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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 148 91
Rank change year-on-year +30 -57 +30
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 380 328 950
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.25% 2.40% 3.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.47% 5.73% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 209 171 697
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +8.02% -9.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £41,235
% change year-on-year -28.57% +27.32% -22.56%

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 5,873 5,728 11,027
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.83% 41.97% 36.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,595 3,594 9,010
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £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 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -15.38%

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 16 March 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 12 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.63%) Apache
2 10 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.37%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.58%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (1.58%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (1.58%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.05%) Confluence
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.26%) Moodle
6 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (12.11%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (8.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.53%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.26%) InDesign
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.58%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.32%) Shopify
4 1 (0.26%) Endur
4 1 (0.26%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 61 (16.05%) Azure
2 38 (10.00%) AWS
3 34 (8.95%) SaaS
4 31 (8.16%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.00%) Azure Data Factory
7 17 (4.47%) GCP
8 12 (3.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 12 (3.16%) Entra ID
8 12 (3.16%) GitHub
9 10 (2.63%) OpenShift
10 9 (2.37%) Amazon Kinesis
10 9 (2.37%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.37%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.84%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (1.58%) Apigee
13 6 (1.58%) Google Docs
13 6 (1.58%) Kong
14 5 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.68%) Firewall
2 13 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (2.63%) DHCP
3 10 (2.63%) WAN
4 9 (2.37%) DNS
4 9 (2.37%) LAN
5 7 (1.84%) Internet
6 6 (1.58%) Broadband
6 6 (1.58%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (1.58%) VLAN
7 5 (1.32%) VPN
8 4 (1.05%) LTE
8 4 (1.05%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.05%) WLAN
9 3 (0.79%) DOCSIS
9 3 (0.79%) DSL
9 3 (0.79%) GPON
9 3 (0.79%) IPv4
9 3 (0.79%) IPv6
9 3 (0.79%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.37%) Power BI
2 17 (4.47%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (3.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (3.16%) Tableau
6 10 (2.63%) Metadata
7 9 (2.37%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (2.37%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.37%) Apache Iceberg
8 7 (1.84%) MySQL
9 6 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.32%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.79%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
13 2 (0.53%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.53%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (5.53%) Git
2 13 (3.42%) JIRA
3 6 (1.58%) GitLab
3 6 (1.58%) Selenium
3 6 (1.58%) WebDriver
4 5 (1.32%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.79%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.79%) JMeter
5 3 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.79%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.79%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.53%) Postman
6 2 (0.53%) Storybook
7 1 (0.26%) git-flow
7 1 (0.26%) JUnit
7 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 228 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 120 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 101 (26.58%) Finance
4 52 (13.68%) Presentation Skills
5 44 (11.58%) Public Sector
6 42 (11.05%) Organisational Skills
7 40 (10.53%) Marketing
8 29 (7.63%) Law
9 25 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (6.32%) Manufacturing
11 21 (5.53%) Billing
12 17 (4.47%) Telecoms
13 16 (4.21%) Retail
14 15 (3.95%) Electronics
14 15 (3.95%) Financial Institution
15 13 (3.42%) Banking
16 12 (3.16%) Legal
17 8 (2.11%) Automotive
18 7 (1.84%) Advertising
18 7 (1.84%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 55 (14.47%) Analyst
2 46 (12.11%) Support Engineer
3 37 (9.74%) Architect
3 37 (9.74%) Technical Support
4 36 (9.47%) Technical Engineer
4 36 (9.47%) Technical Support Engineer
5 33 (8.68%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (7.37%) Senior
7 21 (5.53%) Account Manager
