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 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 99 139
Rank change year-on-year -18 +40 -6
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 533 621 584
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 3.76% 2.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.29% 8.75% 6.74%
Number of salaries quoted 371 276 423
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,125 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,205 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -15.80% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £88,125 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £41,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.41% -7.78% -16.67%

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 8,476 7,100 8,665
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.79% 43.03% 34.27%
Number of salaries quoted 5,214 3,658 6,240
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.16%

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 5 August 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 (5.25%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.31%) CMS
3 7 (1.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (1.13%) WordPress
5 5 (0.94%) IIS
6 3 (0.56%) Confluence
7 1 (0.19%) Apache
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 42 (7.88%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (1.13%) Chatbot
5 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.13%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.94%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.94%) InDesign
7 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.38%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.38%) Revit
8 2 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 11 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.94%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.94%) Primavera
3 2 (0.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 2 (0.38%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.38%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) JDE World
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 77 (14.45%) Azure
2 51 (9.57%) AWS
3 43 (8.07%) SaaS
4 37 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (4.50%) GCP
6 23 (4.32%) Entra ID
7 20 (3.75%) Figma
7 20 (3.75%) Power Platform
8 16 (3.00%) GitHub
9 14 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.69%) Serverless
11 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.31%) IaaS
12 7 (1.31%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.31%) PaaS
12 7 (1.31%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (1.13%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (1.13%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.19%) Firewall
2 16 (3.00%) VPN
3 15 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.25%) Broadband
4 12 (2.25%) DNS
4 12 (2.25%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.88%) DHCP
5 10 (1.88%) Internet
6 7 (1.31%) LAN
6 7 (1.31%) LTE
6 7 (1.31%) WAN
7 5 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (0.94%) Network Security
7 5 (0.94%) WPA
8 3 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.56%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.38%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.38%) VoIP
10 1 (0.19%) HTTP
10 1 (0.19%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.00%) Power BI
2 13 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.50%) Tableau
6 6 (1.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.94%) Data Mining
7 5 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.94%) Metadata
7 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.75%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.75%) MySQL
8 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.56%) Looker
10 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (7.50%) Git
2 13 (2.44%) JIRA
3 8 (1.50%) JUnit
4 7 (1.31%) Maven
4 7 (1.31%) Mockito
5 6 (1.13%) GitLab
6 5 (0.94%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.94%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.38%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.38%) Postman
8 2 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.19%) git-flow
9 1 (0.19%) Mocha
9 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 246 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 112 (21.01%) Analytical Skills
3 108 (20.26%) Finance
4 107 (20.08%) Marketing
5 77 (14.45%) Organisational Skills
6 51 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (8.44%) Public Sector
8 36 (6.75%) Retail
9 33 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (5.82%) Automotive
11 28 (5.25%) Law
12 23 (4.32%) Telecoms
13 21 (3.94%) Legal
14 20 (3.75%) Banking
14 20 (3.75%) Games
15 18 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (3.00%) Manufacturing
17 14 (2.63%) Electronics
18 11 (2.06%) Multimedia
19 9 (1.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 62 (11.63%) Developer
2 54 (10.13%) Analyst
3 53 (9.94%) Business Manager
4 51 (9.57%) Business Development Manager
4 51 (9.57%) Development Manager
5 47 (8.82%) Senior
6 31 (5.82%) Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (4.50%) Support Engineer
8 22 (4.13%) IT Support
9 20 (3.75%) Consultant
10 18 (3.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 18 (3.38%) Lead
11 16 (3.00%) Sales Executive
12 15 (2.81%) Support Analyst
