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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 150 96
Rank change year-on-year +41 -54 +23
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 395 351 863
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.40% 2.34% 3.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.87% 5.71% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 226 161 611
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,813 £40,000 £32,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £49,737
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +15.61% -9.57%
75th Percentile £60,188 £70,000 £64,413
90th Percentile £97,500 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £54,250 £41,234
% change year-on-year -30.88% +31.57% -21.46%

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 5,748 6,147 10,322
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.95% 40.99% 37.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,560 3,495 8,400
10th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,165 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,080 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% +6.80% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £103,875 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -15.38%

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 27 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 (2.53%) Apache
1 10 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (1.27%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.01%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Moodle
6 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (10.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.76%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.51%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.51%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.25%) InDesign
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.52%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.52%) Shopify
3 5 (1.27%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.25%) Endur
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 55 (13.92%) Azure
2 35 (8.86%) SaaS
3 34 (8.61%) Power Platform
4 30 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (6.84%) AWS
6 19 (4.81%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (3.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 11 (2.78%) GCP
9 10 (2.53%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.53%) GitHub
10 9 (2.28%) Amazon Kinesis
10 9 (2.28%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.28%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.77%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (1.77%) OpenShift
13 6 (1.52%) Google Docs
14 4 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.01%) Serverless
15 3 (0.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (2.78%) Firewall
3 10 (2.53%) DNS
3 10 (2.53%) WAN
4 9 (2.28%) DHCP
4 9 (2.28%) LAN
5 8 (2.03%) Internet
6 6 (1.52%) Broadband
6 6 (1.52%) VLAN
7 5 (1.27%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.27%) VoIP
8 4 (1.01%) VPN
8 4 (1.01%) WLAN
9 3 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.76%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.76%) DSL
9 3 (0.76%) IPv4
9 3 (0.76%) IPv6
9 3 (0.76%) PPP
9 3 (0.76%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.10%) Power BI
2 18 (4.56%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (3.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (3.04%) Tableau
6 10 (2.53%) MySQL
7 9 (2.28%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (2.28%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (2.28%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.28%) Apache Iceberg
7 9 (2.28%) Metadata
8 6 (1.52%) MariaDB
9 5 (1.27%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.27%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.76%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.51%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.25%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 20 (5.06%) Git
2 14 (3.54%) JIRA
3 8 (2.03%) Selenium
3 8 (2.03%) WebDriver
4 6 (1.52%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.76%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.76%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.76%) GitLab
5 3 (0.76%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.76%) JMeter
5 3 (0.76%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.76%) Postman
5 3 (0.76%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.76%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.51%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.51%) Storybook
6 2 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 239 (60.51%) Social Skills
2 127 (32.15%) Analytical Skills
3 106 (26.84%) Finance
4 52 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
5 46 (11.65%) Public Sector
6 43 (10.89%) Marketing
7 41 (10.38%) Organisational Skills
8 30 (7.59%) Manufacturing
9 28 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (6.84%) Law
11 21 (5.32%) Billing
12 19 (4.81%) Retail
13 15 (3.80%) Electronics
13 15 (3.80%) Legal
13 15 (3.80%) Telecoms
14 14 (3.54%) Financial Institution
15 12 (3.04%) Banking
16 11 (2.78%) Advertising
16 11 (2.78%) Automotive
17 7 (1.77%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 59 (14.94%) Analyst
