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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 96 132
Rank change year-on-year -11 +36 -14
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 592 624 609
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.53% 3.82% 2.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.75% 9.08% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 401 290 339
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,105 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -17.90% -5.73%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -12.04%

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 8,768 6,869 8,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.52% 42.03% 33.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,269 3,588 5,336
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -5.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,769
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.79% -7.57%

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 3 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 28 (4.73%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.52%) CMS
4 7 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.18%) WordPress
5 5 (0.84%) IIS
6 3 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.51%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 38 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (1.01%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.84%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.84%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.84%) InDesign
8 4 (0.68%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.68%) Revit
8 4 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.17%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 8 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.84%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.84%) Primavera
2 5 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.34%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.34%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.17%) JDE World
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 74 (12.50%) Azure
2 55 (9.29%) SaaS
3 51 (8.61%) AWS
4 41 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (3.89%) Entra ID
6 22 (3.72%) Figma
7 19 (3.21%) GCP
8 18 (3.04%) Power Platform
9 15 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.53%) GitHub
10 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (1.35%) Serverless
11 7 (1.18%) IaaS
11 7 (1.18%) PaaS
11 7 (1.18%) Snowflake
12 6 (1.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 6 (1.01%) Azure Functions
12 6 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.01%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.38%) Firewall
2 17 (2.87%) VPN
3 15 (2.53%) Broadband
3 15 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (2.20%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.86%) LAN
5 11 (1.86%) WAN
6 10 (1.69%) DNS
7 8 (1.35%) DHCP
7 8 (1.35%) Internet
7 8 (1.35%) Network Security
8 5 (0.84%) LTE
8 5 (0.84%) WPA
9 4 (0.68%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.51%) VoIP
11 2 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.34%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.34%) VLAN
12 1 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.36%) Power BI
2 13 (2.20%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.84%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (0.84%) Tableau
7 4 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.68%) Metadata
7 4 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.68%) MySQL
7 4 (0.68%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.51%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.51%) Looker
9 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.34%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (7.09%) Git
2 12 (2.03%) JIRA
3 8 (1.35%) JUnit
4 7 (1.18%) Maven
4 7 (1.18%) Mockito
5 6 (1.01%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.01%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.51%) GitLab
6 3 (0.51%) Mercurial
6 3 (0.51%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.51%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.17%) git-flow
7 1 (0.17%) Mocha
7 1 (0.17%) Postman
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 296 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 136 (22.97%) Marketing
3 126 (21.28%) Finance
4 118 (19.93%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (12.84%) Organisational Skills
6 56 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (9.12%) Retail
8 51 (8.61%) Public Sector
9 44 (7.43%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (5.24%) Law
11 28 (4.73%) Games
12 27 (4.56%) Automotive
12 27 (4.56%) Telecoms
13 24 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (4.05%) Legal
14 19 (3.21%) French Language
14 19 (3.21%) Manufacturing
15 18 (3.04%) Banking
16 14 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
17 13 (2.20%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 66 (11.15%) Developer
2 61 (10.30%) Business Manager
3 59 (9.97%) Business Development Manager
3 59 (9.97%) Development Manager
4 48 (8.11%) Senior
5 43 (7.26%) Analyst
6 32 (5.41%) Full-Stack Developer
