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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 144 99
Rank change year-on-year +16 -45 +30
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 373 314 928
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.08% 2.35% 2.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.99% 5.59% 7.96%
Number of salaries quoted 208 200 707
10th Percentile £27,425 £31,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,716 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +12.24% -10.91%
75th Percentile £60,500 £68,250 £62,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -23.81%

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 6,228 5,614 11,665
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.70% 42.07% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,899 3,730 9,238
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.93% -9.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £78,005
90th Percentile £101,500 £122,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 24 April 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 20 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.68%) Apache
4 9 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.41%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.41%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.41%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.80%) Confluence
5 3 (0.80%) WordPress
6 2 (0.54%) CMS
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 56 (15.01%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.80%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.54%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.54%) Shopify
4 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 61 (16.35%) Azure
2 41 (10.99%) AWS
3 32 (8.58%) SaaS
4 29 (7.77%) Power Platform
5 27 (7.24%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (5.36%) GCP
7 18 (4.83%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.75%) Entra ID
9 12 (3.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (3.22%) GitHub
10 9 (2.41%) Amazon Kinesis
10 9 (2.41%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.41%) OpenShift
10 9 (2.41%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.14%) Figma
12 6 (1.61%) Apigee
12 6 (1.61%) Google Docs
12 6 (1.61%) Kong
12 6 (1.61%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.75%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (3.49%) Firewall
3 12 (3.22%) DHCP
4 10 (2.68%) DNS
5 9 (2.41%) LAN
5 9 (2.41%) WAN
6 8 (2.14%) Internet
7 7 (1.88%) LTE
8 6 (1.61%) Broadband
8 6 (1.61%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.61%) VLAN
8 6 (1.61%) VPN
9 4 (1.07%) WLAN
10 3 (0.80%) DMARC
10 3 (0.80%) Network Security
10 3 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.80%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.54%) 4G
11 2 (0.54%) GPON
11 2 (0.54%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.24%) Power BI
2 18 (4.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 18 (4.83%) SQL Server
3 17 (4.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (3.22%) Tableau
5 10 (2.68%) Metadata
6 9 (2.41%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (2.41%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (2.41%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (2.41%) Apache Iceberg
7 7 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.07%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.80%) MySQL
10 3 (0.80%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.80%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.54%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (5.90%) Git
2 10 (2.68%) JIRA
3 6 (1.61%) GitLab
4 3 (0.80%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.54%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.54%) JMeter
5 2 (0.54%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.54%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.54%) Storybook
5 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.27%) git-flow
6 1 (0.27%) JUnit
6 1 (0.27%) Postman
6 1 (0.27%) Selenium
6 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 200 (53.62%) Social Skills
2 107 (28.69%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (25.47%) Finance
4 50 (13.40%) Organisational Skills
5 48 (12.87%) Presentation Skills
6 47 (12.60%) Marketing
7 39 (10.46%) Public Sector
8 24 (6.43%) Law
9 21 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (5.36%) Billing
10 20 (5.36%) Retail
11 18 (4.83%) Electronics
12 17 (4.56%) Manufacturing
13 16 (4.29%) Banking
14 12 (3.22%) Telecoms
15 11 (2.95%) Financial Institution
16 10 (2.68%) Legal
17 8 (2.14%) Automotive
18 7 (1.88%) Local Government
19 6 (1.61%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 48 (12.87%) Analyst
2 40 (10.72%) Support Engineer
3 35 (9.38%) Architect
4 32 (8.58%) Senior
4 32 (8.58%) Solutions Architect
5 22 (5.90%) Technical Engineer
5 22 (5.90%) Technical Support
5 22 (5.90%) Technical Support Engineer
6 19 (5.09%) Developer
7 18 (4.83%) Account Manager
8 17 (4.56%) IT Support
8 17 (4.56%) Lead
9 15 (4.02%) Sales Executive
10 13 (3.49%) Business Development Executive
