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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 88 132
Rank change year-on-year -12 +44 -17
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 655 632 560
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.64% 3.83% 2.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.94% 9.17% 7.25%
Number of salaries quoted 448 304 245
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £85,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £39,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.97% -22.00% -4.76%

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 9,432 6,895 7,721
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.06% 41.74% 33.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5,487 3,503 4,609
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,667 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £81,375 £85,000 £89,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% -8.33% -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 26 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 30 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.53%) CMS
4 7 (1.07%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.07%) WordPress
5 5 (0.76%) IIS
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.15%) Apache
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 50 (7.63%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (6.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (3.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.92%) Navisworks
6 6 (0.92%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.92%) Revit
6 6 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.76%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.76%) InDesign
8 3 (0.46%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.15%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 9 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.76%) Primavera
2 5 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.46%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 3 (0.46%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.46%) Sage 50
4 2 (0.31%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.15%) JDE World
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 68 (10.38%) Azure
2 67 (10.23%) SaaS
3 42 (6.41%) AWS
4 41 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (3.36%) Entra ID
6 18 (2.75%) Figma
7 16 (2.44%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (2.29%) GCP
9 11 (1.68%) GitHub
10 7 (1.07%) ChatGPT
10 7 (1.07%) IaaS
10 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
10 7 (1.07%) PaaS
10 7 (1.07%) Snowflake
11 6 (0.92%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.92%) Serverless
11 6 (0.92%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.90%) Firewall
2 18 (2.75%) VPN
3 15 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (2.14%) Broadband
5 13 (1.98%) LAN
5 13 (1.98%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.98%) WAN
6 9 (1.37%) DNS
6 9 (1.37%) Network Security
7 8 (1.22%) Internet
8 7 (1.07%) DHCP
9 5 (0.76%) WPA
10 4 (0.61%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.46%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.46%) VoIP
11 3 (0.46%) Wireless
12 2 (0.31%) Bluetooth
12 2 (0.31%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.31%) RS-422
12 2 (0.31%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.98%) Power BI
2 12 (1.83%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.76%) Data Mining
5 5 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.76%) Metadata
5 5 (0.76%) Tableau
6 4 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (0.61%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.61%) MySQL
6 4 (0.61%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.46%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.46%) Looker
8 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (5.65%) Git
2 14 (2.14%) JIRA
3 7 (1.07%) JUnit
3 7 (1.07%) Maven
3 7 (1.07%) Mockito
4 6 (0.92%) Bitbucket
4 6 (0.92%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.46%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.46%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.46%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.46%) TeamCity
5 3 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.15%) GitLab
6 1 (0.15%) Mocha
6 1 (0.15%) Postman
General
1 338 (51.60%) Social Skills
2 164 (25.04%) Marketing
3 149 (22.75%) Finance
4 127 (19.39%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (12.06%) Organisational Skills
6 68 (10.38%) Retail
7 57 (8.70%) Public Sector
8 56 (8.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 55 (8.40%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (5.50%) Legal
11 34 (5.19%) Games
12 31 (4.73%) Law
12 31 (4.73%) Manufacturing
13 30 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
14 29 (4.43%) Telecoms
15 27 (4.12%) Automotive
16 23 (3.51%) French Language
17 21 (3.21%) Banking
18 18 (2.75%) Aerospace
19 16 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 66 (10.08%) Developer
2 62 (9.47%) Business Manager
3 60 (9.16%) Business Development Manager
3 60 (9.16%) Development Manager
4 49 (7.48%) Analyst
5 48 (7.33%) Senior
6 31 (4.73%) Full-Stack Developer
