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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 92 138
Rank change year-on-year -14 +46 -22
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 638 627 574
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.60% 3.84% 2.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.87% 9.12% 7.23%
Number of salaries quoted 437 301 269
10th Percentile £28,440 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £83,000 £85,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £48,780
% change year-on-year +6.25% -18.00% -7.09%

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 9,283 6,878 7,941
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.89% 42.16% 33.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,487 3,541 4,787
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -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 19 September 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 29 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.41%) CMS
4 7 (1.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.10%) WordPress
5 5 (0.78%) IIS
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 50 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.94%) Navisworks
6 6 (0.94%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.94%) Revit
6 6 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.78%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.78%) InDesign
8 3 (0.47%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.16%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 9 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.78%) Primavera
2 5 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.47%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.31%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.16%) JDE World
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 71 (11.13%) Azure
2 63 (9.87%) SaaS
3 44 (6.90%) AWS
4 42 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (3.61%) Entra ID
6 19 (2.98%) Figma
7 17 (2.66%) GCP
7 17 (2.66%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.88%) GitHub
10 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (1.10%) ChatGPT
11 7 (1.10%) IaaS
11 7 (1.10%) PaaS
11 7 (1.10%) Snowflake
12 6 (0.94%) Azure Functions
12 6 (0.94%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (0.94%) Serverless
12 6 (0.94%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.98%) Firewall
2 17 (2.66%) VPN
3 15 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (2.04%) Broadband
4 13 (2.04%) LAN
4 13 (2.04%) TCP/IP
4 13 (2.04%) WAN
5 9 (1.41%) DNS
5 9 (1.41%) Internet
5 9 (1.41%) Network Security
6 7 (1.10%) DHCP
7 5 (0.78%) WPA
8 4 (0.63%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.47%) LTE
9 3 (0.47%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.47%) VoIP
10 2 (0.31%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.31%) RS-422
10 2 (0.31%) VLAN
10 2 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.19%) Power BI
2 12 (1.88%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.78%) Data Mining
5 5 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.78%) Metadata
5 5 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (0.78%) Tableau
6 4 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.63%) MySQL
6 4 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.47%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.47%) Looker
8 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (5.96%) Git
2 13 (2.04%) JIRA
3 7 (1.10%) JUnit
3 7 (1.10%) Maven
3 7 (1.10%) Mockito
4 6 (0.94%) Bitbucket
4 6 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.47%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.47%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.47%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.16%) GitLab
6 1 (0.16%) Mocha
6 1 (0.16%) Postman
General
1 325 (50.94%) Social Skills
2 156 (24.45%) Marketing
3 141 (22.10%) Finance
4 124 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (12.07%) Organisational Skills
6 67 (10.50%) Retail
7 56 (8.78%) Public Sector
8 55 (8.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 53 (8.31%) Presentation Skills
10 33 (5.17%) Legal
11 31 (4.86%) Games
11 31 (4.86%) Law
12 29 (4.55%) Manufacturing
13 28 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (4.39%) Telecoms
14 27 (4.23%) Automotive
15 23 (3.61%) French Language
16 20 (3.13%) Banking
17 18 (2.82%) Aerospace
18 16 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 65 (10.19%) Developer
2 60 (9.40%) Business Manager
3 58 (9.09%) Business Development Manager
3 58 (9.09%) Development Manager
4 47 (7.37%) Analyst
5 46 (7.21%) Senior
6 31 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
7 27 (4.23%) Sales Executive
8 24 (3.76%) IT Support
9 22 (3.45%) Consultant
10 21 (3.29%) Lead
11 18 (2.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 16 (2.51%) Support Specialist
13 15 (2.35%) Account Executive
13 15 (2.35%) Business Development Executive
13 15 (2.35%) Sales Representative
13 15 (2.35%) Support Engineer
14 14 (2.19%) IT Analyst
