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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 108 109
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 401 516 624
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.64% 3.10% 2.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.64% 7.86% 7.75%
Number of salaries quoted 248 199 422
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £39,054 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +8.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £57,813 £70,000 £71,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -4.76%

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 5,248 6,564 8,048
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.60% 39.44% 38.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,358 3,638 6,307
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 7 January 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 6 (1.50%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.25%) Apache
2 5 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.50%) Confluence
3 2 (0.50%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.25%) Moodle
Applications
1 47 (11.72%) Microsoft Office
2 45 (11.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.00%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.25%) InDesign
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.25%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 8 (2.00%) Shopify
2 5 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.25%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.25%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.25%) Endur
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.97%) Azure
2 36 (8.98%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (7.48%) Power Platform
4 28 (6.98%) SaaS
5 20 (4.99%) AWS
6 19 (4.74%) Azure Data Factory
7 12 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 12 (2.99%) GitHub
8 10 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.49%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.75%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (1.25%) Amazon Kinesis
10 5 (1.25%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.25%) GCP
10 5 (1.25%) Google Docs
11 4 (1.00%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.00%) Google Analytics
12 2 (0.50%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (2.00%) Internet
2 8 (2.00%) VPN
2 8 (2.00%) WAN
3 7 (1.75%) LAN
3 7 (1.75%) VLAN
4 6 (1.50%) Broadband
4 6 (1.50%) DNS
4 6 (1.50%) Firewall
4 6 (1.50%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.50%) VoIP
5 5 (1.25%) DHCP
6 4 (1.00%) WLAN
7 3 (0.75%) DOCSIS
7 3 (0.75%) DSL
7 3 (0.75%) GPON
7 3 (0.75%) IPv4
7 3 (0.75%) IPv6
7 3 (0.75%) PPP
7 3 (0.75%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.23%) Power BI
2 20 (4.99%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (3.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (2.99%) GIS
5 11 (2.74%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (2.00%) MySQL
7 7 (1.75%) Tableau
8 6 (1.50%) MariaDB
8 6 (1.50%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.25%) Amazon QuickSight
9 5 (1.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.25%) Apache Iceberg
9 5 (1.25%) Metadata
9 5 (1.25%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.75%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.50%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.50%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (4.49%) Selenium
2 17 (4.24%) Git
2 17 (4.24%) WebDriver
3 14 (3.49%) JIRA
4 9 (2.24%) Cypress.io
4 9 (2.24%) Postman
4 9 (2.24%) SoapUI
4 9 (2.24%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.75%) JMeter
6 2 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.50%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.50%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.50%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.50%) Storybook
7 1 (0.25%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.25%) JUnit
7 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.25%) TestNG
7 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 240 (59.85%) Social Skills
2 132 (32.92%) Analytical Skills
3 124 (30.92%) Finance
4 54 (13.47%) Presentation Skills
5 52 (12.97%) Marketing
6 49 (12.22%) Public Sector
7 36 (8.98%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (6.48%) Manufacturing
9 24 (5.99%) Billing
9 24 (5.99%) Law
10 16 (3.99%) Legal
10 16 (3.99%) Retail
11 13 (3.24%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.74%) Advertising
13 9 (2.24%) Local Government
14 8 (2.00%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.75%) Automotive
16 6 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (1.25%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 62 (15.46%) Analyst
2 45 (11.22%) Technical Support
3 39 (9.73%) Support Engineer
4 36 (8.98%) Technical Engineer
4 36 (8.98%) Technical Support Engineer
5 32 (7.98%) Architect
6 30 (7.48%) IT Support
7 29 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
8 26 (6.48%) Support Technician
