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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 143 101
Rank change year-on-year +22 -42 +29
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 382 312 940
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.15% 2.35% 2.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.16% 5.56% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 206 199 710
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,971 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +12.24% -10.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,875 £63,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -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 6,199 5,614 11,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.89% 42.27% 35.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,876 3,714 9,236
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,210 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,355 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,809 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% +5.93% -9.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £78,025
90th Percentile £102,000 £122,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,720 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.47% +9.09% -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 19 April 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 19 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.62%) Apache
4 9 (2.36%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.36%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.36%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.36%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.79%) Confluence
5 3 (0.79%) WordPress
6 2 (0.52%) CMS
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) Moodle
Applications
1 55 (14.40%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (8.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.79%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.52%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.79%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.52%) Shopify
4 1 (0.26%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 64 (16.75%) Azure
2 44 (11.52%) AWS
3 33 (8.64%) SaaS
4 31 (8.12%) Power Platform
5 27 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (5.76%) GCP
7 20 (5.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.66%) Entra ID
8 14 (3.66%) GitHub
9 12 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 11 (2.88%) Power Automate
11 10 (2.62%) OpenShift
12 9 (2.36%) Amazon Kinesis
12 9 (2.36%) Amazon S3
13 8 (2.09%) Figma
14 7 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.83%) GitHub Copilot
14 7 (1.83%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.57%) Apigee
15 6 (1.57%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (3.40%) Firewall
3 12 (3.14%) DHCP
4 10 (2.62%) DNS
5 9 (2.36%) Internet
5 9 (2.36%) LAN
5 9 (2.36%) WAN
6 7 (1.83%) LTE
7 6 (1.57%) Broadband
7 6 (1.57%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.57%) VLAN
7 6 (1.57%) VPN
8 4 (1.05%) WLAN
9 3 (0.79%) DMARC
9 3 (0.79%) Network Security
9 3 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.79%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.52%) 4G
10 2 (0.52%) GPON
10 2 (0.52%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.59%) Power BI
2 18 (4.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 18 (4.71%) SQL Server
3 17 (4.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (3.14%) Tableau
5 10 (2.62%) Metadata
6 9 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (2.36%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (2.36%) Apache Iceberg
7 8 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.31%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.05%) MySQL
11 3 (0.79%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.79%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.52%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.52%) Data Mining
13 1 (0.26%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (5.76%) Git
2 10 (2.62%) JIRA
3 6 (1.57%) GitLab
4 3 (0.79%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.79%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.79%) JMeter
4 3 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (0.79%) Robot Framework
4 3 (0.79%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.52%) Storybook
5 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.26%) git-flow
6 1 (0.26%) JUnit
6 1 (0.26%) Postman
6 1 (0.26%) Selenium
6 1 (0.26%) WebDriver
General
1 204 (53.40%) Social Skills
2 110 (28.80%) Analytical Skills
3 97 (25.39%) Finance
4 48 (12.57%) Organisational Skills
4 48 (12.57%) Presentation Skills
5 47 (12.30%) Marketing
6 39 (10.21%) Public Sector
7 26 (6.81%) Law
8 22 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (5.50%) Retail
10 20 (5.24%) Billing
11 18 (4.71%) Electronics
12 17 (4.45%) Manufacturing
13 16 (4.19%) Banking
14 13 (3.40%) Financial Institution
15 12 (3.14%) Telecoms
16 9 (2.36%) Legal
17 8 (2.09%) Automotive
17 8 (2.09%) Back Office
18 7 (1.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 51 (13.35%) Analyst
2 44 (11.52%) Support Engineer
3 36 (9.42%) Architect
4 33 (8.64%) Solutions Architect
5 32 (8.38%) Senior
6 28 (7.33%) Technical Engineer
6 28 (7.33%) Technical Support
6 28 (7.33%) Technical Support Engineer
7 20 (5.24%) Developer
8 19 (4.97%) Account Manager
