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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 103 111
Rank change year-on-year -33 +8 +24
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 391 559 919
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.96% 3.65% 2.66%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.37% 8.16% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 264 229 699
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.16% -10.91%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £63,375
90th Percentile £72,500 £87,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,208 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.69% +6.25% -23.81%

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 7,278 6,848 12,078
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.56% 44.67% 34.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,463 3,444 9,312
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
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 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 June 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 20 (5.12%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.30%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.30%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.30%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.05%) Apache
5 7 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (1.79%) WordPress
6 5 (1.28%) CMS
7 3 (0.77%) Confluence
7 3 (0.77%) IIS
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 46 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (6.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.77%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.77%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.26%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 13 (3.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.28%) Primavera
3 2 (0.51%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 56 (14.32%) Azure
2 45 (11.51%) AWS
3 26 (6.65%) SaaS
4 21 (5.37%) GCP
4 21 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (4.60%) Entra ID
6 16 (4.09%) Power Platform
7 13 (3.32%) GitHub
8 9 (2.30%) Figma
9 8 (2.05%) OpenShift
9 8 (2.05%) Serverless
10 7 (1.79%) Amazon Kinesis
10 7 (1.79%) Amazon S3
10 7 (1.79%) Canva
11 6 (1.53%) Apigee
11 6 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.53%) Kong
11 6 (1.53%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.53%) Smartsheet
12 5 (1.28%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.35%) Firewall
2 15 (3.84%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (3.07%) Broadband
3 12 (3.07%) DNS
4 11 (2.81%) DHCP
4 11 (2.81%) VPN
5 10 (2.56%) Internet
6 7 (1.79%) LTE
6 7 (1.79%) WAN
7 6 (1.53%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.53%) Network Security
8 5 (1.28%) LAN
8 5 (1.28%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.77%) DMARC
9 3 (0.77%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.51%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.26%) CHAP
11 1 (0.26%) SNMP
11 1 (0.26%) Wireless
11 1 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.58%) Power BI
2 11 (2.81%) Tableau
3 9 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.05%) Metadata
4 8 (2.05%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.79%) Amazon Athena
5 7 (1.79%) Amazon QuickSight
5 7 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (1.79%) Apache Iceberg
5 7 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.28%) MySQL
6 5 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.77%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.26%) Big Data
9 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.26%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (7.93%) Git
2 12 (3.07%) JIRA
3 6 (1.53%) GitLab
4 3 (0.77%) JUnit
4 3 (0.77%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.51%) Maven
5 2 (0.51%) Mockito
5 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.26%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.26%) git-flow
6 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.26%) JMeter
6 1 (0.26%) Postman
6 1 (0.26%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.26%) Selenium
6 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.26%) Storybook
6 1 (0.26%) WebDriver
General
1 175 (44.76%) Social Skills
2 75 (19.18%) Finance
3 73 (18.67%) Marketing
4 71 (18.16%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (16.88%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (6.91%) Automotive
8 26 (6.65%) Public Sector
9 25 (6.39%) Retail
10 21 (5.37%) Law
11 20 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (5.12%) Telecoms
12 18 (4.60%) Banking
13 15 (3.84%) Electronics
13 15 (3.84%) Games
14 11 (2.81%) Manufacturing
15 10 (2.56%) Legal
16 9 (2.30%) Multimedia
17 7 (1.79%) Financial Institution
17 7 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (11.51%) Senior
2 40 (10.23%) Developer
3 37 (9.46%) Analyst
4 30 (7.67%) Business Manager
5 28 (7.16%) Business Development Manager
5 28 (7.16%) Development Manager
5 28 (7.16%) Support Engineer
6 16 (4.09%) Full-Stack Developer
7 15 (3.84%) Lead
7 15 (3.84%) Sales Executive
8 14 (3.58%) IT Support
8 14 (3.58%) Technical Engineer
9 13 (3.32%) Technical Support
