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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 148 104
Rank change year-on-year +28 -44 +26
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 371 317 928
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.07% 2.37% 2.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.96% 5.63% 7.96%
Number of salaries quoted 206 203 708
10th Percentile £27,375 £31,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,716 £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 £68,250 £62,625
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,500 £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 6,229 5,635 11,658
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.79% 42.10% 35.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,909 3,740 9,238
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +5.93% -9.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £78,005
90th Percentile £101,700 £122,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +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 23 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 (5.12%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.70%) Apache
4 9 (2.43%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.43%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.43%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.43%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.81%) Confluence
5 3 (0.81%) WordPress
6 2 (0.54%) CMS
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 55 (14.82%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (9.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.81%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.54%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (16.44%) Azure
2 41 (11.05%) AWS
3 32 (8.63%) SaaS
4 29 (7.82%) Power Platform
5 27 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (5.39%) GCP
7 18 (4.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.77%) Entra ID
9 12 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 12 (3.23%) GitHub
10 9 (2.43%) Amazon Kinesis
10 9 (2.43%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.43%) OpenShift
10 9 (2.43%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.16%) Figma
12 6 (1.62%) Apigee
12 6 (1.62%) Google Docs
12 6 (1.62%) Kong
12 6 (1.62%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.77%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (3.50%) Firewall
3 12 (3.23%) DHCP
4 10 (2.70%) DNS
5 9 (2.43%) LAN
5 9 (2.43%) WAN
6 8 (2.16%) Internet
7 7 (1.89%) LTE
8 6 (1.62%) Broadband
8 6 (1.62%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.62%) VLAN
8 6 (1.62%) VPN
9 4 (1.08%) WLAN
10 3 (0.81%) DMARC
10 3 (0.81%) Network Security
10 3 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.81%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.54%) 4G
11 2 (0.54%) GPON
11 2 (0.54%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.28%) Power BI
2 18 (4.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 18 (4.85%) SQL Server
3 17 (4.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (3.23%) Tableau
5 10 (2.70%) Metadata
6 9 (2.43%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (2.43%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (2.43%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (2.43%) Apache Iceberg
7 7 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.08%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.81%) MySQL
10 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.81%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.54%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.27%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 22 (5.93%) Git
2 10 (2.70%) JIRA
3 6 (1.62%) GitLab
4 3 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.54%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.54%) JMeter
5 2 (0.54%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.54%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.54%) Storybook
5 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.27%) git-flow
6 1 (0.27%) JUnit
6 1 (0.27%) Postman
6 1 (0.27%) Selenium
6 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 198 (53.37%) Social Skills
2 106 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 93 (25.07%) Finance
4 48 (12.94%) Organisational Skills
5 47 (12.67%) Presentation Skills
6 46 (12.40%) Marketing
7 39 (10.51%) Public Sector
8 24 (6.47%) Law
9 21 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (5.39%) Billing
11 19 (5.12%) Retail
12 18 (4.85%) Electronics
13 17 (4.58%) Manufacturing
14 15 (4.04%) Banking
15 12 (3.23%) Telecoms
16 11 (2.96%) Financial Institution
17 10 (2.70%) Legal
18 8 (2.16%) Automotive
19 7 (1.89%) Local Government
20 6 (1.62%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 48 (12.94%) Analyst
2 40 (10.78%) Support Engineer
3 35 (9.43%) Architect
4 32 (8.63%) Senior
4 32 (8.63%) Solutions Architect
5 22 (5.93%) Technical Engineer
5 22 (5.93%) Technical Support
5 22 (5.93%) Technical Support Engineer
6 19 (5.12%) Account Manager
6 19 (5.12%) Developer
7 17 (4.58%) IT Support
7 17 (4.58%) Lead
8 15 (4.04%) Sales Executive
