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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 147 92
Rank change year-on-year +27 -55 +33
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 372 309 957
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.15% 2.38% 3.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.13% 5.65% 8.29%
Number of salaries quoted 193 190 711
10th Percentile £27,300 £31,700 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £38,356 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,608
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.87% -9.80%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,943 £72,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £40,455
% change year-on-year -20.00% +23.60% -23.67%

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 6,069 5,467 11,547
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.07% 42.10% 36.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,793 3,685 9,170
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.04% -8.46%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,348 £77,500
90th Percentile £103,500 £120,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,099 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.17% +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 10 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 16 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.69%) Apache
4 9 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.42%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.42%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.42%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.81%) Confluence
6 2 (0.54%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.27%) CMS
7 1 (0.27%) Moodle
Applications
1 52 (13.98%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (8.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.81%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.54%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.81%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.81%) Shopify
3 1 (0.27%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 64 (17.20%) Azure
2 44 (11.83%) AWS
3 33 (8.87%) SaaS
4 31 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 28 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (5.91%) GCP
7 20 (5.38%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.76%) Entra ID
8 14 (3.76%) GitHub
9 12 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (2.69%) OpenShift
10 10 (2.69%) Power Automate
11 9 (2.42%) Amazon Kinesis
11 9 (2.42%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.88%) Figma
13 7 (1.88%) GitHub Copilot
13 7 (1.88%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.61%) Google Docs
14 6 (1.61%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (3.49%) Firewall
3 12 (3.23%) DHCP
4 10 (2.69%) DNS
5 9 (2.42%) Internet
5 9 (2.42%) LAN
5 9 (2.42%) WAN
6 7 (1.88%) LTE
7 6 (1.61%) Broadband
7 6 (1.61%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.61%) VLAN
7 6 (1.61%) VPN
8 4 (1.08%) WLAN
9 3 (0.81%) DMARC
9 3 (0.81%) Network Security
9 3 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.81%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.54%) 4G
10 2 (0.54%) GPON
10 2 (0.54%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.80%) Power BI
2 18 (4.84%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (4.57%) SQL Server
4 16 (4.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (3.23%) Tableau
6 10 (2.69%) Metadata
7 9 (2.42%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (2.42%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (2.42%) Apache Iceberg
8 7 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.34%) MongoDB
11 4 (1.08%) MySQL
12 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.81%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
14 1 (0.27%) Cloudera CDH
14 1 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 21 (5.65%) Git
2 10 (2.69%) JIRA
3 6 (1.61%) GitLab
4 3 (0.81%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.81%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.81%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.81%) JMeter
4 3 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (0.81%) Robot Framework
4 3 (0.81%) Selenium
4 3 (0.81%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.81%) WebDriver
5 2 (0.54%) Storybook
5 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) git-flow
6 1 (0.27%) JUnit
6 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 200 (53.76%) Social Skills
2 112 (30.11%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (25.27%) Finance
4 48 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
5 46 (12.37%) Organisational Skills
6 43 (11.56%) Marketing
7 40 (10.75%) Public Sector
8 28 (7.53%) Law
9 22 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (5.38%) Billing
11 19 (5.11%) Retail
12 18 (4.84%) Electronics
13 17 (4.57%) Manufacturing
14 14 (3.76%) Banking
15 13 (3.49%) Financial Institution
16 12 (3.23%) Telecoms
17 9 (2.42%) Legal
18 8 (2.15%) Back Office
19 7 (1.88%) Local Government
20 6 (1.61%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 51 (13.71%) Analyst
2 48 (12.90%) Support Engineer
3 36 (9.68%) Architect
4 33 (8.87%) Solutions Architect
4 33 (8.87%) Technical Engineer
4 33 (8.87%) Technical Support
4 33 (8.87%) Technical Support Engineer
5 28 (7.53%) Senior
6 20 (5.38%) Account Manager