11 12 (3.22%) Commercial Analyst
11 12 (3.22%) Insight Analyst
12 11 (2.95%) Business Manager
12 11 (2.95%) IT Engineer
12 11 (2.95%) IT Support Engineer
13 10 (2.68%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.29%) React
2 14 (3.75%) REST
3 11 (2.95%) XML
4 9 (2.41%) HTML
4 9 (2.41%) JSON
4 9 (2.41%) Kafka
5 7 (1.88%) HEVC
5 7 (1.88%) RESTful
6 6 (1.61%) Jinja
6 6 (1.61%) Web Services
6 6 (1.61%) YAML
6 6 (1.61%) YANG
7 5 (1.34%) Django
7 5 (1.34%) Node.js
7 5 (1.34%) Twisted
7 5 (1.34%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.07%) CSS
8 4 (1.07%) OpenAPI
8 4 (1.07%) Swagger
9 3 (0.80%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.04%) Onboarding
2 26 (6.97%) Virtual Team
3 21 (5.63%) Management Information System
4 19 (5.09%) Social Media
5 18 (4.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (4.56%) Product Ownership
7 15 (4.02%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.14%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.88%) Web Conferencing
11 6 (1.61%) Blog
11 6 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (1.61%) Solar Energy
12 5 (1.34%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.34%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.34%) Low-Code
12 5 (1.34%) PMI
13 4 (1.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 3 (0.80%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.92%) Windows
2 23 (6.17%) Linux
3 18 (4.83%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.41%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.41%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.88%) Unix
6 6 (1.61%) Android
7 4 (1.07%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.80%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.54%) AIX
9 2 (0.54%) Debian
9 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.27%) CentOS
10 1 (0.27%) Solaris
10 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (38.34%) Problem-Solving
2 85 (22.79%) Business Development
3 73 (19.57%) Decision-Making
4 72 (19.30%) Analytics
5 71 (19.03%) CRM
6 70 (18.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 56 (15.01%) B2B
8 51 (13.67%) Agile
9 50 (13.40%) AI
10 46 (12.33%) Customer Experience
10 46 (12.33%) Project Management
11 44 (11.80%) Strategic Thinking
12 38 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
12 38 (10.19%) Coaching
12 38 (10.19%) Customer Service
13 37 (9.92%) Collaborative Culture
14 35 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
15 31 (8.31%) Financial Modelling
15 31 (8.31%) Visualisation
16 30 (8.04%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (15.01%) SQL
2 39 (10.46%) Python
3 30 (8.04%) JavaScript
4 19 (5.09%) TypeScript
5 13 (3.49%) Bash
6 12 (3.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (2.41%) Java
8 8 (2.14%) C#
9 6 (1.61%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.34%) C++
10 5 (1.34%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.07%) C
12 3 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.80%) VBA
12 3 (0.80%) VC++
13 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.27%) Go
14 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 92 (24.66%) Degree
2 30 (8.04%) Security Cleared
3 23 (6.17%) DV Cleared
4 7 (1.88%) CFA
5 6 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.34%) CISSP
6 5 (1.34%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.34%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.07%) CISA
7 4 (1.07%) CISM
7 4 (1.07%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.80%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.80%) PhD
9 2 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.54%) CCNP
9 2 (0.54%) CRISC
9 2 (0.54%) ISACA
9 2 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.12%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.02%) QA
3 13 (3.49%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.68%) GDPR
5 6 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.61%) NIST
6 4 (1.07%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.07%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.07%) WCAG
7 3 (0.80%) COBIT
7 3 (0.80%) EMIR
7 3 (0.80%) IFRS
8 2 (0.54%) GMP
8 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.54%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (6.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.88%) Docker
3 5 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) iptables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.34%) Ansible
3 4 (1.07%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.80%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.80%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (0.80%) Terraform
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.29%) Oracle
3 12 (3.22%) Google
4 9 (2.41%) Cisco
4 9 (2.41%) Dell
4 9 (2.41%) HP
5 8 (2.14%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.88%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.61%) F5
7 6 (1.61%) Juniper
7 6 (1.61%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.34%) Adobe
8 5 (1.34%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.34%) SAP
9 3 (0.80%) Freshdesk
9 3 (0.80%) Intel
9 3 (0.80%) Sage
9 3 (0.80%) Veeam
10 2 (0.54%) ServiceNow