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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 107 106
Rank change year-on-year -29 -1 +31
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 368 512 920
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.93% 3.53% 2.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.60% 7.71% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 241 209 710
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,650 £24,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.06% -11.82%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £63,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £41,901 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.89% +12.50% -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 6,570 6,642 11,800
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.48% 45.76% 35.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,179 3,324 9,262
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,825 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -3.84% +5.00% -8.42%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £102,500
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 27 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 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.45%) Apache
3 9 (2.45%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (2.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (2.45%) Exchange Server 2013
4 8 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.63%) WordPress
6 5 (1.36%) CMS
7 3 (0.82%) Confluence
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.27%) IIS
Applications
1 57 (15.49%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.54%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 13 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.09%) Primavera
3 2 (0.54%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 51 (13.86%) Azure
2 42 (11.41%) AWS
3 32 (8.70%) SaaS
4 27 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (5.98%) GCP
6 17 (4.62%) Power Platform
7 16 (4.35%) Entra ID
8 12 (3.26%) GitHub
9 9 (2.45%) Figma
10 8 (2.17%) Amazon Kinesis
10 8 (2.17%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.17%) OpenShift
11 7 (1.90%) Canva
12 6 (1.63%) Apigee
12 6 (1.63%) Kong
12 6 (1.63%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.63%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.63%) Serverless
12 6 (1.63%) Smartsheet
13 5 (1.36%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.08%) Firewall
2 12 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (2.99%) LAN
4 10 (2.72%) Broadband
4 10 (2.72%) DHCP
4 10 (2.72%) DNS
4 10 (2.72%) WAN
5 8 (2.17%) Internet
6 7 (1.90%) LTE
6 7 (1.90%) VPN
7 6 (1.63%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (1.36%) Network Security
8 5 (1.36%) VLAN
8 5 (1.36%) WLAN
9 3 (0.82%) DMARC
9 3 (0.82%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.54%) 4G
10 2 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.54%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.27%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.08%) Power BI
2 12 (3.26%) Tableau
3 9 (2.45%) Metadata
3 9 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.17%) Amazon Athena
4 8 (2.17%) Amazon QuickSight
4 8 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
4 8 (2.17%) Apache Iceberg
4 8 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.90%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.36%) MySQL
8 3 (0.82%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.27%) Cloudera CDH
10 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (7.34%) Git
2 12 (3.26%) JIRA
3 6 (1.63%) GitLab
4 3 (0.82%) JUnit
4 3 (0.82%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (0.54%) Maven
5 2 (0.54%) Mockito
5 2 (0.54%) Storybook
5 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.27%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.27%) git-flow
6 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) JMeter
6 1 (0.27%) Postman
6 1 (0.27%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.27%) Selenium
6 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 167 (45.38%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.11%) Marketing
3 73 (19.84%) Finance
4 70 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (14.13%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (7.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (7.34%) Automotive
8 23 (6.25%) Law
9 21 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (5.43%) Public Sector
10 20 (5.43%) Retail
10 20 (5.43%) Telecoms
11 17 (4.62%) Banking
11 17 (4.62%) Manufacturing
12 15 (4.08%) Electronics
12 15 (4.08%) Games
13 10 (2.72%) Legal
14 9 (2.45%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.90%) Local Government
15 7 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (11.41%) Senior
2 36 (9.78%) Analyst
3 32 (8.70%) Developer
4 26 (7.07%) Business Manager
5 25 (6.79%) Support Engineer
6 24 (6.52%) Business Development Manager
6 24 (6.52%) Development Manager
7 18 (4.89%) IT Support
8 17 (4.62%) Sales Executive
9 16 (4.35%) Lead
10 15 (4.08%) Account Manager