8 20 (5.26%) IT Support
8 20 (5.26%) Sales Executive
9 17 (4.47%) Developer
10 16 (4.21%) Lead
10 16 (4.21%) Sales Manager
11 12 (3.16%) Business Analyst
11 12 (3.16%) Business Development Manager
11 12 (3.16%) Business Manager
11 12 (3.16%) Commercial Analyst
11 12 (3.16%) Development Manager
11 12 (3.16%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.16%) REST
2 11 (2.89%) XML
3 10 (2.63%) HTML
4 9 (2.37%) JSON
4 9 (2.37%) Kafka
4 9 (2.37%) RESTful
5 6 (1.58%) Jinja
5 6 (1.58%) OpenAPI
5 6 (1.58%) Swagger
5 6 (1.58%) YAML
5 6 (1.58%) YANG
6 5 (1.32%) .NET
6 5 (1.32%) Node.js
6 5 (1.32%) Playwright
6 5 (1.32%) React
7 4 (1.05%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.05%) CSS
7 4 (1.05%) HEVC
7 4 (1.05%) Web Services
8 3 (0.79%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.79%) Onboarding
2 26 (6.84%) Analytical Mindset
2 26 (6.84%) Virtual Team
3 18 (4.74%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.47%) Social Media
5 13 (3.42%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.42%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.37%) Blog
7 8 (2.11%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (2.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 7 (1.84%) Low-Code
8 7 (1.84%) Video Conferencing
9 6 (1.58%) Solar Energy
9 6 (1.58%) Web Conferencing
10 5 (1.32%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.32%) PMI
11 4 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.74%) Windows
2 22 (5.79%) Linux
3 11 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.63%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.84%) Unix
6 6 (1.58%) Android
6 6 (1.58%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.58%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.05%) OpenWrt
8 2 (0.53%) Debian
9 1 (0.26%) AIX
9 1 (0.26%) CentOS
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (22.89%) Analytics
3 82 (21.58%) Decision-Making
4 75 (19.74%) Business Development
5 72 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 72 (18.95%) CRM
6 65 (17.11%) Agile
7 59 (15.53%) B2B
8 53 (13.95%) Customer Experience
9 48 (12.63%) Customer Service
10 47 (12.37%) AI
11 46 (12.11%) Coaching
12 44 (11.58%) Collaborative Culture
12 44 (11.58%) Project Management
13 39 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
14 37 (9.74%) Strategic Thinking
15 34 (8.95%) DevOps
15 34 (8.95%) Software Engineering
16 32 (8.42%) Mentoring
16 32 (8.42%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 55 (14.47%) SQL
2 34 (8.95%) Python
3 19 (5.00%) JavaScript
4 16 (4.21%) Java
5 15 (3.95%) C#
6 13 (3.42%) Bash
6 13 (3.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (2.37%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.58%) C++
8 6 (1.58%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.32%) C
10 4 (1.05%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.79%) PHP
11 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.79%) VBA
11 3 (0.79%) VC++
12 2 (0.53%) Bicep
12 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.26%) Go
13 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 95 (25.00%) Degree
2 35 (9.21%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.32%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.11%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.84%) CFA
7 6 (1.58%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.79%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.79%) PMP
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.53%) CCNP
9 2 (0.53%) CISA
9 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.53%) CISM
9 2 (0.53%) CISSP
9 2 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.89%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.00%) QA
3 14 (3.68%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.63%) GDPR
5 6 (1.58%) IFRS
6 4 (1.05%) EMIR
6 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.05%) WCAG
7 3 (0.79%) NIST
7 3 (0.79%) SLA
8 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.53%) GMP
8 2 (0.53%) GRC
8 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.53%) PMO
8 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.26%) COBIT
9 1 (0.26%) P3O
System Software
1 28 (7.37%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.58%) Docker
3 5 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.79%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.26%) iptables
Systems Management
1 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.58%) Ansible
2 6 (1.58%) Terraform
3 5 (1.32%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.53%) SCOM
5 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 62 (16.32%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.95%) Oracle
3 13 (3.42%) Google
4 11 (2.89%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.37%) Autodesk
5 9 (2.37%) Cisco
6 7 (1.84%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.58%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.58%) Dell
7 6 (1.58%) F5
7 6 (1.58%) HP
7 6 (1.58%) Juniper
7 6 (1.58%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.05%) HubSpot
8 4 (1.05%) VMware
9 3 (0.79%) Adobe
9 3 (0.79%) Intel
9 3 (0.79%) SAP
9 3 (0.79%) Splunk
9 3 (0.79%) Veeam