9 13 (3.32%) Technical Support Engineer
10 12 (3.07%) Business Development Executive
11 11 (2.81%) Account Manager
11 11 (2.81%) Consultant
11 11 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (2.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 9 (2.30%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.44%) React
2 18 (4.60%) REST
3 11 (2.81%) HTML
3 11 (2.81%) JSON
4 9 (2.30%) Web Services
4 9 (2.30%) XML
5 7 (1.79%) .NET
5 7 (1.79%) HEVC
5 7 (1.79%) Kafka
6 6 (1.53%) CSS
6 6 (1.53%) Django
6 6 (1.53%) Jinja
6 6 (1.53%) RESTful
6 6 (1.53%) WebSockets
6 6 (1.53%) YAML
6 6 (1.53%) YANG
7 5 (1.28%) Twisted
8 4 (1.02%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.02%) EDI
8 4 (1.02%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.93%) Onboarding
2 26 (6.65%) Management Information System
3 21 (5.37%) Social Media
4 20 (5.12%) Driving Licence
5 13 (3.32%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.07%) Blog
6 12 (3.07%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (3.07%) Web Conferencing
7 9 (2.30%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.79%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.79%) FMCG
9 6 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.53%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.28%) PMI
10 5 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
11 4 (1.02%) Freedom of Information Act
11 4 (1.02%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.21%) Windows
2 20 (5.12%) Linux
3 16 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.30%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.30%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (2.05%) Unix
6 6 (1.53%) Android
7 4 (1.02%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.77%) VMS
9 2 (0.51%) AIX
9 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.26%) CentOS
10 1 (0.26%) Debian
10 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.26%) Solaris
10 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (25.83%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (24.81%) Business Development
3 83 (21.23%) CRM
4 61 (15.60%) Agile
5 54 (13.81%) AI
6 51 (13.04%) B2B
7 44 (11.25%) Decision-Making
8 41 (10.49%) Cybersecurity
9 37 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (9.21%) Collaborative Culture
11 35 (8.95%) Analytics
11 35 (8.95%) Customer Service
12 34 (8.70%) Coaching
12 34 (8.70%) Mentoring
13 32 (8.18%) Roadmaps
14 31 (7.93%) Full-Stack Development
15 30 (7.67%) CI/CD
16 28 (7.16%) DevOps
17 27 (6.91%) B2B Sales
18 26 (6.65%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.02%) JavaScript
2 46 (11.76%) SQL
3 39 (9.97%) Python
4 31 (7.93%) TypeScript
5 14 (3.58%) Bash
6 13 (3.32%) Java
7 9 (2.30%) C#
8 8 (2.05%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.53%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.28%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.77%) Bicep
11 3 (0.77%) C++
11 3 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.77%) Perl
12 1 (0.26%) Go
12 1 (0.26%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.26%) VBA
12 1 (0.26%) VC++
Qualifications
1 81 (20.72%) Degree
2 38 (9.72%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.60%) DV Cleared
4 11 (2.81%) SC Cleared
5 10 (2.56%) CISSP
5 10 (2.56%) DBS Check
6 9 (2.30%) CISM
7 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.05%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.53%) PMP
10 5 (1.28%) CISA
10 5 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.02%) CRISC
11 4 (1.02%) ISACA
12 3 (0.77%) CAPM
12 3 (0.77%) CCNP
12 3 (0.77%) CCSP
12 3 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.12%) Accessibility
2 19 (4.86%) Data Quality
2 19 (4.86%) QA
3 14 (3.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (3.07%) GDPR
4 12 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.56%) NIST
6 6 (1.53%) GRC
6 6 (1.53%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.53%) SOC 2
7 5 (1.28%) COBIT
8 4 (1.02%) SOC 1
9 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.77%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.77%) PMO
9 3 (0.77%) SLA
9 3 (0.77%) WCAG
10 2 (0.51%) GMP
11 1 (0.26%) IFRS
11 1 (0.26%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 27 (6.91%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.56%) Docker
3 8 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.77%) vSphere
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.26%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.28%) Terraform
4 3 (0.77%) Ansible
4 3 (0.77%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.77%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 80 (20.46%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.86%) SAP
3 17 (4.35%) Cisco
4 16 (4.09%) Oracle
5 12 (3.07%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.30%) Dell
6 9 (2.30%) HP
7 8 (2.05%) Adobe
7 8 (2.05%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.53%) F5
8 6 (1.53%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.53%) Juniper
8 6 (1.53%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.28%) Google
10 4 (1.02%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.02%) Sage
11 3 (0.77%) Citrix
11 3 (0.77%) Planview
11 3 (0.77%) Veeam
11 3 (0.77%) VMware