11 13 (3.53%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (3.26%) Business Development Executive
13 11 (2.99%) Consultant
13 11 (2.99%) IT Engineer
13 11 (2.99%) IT Support Engineer
13 11 (2.99%) Software Engineer
14 10 (2.72%) Data Engineer
15 9 (2.45%) Business Analyst
15 9 (2.45%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.34%) React
2 18 (4.89%) REST
3 12 (3.26%) HTML
4 10 (2.72%) XML
5 9 (2.45%) JSON
5 9 (2.45%) Web Services
6 8 (2.17%) Kafka
7 7 (1.90%) CSS
7 7 (1.90%) HEVC
7 7 (1.90%) RESTful
8 6 (1.63%) Django
8 6 (1.63%) Jinja
8 6 (1.63%) WebSockets
8 6 (1.63%) YAML
8 6 (1.63%) YANG
9 5 (1.36%) .NET
9 5 (1.36%) Twisted
10 4 (1.09%) EDI
10 4 (1.09%) OpenAPI
10 4 (1.09%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.24%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.98%) Management Information System
2 22 (5.98%) Social Media
3 18 (4.89%) Driving Licence
4 17 (4.62%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.80%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (3.26%) Blog
7 11 (2.99%) Web Conferencing
8 7 (1.90%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.63%) FMCG
9 6 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.36%) PMI
10 5 (1.36%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (1.09%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.09%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.82%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 36 (9.78%) Windows
2 20 (5.43%) Linux
2 20 (5.43%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.45%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (2.45%) Windows Server 2012
3 9 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (2.17%) Unix
5 7 (1.90%) Android
6 4 (1.09%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.54%) AIX
7 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.27%) CentOS
8 1 (0.27%) Debian
8 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.27%) Solaris
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (26.09%) Business Development
3 80 (21.74%) CRM
4 57 (15.49%) Agile
5 50 (13.59%) B2B
6 45 (12.23%) AI
7 42 (11.41%) Collaborative Culture
8 41 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (10.33%) Decision-Making
10 35 (9.51%) Analytics
10 35 (9.51%) Cybersecurity
11 33 (8.97%) Customer Service
12 29 (7.88%) CI/CD
13 28 (7.61%) DevOps
13 28 (7.61%) Software Engineering
14 27 (7.34%) B2B Sales
14 27 (7.34%) Coaching
14 27 (7.34%) Roadmaps
15 26 (7.07%) Full-Stack Development
15 26 (7.07%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (11.68%) SQL
2 42 (11.41%) JavaScript
2 42 (11.41%) Python
3 26 (7.07%) TypeScript
4 13 (3.53%) Java
5 12 (3.26%) Bash
6 7 (1.90%) C#
6 7 (1.90%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.36%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.82%) C++
8 3 (0.82%) Perl
8 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.54%) VBA
9 2 (0.54%) VC++
10 1 (0.27%) Go
10 1 (0.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 78 (21.20%) Degree
2 37 (10.05%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.71%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.17%) PMI Certification
4 8 (2.17%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.63%) CISSP
5 6 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.63%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.63%) PMP
6 5 (1.36%) CISA
6 5 (1.36%) CISM
6 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.09%) CFA
8 3 (0.82%) CAPM
8 3 (0.82%) CCNP
8 3 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.82%) CRISC
8 3 (0.82%) ISACA
8 3 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.71%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.89%) QA
3 13 (3.53%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.45%) GDPR
5 8 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.90%) NIST
7 5 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.36%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.09%) COBIT
8 4 (1.09%) WCAG
9 3 (0.82%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.82%) PMO
9 3 (0.82%) SOC 1
10 2 (0.54%) EMIR
10 2 (0.54%) GMP
10 2 (0.54%) GRC
11 1 (0.27%) IFRS
11 1 (0.27%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (5.98%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.72%) Docker
3 6 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 13 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.82%) Ansible
3 3 (0.82%) Data Guard
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.54%) Terraform
5 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Flashback
5 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 74 (20.11%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.89%) SAP
3 17 (4.62%) Oracle
4 11 (2.99%) Cisco
5 10 (2.72%) Google
5 10 (2.72%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.45%) Dell
6 9 (2.45%) HP
7 8 (2.17%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.90%) Adobe
9 6 (1.63%) F5
9 6 (1.63%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.63%) Juniper
9 6 (1.63%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.09%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.09%) Sage
11 3 (0.82%) Apple
11 3 (0.82%) Citrix
11 3 (0.82%) Intel
11 3 (0.82%) Planview