9 25 (6.23%) IT Support Technician
9 25 (6.23%) IT Technician
10 24 (5.99%) Sales Executive
11 22 (5.49%) Senior
12 21 (5.24%) Lead
13 20 (4.99%) Developer
14 18 (4.49%) Account Manager
14 18 (4.49%) Sales Manager
15 15 (3.74%) Business Development Manager
15 15 (3.74%) Business Manager
15 15 (3.74%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.24%) HTML
2 13 (3.24%) .NET
3 9 (2.24%) SOAP
4 8 (2.00%) Playwright
5 6 (1.50%) Node.js
6 5 (1.25%) Kafka
7 4 (1.00%) RESTful
7 4 (1.00%) Vue
8 3 (0.75%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.75%) CSS
8 3 (0.75%) CSS3
8 3 (0.75%) HTML5
8 3 (0.75%) Sass
9 2 (0.50%) Express.js
9 2 (0.50%) JSON
9 2 (0.50%) OAuth
9 2 (0.50%) Swagger
9 2 (0.50%) XML
9 2 (0.50%) XSLT
9 2 (0.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.72%) Onboarding
2 28 (6.98%) Virtual Team
3 27 (6.73%) Analytical Mindset
4 18 (4.49%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.74%) Driving Licence
6 14 (3.49%) Social Media
7 11 (2.74%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.75%) IoT
9 7 (1.75%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.00%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.00%) PMI
11 4 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.00%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.75%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 54 (13.47%) Windows
2 23 (5.74%) Apple iOS
2 23 (5.74%) Windows 10
3 19 (4.74%) Linux
4 9 (2.24%) Windows 7
5 7 (1.75%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.00%) Mac OS X
6 4 (1.00%) OpenWrt
7 2 (0.50%) Android
7 2 (0.50%) Unix
8 1 (0.25%) Debian
8 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (45.89%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (22.94%) Decision-Making
3 84 (20.95%) Analytics
4 74 (18.45%) Agile
5 71 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 70 (17.46%) Business Development
7 68 (16.96%) CRM
8 67 (16.71%) Customer Service
9 63 (15.71%) B2B
10 49 (12.22%) Coaching
11 48 (11.97%) AI
11 48 (11.97%) Customer Experience
12 44 (10.97%) Mentoring
13 43 (10.72%) Project Management
14 38 (9.48%) Root Cause Analysis
15 37 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
15 37 (9.23%) User Experience
16 36 (8.98%) Creative Problem-Solving
17 34 (8.48%) Data Analysis
17 34 (8.48%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (17.96%) SQL
2 28 (6.98%) Python
3 27 (6.73%) Java
4 26 (6.48%) C#
5 13 (3.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 8 (2.00%) Bash
6 8 (2.00%) C++
6 8 (2.00%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.00%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.75%) PHP
8 6 (1.50%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.25%) C
10 2 (0.50%) Bicep
10 2 (0.50%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.50%) R
10 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.50%) VBA
10 2 (0.50%) VC++
Qualifications
1 100 (24.94%) Degree
2 41 (10.22%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.99%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.49%) DBS Check
6 13 (3.24%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.24%) CFA
8 9 (2.24%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.25%) MCSE
9 5 (1.25%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.00%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.00%) MCP
10 4 (1.00%) MCSA
10 4 (1.00%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.75%) ACCA
11 3 (0.75%) CIMA
11 3 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.99%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.99%) QA
3 10 (2.49%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.49%) SLA
4 7 (1.75%) GDPR
5 5 (1.25%) IFRS
5 5 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.00%) PMO
6 4 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.75%) EMIR
8 2 (0.50%) GMP
8 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.50%) NIST
8 2 (0.50%) WCAG
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
9 1 (0.25%) MiFID
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
9 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 38 (9.48%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.75%) Docker
3 3 (0.75%) Firmware
3 3 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.25%) iptables
Systems Management
1 5 (1.25%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.00%) Terraform
3 3 (0.75%) Ansible
4 2 (0.50%) SCOM
5 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 80 (19.95%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.49%) Google
3 11 (2.74%) Autodesk
4 9 (2.24%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.00%) Oracle
5 8 (2.00%) VMware
6 6 (1.50%) Apple
7 5 (1.25%) Cisco
7 5 (1.25%) Xero
8 4 (1.00%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.75%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.75%) Intel
9 3 (0.75%) YouTube
10 2 (0.50%) Adobe
10 2 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.50%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.50%) Nokia
10 2 (0.50%) SAP
10 2 (0.50%) TP-LINK
10 2 (0.50%) Ubiquiti