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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 115 99
Rank change year-on-year +8 -16 +17
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 398 480 812
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.52% 2.96% 3.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.34% 7.43% 8.25%
Number of salaries quoted 242 182 587
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,975 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,313 £33,899
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £94,750 £85,625 £77,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -31.82% +29.41% -19.05%

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 5,420 6,456 9,844
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.32% 39.77% 37.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,421 3,564 7,949
10th Percentile £28,500 £37,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -11.54%

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 30 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 10 (2.51%) Apache
2 9 (2.26%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.26%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.50%) Confluence
5 2 (0.50%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Moodle
6 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 47 (11.81%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.75%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.25%) InDesign
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (1.51%) Shopify
2 5 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.26%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.26%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.25%) Endur
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 50 (12.56%) Azure
2 35 (8.79%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (8.79%) SaaS
3 29 (7.29%) Power Platform
4 24 (6.03%) AWS
5 19 (4.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (3.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 11 (2.76%) GitHub
8 10 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.26%) Amazon Kinesis
9 9 (2.26%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.26%) GCP
9 9 (2.26%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.76%) GitHub Copilot
11 6 (1.51%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.51%) Google Docs
12 4 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.01%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.27%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (2.01%) DNS
2 8 (2.01%) WAN
3 7 (1.76%) DHCP
3 7 (1.76%) Internet
3 7 (1.76%) LAN
4 6 (1.51%) Firewall
4 6 (1.51%) VLAN
5 5 (1.26%) Broadband
5 5 (1.26%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.26%) VoIP
5 5 (1.26%) VPN
6 4 (1.01%) 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 27 (6.78%) Power BI
2 20 (5.03%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (3.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (2.51%) MySQL
5 10 (2.51%) Tableau
6 9 (2.26%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (2.26%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (2.26%) Apache Iceberg
6 9 (2.26%) GIS
6 9 (2.26%) Metadata
7 8 (2.01%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (1.76%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.51%) MariaDB
10 5 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.26%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.75%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.75%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.53%) Git
2 15 (3.77%) Selenium
3 14 (3.52%) WebDriver
4 12 (3.02%) JIRA
5 9 (2.26%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.51%) Postman
6 6 (1.51%) SoapUI
6 6 (1.51%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (1.01%) JMeter
8 3 (0.75%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.75%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.75%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.75%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.75%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.50%) Storybook
9 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.25%) Bugzilla
10 1 (0.25%) JUnit
10 1 (0.25%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.25%) TestNG
General
1 232 (58.29%) Social Skills
2 123 (30.90%) Analytical Skills
3 119 (29.90%) Finance
4 53 (13.32%) Presentation Skills
5 51 (12.81%) Marketing
6 49 (12.31%) Public Sector
7 34 (8.54%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (6.53%) Law
9 26 (6.53%) Manufacturing
10 23 (5.78%) Billing
11 17 (4.27%) Retail
12 13 (3.27%) Legal
13 12 (3.02%) Telecoms
14 11 (2.76%) Advertising
15 10 (2.51%) Financial Institution
16 8 (2.01%) Electronics
17 7 (1.76%) Automotive
17 7 (1.76%) Back Office
17 7 (1.76%) Banking
Job Titles
1 56 (14.07%) Analyst
2 41 (10.30%) Technical Support
3 40 (10.05%) Support Engineer
4 37 (9.30%) Architect
5 34 (8.54%) Technical Engineer
5 34 (8.54%) Technical Support Engineer
6 33 (8.29%) Solutions Architect
7 30 (7.54%) IT Support
8 26 (6.53%) Sales Executive
8 26 (6.53%) Senior
9 22 (5.53%) Developer
