Bash
12 4 (0.86%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.43%) Bicep
13 2 (0.43%) R
14 1 (0.21%) Ruby
14 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.21%) VBA
14 1 (0.21%) VC++
Qualifications
1 119 (25.48%) Degree
2 38 (8.14%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 17 (3.64%) DBS Check
6 13 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.36%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.93%) ISTQB
8 9 (1.93%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 6 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.28%) CFA
9 6 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.28%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.28%) MCSE
10 5 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.07%) MCP
10 5 (1.07%) MCSA
11 4 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.64%) CCNA
12 3 (0.64%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.93%) QA
2 20 (4.28%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.64%) SLA
4 8 (1.71%) GDPR
5 7 (1.50%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.07%) IFRS
6 5 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.86%) PMO
8 3 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.43%) EMIR
9 2 (0.43%) NIST
10 1 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.21%) MiFID
10 1 (0.21%) NCSC
10 1 (0.21%) P3O
10 1 (0.21%) PERC
System Software
1 35 (7.49%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.28%) Docker
3 6 (1.28%) Firmware
4 3 (0.64%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.21%) iptables
6 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (1.93%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.86%) Terraform
4 3 (0.64%) Ansible
5 2 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.43%) SCOM
6 1 (0.21%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 104 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.78%) VMware
3 12 (2.57%) Autodesk
4 11 (2.36%) Google
5 10 (2.14%) Oracle
5 10 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.93%) Xero
7 8 (1.71%) Cisco
8 6 (1.28%) SAP
9 5 (1.07%) Adobe
9 5 (1.07%) N-able
10 4 (0.86%) Apple
10 4 (0.86%) Concur
10 4 (0.86%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.86%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.86%) JD Edwards
10 4 (0.86%) Mercator
11 3 (0.64%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.64%) Trayport
11 3 (0.64%) YouTube