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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 92 133
Rank change year-on-year -18 +41 -10
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 566 632 599
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.46% 3.82% 2.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.51% 8.99% 7.16%
Number of salaries quoted 392 290 386
10th Percentile £28,775 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £35,786
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,355 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -15.51% -7.08%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £77,375
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -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 8,693 7,030 8,369
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.77% 42.44% 33.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5,276 3,610 5,814
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,500 £33,941
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,101
Median % change year-on-year - -0.17% -7.54%
75th Percentile £81,250 £84,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.73%

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 22 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 30 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.59%) CMS
4 7 (1.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.24%) WordPress
5 5 (0.88%) IIS
6 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 39 (6.89%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (5.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.06%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.88%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.88%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.88%) InDesign
7 4 (0.71%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.71%) Revit
7 4 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.18%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 8 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.88%) Primavera
3 3 (0.53%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) JDE World
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 76 (13.43%) Azure
2 51 (9.01%) AWS
2 51 (9.01%) SaaS
3 37 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (4.24%) Entra ID
5 22 (3.89%) Figma
6 21 (3.71%) GCP
7 16 (2.83%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (2.65%) GitHub
9 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (1.41%) Serverless
10 7 (1.24%) IaaS
10 7 (1.24%) PaaS
10 7 (1.24%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.06%) Azure Functions
11 6 (1.06%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.06%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.53%) Firewall
2 17 (3.00%) VPN
3 15 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (2.30%) Broadband
4 13 (2.30%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.94%) DNS
5 11 (1.94%) Internet
6 10 (1.77%) LAN
6 10 (1.77%) WAN
7 9 (1.59%) DHCP
8 8 (1.41%) Network Security
9 7 (1.24%) LTE
10 5 (0.88%) WPA
11 4 (0.71%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.53%) VoIP
13 2 (0.35%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.35%) VLAN
14 1 (0.18%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.12%) Power BI
3 10 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 6 (1.06%) Tableau
6 5 (0.88%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.88%) Metadata
6 5 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.71%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.71%) MySQL
7 4 (0.71%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.53%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.53%) Looker
9 2 (0.35%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.18%) Redis
10 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (7.42%) Git
2 12 (2.12%) JIRA
3 8 (1.41%) JUnit
4 7 (1.24%) Maven
4 7 (1.24%) Mockito
5 6 (1.06%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.06%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.71%) GitLab
7 3 (0.53%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.53%) Mercurial
7 3 (0.53%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.53%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.18%) git-flow
8 1 (0.18%) Mocha
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.18%) Postman
8 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 276 (48.76%) Social Skills
2 125 (22.08%) Marketing
3 120 (21.20%) Finance
4 118 (20.85%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (13.07%) Organisational Skills
6 54 (9.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (9.01%) Public Sector
8 43 (7.60%) Retail
9 40 (7.07%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (5.48%) Law
11 28 (4.95%) Automotive
12 26 (4.59%) Games
13 25 (4.42%) Telecoms
14 23 (4.06%) Legal
15 21 (3.71%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (3.00%) Banking
17 15 (2.65%) French Language
17 15 (2.65%) Manufacturing
18 13 (2.30%) Aerospace
19 11 (1.94%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 64 (11.31%) Developer
2 56 (9.89%) Business Manager
3 54 (9.54%) Business Development Manager
3 54 (9.54%) Development Manager
4 46 (8.13%) Analyst
4 46 (8.13%) Senior
