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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 95 139
Rank change year-on-year -18 +44 -12
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 558 627 583
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.44% 3.79% 2.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.44% 8.91% 6.97%
Number of salaries quoted 385 281 387
10th Percentile £28,850 £27,000 £26,550
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £35,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% -8.70%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £75,900
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 8,661 7,035 8,365
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.82% 42.54% 33.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,250 3,622 5,896
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,500 £33,948
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £85,000
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% -10.20%

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 18 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 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.61%) CMS
4 7 (1.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.25%) WordPress
5 5 (0.90%) IIS
6 4 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 40 (7.17%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.08%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.90%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.90%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.90%) InDesign
7 4 (0.72%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.72%) Revit
7 4 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.18%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 9 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.90%) Primavera
3 3 (0.54%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.36%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) JDE World
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 78 (13.98%) Azure
2 52 (9.32%) AWS
3 49 (8.78%) SaaS
4 37 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (4.30%) Entra ID
6 23 (4.12%) Figma
7 22 (3.94%) GCP
8 17 (3.05%) Power Platform
9 16 (2.87%) GitHub
10 15 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (1.43%) Serverless
12 7 (1.25%) IaaS
12 7 (1.25%) PaaS
12 7 (1.25%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 6 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.08%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.08%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.58%) Firewall
2 17 (3.05%) VPN
3 15 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (2.33%) Broadband
4 13 (2.33%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.97%) DNS
5 11 (1.97%) Internet
6 9 (1.61%) DHCP
6 9 (1.61%) LAN
6 9 (1.61%) WAN
7 7 (1.25%) LTE
7 7 (1.25%) Network Security
8 5 (0.90%) WPA
9 4 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.72%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.54%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.54%) VoIP
11 2 (0.36%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.36%) VLAN
12 1 (0.18%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.33%) Power BI
1 13 (2.33%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.25%) Tableau
5 6 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.90%) Data Mining
6 5 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.90%) Metadata
6 5 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.72%) MySQL
7 4 (0.72%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.54%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.54%) Looker
9 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 43 (7.71%) Git
2 11 (1.97%) JIRA
3 8 (1.43%) JUnit
4 7 (1.25%) Maven
4 7 (1.25%) Mockito
5 6 (1.08%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.08%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.90%) GitLab
7 3 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.54%) Mercurial
7 3 (0.54%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.54%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.54%) 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
1 269 (48.21%) Social Skills
2 121 (21.68%) Marketing
3 116 (20.79%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (20.61%) Finance
5 74 (13.26%) Organisational Skills
6 53 (9.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (9.14%) Public Sector
8 41 (7.35%) Retail
9 37 (6.63%) Presentation Skills
10 30 (5.38%) Law
11 28 (5.02%) Automotive
12 26 (4.66%) Telecoms
13 25 (4.48%) Games
14 22 (3.94%) Legal
15 20 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (3.05%) Banking
17 14 (2.51%) Manufacturing
18 13 (2.33%) French Language
19 12 (2.15%) Aerospace
20 11 (1.97%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 64 (11.47%) Developer
2 54 (9.68%) Business Manager
3 52 (9.32%) Business Development Manager
3 52 (9.32%) Development Manager
4 47 (8.42%) Analyst
5 46 (8.24%) Senior
6 32 (5.73%) Full-Stack Developer
7 24 (4.30%) IT Support
