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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 106 107
Rank change year-on-year +17 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 450 558 605
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.95% 2.93% 2.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.40% 7.81% 7.56%
Number of salaries quoted 277 219 437
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% - -

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 5,358 7,147 8,003
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.12% 37.50% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,463 4,113 6,298
10th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £101,625
UK median annual salary £53,600 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.67% -4.00% -

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 December 2025.

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 11 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.67%) Confluence
4 2 (0.44%) IIS
4 2 (0.44%) WordPress
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.22%) Moodle
Applications
1 54 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (9.56%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.56%) Photoshop
5 6 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.67%) Blender
6 3 (0.67%) InDesign
7 2 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.22%) Civil 3D
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.22%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.22%) Revit
8 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.22%) NetSuite
2 9 (2.00%) Shopify
3 5 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.11%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.22%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.22%) Endur
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 57 (12.67%) Azure
2 43 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (9.56%) Power Platform
3 26 (5.78%) SaaS
4 19 (4.22%) AWS
4 19 (4.22%) Azure Data Factory
5 15 (3.33%) GitHub
5 15 (3.33%) Power Automate
6 12 (2.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 11 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.00%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
11 7 (1.56%) GitHub Copilot
11 7 (1.56%) OneDrive
11 7 (1.56%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (1.11%) Google Analytics
14 4 (0.89%) GCP
15 3 (0.67%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.67%) Firewall
1 12 (2.67%) VoIP
1 12 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (2.44%) VPN
3 10 (2.22%) Internet
4 9 (2.00%) Broadband
4 9 (2.00%) WAN
5 8 (1.78%) DNS
5 8 (1.78%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.56%) DHCP
6 7 (1.56%) VLAN
7 5 (1.11%) Ethernet
7 5 (1.11%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.67%) 5G
8 3 (0.67%) ADSL
8 3 (0.67%) G.fast
8 3 (0.67%) IPv4
8 3 (0.67%) LAN
8 3 (0.67%) PPP
8 3 (0.67%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (9.11%) Power BI
2 31 (6.89%) SQL Server
3 14 (3.11%) GIS
3 14 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 13 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (2.44%) Geospatial Data
6 8 (1.78%) MySQL
7 6 (1.33%) MariaDB
7 6 (1.33%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.89%) Tableau
10 3 (0.67%) QGIS
11 2 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.22%) FileMaker
12 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.22%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (3.78%) Selenium
2 16 (3.56%) JIRA
2 16 (3.56%) WebDriver
3 14 (3.11%) Git
4 9 (2.00%) Postman
4 9 (2.00%) SoapUI
4 9 (2.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (1.78%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.67%) JMeter
8 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.44%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.44%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.44%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.22%) JUnit
9 1 (0.22%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.22%) TestNG
9 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 270 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 137 (30.44%) Finance
3 134 (29.78%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (13.78%) Presentation Skills
5 57 (12.67%) Marketing
6 47 (10.44%) Public Sector
7 36 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (5.78%) Billing
9 25 (5.56%) Manufacturing
10 24 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (4.89%) Law
12 21 (4.67%) Legal
13 17 (3.78%) Telecoms
14 15 (3.33%) Retail
15 12 (2.67%) Advertising
16 8 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.78%) Financial Institution
16 8 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.78%) Local Government
17 7 (1.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 66 (14.67%) Analyst
2 50 (11.11%) Technical Support
3 40 (8.89%) Support Engineer
4 37 (8.22%) Technical Engineer
4 37 (8.22%) Technical Support Engineer
5 35 (7.78%) IT Support
6 31 (6.89%) Architect
7 28 (6.22%) Solutions Architect
7 28 (6.22%) Support Technician