7 26 (3.97%) Sales Executive
8 24 (3.66%) IT Support
9 22 (3.36%) Consultant
10 21 (3.21%) Lead
11 17 (2.60%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 16 (2.44%) Business Development Executive
12 16 (2.44%) Support Specialist
13 15 (2.29%) Account Executive
13 15 (2.29%) Recruitment Consultant
13 15 (2.29%) Sales Representative
13 15 (2.29%) Support Engineer
14 14 (2.14%) IT Analyst
14 14 (2.14%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (7.63%) React
2 14 (2.14%) .NET
3 11 (1.68%) REST
4 8 (1.22%) AngularJS
4 8 (1.22%) Middleware
5 7 (1.07%) Spring
5 7 (1.07%) Terraform
6 5 (0.76%) CSS
6 5 (0.76%) HTML
6 5 (0.76%) JSON
6 5 (0.76%) Web Services
7 4 (0.61%) COM
7 4 (0.61%) DCOM
7 4 (0.61%) LDAP
8 3 (0.46%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.46%) EDI
8 3 (0.46%) RESTful
8 3 (0.46%) TensorFlow
9 2 (0.31%) HEVC
9 2 (0.31%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.48%) Driving Licence
2 43 (6.56%) Management Information System
3 41 (6.26%) Onboarding
4 34 (5.19%) Social Media
5 28 (4.27%) Web Conferencing
6 17 (2.60%) Blog
7 16 (2.44%) Podcast
8 13 (1.98%) FMCG
9 12 (1.83%) e-Learning
10 11 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (1.68%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.68%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.53%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.37%) Product Ownership
12 9 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.22%) Cloud Native
14 7 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.07%) Freedom of Information
14 7 (1.07%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.26%) Windows
2 14 (2.14%) Linux
3 12 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.92%) VMS
5 3 (0.46%) Android
5 3 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.31%) VxWorks
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.15%) AIX
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Solaris
7 1 (0.15%) Unix
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (26.41%) CRM
2 169 (25.80%) Business Development
3 150 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (18.47%) Decision-Making
5 112 (17.10%) AI
6 102 (15.57%) B2B
7 97 (14.81%) Agile
8 88 (13.44%) Customer Service
9 79 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (11.15%) Mentoring
11 61 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
12 59 (9.01%) Collaborative Culture
12 59 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
13 57 (8.70%) Business Strategy
13 57 (8.70%) Customer Experience
14 54 (8.24%) Coaching
15 53 (8.09%) B2B Sales
16 51 (7.79%) Lead Generation
17 50 (7.63%) Time Management
18 48 (7.33%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 57 (8.70%) JavaScript
2 52 (7.94%) SQL
3 42 (6.41%) TypeScript
4 24 (3.66%) Python
5 16 (2.44%) Java
6 14 (2.14%) Bash
7 10 (1.53%) C#
8 9 (1.37%) T-SQL
9 7 (1.07%) Bicep
9 7 (1.07%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.07%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.61%) C++
12 3 (0.46%) Perl
12 3 (0.46%) R
13 2 (0.31%) C
14 1 (0.15%) Delphi
14 1 (0.15%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.15%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.15%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 89 (13.59%) Degree
2 63 (9.62%) Security Cleared
3 36 (5.50%) SC Cleared
4 30 (4.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 19 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.75%) DBS Check
7 16 (2.44%) CISSP
8 13 (1.98%) CISM
9 11 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.37%) PMP
11 8 (1.22%) Chartered Engineer
12 7 (1.07%) CCNA
12 7 (1.07%) CCNP
12 7 (1.07%) CISA
12 7 (1.07%) CRISC
12 7 (1.07%) ISACA
13 6 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (0.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.72%) Accessibility
2 29 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (3.82%) GDPR
4 24 (3.66%) QA
5 20 (3.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (2.75%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.98%) NIST
8 12 (1.83%) PMO
9 11 (1.68%) ISO 9001
10 10 (1.53%) GRC
11 9 (1.37%) PCI DSS
12 7 (1.07%) COBIT
12 7 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 7 (1.07%) SLA
12 7 (1.07%) SOC 1
12 7 (1.07%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.92%) ISO 19650
14 5 (0.76%) ISO 22301
14 5 (0.76%) NCSC
15 4 (0.61%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 33 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.44%) Docker
3 11 (1.68%) Firmware
4 6 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.92%) vSphere
5 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.31%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.83%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.46%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 141 (21.53%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.04%) SAP
3 32 (4.89%) Salesforce
4 30 (4.58%) HubSpot
5 22 (3.36%) Google
6 16 (2.44%) Oracle
6 16 (2.44%) YouTube
7 15 (2.29%) Cisco
8 12 (1.83%) Adobe
9 9 (1.37%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.22%) Sage
11 6 (0.92%) ScienceLogic
11 6 (0.92%) VMware
12 3 (0.46%) Apple
12 3 (0.46%) Marketo
12 3 (0.46%) Pardot
12 3 (0.46%) Perforce
12 3 (0.46%) Planview
13 2 (0.31%) JD Edwards
13 2 (0.31%) Thales