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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 111 98
Rank change year-on-year -25 -13 +35
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 351 439 937
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.91% 3.08% 2.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.59% 7.15% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 215 204 714
10th Percentile £27,350 £31,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% +11.22% -10.91%
75th Percentile £61,000 £68,688 £63,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £93,375 £72,500
UK median annual salary £41,000 £48,507 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.48% +21.27% -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 6,278 6,144 11,742
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.19% 43.12% 36.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,968 3,694 9,273
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £59,300
Median % change year-on-year - +5.40% -8.77%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 7 May 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 21 (5.98%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.85%) Apache
4 9 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.56%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.56%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.56%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.85%) Confluence
5 3 (0.85%) WordPress
6 2 (0.57%) CMS
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 57 (16.24%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (7.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.85%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.57%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 7 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.57%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.57%) Primavera
2 2 (0.57%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.28%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.39%) Azure
2 41 (11.68%) AWS
3 30 (8.55%) SaaS
4 25 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (5.70%) GCP
6 18 (5.13%) Power Platform
7 14 (3.99%) Entra ID
8 11 (3.13%) GitHub
9 9 (2.56%) Amazon Kinesis
9 9 (2.56%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.56%) OpenShift
9 9 (2.56%) Power Automate
10 7 (1.99%) Figma
11 6 (1.71%) Apigee
11 6 (1.71%) Google Docs
11 6 (1.71%) Kong
11 6 (1.71%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.71%) Serverless
12 5 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.42%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.42%) Firewall
1 12 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (2.85%) DHCP
3 9 (2.56%) DNS
4 8 (2.28%) Internet
4 8 (2.28%) LAN
5 7 (1.99%) Broadband
5 7 (1.99%) LTE
5 7 (1.99%) WAN
6 6 (1.71%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.14%) VLAN
7 4 (1.14%) VPN
7 4 (1.14%) WLAN
8 3 (0.85%) DMARC
8 3 (0.85%) Network Security
9 2 (0.57%) 4G
9 2 (0.57%) OpenVPN
9 2 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.57%) SSH
10 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.56%) Power BI
2 12 (3.42%) Tableau
3 10 (2.85%) Metadata
4 9 (2.56%) Amazon Athena
4 9 (2.56%) Amazon QuickSight
4 9 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (2.56%) Apache Iceberg
4 9 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.71%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.71%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.14%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.85%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.85%) MySQL
8 3 (0.85%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.85%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.57%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.57%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.28%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 22 (6.27%) Git
2 9 (2.56%) JIRA
3 6 (1.71%) GitLab
4 3 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.57%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.57%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.57%) JMeter
5 2 (0.57%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.57%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.57%) Storybook
5 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.28%) git-flow
6 1 (0.28%) JUnit
6 1 (0.28%) Postman
6 1 (0.28%) Selenium
6 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 170 (48.43%) Social Skills
2 82 (23.36%) Analytical Skills
3 72 (20.51%) Finance
4 53 (15.10%) Marketing
5 52 (14.81%) Organisational Skills
6 35 (9.97%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (7.98%) Public Sector
8 26 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (6.84%) Law
10 19 (5.41%) Automotive
10 19 (5.41%) Retail
11 17 (4.84%) Manufacturing
12 16 (4.56%) Banking
12 16 (4.56%) Electronics
13 14 (3.99%) Telecoms
14 10 (2.85%) Financial Institution
15 9 (2.56%) Games
15 9 (2.56%) Legal
16 8 (2.28%) Billing
17 6 (1.71%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 39 (11.11%) Analyst
2 36 (10.26%) Senior
3 31 (8.83%) Support Engineer
4 21 (5.98%) Architect
4 21 (5.98%) Developer
5 19 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
6 17 (4.84%) Account Manager
6 17 (4.84%) IT Support
7 16 (4.56%) Lead