7 18 (4.84%) Developer
7 18 (4.84%) IT Support
8 17 (4.57%) Lead
9 14 (3.76%) Sales Executive
10 12 (3.23%) Business Analyst
10 12 (3.23%) Business Development Executive
10 12 (3.23%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (3.23%) Insight Analyst
11 11 (2.96%) IT Engineer
11 11 (2.96%) IT Support Engineer
12 10 (2.69%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.76%) REST
2 12 (3.23%) React
3 11 (2.96%) XML
4 9 (2.42%) HTML
4 9 (2.42%) JSON
4 9 (2.42%) Kafka
4 9 (2.42%) RESTful
5 7 (1.88%) HEVC
6 6 (1.61%) Jinja
6 6 (1.61%) OpenAPI
6 6 (1.61%) Swagger
6 6 (1.61%) Web Services
6 6 (1.61%) YAML
6 6 (1.61%) YANG
7 5 (1.34%) Django
7 5 (1.34%) Node.js
7 5 (1.34%) Twisted
7 5 (1.34%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.08%) CSS
9 3 (0.81%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.60%) Onboarding
2 26 (6.99%) Virtual Team
3 20 (5.38%) Product Ownership
4 19 (5.11%) Management Information System
5 18 (4.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (4.57%) Social Media
7 12 (3.23%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.42%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.15%) Blog
9 8 (2.15%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.88%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.61%) Solar Energy
11 6 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 5 (1.34%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.34%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.34%) PMI
12 5 (1.34%) Web Conferencing
13 3 (0.81%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.68%) Windows
2 23 (6.18%) Linux
3 17 (4.57%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.42%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.42%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (1.88%) Unix
6 6 (1.61%) Android
7 5 (1.34%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.81%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.54%) Debian
10 1 (0.27%) AIX
10 1 (0.27%) CentOS
10 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (39.52%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (22.31%) Business Development
3 74 (19.89%) Decision-Making
4 72 (19.35%) Analytics
5 70 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 62 (16.67%) CRM
7 58 (15.59%) Agile
8 51 (13.71%) B2B
9 48 (12.90%) Customer Experience
10 47 (12.63%) AI
10 47 (12.63%) Coaching
11 44 (11.83%) Project Management
12 43 (11.56%) Customer Service
13 40 (10.75%) Business Intelligence
13 40 (10.75%) Strategic Thinking
14 39 (10.48%) Collaborative Culture
15 34 (9.14%) DevOps
16 33 (8.87%) Data Analysis
16 33 (8.87%) Mentoring
17 32 (8.60%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 54 (14.52%) SQL
2 39 (10.48%) Python
3 26 (6.99%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.03%) TypeScript
5 13 (3.49%) Bash
5 13 (3.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (3.49%) Java
6 10 (2.69%) C#
7 5 (1.34%) C++
7 5 (1.34%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.34%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.08%) C
9 3 (0.81%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.81%) VBA
9 3 (0.81%) VC++
10 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.27%) Go
11 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 95 (25.54%) Degree
2 34 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 26 (6.99%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.88%) CFA
6 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.61%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.34%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.08%) CISSP
8 4 (1.08%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.81%) CISA
9 3 (0.81%) CISM
9 3 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.81%) PhD
9 3 (0.81%) PMP
10 2 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.54%) CCNA
10 2 (0.54%) CCNP
10 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (8.60%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.57%) QA
3 15 (4.03%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.42%) GDPR
5 5 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.34%) NIST
6 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.08%) EMIR
6 4 (1.08%) WCAG
7 3 (0.81%) IFRS
7 3 (0.81%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.81%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.54%) COBIT
8 2 (0.54%) GMP
8 2 (0.54%) GRC
8 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.27%) NCSC
9 1 (0.27%) PMO
9 1 (0.27%) SOC 1
System Software
1 24 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.15%) Docker
3 5 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) iptables
Systems Management
1 12 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.61%) Ansible
3 5 (1.34%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.08%) Terraform
5 2 (0.54%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 59 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.30%) Oracle
3 13 (3.49%) Google
4 9 (2.42%) Cisco
4 9 (2.42%) Dell
4 9 (2.42%) HP
5 8 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.88%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.61%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.61%) F5
7 6 (1.61%) HubSpot
7 6 (1.61%) Juniper
7 6 (1.61%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.08%) Adobe
9 3 (0.81%) Intel
9 3 (0.81%) SAP
9 3 (0.81%) Splunk
9 3 (0.81%) Veeam
10 2 (0.54%) Citrix
10 2 (0.54%) SendGrid