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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 93 131
Rank change year-on-year -31 +38 +2
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 500 610 638
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.28% 3.71% 2.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.05% 8.63% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 348 265 459
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £26,650
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,250 £35,816
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,710 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% -16.74% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £93,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £41,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.80% -7.22% -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 8,266 7,069 9,194
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.76% 42.95% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5,120 3,637 6,713
10th Percentile £34,071 £31,000 £33,966
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £58,497 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.63% +3.64% -13.39%

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 29 July 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 25 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.40%) CMS
4 6 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2013
4 6 (1.20%) WordPress
5 5 (1.00%) IIS
5 5 (1.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.60%) Confluence
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 43 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (1.20%) Chatbot
5 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.20%) Photoshop
6 5 (1.00%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (1.00%) InDesign
7 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.20%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.20%) Revit
8 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (1.00%) Primavera
3 3 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.20%) JDE World
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 70 (14.00%) Azure
2 46 (9.20%) AWS
3 36 (7.20%) SaaS
4 33 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (4.40%) GCP
6 20 (4.00%) Entra ID
6 20 (4.00%) Power Platform
7 18 (3.60%) Figma
8 15 (3.00%) GitHub
9 14 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.80%) Serverless
11 8 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.40%) IaaS
12 7 (1.40%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.40%) PaaS
12 7 (1.40%) Snowflake
13 6 (1.20%) Apigee
13 6 (1.20%) Azure Functions
13 6 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.20%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.00%) Firewall
1 15 (3.00%) VPN
2 13 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (2.40%) Broadband
4 11 (2.20%) DNS
4 11 (2.20%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.00%) Internet
6 9 (1.80%) DHCP
7 7 (1.40%) LTE
7 7 (1.40%) WAN
8 6 (1.20%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.20%) LAN
9 5 (1.00%) Network Security
9 5 (1.00%) WPA
10 3 (0.60%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.40%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.40%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.20%) HTTP
12 1 (0.20%) SNMP
12 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.20%) Power BI
2 13 (2.60%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.40%) Tableau
6 6 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.00%) Data Mining
7 5 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.00%) Metadata
7 5 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.60%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.60%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.60%) MySQL
9 3 (0.60%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.40%) Looker
10 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.20%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 37 (7.40%) Git
2 13 (2.60%) JIRA
3 6 (1.20%) GitLab
3 6 (1.20%) JUnit
4 5 (1.00%) Maven
4 5 (1.00%) Mockito
5 4 (0.80%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.80%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
6 3 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.40%) Postman
8 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.20%) git-flow
8 1 (0.20%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 226 (45.20%) Social Skills
2 101 (20.20%) Analytical Skills
3 97 (19.40%) Finance
3 97 (19.40%) Marketing
4 70 (14.00%) Organisational Skills
5 47 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (7.40%) Public Sector
7 33 (6.60%) Retail
8 31 (6.20%) Presentation Skills
9 30 (6.00%) Automotive
10 25 (5.00%) Law
11 23 (4.60%) Telecoms
12 20 (4.00%) Legal
13 19 (3.80%) Banking
14 18 (3.60%) Games
14 18 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (3.00%) Manufacturing
16 13 (2.60%) Electronics
17 11 (2.20%) Multimedia
18 8 (1.60%) French Language
Job Titles
1 58 (11.60%) Developer
2 52 (10.40%) Analyst
3 49 (9.80%) Business Manager
4 47 (9.40%) Business Development Manager
4 47 (9.40%) Development Manager
5 44 (8.80%) Senior
6 28 (5.60%) Full-Stack Developer
7 26 (5.20%) Support Engineer
8 19 (3.80%) Consultant
9 18 (3.60%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 17 (3.40%) IT Support