7 23 (3.89%) IT Support
7 23 (3.89%) Sales Executive
8 21 (3.55%) Lead
9 19 (3.21%) Consultant
10 18 (3.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 17 (2.87%) Support Engineer
12 15 (2.53%) Business Development Executive
12 15 (2.53%) Support Specialist
13 14 (2.36%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (2.03%) Account Executive
14 12 (2.03%) Sales Representative
14 12 (2.03%) Support Analyst
14 12 (2.03%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.46%) React
2 17 (2.87%) REST
3 14 (2.36%) .NET
4 8 (1.35%) Spring
4 8 (1.35%) Web Services
5 7 (1.18%) AngularJS
5 7 (1.18%) JSON
5 7 (1.18%) Terraform
6 6 (1.01%) Middleware
7 5 (0.84%) CSS
7 5 (0.84%) Django
7 5 (0.84%) HEVC
7 5 (0.84%) HTML
7 5 (0.84%) WebSockets
8 4 (0.68%) COM
8 4 (0.68%) DCOM
8 4 (0.68%) LDAP
8 4 (0.68%) Twisted
9 3 (0.51%) EDI
9 3 (0.51%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 32 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 32 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 25 (4.22%) Social Media
4 18 (3.04%) Blog
5 17 (2.87%) Web Conferencing
6 13 (2.20%) FMCG
6 13 (2.20%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.03%) e-Learning
8 11 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.86%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (1.69%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.35%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.18%) FPGA
11 7 (1.18%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.18%) Freedom of Information Act
11 7 (1.18%) Smartcard
12 6 (1.01%) Podcast
12 6 (1.01%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.26%) Windows
2 18 (3.04%) Linux
3 15 (2.53%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.01%) VMS
5 3 (0.51%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.51%) Unix
5 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.34%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Solaris
7 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (26.86%) Business Development
2 144 (24.32%) CRM
3 142 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (18.07%) Decision-Making
5 105 (17.74%) AI
6 92 (15.54%) Agile
6 92 (15.54%) B2B
7 72 (12.16%) Customer Service
8 70 (11.82%) Mentoring
9 66 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (9.46%) Collaborative Culture
11 55 (9.29%) Cybersecurity
12 54 (9.12%) Full-Stack Development
13 51 (8.61%) Business Strategy
14 49 (8.28%) B2B Sales
14 49 (8.28%) Coaching
15 48 (8.11%) Customer Experience
16 45 (7.60%) Lead Generation
17 44 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
18 43 (7.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (10.98%) JavaScript
2 57 (9.63%) SQL
3 48 (8.11%) TypeScript
4 33 (5.57%) Python
5 16 (2.70%) Java
6 14 (2.36%) Bash
7 10 (1.69%) C#
7 10 (1.69%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.35%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.01%) Bicep
10 6 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.51%) Perl
11 3 (0.51%) R
12 2 (0.34%) C++
13 1 (0.17%) Delphi
13 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.17%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 83 (14.02%) Degree
2 64 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.72%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.70%) CISSP
7 13 (2.20%) CISM
7 13 (2.20%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
9 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.35%) PMP
10 7 (1.18%) CISA
10 7 (1.18%) CRISC
10 7 (1.18%) ISACA
11 6 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.01%) CCNA
11 6 (1.01%) CCNP
11 6 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 4 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.60%) Accessibility
2 28 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (4.22%) GDPR
3 25 (4.22%) QA
4 20 (3.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (2.70%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.20%) NIST
7 11 (1.86%) PMO
8 10 (1.69%) GRC
9 8 (1.35%) ISO 9001
9 8 (1.35%) PCI DSS
10 7 (1.18%) COBIT
10 7 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 7 (1.18%) SOC 1
10 7 (1.18%) SOC 2
11 6 (1.01%) SLA
12 5 (0.84%) NCSC
13 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.68%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.51%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 33 (5.57%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.38%) Docker
3 9 (1.52%) Firmware
4 8 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.01%) vSphere
6 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 19 (3.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.20%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.51%) Ansible
3 3 (0.51%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 121 (20.44%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.73%) SAP
3 27 (4.56%) Salesforce
4 22 (3.72%) HubSpot
5 17 (2.87%) Oracle
6 16 (2.70%) Cisco
7 13 (2.20%) YouTube
8 12 (2.03%) Google
9 11 (1.86%) Adobe
10 6 (1.01%) ScienceLogic
10 6 (1.01%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.01%) VMware
11 5 (0.84%) Sage
12 3 (0.51%) Apple
12 3 (0.51%) Dell
12 3 (0.51%) HP
12 3 (0.51%) Perforce
12 3 (0.51%) Planview
12 3 (0.51%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.34%) F5