5 32 (5.65%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (4.24%) IT Support
7 20 (3.53%) Sales Executive
8 19 (3.36%) Consultant
8 19 (3.36%) Lead
8 19 (3.36%) Support Engineer
9 18 (3.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 15 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (2.47%) Support Specialist
12 13 (2.30%) Business Development Executive
12 13 (2.30%) Support Analyst
13 12 (2.12%) Technical Manager
14 11 (1.94%) 3rd Line Support
14 11 (1.94%) Account Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.89%) React
2 18 (3.18%) REST
3 14 (2.47%) .NET
4 8 (1.41%) JSON
4 8 (1.41%) Spring
4 8 (1.41%) Web Services
5 7 (1.24%) AngularJS
5 7 (1.24%) HEVC
5 7 (1.24%) Terraform
6 5 (0.88%) CSS
6 5 (0.88%) Django
6 5 (0.88%) HTML
6 5 (0.88%) WebSockets
7 4 (0.71%) COM
7 4 (0.71%) DCOM
7 4 (0.71%) LDAP
7 4 (0.71%) Middleware
7 4 (0.71%) Twisted
7 4 (0.71%) XML
8 3 (0.53%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.83%) Management Information System
2 32 (5.65%) Driving Licence
3 29 (5.12%) Onboarding
4 26 (4.59%) Social Media
5 18 (3.18%) Blog
6 16 (2.83%) Web Conferencing
7 13 (2.30%) FMCG
7 13 (2.30%) Product Ownership
8 12 (2.12%) e-Learning
9 11 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (1.94%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (1.59%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.41%) Cloud Native
12 7 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.24%) FPGA
12 7 (1.24%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.24%) Freedom of Information Act
12 7 (1.24%) Smartcard
13 6 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
13 6 (1.06%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.13%) Windows
2 19 (3.36%) Linux
3 15 (2.65%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.06%) VMS
5 4 (0.71%) Unix
5 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.53%) Android
6 3 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.18%) AIX
7 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.18%) Solaris
7 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (26.15%) Business Development
2 140 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (22.61%) CRM
4 95 (16.78%) AI
4 95 (16.78%) Decision-Making
5 89 (15.72%) Agile
6 85 (15.02%) B2B
7 64 (11.31%) Mentoring
8 61 (10.78%) Customer Service
9 58 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (9.72%) Cybersecurity
11 54 (9.54%) Collaborative Culture
11 54 (9.54%) Full-Stack Development
12 46 (8.13%) Business Strategy
13 42 (7.42%) B2B Sales
14 41 (7.24%) CI/CD
14 41 (7.24%) Coaching
14 41 (7.24%) Customer Experience
15 40 (7.07%) Roadmaps
15 40 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (11.66%) JavaScript
2 58 (10.25%) SQL
3 48 (8.48%) TypeScript
4 35 (6.18%) Python
5 16 (2.83%) Java
6 14 (2.47%) Bash
7 11 (1.94%) C#
8 10 (1.77%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.41%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.24%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.06%) Bicep
11 6 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.53%) C++
12 3 (0.53%) Perl
12 3 (0.53%) R
13 1 (0.18%) Delphi
13 1 (0.18%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.18%) Pascal
13 1 (0.18%) VBA
13 1 (0.18%) VC++
Qualifications
1 83 (14.66%) Degree
2 63 (11.13%) Security Cleared
3 33 (5.83%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.89%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.83%) CISSP
7 13 (2.30%) CISM
8 12 (2.12%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.41%) Chartered Engineer
10 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.41%) PMP
11 7 (1.24%) CISA
11 7 (1.24%) CRISC
11 7 (1.24%) ISACA
12 6 (1.06%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.06%) CCNA
12 6 (1.06%) CCNP
12 6 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.13%) Accessibility
2 28 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (4.59%) QA
4 25 (4.42%) GDPR
5 21 (3.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (3.18%) Data Quality
7 13 (2.30%) NIST
8 10 (1.77%) GRC
9 8 (1.41%) ISO 9001
9 8 (1.41%) PCI DSS
10 7 (1.24%) COBIT
10 7 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 7 (1.24%) SOC 1
10 7 (1.24%) SOC 2
11 6 (1.06%) SLA
12 5 (0.88%) NCSC
12 5 (0.88%) PMO
13 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.71%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.53%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 34 (6.01%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.53%) Docker
3 9 (1.59%) Firmware
4 8 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.06%) vSphere
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.30%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.53%) Ansible
3 3 (0.53%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 118 (20.85%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.59%) SAP
3 21 (3.71%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.36%) Oracle
5 18 (3.18%) HubSpot
6 17 (3.00%) Cisco
7 11 (1.94%) Adobe
7 11 (1.94%) Google
8 6 (1.06%) ScienceLogic
8 6 (1.06%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.06%) VMware
9 5 (0.88%) Sage
10 4 (0.71%) Dell
10 4 (0.71%) HP
10 4 (0.71%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.71%) YouTube
11 3 (0.53%) Apple
11 3 (0.53%) Juniper
11 3 (0.53%) Perforce
11 3 (0.53%) Planview