9 17 (4.45%) IT Support
9 17 (4.45%) Lead
10 15 (3.93%) Sales Executive
11 13 (3.40%) Business Development Executive
12 12 (3.14%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.14%) Commercial Analyst
12 12 (3.14%) Insight Analyst
13 11 (2.88%) IT Engineer
13 11 (2.88%) IT Support Engineer
14 10 (2.62%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.19%) React
2 14 (3.66%) REST
3 11 (2.88%) XML
4 9 (2.36%) HTML
4 9 (2.36%) JSON
4 9 (2.36%) Kafka
4 9 (2.36%) RESTful
5 7 (1.83%) HEVC
6 6 (1.57%) Jinja
6 6 (1.57%) OpenAPI
6 6 (1.57%) Swagger
6 6 (1.57%) Web Services
6 6 (1.57%) YAML
6 6 (1.57%) YANG
7 5 (1.31%) Django
7 5 (1.31%) Node.js
7 5 (1.31%) Twisted
7 5 (1.31%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.05%) CSS
9 3 (0.79%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.12%) Onboarding
2 26 (6.81%) Virtual Team
3 20 (5.24%) Management Information System
3 20 (5.24%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.97%) Social Media
5 18 (4.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (3.93%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.62%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.09%) Blog
8 8 (2.09%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.83%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.57%) Solar Energy
10 6 (1.57%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (1.31%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.31%) PMI
12 4 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 3 (0.79%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 38 (9.95%) Windows
2 24 (6.28%) Linux
3 18 (4.71%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.36%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.36%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.83%) Unix
6 6 (1.57%) Android
7 4 (1.05%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.79%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.52%) AIX
9 2 (0.52%) Debian
9 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.26%) CentOS
10 1 (0.26%) Solaris
10 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (38.22%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (22.77%) Business Development
3 73 (19.11%) Decision-Making
4 72 (18.85%) Analytics
5 71 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 71 (18.59%) CRM
6 56 (14.66%) B2B
7 55 (14.40%) Agile
8 52 (13.61%) AI
9 47 (12.30%) Customer Experience
10 45 (11.78%) Project Management
11 44 (11.52%) Coaching
12 43 (11.26%) Customer Service
13 42 (10.99%) Strategic Thinking
14 40 (10.47%) Business Intelligence
15 39 (10.21%) Collaborative Culture
16 33 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
16 33 (8.64%) Data Analysis
16 33 (8.64%) DevOps
16 33 (8.64%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 57 (14.92%) SQL
2 41 (10.73%) Python
3 30 (7.85%) JavaScript
4 19 (4.97%) TypeScript
5 14 (3.66%) Bash
6 12 (3.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 11 (2.88%) Java
8 8 (2.09%) C#
9 6 (1.57%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.57%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.31%) C++
11 4 (1.05%) C
12 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.79%) VBA
12 3 (0.79%) VC++
13 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.26%) Go
14 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 95 (24.87%) Degree
2 32 (8.38%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.54%) DV Cleared
4 7 (1.83%) CFA
5 6 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.31%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.31%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.05%) CISSP
7 4 (1.05%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.79%) CISA
8 3 (0.79%) CISM
8 3 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.79%) PhD
9 2 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.52%) CCNA
9 2 (0.52%) CCNP
9 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.90%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.93%) QA
3 13 (3.40%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.36%) GDPR
5 5 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.31%) NIST
6 4 (1.05%) EMIR
6 4 (1.05%) WCAG
7 3 (0.79%) IFRS
7 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.79%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.52%) COBIT
8 2 (0.52%) GMP
8 2 (0.52%) GRC
8 2 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.26%) MiFID
9 1 (0.26%) NCSC
9 1 (0.26%) SOC 1
System Software
1 24 (6.28%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.09%) Docker
3 5 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.26%) iptables
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.57%) Ansible
3 5 (1.31%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.05%) Terraform
5 3 (0.79%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.79%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Flashback
7 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.45%) Oracle
3 13 (3.40%) Google
4 9 (2.36%) Cisco
4 9 (2.36%) Dell
4 9 (2.36%) HP
5 8 (2.09%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.09%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.83%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.57%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.57%) F5
7 6 (1.57%) Juniper
7 6 (1.57%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.31%) Adobe
8 5 (1.31%) SAP
9 3 (0.79%) Freshdesk
9 3 (0.79%) Intel
9 3 (0.79%) Sage
9 3 (0.79%) Splunk
9 3 (0.79%) Veeam