8 20 (3.58%) Sales Executive
9 19 (3.41%) Consultant
9 19 (3.41%) Lead
9 19 (3.41%) Support Engineer
10 18 (3.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 15 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (2.51%) Business Development Executive
12 14 (2.51%) Support Analyst
13 13 (2.33%) Support Specialist
14 12 (2.15%) IT Analyst
15 11 (1.97%) 3rd Line Support
15 11 (1.97%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.22%) React
2 20 (3.58%) REST
3 14 (2.51%) .NET
4 9 (1.61%) JSON
4 9 (1.61%) Web Services
5 8 (1.43%) Spring
6 7 (1.25%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.25%) HEVC
7 6 (1.08%) Django
7 6 (1.08%) WebSockets
8 5 (0.90%) CSS
8 5 (0.90%) HTML
8 5 (0.90%) Twisted
8 5 (0.90%) XML
9 4 (0.72%) COM
9 4 (0.72%) DCOM
9 4 (0.72%) Jinja
9 4 (0.72%) LDAP
9 4 (0.72%) Middleware
9 4 (0.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.09%) Management Information System
2 33 (5.91%) Driving Licence
3 29 (5.20%) Onboarding
4 26 (4.66%) Social Media
5 18 (3.23%) Blog
6 16 (2.87%) Web Conferencing
7 14 (2.51%) Product Ownership
8 13 (2.33%) FMCG
9 12 (2.15%) e-Learning
9 12 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.43%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.43%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.25%) FPGA
12 7 (1.25%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.25%) Freedom of Information Act
12 7 (1.25%) Smartcard
13 6 (1.08%) Podcast
13 6 (1.08%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.24%) Windows
2 21 (3.76%) Linux
3 15 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.08%) VMS
5 5 (0.90%) Unix
6 4 (0.72%) Android
6 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.36%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.18%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) Solaris
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (25.81%) Business Development
2 136 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
3 126 (22.58%) CRM
4 94 (16.85%) AI
5 93 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 87 (15.59%) Agile
7 82 (14.70%) B2B
8 62 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 59 (10.57%) Customer Service
10 57 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
11 55 (9.86%) Full-Stack Development
12 51 (9.14%) Collaborative Culture
13 45 (8.06%) Business Strategy
14 42 (7.53%) CI/CD
15 41 (7.35%) Coaching
16 40 (7.17%) B2B Sales
16 40 (7.17%) Customer Experience
16 40 (7.17%) Lead Generation
16 40 (7.17%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 68 (12.19%) JavaScript
2 58 (10.39%) SQL
3 49 (8.78%) TypeScript
4 37 (6.63%) Python
5 16 (2.87%) Java
6 14 (2.51%) Bash
7 11 (1.97%) C#
8 10 (1.79%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.43%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.25%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.08%) Bicep
11 6 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.54%) C++
12 3 (0.54%) Perl
12 3 (0.54%) 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 82 (14.70%) Degree
2 61 (10.93%) Security Cleared
3 31 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.76%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.87%) CISSP
7 13 (2.33%) CISM
8 12 (2.15%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.25%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (1.25%) CISA
10 7 (1.25%) CRISC
10 7 (1.25%) ISACA
10 7 (1.25%) PMP
11 6 (1.08%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (0.90%) CCNA
12 5 (0.90%) CCNP
13 4 (0.72%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.89%) Accessibility
2 28 (5.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (5.02%) QA
3 26 (4.66%) GDPR
4 21 (3.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (3.41%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.33%) NIST
7 9 (1.61%) GRC
8 8 (1.43%) ISO 9001
8 8 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.25%) COBIT
9 7 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 7 (1.25%) SOC 1
9 7 (1.25%) SOC 2
10 6 (1.08%) SLA
11 5 (0.90%) NCSC
11 5 (0.90%) PMO
12 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.72%) ISO 19650
13 3 (0.54%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 34 (6.09%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.76%) Docker
3 9 (1.61%) Firmware
3 9 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.08%) vSphere
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.25%) Terraform
4 3 (0.54%) Ansible
4 3 (0.54%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 118 (21.15%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.48%) SAP
3 20 (3.58%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.41%) Oracle
5 17 (3.05%) Cisco
5 17 (3.05%) HubSpot
6 11 (1.97%) Adobe
6 11 (1.97%) Google
7 6 (1.08%) ScienceLogic
7 6 (1.08%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.08%) VMware
8 5 (0.90%) Red Hat
8 5 (0.90%) Sage
9 4 (0.72%) Dell
9 4 (0.72%) F5
9 4 (0.72%) HP
9 4 (0.72%) Juniper
9 4 (0.72%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.54%) Apple
10 3 (0.54%) Planview