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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 99 109
Rank change year-on-year -34 +10 +31
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 439 584 855
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.08% 3.60% 2.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.54% 8.36% 7.46%
Number of salaries quoted 302 248 659
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -10.22%
75th Percentile £56,250 £73,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,875 £73,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,234
% change year-on-year - +3.07% -21.46%

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 7,918 6,987 11,459
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.55% 43.04% 34.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,931 3,598 8,782
10th Percentile £34,674 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
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 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £111,250
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -14.06%

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 July 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 21 (4.78%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (1.59%) WordPress
5 6 (1.37%) CMS
6 5 (1.14%) Apache
6 5 (1.14%) IIS
7 4 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.68%) Confluence
9 2 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 43 (9.79%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.37%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.91%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.91%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.91%) InDesign
7 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 13 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.14%) Primavera
3 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 63 (14.35%) Azure
2 43 (9.79%) AWS
3 32 (7.29%) SaaS
4 24 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (4.78%) Entra ID
6 20 (4.56%) GCP
7 16 (3.64%) Power Platform
8 15 (3.42%) GitHub
9 11 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.51%) Figma
10 10 (2.28%) Serverless
11 8 (1.82%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.59%) Canva
12 7 (1.59%) IaaS
12 7 (1.59%) PaaS
13 6 (1.37%) Apigee
13 6 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (1.37%) Azure Functions
13 6 (1.37%) Kong
13 6 (1.37%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.10%) Firewall
2 15 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (3.19%) VPN
4 12 (2.73%) Broadband
4 12 (2.73%) DNS
5 11 (2.51%) DHCP
6 10 (2.28%) Internet
7 8 (1.82%) TCP/IP
8 7 (1.59%) LTE
8 7 (1.59%) WAN
9 6 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (1.37%) Network Security
10 5 (1.14%) LAN
11 4 (0.91%) WPA
12 3 (0.68%) DMARC
12 3 (0.68%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.46%) Ethernet
14 1 (0.23%) HTTP
14 1 (0.23%) SNMP
14 1 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.96%) Power BI
2 11 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.28%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.82%) Tableau
5 7 (1.59%) Metadata
5 7 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.14%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.14%) MySQL
6 5 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
7 4 (0.91%) Amazon QuickSight
7 4 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.91%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.23%) Cloudera CDH
9 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.23%) Redis
9 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (7.52%) Git
2 13 (2.96%) JIRA
3 6 (1.37%) GitLab
4 3 (0.68%) JUnit
4 3 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.46%) Maven
5 2 (0.46%) Mockito
5 2 (0.46%) Postman
5 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.23%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.23%) git-flow
6 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.23%) JMeter
6 1 (0.23%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 186 (42.37%) Social Skills
2 83 (18.91%) Marketing
3 79 (18.00%) Finance
4 74 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (15.72%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (9.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (7.06%) Retail
8 30 (6.83%) Automotive
9 28 (6.38%) Public Sector
10 25 (5.69%) Law
11 24 (5.47%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (4.78%) Banking
13 20 (4.56%) Telecoms
14 15 (3.42%) Electronics
14 15 (3.42%) Games
14 15 (3.42%) Legal
15 14 (3.19%) Manufacturing
16 12 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (2.73%) Multimedia
17 9 (2.05%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 49 (11.16%) Developer
2 44 (10.02%) Analyst
3 42 (9.57%) Senior
4 40 (9.11%) Business Manager
5 38 (8.66%) Business Development Manager
5 38 (8.66%) Development Manager
6 30 (6.83%) Support Engineer
7 21 (4.78%) Full-Stack Developer
8 16 (3.64%) IT Support
8 16 (3.64%) Sales Executive
8 16 (3.64%) Technical Engineer
9 15 (3.42%) Technical Support
9 15 (3.42%) Technical Support Engineer
10 14 (3.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 14 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (2.96%) Consultant