8 14 (3.99%) Business Development Executive
8 14 (3.99%) Business Manager
8 14 (3.99%) Sales Executive
8 14 (3.99%) Technical Engineer
8 14 (3.99%) Technical Support
8 14 (3.99%) Technical Support Engineer
9 12 (3.42%) Business Development Manager
9 12 (3.42%) Development Manager
10 11 (3.13%) Business Analyst
10 11 (3.13%) IT Engineer
10 11 (3.13%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.13%) React
2 14 (3.99%) REST
3 11 (3.13%) XML
4 9 (2.56%) HTML
4 9 (2.56%) JSON
4 9 (2.56%) Kafka
5 7 (1.99%) HEVC
5 7 (1.99%) RESTful
6 6 (1.71%) Jinja
6 6 (1.71%) Web Services
6 6 (1.71%) YAML
6 6 (1.71%) YANG
7 5 (1.42%) Django
7 5 (1.42%) Node.js
7 5 (1.42%) Twisted
7 5 (1.42%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.14%) CSS
8 4 (1.14%) OpenAPI
8 4 (1.14%) Swagger
9 3 (0.85%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.27%) Management Information System
3 20 (5.70%) Driving Licence
4 18 (5.13%) Product Ownership
5 17 (4.84%) Social Media
6 14 (3.99%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.85%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.28%) Web Conferencing
9 6 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.71%) Blog
9 6 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.71%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.42%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.42%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.42%) PMI
11 4 (1.14%) Low-Code
11 4 (1.14%) Solar Energy
11 4 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.26%) Windows
2 20 (5.70%) Linux
3 19 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.99%) Unix
6 6 (1.71%) Android
7 4 (1.14%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.57%) AIX
8 2 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.28%) CentOS
9 1 (0.28%) Debian
9 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.28%) OpenWrt
9 1 (0.28%) Solaris
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (32.76%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (24.79%) Business Development
3 72 (20.51%) CRM
4 57 (16.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (14.25%) AI
5 50 (14.25%) B2B
6 49 (13.96%) Agile
7 46 (13.11%) Analytics
7 46 (13.11%) Decision-Making
8 39 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
9 35 (9.97%) Customer Service
9 35 (9.97%) Project Management
10 33 (9.40%) Strategic Thinking
11 32 (9.12%) Coaching
12 31 (8.83%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (8.55%) Customer Experience
14 28 (7.98%) DevOps
15 26 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (7.41%) CI/CD
15 26 (7.41%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 46 (13.11%) SQL
2 39 (11.11%) Python
3 32 (9.12%) JavaScript
4 21 (5.98%) TypeScript
5 12 (3.42%) Bash
6 9 (2.56%) Java
7 8 (2.28%) C#
7 8 (2.28%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.14%) C++
8 4 (1.14%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.85%) C
9 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.85%) VBA
9 3 (0.85%) VC++
10 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.28%) Go
11 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 77 (21.94%) Degree
2 33 (9.40%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.84%) DV Cleared
4 7 (1.99%) CFA
5 6 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.71%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.42%) CISSP
6 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.42%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.14%) CISA
7 4 (1.14%) CISM
7 4 (1.14%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.85%) PhD
9 2 (0.57%) CCNA
9 2 (0.57%) CCNP
9 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.57%) CRISC
9 2 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.55%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.27%) QA
3 13 (3.70%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.28%) GDPR
5 6 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.71%) NIST
6 5 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.14%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.14%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.14%) WCAG
8 3 (0.85%) COBIT
8 3 (0.85%) EMIR
9 2 (0.57%) GMP
9 2 (0.57%) GRC
9 2 (0.57%) IFRS
9 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.57%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.99%) Docker
3 5 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.14%) Ansible
2 4 (1.14%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.85%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.85%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (0.85%) Terraform
4 2 (0.57%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.28%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Flashback
5 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.56%) Oracle
3 11 (3.13%) Google
4 9 (2.56%) Dell
4 9 (2.56%) HP
4 9 (2.56%) SAP
5 8 (2.28%) Cisco
5 8 (2.28%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.28%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.99%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.71%) F5
7 6 (1.71%) Juniper
7 6 (1.71%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.42%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.14%) Adobe
9 4 (1.14%) Sage
10 3 (0.85%) Freshdesk
10 3 (0.85%) Intel
10 3 (0.85%) Veeam
11 2 (0.57%) Instagram