10 17 (3.40%) Lead
11 16 (3.20%) Sales Executive
12 15 (3.00%) Technical Engineer
13 14 (2.80%) Business Development Executive
13 14 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (2.80%) Support Analyst
13 14 (2.80%) Technical Support
13 14 (2.80%) Technical Support Engineer
14 12 (2.40%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.40%) React
2 20 (4.00%) REST
3 10 (2.00%) .NET
3 10 (2.00%) JSON
4 9 (1.80%) Web Services
4 9 (1.80%) XML
5 7 (1.40%) HEVC
5 7 (1.40%) HTML
6 6 (1.20%) Django
6 6 (1.20%) Jinja
6 6 (1.20%) Spring
6 6 (1.20%) WebSockets
6 6 (1.20%) YAML
6 6 (1.20%) YANG
7 5 (1.00%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.00%) CSS
7 5 (1.00%) Middleware
7 5 (1.00%) Twisted
8 4 (0.80%) COM
8 4 (0.80%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.80%) Management Information System
2 31 (6.20%) Onboarding
3 27 (5.40%) Driving Licence
4 22 (4.40%) Social Media
5 16 (3.20%) Web Conferencing
6 15 (3.00%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.80%) Blog
8 13 (2.60%) FMCG
9 12 (2.40%) e-Learning
9 12 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.60%) Cloud Native
11 8 (1.60%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.40%) Freedom of Information
12 7 (1.40%) Freedom of Information Act
13 6 (1.20%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.20%) Podcast
13 6 (1.20%) Public Cloud
13 6 (1.20%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.60%) Windows
2 21 (4.20%) Linux
3 17 (3.40%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.60%) Unix
5 6 (1.20%) Android
5 6 (1.20%) VMS
5 6 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.80%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.40%) AIX
7 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Solaris
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (25.60%) Business Development
1 128 (25.60%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (21.40%) CRM
3 84 (16.80%) AI
4 79 (15.80%) Agile
5 78 (15.60%) Decision-Making
6 68 (13.60%) B2B
7 58 (11.60%) Cybersecurity
8 56 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 55 (11.00%) Mentoring
10 51 (10.20%) Full-Stack Development
11 49 (9.80%) Customer Service
12 41 (8.20%) Collaborative Culture
13 38 (7.60%) Roadmaps
14 37 (7.40%) CI/CD
14 37 (7.40%) Coaching
15 35 (7.00%) Analytics
16 34 (6.80%) Customer Experience
16 34 (6.80%) Time Management
17 33 (6.60%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 63 (12.60%) JavaScript
2 54 (10.80%) SQL
3 46 (9.20%) TypeScript
4 38 (7.60%) Python
5 12 (2.40%) Bash
6 10 (2.00%) C#
6 10 (2.00%) Java
7 9 (1.80%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.60%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.20%) Bicep
9 6 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.00%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.60%) C++
11 3 (0.60%) Perl
12 2 (0.40%) R
13 1 (0.20%) Delphi
13 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.20%) Pascal
13 1 (0.20%) VBA
13 1 (0.20%) VC++
Qualifications
1 78 (15.60%) Degree
2 45 (9.00%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.60%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.40%) CISSP
5 15 (3.00%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.80%) CISM
7 11 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.00%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.60%) CISA
10 7 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.40%) CRISC
10 7 (1.40%) ISACA
11 6 (1.20%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (1.20%) PMP
12 4 (0.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.80%) CCSP
12 4 (0.80%) CREST Certified
13 3 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.60%) Accessibility
2 29 (5.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (5.20%) GDPR
4 25 (5.00%) QA
5 21 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (3.20%) Data Quality
6 16 (3.20%) NIST
7 10 (2.00%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.80%) GRC
8 9 (1.80%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.60%) COBIT
10 7 (1.40%) ISO 9001
10 7 (1.40%) SOC 1
11 6 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 5 (1.00%) NCSC
12 5 (1.00%) SLA
13 4 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.60%) ISO 22301
14 3 (0.60%) PMO
15 2 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 28 (5.60%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.20%) Docker
3 9 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.20%) vSphere
5 1 (0.20%) Firmware
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.20%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 14 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.40%) Terraform
4 3 (0.60%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.20%) Ansible
6 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 106 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.00%) SAP
3 18 (3.60%) Oracle
4 17 (3.40%) Cisco
5 15 (3.00%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.40%) Adobe
7 8 (1.60%) Google
8 7 (1.40%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.20%) Dell
9 6 (1.20%) F5
9 6 (1.20%) HP
9 6 (1.20%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.20%) Juniper
9 6 (1.20%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.20%) ScienceLogic
9 6 (1.20%) VMware
10 5 (1.00%) Sage
10 5 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.60%) Citrix
11 3 (0.60%) Freshdesk