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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 100 119
Rank change year-on-year -24 +19 +18
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 473 601 705
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.18% 3.65% 2.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.77% 8.50% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 332 257 524
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,550 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,700 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -14.86% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57,352 £73,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £93,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,371
% change year-on-year - -4.22% -17.83%

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 8,204 7,067 9,969
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.85% 42.86% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,063 3,640 7,417
10th Percentile £34,550 £31,250 £32,898
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,783
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,763 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% +2.94% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £58,446 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.65% +4.55% -15.14%

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 23 July 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 25 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (1.48%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (1.48%) WordPress
4 6 (1.27%) CMS
5 5 (1.06%) IIS
6 3 (0.63%) Confluence
6 3 (0.63%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.42%) Apache
7 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 41 (8.67%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (1.48%) Photoshop
6 6 (1.27%) Chatbot
6 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (1.06%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (1.06%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (1.06%) InDesign
8 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 13 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.06%) Primavera
3 4 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.42%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.21%) JDE World
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 65 (13.74%) Azure
2 41 (8.67%) AWS
3 33 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (6.98%) SaaS
4 21 (4.44%) Entra ID
5 20 (4.23%) GCP
6 17 (3.59%) Power Platform
7 15 (3.17%) GitHub
8 14 (2.96%) Figma
9 13 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.90%) Serverless
11 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.48%) Canva
12 7 (1.48%) IaaS
12 7 (1.48%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.48%) PaaS
13 6 (1.27%) Apigee
13 6 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (1.27%) Azure Functions
13 6 (1.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.38%) Firewall
2 15 (3.17%) VPN
3 14 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.54%) Broadband
4 12 (2.54%) DNS
5 11 (2.33%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.11%) DHCP
6 10 (2.11%) Internet
7 7 (1.48%) LTE
7 7 (1.48%) WAN
8 6 (1.27%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.27%) LAN
9 5 (1.06%) Network Security
9 5 (1.06%) WPA
10 3 (0.63%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.42%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.21%) HTTP
12 1 (0.21%) Intranet
12 1 (0.21%) SNMP
12 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.75%) Power BI
2 12 (2.54%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.27%) Metadata
5 6 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.06%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.06%) Tableau
7 4 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.63%) MySQL
9 2 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.42%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.42%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.21%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 34 (7.19%) Git
2 14 (2.96%) JIRA
3 6 (1.27%) GitLab
4 4 (0.85%) JUnit
5 3 (0.63%) Maven
5 3 (0.63%) Mockito
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.42%) Postman
6 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.21%) git-flow
7 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 209 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 90 (19.03%) Marketing
3 89 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (18.82%) Finance
4 67 (14.16%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.77%) Public Sector
6 32 (6.77%) Retail
7 30 (6.34%) Automotive
8 29 (6.13%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (5.07%) Law
10 22 (4.65%) Telecoms
11 20 (4.23%) Banking
12 19 (4.02%) Legal
13 16 (3.38%) Games
13 16 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (3.17%) Electronics
14 15 (3.17%) Manufacturing
15 12 (2.54%) Multimedia
16 8 (1.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 54 (11.42%) Developer
2 47 (9.94%) Analyst
3 46 (9.73%) Business Manager
4 44 (9.30%) Business Development Manager
4 44 (9.30%) Development Manager
5 41 (8.67%) Senior
6 28 (5.92%) Support Engineer
7 25 (5.29%) Full-Stack Developer
8 18 (3.81%) Consultant
9 17 (3.59%) IT Support