13 14 (2.63%) Business Development Executive
13 14 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (2.44%) IT Analyst
14 13 (2.44%) Recruitment Consultant
14 13 (2.44%) Technical Engineer
15 12 (2.25%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (10.51%) React
2 21 (3.94%) REST
3 12 (2.25%) .NET
4 9 (1.69%) JSON
4 9 (1.69%) Web Services
5 8 (1.50%) Spring
5 8 (1.50%) XML
6 7 (1.31%) HEVC
6 7 (1.31%) HTML
7 6 (1.13%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.13%) Django
7 6 (1.13%) WebSockets
8 5 (0.94%) CSS
8 5 (0.94%) Jinja
8 5 (0.94%) Middleware
8 5 (0.94%) Twisted
8 5 (0.94%) YAML
8 5 (0.94%) YANG
9 4 (0.75%) COM
9 4 (0.75%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.75%) Management Information System
2 33 (6.19%) Onboarding
3 30 (5.63%) Driving Licence
4 22 (4.13%) Social Media
5 18 (3.38%) Web Conferencing
6 16 (3.00%) Blog
7 15 (2.81%) Product Ownership
8 13 (2.44%) FMCG
9 12 (2.25%) e-Learning
9 12 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.50%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.50%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.31%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.31%) Freedom of Information Act
13 6 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.13%) Podcast
13 6 (1.13%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.13%) Replication
13 6 (1.13%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.82%) Windows
2 22 (4.13%) Linux
3 17 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.31%) Unix
5 6 (1.13%) Android
5 6 (1.13%) VMS
5 6 (1.13%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.56%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.38%) AIX
9 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Solaris
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
2 136 (25.52%) Business Development
3 115 (21.58%) CRM
4 88 (16.51%) AI
5 86 (16.14%) Agile
6 84 (15.76%) Decision-Making
7 73 (13.70%) B2B
8 60 (11.26%) Mentoring
9 58 (10.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 58 (10.88%) Cybersecurity
10 54 (10.13%) Full-Stack Development
11 52 (9.76%) Customer Service
12 47 (8.82%) Collaborative Culture
13 41 (7.69%) CI/CD
13 41 (7.69%) Coaching
14 40 (7.50%) Business Strategy
15 38 (7.13%) Roadmaps
15 38 (7.13%) Time Management
16 35 (6.57%) Customer Experience
16 35 (6.57%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 67 (12.57%) JavaScript
2 58 (10.88%) SQL
3 48 (9.01%) TypeScript
4 39 (7.32%) Python
5 14 (2.63%) Bash
5 14 (2.63%) Java
6 10 (1.88%) C#
7 9 (1.69%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.50%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.31%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.13%) Bicep
10 6 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.56%) C++
11 3 (0.56%) Perl
11 3 (0.56%) R
12 1 (0.19%) Delphi
12 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.19%) Pascal
12 1 (0.19%) VBA
12 1 (0.19%) VC++
Qualifications
1 86 (16.14%) Degree
2 54 (10.13%) Security Cleared
3 24 (4.50%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.56%) DV Cleared
5 18 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (3.19%) CISSP
7 14 (2.63%) CISM
8 11 (2.06%) DBS Check
8 11 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.50%) CISA
10 7 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.31%) CRISC
10 7 (1.31%) ISACA
11 6 (1.13%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (1.13%) PMP
12 4 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.75%) CCSP
12 4 (0.75%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.75%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.13%) Accessibility
2 29 (5.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (5.07%) GDPR
3 27 (5.07%) QA
4 21 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (3.56%) Data Quality
6 16 (3.00%) NIST
7 10 (1.88%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.69%) GRC
8 9 (1.69%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.50%) COBIT
10 7 (1.31%) ISO 9001
10 7 (1.31%) SOC 1
11 6 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 5 (0.94%) NCSC
12 5 (0.94%) SLA
13 4 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.56%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.56%) PMO
15 2 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 32 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.75%) Docker
3 9 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.13%) vSphere
5 5 (0.94%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.19%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 17 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.25%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.31%) Terraform
4 3 (0.56%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.38%) Ansible
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 113 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.13%) SAP
3 20 (3.75%) Oracle
4 16 (3.00%) Cisco
5 15 (2.81%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.06%) Adobe
7 10 (1.88%) Google
7 10 (1.88%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.13%) Dell
8 6 (1.13%) HP
8 6 (1.13%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.13%) ScienceLogic
8 6 (1.13%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.13%) VMware
9 5 (0.94%) F5
9 5 (0.94%) Juniper
9 5 (0.94%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.94%) Sage
10 3 (0.56%) Freshdesk
10 3 (0.56%) Planview