11 13 (2.96%) Lead
12 12 (2.73%) Account Manager
12 12 (2.73%) Business Development Executive
13 11 (2.51%) Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (9.79%) React
2 19 (4.33%) REST
3 10 (2.28%) JSON
3 10 (2.28%) Web Services
4 9 (2.05%) .NET
4 9 (2.05%) HTML
4 9 (2.05%) XML
5 7 (1.59%) HEVC
6 6 (1.37%) CSS
6 6 (1.37%) Django
6 6 (1.37%) Jinja
6 6 (1.37%) RESTful
6 6 (1.37%) WebSockets
6 6 (1.37%) YAML
6 6 (1.37%) YANG
7 5 (1.14%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.14%) Middleware
7 5 (1.14%) Twisted
8 4 (0.91%) LDAP
8 4 (0.91%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.29%) Onboarding
2 30 (6.83%) Management Information System
3 25 (5.69%) Driving Licence
4 20 (4.56%) Social Media
5 17 (3.87%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.73%) Blog
6 12 (2.73%) e-Learning
6 12 (2.73%) FMCG
6 12 (2.73%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (2.73%) Web Conferencing
7 11 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.05%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.82%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.59%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.59%) Freedom of Information
10 7 (1.59%) Freedom of Information Act
10 7 (1.59%) Podcast
10 7 (1.59%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.57%) Windows
2 20 (4.56%) Linux
3 18 (4.10%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.05%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.05%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (1.82%) Unix
6 6 (1.37%) Android
6 6 (1.37%) VMS
7 4 (0.91%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.46%) AIX
8 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.23%) CentOS
9 1 (0.23%) Debian
9 1 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.23%) Solaris
9 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (25.74%) Business Development
2 111 (25.28%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (20.50%) CRM
4 71 (16.17%) Agile
5 64 (14.58%) AI
6 61 (13.90%) B2B
7 54 (12.30%) Decision-Making
8 53 (12.07%) Cybersecurity
9 47 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 45 (10.25%) Mentoring
11 40 (9.11%) Collaborative Culture
11 40 (9.11%) Full-Stack Development
12 39 (8.88%) Customer Service
13 38 (8.66%) Roadmaps
14 37 (8.43%) Coaching
15 33 (7.52%) Analytics
16 31 (7.06%) CI/CD
17 30 (6.83%) DevOps
17 30 (6.83%) Risk Management
18 29 (6.61%) B2B Sales
Programming Languages
1 54 (12.30%) JavaScript
2 48 (10.93%) SQL
3 39 (8.88%) TypeScript
4 36 (8.20%) Python
5 14 (3.19%) Bash
6 11 (2.51%) C#
6 11 (2.51%) Java
7 9 (2.05%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.05%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.37%) Bicep
8 6 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.68%) C++
9 3 (0.68%) Perl
9 3 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.23%) Delphi
10 1 (0.23%) Go
10 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.23%) Pascal
10 1 (0.23%) VBA
10 1 (0.23%) VC++
Qualifications
1 82 (18.68%) Degree
2 43 (9.79%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.56%) DV Cleared
4 15 (3.42%) CISSP
5 14 (3.19%) CISM
5 14 (3.19%) SC Cleared
6 11 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (1.82%) CISA
7 8 (1.82%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.59%) CRISC
8 7 (1.59%) ISACA
9 6 (1.37%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.37%) PMP
10 4 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.91%) CCSP
10 4 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (0.91%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.68%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.24%) Accessibility
1 23 (5.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (4.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 21 (4.78%) GDPR
3 18 (4.10%) QA
4 16 (3.64%) Data Quality
5 14 (3.19%) NIST
6 9 (2.05%) GRC
6 9 (2.05%) PCI DSS
6 9 (2.05%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.82%) COBIT
8 7 (1.59%) SOC 1
9 5 (1.14%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.91%) SLA
11 3 (0.68%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.68%) PMO
12 2 (0.46%) NCSC
12 2 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.28%) Docker
3 9 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.37%) vSphere
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.82%) Terraform
3 7 (1.59%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.68%) Ansible
4 3 (0.68%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.68%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 88 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.33%) SAP
3 17 (3.87%) Cisco
4 14 (3.19%) Oracle
5 13 (2.96%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.51%) Adobe
7 9 (2.05%) Dell
7 9 (2.05%) HP
8 8 (1.82%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.37%) F5
9 6 (1.37%) Juniper
9 6 (1.37%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.37%) ScienceLogic
9 6 (1.37%) VMware
10 5 (1.14%) Google
10 5 (1.14%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.14%) Sage
11 4 (0.91%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.91%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.68%) Planview