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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 93 124
Rank change year-on-year -13 +31 -4
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 573 632 644
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.47% 3.82% 2.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.58% 9.04% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 394 291 383
10th Percentile £28,575 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,710 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -16.74% -8.70%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £77,450
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 8,705 6,994 8,383
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.59% 42.26% 33.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5,263 3,610 5,731
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,725 £33,966
25th Percentile £44,500 £41,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,918
Median % change year-on-year - -1.51% -6.28%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £86,250
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% -8.36%

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 25 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 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.57%) CMS
4 7 (1.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.22%) WordPress
5 5 (0.87%) IIS
6 4 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
6 4 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.17%) Apache
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 39 (6.81%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (1.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (1.05%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.87%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.87%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.87%) InDesign
8 4 (0.70%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.70%) Revit
8 4 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.52%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.17%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 8 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.87%) Primavera
3 3 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.35%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.17%) JDE World
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 76 (13.26%) Azure
2 51 (8.90%) AWS
2 51 (8.90%) SaaS
3 38 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (4.19%) Entra ID
5 22 (3.84%) Figma
6 21 (3.66%) GCP
7 17 (2.97%) Power Platform
8 15 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (2.62%) GitHub
9 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
9 8 (1.40%) Serverless
10 7 (1.22%) IaaS
10 7 (1.22%) PaaS
10 7 (1.22%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 6 (1.05%) Azure Functions
11 6 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.05%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.49%) Firewall
2 17 (2.97%) VPN
3 15 (2.62%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (2.44%) Broadband
5 13 (2.27%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.92%) DNS
7 10 (1.75%) Internet
7 10 (1.75%) LAN
7 10 (1.75%) WAN
8 9 (1.57%) DHCP
9 8 (1.40%) Network Security
10 7 (1.22%) LTE
11 5 (0.87%) WPA
12 4 (0.70%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.52%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.52%) VoIP
14 2 (0.35%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.35%) VLAN
15 1 (0.17%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.27%) Power BI
1 13 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.05%) Tableau
5 5 (0.87%) Data Mining
5 5 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.87%) Metadata
5 5 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.70%) MySQL
6 4 (0.70%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.52%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.52%) Looker
8 2 (0.35%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.35%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.17%) Redis
9 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (7.33%) Git
2 11 (1.92%) JIRA
3 8 (1.40%) JUnit
4 7 (1.22%) Maven
4 7 (1.22%) Mockito
5 6 (1.05%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.05%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.70%) GitLab
7 3 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.52%) Mercurial
7 3 (0.52%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.17%) git-flow
8 1 (0.17%) Mocha
8 1 (0.17%) Postman
8 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 280 (48.87%) Social Skills
2 127 (22.16%) Marketing
3 123 (21.47%) Finance
4 119 (20.77%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (12.91%) Organisational Skills
6 54 (9.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (8.90%) Public Sector
8 45 (7.85%) Retail
9 43 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (5.41%) Law
11 27 (4.71%) Automotive
12 26 (4.54%) Games
12 26 (4.54%) Telecoms
13 23 (4.01%) Legal
14 22 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (2.97%) Banking
16 15 (2.62%) French Language
16 15 (2.62%) Manufacturing
17 13 (2.27%) Aerospace
18 11 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 64 (11.17%) Developer
