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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 101 137
Rank change year-on-year -15 +36 -6
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 521 617 595
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.34% 3.72% 2.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.19% 8.65% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 364 272 426
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,025 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,710 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -16.74% -5.73%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £88,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.41% -7.78% -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 8,421 7,136 8,677
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.82% 43.03% 34.30%
Number of salaries quoted 5,199 3,685 6,279
10th Percentile £34,063 £31,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,621 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,800 £118,750
UK median annual salary £58,000 £56,121 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.35% -2.40% -9.02%

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 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 25 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.34%) CMS
4 6 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (1.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (1.15%) WordPress
5 5 (0.96%) IIS
6 3 (0.58%) Confluence
7 1 (0.19%) Apache
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 43 (8.25%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (1.15%) Chatbot
5 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.15%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.96%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.96%) InDesign
7 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.38%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.38%) Revit
8 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 12 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.96%) Primavera
3 3 (0.58%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) JDE World
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 73 (14.01%) Azure
2 49 (9.40%) AWS
3 40 (7.68%) SaaS
4 34 (6.53%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (4.41%) GCP
6 21 (4.03%) Entra ID
7 20 (3.84%) Power Platform
8 19 (3.65%) Figma
9 15 (2.88%) GitHub
10 14 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.73%) Serverless
12 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (1.34%) IaaS
13 7 (1.34%) PaaS
13 7 (1.34%) Snowflake
14 6 (1.15%) Apigee
14 6 (1.15%) Azure Functions
14 6 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.15%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.15%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.07%) Firewall
2 15 (2.88%) VPN
3 14 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.30%) Broadband
5 11 (2.11%) DNS
5 11 (2.11%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.92%) Internet
7 9 (1.73%) DHCP
8 7 (1.34%) LTE
8 7 (1.34%) WAN
9 6 (1.15%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (1.15%) LAN
10 5 (0.96%) Network Security
10 5 (0.96%) WPA
11 3 (0.58%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.38%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.38%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.19%) HTTP
13 1 (0.19%) SNMP
13 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.07%) Power BI
2 13 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.54%) Tableau
5 6 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.96%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.96%) Metadata
6 5 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.58%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.58%) Looker
8 3 (0.58%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.58%) MySQL
8 3 (0.58%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (7.10%) Git
2 13 (2.50%) JIRA
3 7 (1.34%) JUnit
4 6 (1.15%) GitLab
4 6 (1.15%) Maven
4 6 (1.15%) Mockito
5 4 (0.77%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.77%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.38%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.19%) git-flow
8 1 (0.19%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 241 (46.26%) Social Skills
2 111 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
3 104 (19.96%) Finance
4 103 (19.77%) Marketing
5 76 (14.59%) Organisational Skills
6 50 (9.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (7.68%) Public Sector
8 35 (6.72%) Retail
9 32 (6.14%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (5.95%) Automotive
11 27 (5.18%) Law
12 23 (4.41%) Telecoms
13 22 (4.22%) Legal
14 20 (3.84%) Games
15 19 (3.65%) Banking
16 18 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (3.26%) Manufacturing
18 13 (2.50%) Electronics
19 11 (2.11%) Multimedia
20 9 (1.73%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (11.32%) Developer
2 53 (10.17%) Analyst
3 51 (9.79%) Business Manager
4 49 (9.40%) Business Development Manager
4 49 (9.40%) Development Manager
5 45 (8.64%) Senior
6 29 (5.57%) Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (4.61%) Support Engineer
8 20 (3.84%) Consultant
9 18 (3.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 18 (3.45%) IT Support
9 18 (3.45%) Lead