9 12 (3.23%) Business Development Executive
9 12 (3.23%) Commercial Analyst
9 12 (3.23%) Insight Analyst
10 11 (2.96%) IT Engineer
10 11 (2.96%) IT Support Engineer
11 10 (2.70%) Business Manager
11 10 (2.70%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.31%) React
2 14 (3.77%) REST
3 11 (2.96%) XML
4 9 (2.43%) HTML
4 9 (2.43%) JSON
4 9 (2.43%) Kafka
5 7 (1.89%) HEVC
5 7 (1.89%) RESTful
6 6 (1.62%) Jinja
6 6 (1.62%) Web Services
6 6 (1.62%) YAML
6 6 (1.62%) YANG
7 5 (1.35%) Django
7 5 (1.35%) Node.js
7 5 (1.35%) Twisted
7 5 (1.35%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.08%) CSS
8 4 (1.08%) OpenAPI
8 4 (1.08%) Swagger
9 3 (0.81%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.09%) Onboarding
2 26 (7.01%) Virtual Team
3 21 (5.66%) Management Information System
4 19 (5.12%) Social Media
5 18 (4.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (4.58%) Product Ownership
7 15 (4.04%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.16%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (1.62%) Blog
10 6 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.62%) Solar Energy
10 6 (1.62%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (1.35%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.35%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.35%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.35%) PMI
12 4 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 3 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.97%) Windows
2 23 (6.20%) Linux
3 18 (4.85%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.43%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.89%) Unix
6 6 (1.62%) Android
7 4 (1.08%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.81%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.54%) AIX
9 2 (0.54%) Debian
9 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.27%) CentOS
10 1 (0.27%) Solaris
10 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (38.54%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (22.64%) Business Development
3 73 (19.68%) Decision-Making
4 72 (19.41%) Analytics
5 70 (18.87%) CRM
6 69 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 56 (15.09%) B2B
8 51 (13.75%) Agile
9 50 (13.48%) AI
10 46 (12.40%) Customer Experience
11 45 (12.13%) Project Management
12 43 (11.59%) Strategic Thinking
13 38 (10.24%) Business Intelligence
13 38 (10.24%) Collaborative Culture
14 37 (9.97%) Coaching
14 37 (9.97%) Customer Service
15 35 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
16 31 (8.36%) Financial Modelling
16 31 (8.36%) Visualisation
17 30 (8.09%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (15.09%) SQL
2 39 (10.51%) Python
3 30 (8.09%) JavaScript
4 19 (5.12%) TypeScript
5 13 (3.50%) Bash
6 12 (3.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 9 (2.43%) Java
8 8 (2.16%) C#
9 6 (1.62%) T-SQL
10 5 (1.35%) C++
10 5 (1.35%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.08%) C
12 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.81%) VBA
12 3 (0.81%) VC++
13 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.27%) Go
14 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 92 (24.80%) Degree
2 30 (8.09%) Security Cleared
3 23 (6.20%) DV Cleared
4 7 (1.89%) CFA
5 6 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.35%) CISSP
6 5 (1.35%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.35%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.08%) CISA
7 4 (1.08%) CISM
7 4 (1.08%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.81%) PhD
9 2 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.54%) CCNA
9 2 (0.54%) CCNP
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.16%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.04%) QA
3 13 (3.50%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.70%) GDPR
5 6 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.62%) NIST
6 4 (1.08%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.08%) SOC 2
6 4 (1.08%) WCAG
7 3 (0.81%) COBIT
7 3 (0.81%) EMIR
7 3 (0.81%) IFRS
8 2 (0.54%) GMP
8 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.54%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (6.47%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.89%) Docker
3 5 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) iptables
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.35%) Ansible
3 4 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.81%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (0.81%) Terraform
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Flashback
6 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 59 (15.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.31%) Oracle
3 12 (3.23%) Google
4 9 (2.43%) Cisco
4 9 (2.43%) Dell
4 9 (2.43%) HP
5 8 (2.16%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.16%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.89%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.62%) F5
7 6 (1.62%) Juniper
7 6 (1.62%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.35%) Adobe
8 5 (1.35%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.08%) SAP
10 3 (0.81%) Freshdesk
10 3 (0.81%) Intel
10 3 (0.81%) Sage
10 3 (0.81%) Veeam
11 2 (0.54%) Instagram