2 47 (11.90%) Support Engineer
3 44 (11.14%) Technical Support
4 39 (9.87%) Technical Engineer
4 39 (9.87%) Technical Support Engineer
5 37 (9.37%) Architect
6 33 (8.35%) Solutions Architect
7 25 (6.33%) Senior
8 24 (6.08%) Sales Executive
9 22 (5.57%) IT Support
10 21 (5.32%) Account Manager
11 19 (4.81%) Developer
12 17 (4.30%) Sales Manager
13 15 (3.80%) Lead
14 14 (3.54%) Support Analyst
15 13 (3.29%) Business Analyst
15 13 (3.29%) Business Development Manager
15 13 (3.29%) Business Manager
15 13 (3.29%) Development Manager
15 13 (3.29%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.04%) HTML
2 9 (2.28%) Kafka
2 9 (2.28%) RESTful
3 8 (2.03%) XML
4 7 (1.77%) .NET
5 6 (1.52%) JSON
5 6 (1.52%) OpenAPI
5 6 (1.52%) Playwright
5 6 (1.52%) REST
5 6 (1.52%) Swagger
6 5 (1.27%) Node.js
7 4 (1.01%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.01%) CSS
7 4 (1.01%) Vue
8 3 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.76%) Jinja
8 3 (0.76%) React
8 3 (0.76%) Sass
8 3 (0.76%) XSLT
8 3 (0.76%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.39%) Onboarding
2 29 (7.34%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (6.58%) Virtual Team
4 18 (4.56%) Social Media
5 16 (4.05%) Product Ownership
6 15 (3.80%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.28%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.03%) Blog
8 8 (2.03%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.77%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.52%) IoT
10 6 (1.52%) Solar Energy
10 6 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.27%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.27%) PMI
11 5 (1.27%) Web Conferencing
12 4 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.76%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 43 (10.89%) Windows
2 17 (4.30%) Linux
3 12 (3.04%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.53%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.28%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.27%) Android
6 5 (1.27%) Windows 7
6 5 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.01%) OpenWrt
7 4 (1.01%) Unix
8 2 (0.51%) Debian
9 1 (0.25%) AIX
9 1 (0.25%) CentOS
9 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (42.03%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (22.28%) Analytics
3 83 (21.01%) Decision-Making
4 79 (20.00%) CRM
5 74 (18.73%) Business Development
5 74 (18.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (17.97%) Agile
7 64 (16.20%) B2B
8 57 (14.43%) Customer Service
9 54 (13.67%) Customer Experience
10 50 (12.66%) AI
11 48 (12.15%) Coaching
12 46 (11.65%) Collaborative Culture
12 46 (11.65%) Project Management
13 43 (10.89%) Business Intelligence
14 35 (8.86%) Data Analysis
14 35 (8.86%) Mentoring
14 35 (8.86%) Root Cause Analysis
14 35 (8.86%) Software Engineering
15 32 (8.10%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 64 (16.20%) SQL
2 33 (8.35%) Python
3 20 (5.06%) Java
4 18 (4.56%) C#
5 14 (3.54%) JavaScript
6 13 (3.29%) Bash
6 13 (3.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (2.28%) C++
8 7 (1.77%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.77%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.52%) PHP
10 5 (1.27%) C
11 3 (0.76%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.76%) VBA
11 3 (0.76%) VC++
12 2 (0.51%) Bicep
12 2 (0.51%) R
12 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 92 (23.29%) Degree
2 38 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.57%) DV Cleared
4 13 (3.29%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.77%) CFA
8 6 (1.52%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.01%) CCNA
10 4 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.01%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.76%) AAT
11 3 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.76%) PMP
12 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.51%) CISSP
12 2 (0.51%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.34%) Data Quality
2 21 (5.32%) QA
3 11 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.78%) GDPR
4 6 (1.52%) IFRS
4 6 (1.52%) SLA
5 4 (1.01%) EMIR
5 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.01%) WCAG
6 3 (0.76%) NIST
7 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.51%) GMP
7 2 (0.51%) GRC
7 2 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.51%) PMO
7 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.25%) COBIT
8 1 (0.25%) MiFID
System Software
1 30 (7.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.01%) Docker
2 4 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.25%) iptables
Systems Management
1 6 (1.52%) Ansible
1 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (1.52%) Terraform
2 4 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.51%) SCOM
4 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 64 (16.20%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.80%) Oracle
3 14 (3.54%) Google
4 12 (3.04%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.53%) Autodesk
6 8 (2.03%) Cisco
7 6 (1.52%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.27%) Dell
8 5 (1.27%) HP
9 4 (1.01%) HubSpot
9 4 (1.01%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.01%) VMware
10 3 (0.76%) Adobe
10 3 (0.76%) BT
10 3 (0.76%) F5
10 3 (0.76%) Intel
10 3 (0.76%) Juniper
10 3 (0.76%) SAP
10 3 (0.76%) Splunk
10 3 (0.76%) Veeam