2 56 (9.77%) Business Manager
3 54 (9.42%) Business Development Manager
3 54 (9.42%) Development Manager
4 46 (8.03%) Analyst
4 46 (8.03%) Senior
5 32 (5.58%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (4.19%) IT Support
7 21 (3.66%) Sales Executive
8 20 (3.49%) Lead
9 19 (3.32%) Consultant
9 19 (3.32%) Support Engineer
10 18 (3.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 15 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (2.44%) Business Development Executive
12 14 (2.44%) Support Specialist
13 13 (2.27%) Support Analyst
14 12 (2.09%) Technical Manager
15 11 (1.92%) 3rd Line Support
15 11 (1.92%) Account Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (9.77%) React
2 18 (3.14%) REST
3 14 (2.44%) .NET
4 8 (1.40%) JSON
4 8 (1.40%) Spring
4 8 (1.40%) Web Services
5 7 (1.22%) AngularJS
5 7 (1.22%) HEVC
5 7 (1.22%) Terraform
6 5 (0.87%) CSS
6 5 (0.87%) Django
6 5 (0.87%) HTML
6 5 (0.87%) WebSockets
7 4 (0.70%) COM
7 4 (0.70%) DCOM
7 4 (0.70%) LDAP
7 4 (0.70%) Middleware
7 4 (0.70%) Twisted
7 4 (0.70%) XML
8 3 (0.52%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.76%) Driving Licence
1 33 (5.76%) Management Information System
2 28 (4.89%) Onboarding
3 25 (4.36%) Social Media
4 18 (3.14%) Blog
5 16 (2.79%) Web Conferencing
6 13 (2.27%) FMCG
6 13 (2.27%) Product Ownership
7 12 (2.09%) e-Learning
8 11 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
9 9 (1.57%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.40%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.22%) FPGA
11 7 (1.22%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.22%) Freedom of Information Act
11 7 (1.22%) Smartcard
12 6 (1.05%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 45 (7.85%) Windows
2 19 (3.32%) Linux
3 15 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.05%) VMS
5 4 (0.70%) Unix
5 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.52%) Android
6 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.17%) AIX
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Solaris
7 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (26.35%) Business Development
2 142 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (22.69%) CRM
4 98 (17.10%) Decision-Making
5 97 (16.93%) AI
6 89 (15.53%) Agile
7 87 (15.18%) B2B
8 65 (11.34%) Mentoring
9 62 (10.82%) Customer Service
10 60 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 54 (9.42%) Cybersecurity
11 54 (9.42%) Full-Stack Development
12 53 (9.25%) Collaborative Culture
13 47 (8.20%) Business Strategy
14 44 (7.68%) B2B Sales
15 43 (7.50%) Coaching
16 42 (7.33%) Customer Experience
17 41 (7.16%) CI/CD
17 41 (7.16%) Lead Generation
17 41 (7.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 66 (11.52%) JavaScript
2 58 (10.12%) SQL
3 48 (8.38%) TypeScript
4 35 (6.11%) Python
5 16 (2.79%) Java
6 14 (2.44%) Bash
7 11 (1.92%) C#
8 10 (1.75%) T-SQL
9 8 (1.40%) PowerShell
10 7 (1.22%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.05%) Bicep
11 6 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.52%) C++
12 3 (0.52%) Perl
12 3 (0.52%) R
13 1 (0.17%) Delphi
13 1 (0.17%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.17%) Pascal
13 1 (0.17%) VBA
13 1 (0.17%) VC++
Qualifications
1 82 (14.31%) Degree
2 64 (11.17%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.93%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.84%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.79%) CISSP
7 13 (2.27%) CISM
8 11 (1.92%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.40%) Chartered Engineer
10 8 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.40%) PMP
11 7 (1.22%) CISA
11 7 (1.22%) CRISC
11 7 (1.22%) ISACA
12 6 (1.05%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.05%) CCNA
12 6 (1.05%) CCNP
12 6 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.85%) Accessibility
2 28 (4.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (4.54%) QA
4 25 (4.36%) GDPR
5 20 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (3.14%) Data Quality
7 13 (2.27%) NIST
8 10 (1.75%) GRC
9 8 (1.40%) ISO 9001
9 8 (1.40%) PCI DSS
10 7 (1.22%) COBIT
10 7 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 7 (1.22%) PMO
10 7 (1.22%) SOC 1
10 7 (1.22%) SOC 2
11 6 (1.05%) SLA
12 5 (0.87%) NCSC
13 4 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.70%) ISO 19650
14 3 (0.52%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 34 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.49%) Docker
3 9 (1.57%) Firmware
4 8 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.05%) vSphere
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.27%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.52%) Ansible
3 3 (0.52%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 119 (20.77%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.54%) SAP
3 22 (3.84%) Salesforce
4 19 (3.32%) HubSpot
5 18 (3.14%) Oracle
6 17 (2.97%) Cisco
7 11 (1.92%) Adobe
7 11 (1.92%) Google
8 7 (1.22%) YouTube
9 6 (1.05%) ScienceLogic
9 6 (1.05%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.05%) VMware
10 5 (0.87%) Sage
11 4 (0.70%) Dell
11 4 (0.70%) HP
11 4 (0.70%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.52%) Apple
12 3 (0.52%) Juniper
12 3 (0.52%) Perforce
12 3 (0.52%) Planview