14 14 (2.19%) Recruitment Consultant
14 14 (2.19%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (8.15%) React
2 14 (2.19%) .NET
3 11 (1.72%) REST
4 8 (1.25%) AngularJS
4 8 (1.25%) Middleware
5 7 (1.10%) Spring
5 7 (1.10%) Terraform
6 5 (0.78%) CSS
6 5 (0.78%) HTML
6 5 (0.78%) JSON
6 5 (0.78%) Web Services
7 4 (0.63%) COM
7 4 (0.63%) DCOM
7 4 (0.63%) LDAP
8 3 (0.47%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.47%) EDI
8 3 (0.47%) HEVC
8 3 (0.47%) RESTful
8 3 (0.47%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.31%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.21%) Driving Licence
2 41 (6.43%) Onboarding
3 39 (6.11%) Management Information System
4 31 (4.86%) Social Media
5 25 (3.92%) Web Conferencing
6 17 (2.66%) Blog
7 13 (2.04%) FMCG
7 13 (2.04%) Podcast
8 12 (1.88%) e-Learning
9 11 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.72%) Security Posture
10 10 (1.57%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.57%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.25%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.25%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.10%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.10%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.58%) Windows
2 15 (2.35%) Linux
3 13 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.94%) VMS
5 3 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.31%) Android
6 2 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.31%) VxWorks
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.16%) AIX
7 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Solaris
7 1 (0.16%) Unix
7 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (26.33%) CRM
2 163 (25.55%) Business Development
3 149 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (18.34%) Decision-Making
5 111 (17.40%) AI
6 98 (15.36%) B2B
7 96 (15.05%) Agile
8 84 (13.17%) Customer Service
9 76 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 71 (11.13%) Mentoring
11 59 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
12 58 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
13 54 (8.46%) Business Strategy
13 54 (8.46%) Coaching
13 54 (8.46%) Customer Experience
14 53 (8.31%) B2B Sales
14 53 (8.31%) Stakeholder Management
15 51 (7.99%) Lead Generation
16 50 (7.84%) Full-Stack Development
16 50 (7.84%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (9.25%) JavaScript
2 52 (8.15%) SQL
3 44 (6.90%) TypeScript
4 26 (4.08%) Python
5 15 (2.35%) Java
6 14 (2.19%) Bash
7 10 (1.57%) C#
8 9 (1.41%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.25%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.10%) Bicep
10 7 (1.10%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.63%) C++
13 3 (0.47%) Perl
13 3 (0.47%) R
14 2 (0.31%) C
15 1 (0.16%) Delphi
15 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.16%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 87 (13.64%) Degree
2 63 (9.87%) Security Cleared
3 36 (5.64%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (2.98%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.66%) DBS Check
7 16 (2.51%) CISSP
8 13 (2.04%) CISM
9 11 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.41%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.41%) PMP
11 8 (1.25%) Chartered Engineer
12 7 (1.10%) CCNA
12 7 (1.10%) CCNP
12 7 (1.10%) CISA
12 7 (1.10%) CRISC
12 7 (1.10%) ISACA
13 6 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (0.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (6.74%) Accessibility
2 28 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (3.92%) GDPR
4 24 (3.76%) QA
5 20 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (2.82%) Data Quality
7 13 (2.04%) NIST
8 12 (1.88%) PMO
9 10 (1.57%) GRC
9 10 (1.57%) ISO 9001
10 9 (1.41%) PCI DSS
11 7 (1.10%) COBIT
11 7 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 7 (1.10%) SLA
11 7 (1.10%) SOC 1
11 7 (1.10%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.94%) ISO 19650
13 5 (0.78%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.78%) NCSC
14 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 33 (5.17%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.66%) Docker
3 10 (1.57%) Firmware
4 6 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.94%) vSphere
5 5 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.31%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 19 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.88%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.47%) Ansible
4 1 (0.16%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.16%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 142 (22.26%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.17%) SAP
3 31 (4.86%) Salesforce
4 28 (4.39%) HubSpot
5 21 (3.29%) Google
6 16 (2.51%) YouTube
7 15 (2.35%) Cisco
7 15 (2.35%) Oracle
8 12 (1.88%) Adobe
9 9 (1.41%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.25%) Sage
11 6 (0.94%) ScienceLogic
11 6 (0.94%) VMware
12 3 (0.47%) Apple
12 3 (0.47%) Perforce
12 3 (0.47%) Planview
13 2 (0.31%) iManage
13 2 (0.31%) Marketo
13 2 (0.31%) Pardot
13 2 (0.31%) Thales