9 22 (5.53%) IT Support Technician
9 22 (5.53%) IT Technician
9 22 (5.53%) Support Technician
10 21 (5.28%) Account Manager
10 21 (5.28%) Lead
11 19 (4.77%) Sales Manager
12 14 (3.52%) Commercial Analyst
13 13 (3.27%) Business Development Manager
13 13 (3.27%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.52%) HTML
2 11 (2.76%) .NET
3 9 (2.26%) Kafka
4 8 (2.01%) Playwright
4 8 (2.01%) RESTful
5 6 (1.51%) SOAP
6 5 (1.26%) Node.js
6 5 (1.26%) OpenAPI
6 5 (1.26%) Swagger
7 4 (1.01%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.01%) CSS
7 4 (1.01%) Vue
8 3 (0.75%) CSS3
8 3 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.75%) HTML5
8 3 (0.75%) JSON
8 3 (0.75%) Sass
9 2 (0.50%) Jest
9 2 (0.50%) JWT
9 2 (0.50%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 48 (12.06%) Onboarding
2 29 (7.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 26 (6.53%) Virtual Team
4 16 (4.02%) Social Media
5 14 (3.52%) Management Information System
5 14 (3.52%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.02%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 7 (1.76%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.51%) Blog
9 6 (1.51%) IoT
10 5 (1.26%) PMI
10 5 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.01%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.01%) Solar Energy
12 3 (0.75%) EPoS
12 3 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.75%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (12.06%) Windows
2 20 (5.03%) Apple iOS
2 20 (5.03%) Windows 10
3 17 (4.27%) Linux
4 10 (2.51%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.76%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.01%) OpenWrt
7 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.50%) Android
8 2 (0.50%) Debian
9 1 (0.25%) CentOS
9 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (43.22%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (22.36%) Decision-Making
3 84 (21.11%) Analytics
4 73 (18.34%) Agile
4 73 (18.34%) Business Development
5 71 (17.84%) CRM
6 69 (17.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 64 (16.08%) B2B
8 61 (15.33%) Customer Service
9 51 (12.81%) Coaching
10 50 (12.56%) AI
10 50 (12.56%) Customer Experience
11 43 (10.80%) Collaborative Culture
11 43 (10.80%) Project Management
12 40 (10.05%) Mentoring
13 39 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
14 37 (9.30%) Root Cause Analysis
15 35 (8.79%) Data Analysis
15 35 (8.79%) User Experience
16 34 (8.54%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 73 (18.34%) SQL
2 31 (7.79%) Python
3 28 (7.04%) Java
4 25 (6.28%) C#
5 13 (3.27%) Bash
5 13 (3.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 11 (2.76%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.26%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.01%) C++
9 6 (1.51%) PHP
9 6 (1.51%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.26%) C
11 3 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.75%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.50%) Bicep
12 2 (0.50%) R
12 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.50%) VBA
12 2 (0.50%) VC++
13 1 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 92 (23.12%) Degree
2 41 (10.30%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.03%) DV Cleared
4 16 (4.02%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.76%) DBS Check
7 9 (2.26%) CFA
8 6 (1.51%) ISTQB
8 6 (1.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.51%) PMI Certification
9 5 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.75%) AAT
11 3 (0.75%) ACCA
11 3 (0.75%) CIMA
11 3 (0.75%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.50%) CCNA
12 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.28%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.03%) QA
3 10 (2.51%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.76%) GDPR
4 7 (1.76%) SLA
5 5 (1.26%) IFRS
6 4 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.75%) EMIR
7 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.50%) GMP
8 2 (0.50%) GRC
8 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.50%) PMO
8 2 (0.50%) WCAG
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.25%) MiFID
9 1 (0.25%) NCSC
9 1 (0.25%) P3O
System Software
1 38 (9.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.75%) Docker
3 3 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.25%) iptables
Systems Management
1 6 (1.51%) Ansible
1 6 (1.51%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.51%) Terraform
2 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.50%) SCOM
4 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.25%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 72 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.27%) Google
3 11 (2.76%) Autodesk
3 11 (2.76%) Oracle
4 10 (2.51%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.26%) HubSpot
5 5 (1.26%) VMware
6 4 (1.01%) Apple
7 3 (0.75%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.75%) BT
7 3 (0.75%) Cisco
7 3 (0.75%) Dell
7 3 (0.75%) HP
7 3 (0.75%) Intel
7 3 (0.75%) SAP
7 3 (0.75%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.75%) Splunk
7 3 (0.75%) Veeam
7 3 (0.75%) Xero
7 3 (0.75%) YouTube