8 24 (5.33%) IT Support Technician
8 24 (5.33%) IT Technician
9 23 (5.11%) Sales Executive
10 22 (4.89%) Senior
11 21 (4.67%) Support Analyst
12 20 (4.44%) Developer
13 19 (4.22%) Administrator
13 19 (4.22%) Lead
14 18 (4.00%) Account Manager
15 17 (3.78%) Development Manager
15 17 (3.78%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.78%) .NET
2 16 (3.56%) HTML
3 10 (2.22%) SOAP
4 7 (1.56%) Playwright
5 6 (1.33%) Node.js
6 5 (1.11%) XML
7 4 (0.89%) JSON
7 4 (0.89%) Vue
8 3 (0.67%) CSS
8 3 (0.67%) FreeSWITCH
8 3 (0.67%) REST
8 3 (0.67%) Web Services
9 2 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (0.44%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.44%) RESTful
9 2 (0.44%) Swagger
9 2 (0.44%) YAML
10 1 (0.22%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.22%) PyTorch
10 1 (0.22%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 52 (11.56%) Onboarding
2 27 (6.00%) Virtual Team
3 26 (5.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (4.44%) Management Information System
5 19 (4.22%) Driving Licence
6 15 (3.33%) Social Media
7 10 (2.22%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.56%) IoT
9 7 (1.56%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.11%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.89%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.89%) Web Conferencing
12 3 (0.67%) Blog
12 3 (0.67%) EPoS
12 3 (0.67%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.67%) NHS
12 3 (0.67%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 71 (15.78%) Windows
2 26 (5.78%) Windows 10
3 24 (5.33%) Apple iOS
4 22 (4.89%) Linux
5 13 (2.89%) Windows 7
6 6 (1.33%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.11%) Mac OS X
7 5 (1.11%) Windows Server
8 4 (0.89%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.44%) Unix
9 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.22%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (45.78%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (19.78%) Decision-Making
3 80 (17.78%) Analytics
4 79 (17.56%) Customer Service
5 77 (17.11%) Business Development
6 75 (16.67%) Agile
7 72 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 71 (15.78%) CRM
9 70 (15.56%) B2B
10 51 (11.33%) Mentoring
11 50 (11.11%) Customer Experience
11 50 (11.11%) Time Management
12 49 (10.89%) AI
13 48 (10.67%) Coaching
14 44 (9.78%) User Experience
15 41 (9.11%) Business Intelligence
15 41 (9.11%) Project Management
16 39 (8.67%) Root Cause Analysis
17 37 (8.22%) Creative Problem-Solving
18 35 (7.78%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 80 (17.78%) SQL
2 30 (6.67%) Python
3 28 (6.22%) C#
4 24 (5.33%) Java
5 13 (2.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 10 (2.22%) C++
6 10 (2.22%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.22%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.56%) PHP
8 5 (1.11%) C
8 5 (1.11%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.89%) Bash
9 4 (0.89%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.44%) Bicep
10 2 (0.44%) R
11 1 (0.22%) Ruby
11 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.22%) VBA
11 1 (0.22%) VC++
Qualifications
1 115 (25.56%) Degree
2 39 (8.67%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (4.44%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.89%) DBS Check
5 13 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.44%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.00%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 6 (1.33%) CFA
8 6 (1.33%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.33%) MCSE
9 5 (1.11%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.11%) MCP
9 5 (1.11%) MCSA
10 4 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.67%) AAT
11 3 (0.67%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.89%) QA
2 20 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.56%) SLA
4 8 (1.78%) GDPR
5 7 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.11%) IFRS
6 5 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.89%) PMO
7 4 (0.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.44%) EMIR
8 2 (0.44%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.22%) MiFID
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
9 1 (0.22%) P3O
9 1 (0.22%) PERC
System Software
1 35 (7.78%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.33%) Docker
3 6 (1.33%) Firmware
4 3 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.22%) iptables
6 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.89%) Terraform
4 3 (0.67%) Ansible
5 2 (0.44%) SCOM
6 1 (0.22%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 100 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.67%) Autodesk
2 12 (2.67%) Google
2 12 (2.67%) VMware
3 10 (2.22%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.00%) Oracle
4 9 (2.00%) Xero
5 7 (1.56%) Cisco
6 5 (1.11%) SAP
7 4 (0.89%) Adobe
7 4 (0.89%) Apple
7 4 (0.89%) Fortinet
7 4 (0.89%) HubSpot
7 4 (0.89%) Mercator
7 4 (0.89%) N-able
8 3 (0.67%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.67%) Concur
8 3 (0.67%) JD Edwards
8 3 (0.67%) Trayport
8 3 (0.67%) YouTube