10 16 (3.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 16 (3.38%) Lead
10 16 (3.38%) Technical Engineer
11 15 (3.17%) Sales Executive
11 15 (3.17%) Technical Support
11 15 (3.17%) Technical Support Engineer
12 13 (2.75%) Business Development Executive
12 13 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (2.75%) Support Analyst
13 12 (2.54%) Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (10.15%) React
2 18 (3.81%) REST
3 10 (2.11%) JSON
4 9 (1.90%) HTML
4 9 (1.90%) Web Services
4 9 (1.90%) XML
5 8 (1.69%) .NET
6 7 (1.48%) HEVC
7 6 (1.27%) CSS
7 6 (1.27%) Django
7 6 (1.27%) Jinja
7 6 (1.27%) WebSockets
7 6 (1.27%) YAML
7 6 (1.27%) YANG
8 5 (1.06%) Middleware
8 5 (1.06%) Twisted
9 4 (0.85%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.85%) LDAP
9 4 (0.85%) RESTful
9 4 (0.85%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.77%) Management Information System
1 32 (6.77%) Onboarding
2 26 (5.50%) Driving Licence
3 20 (4.23%) Social Media
4 16 (3.38%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.17%) Web Conferencing
6 14 (2.96%) Blog
7 13 (2.75%) e-Learning
7 13 (2.75%) FMCG
8 12 (2.54%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.69%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.69%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.48%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.48%) Freedom of Information Act
11 7 (1.48%) Podcast
12 6 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.27%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.06%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 43 (9.09%) Windows
2 18 (3.81%) Linux
2 18 (3.81%) Windows Server
3 8 (1.69%) Unix
4 7 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (1.27%) Android
5 6 (1.27%) VMS
6 4 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.42%) AIX
7 2 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.21%) Solaris
8 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (26.00%) Business Development
2 122 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (21.35%) CRM
4 75 (15.86%) AI
5 73 (15.43%) Agile
6 71 (15.01%) Decision-Making
7 65 (13.74%) B2B
8 58 (12.26%) Cybersecurity
9 54 (11.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 49 (10.36%) Mentoring
11 46 (9.73%) Full-Stack Development
12 45 (9.51%) Customer Service
13 39 (8.25%) Roadmaps
14 37 (7.82%) Coaching
14 37 (7.82%) Collaborative Culture
15 33 (6.98%) Analytics
15 33 (6.98%) Risk Management
16 32 (6.77%) CI/CD
16 32 (6.77%) Customer Experience
17 30 (6.34%) B2B Sales
Programming Languages
1 59 (12.47%) JavaScript
2 49 (10.36%) SQL
3 44 (9.30%) TypeScript
4 34 (7.19%) Python
5 11 (2.33%) Bash
6 10 (2.11%) C#
7 9 (1.90%) Java
8 8 (1.69%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.69%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.27%) Bicep
9 6 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (0.85%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.63%) C++
11 3 (0.63%) Perl
12 1 (0.21%) Delphi
12 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.21%) Pascal
12 1 (0.21%) VBA
12 1 (0.21%) VC++
Qualifications
1 80 (16.91%) Degree
2 41 (8.67%) Security Cleared
3 17 (3.59%) CISSP
4 16 (3.38%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.96%) CISM
7 11 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.90%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.69%) CISA
10 7 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.48%) CRISC
10 7 (1.48%) ISACA
11 6 (1.27%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (1.27%) PMP
12 4 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.85%) CCSP
12 4 (0.85%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.13%) Accessibility
2 28 (5.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (5.29%) GDPR
4 22 (4.65%) QA
5 21 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (3.38%) NIST
7 14 (2.96%) Data Quality
8 10 (2.11%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.90%) GRC
9 9 (1.90%) SOC 2
10 8 (1.69%) COBIT
11 7 (1.48%) SOC 1
12 6 (1.27%) ISO 9001
13 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 5 (1.06%) NCSC
14 4 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.85%) SLA
15 3 (0.63%) ISO 22301
15 3 (0.63%) PMO
16 2 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 28 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.54%) Docker
3 9 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.27%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) Firmware
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.21%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 14 (2.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.48%) Terraform
3 6 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.63%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.21%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 100 (21.14%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.23%) SAP
3 17 (3.59%) Cisco
4 16 (3.38%) Oracle
5 13 (2.75%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.54%) Adobe
7 7 (1.48%) Dell
7 7 (1.48%) HP
7 7 (1.48%) Red Hat
8 6 (1.27%) F5
8 6 (1.27%) Google
8 6 (1.27%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.27%) Juniper
8 6 (1.27%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.27%) ScienceLogic
8 6 (1.27%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.27%) VMware
9 5 (1.06%) Sage
10 3 (0.63%) Freshdesk
10 3 (0.63%) Planview