10 16 (3.07%) Sales Executive
11 14 (2.69%) Business Development Executive
11 14 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (2.69%) Support Analyst
12 13 (2.50%) Recruitment Consultant
12 13 (2.50%) Technical Engineer
13 12 (2.30%) Account Manager
13 12 (2.30%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (10.17%) React
2 21 (4.03%) REST
3 10 (1.92%) .NET
3 10 (1.92%) JSON
4 9 (1.73%) Web Services
4 9 (1.73%) XML
5 7 (1.34%) HEVC
5 7 (1.34%) HTML
5 7 (1.34%) Spring
6 6 (1.15%) Django
6 6 (1.15%) Jinja
6 6 (1.15%) WebSockets
6 6 (1.15%) YAML
6 6 (1.15%) YANG
7 5 (0.96%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.96%) CSS
7 5 (0.96%) Middleware
7 5 (0.96%) Twisted
8 4 (0.77%) COM
8 4 (0.77%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.72%) Management Information System
2 32 (6.14%) Onboarding
3 29 (5.57%) Driving Licence
4 23 (4.41%) Social Media
5 17 (3.26%) Web Conferencing
6 15 (2.88%) Blog
6 15 (2.88%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.50%) FMCG
8 12 (2.30%) e-Learning
8 12 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.54%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.54%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.34%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.34%) Freedom of Information Act
12 6 (1.15%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.15%) Podcast
12 6 (1.15%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.15%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.25%) Windows
2 22 (4.22%) Linux
3 17 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.54%) Unix
5 6 (1.15%) Android
5 6 (1.15%) VMS
5 6 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.77%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.38%) AIX
7 2 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Solaris
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (25.91%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (25.53%) Business Development
3 112 (21.50%) CRM
4 86 (16.51%) AI
5 82 (15.74%) Agile
6 81 (15.55%) Decision-Making
7 72 (13.82%) B2B
8 58 (11.13%) Cybersecurity
9 57 (10.94%) Mentoring
10 56 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 52 (9.98%) Customer Service
11 52 (9.98%) Full-Stack Development
12 44 (8.45%) Collaborative Culture
13 39 (7.49%) Coaching
14 38 (7.29%) CI/CD
14 38 (7.29%) Roadmaps
15 37 (7.10%) Time Management
16 36 (6.91%) Business Strategy
17 35 (6.72%) Analytics
17 35 (6.72%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 64 (12.28%) JavaScript
2 56 (10.75%) SQL
3 46 (8.83%) TypeScript
4 39 (7.49%) Python
5 13 (2.50%) Bash
6 11 (2.11%) Java
7 10 (1.92%) C#
8 9 (1.73%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.54%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.15%) Bicep
10 6 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (1.15%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.58%) C++
11 3 (0.58%) Perl
11 3 (0.58%) R
12 1 (0.19%) Delphi
12 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.19%) Pascal
12 1 (0.19%) VBA
12 1 (0.19%) VC++
Qualifications
1 82 (15.74%) Degree
2 50 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 22 (4.22%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.45%) DV Cleared
5 17 (3.26%) CISSP
6 15 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.69%) CISM
8 11 (2.11%) DBS Check
8 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.54%) CISA
10 7 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.34%) CRISC
10 7 (1.34%) ISACA
11 6 (1.15%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (1.15%) PMP
12 4 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.77%) CCSP
12 4 (0.77%) CREST Certified
13 3 (0.58%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.10%) Accessibility
2 29 (5.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.18%) GDPR
4 26 (4.99%) QA
5 21 (4.03%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (3.65%) Data Quality
7 16 (3.07%) NIST
8 10 (1.92%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.73%) GRC
9 9 (1.73%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.54%) COBIT
11 7 (1.34%) ISO 9001
11 7 (1.34%) SOC 1
12 6 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 5 (0.96%) NCSC
13 5 (0.96%) SLA
14 4 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.58%) ISO 22301
15 3 (0.58%) PMO
16 2 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 29 (5.57%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.26%) Docker
3 9 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.15%) vSphere
5 4 (0.77%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.92%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.34%) Terraform
4 3 (0.58%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.19%) Ansible
6 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 110 (21.11%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.22%) SAP
3 19 (3.65%) Oracle
4 17 (3.26%) Cisco
5 16 (3.07%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.30%) Adobe
7 9 (1.73%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.54%) Google
9 7 (1.34%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.15%) Dell
10 6 (1.15%) F5
10 6 (1.15%) HP
10 6 (1.15%) Juniper
10 6 (1.15%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.15%) ScienceLogic
10 6 (1.15%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.15%) VMware
11 5 (0.96%) Sage
12 3 (0.58%) Apple
12 3 (0.58%) Citrix