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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 95 142
Rank change year-on-year -18 +47 -12
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 554 624 565
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.44% 3.77% 2.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.44% 8.75% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 385 280 411
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £27,000
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% -5.99%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,625 £76,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.94% -10.00% -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 8,603 7,135 8,492
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.95% 43.13% 34.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,248 3,671 6,100
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,750 £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 £80,431 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £120,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -10.85%

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 9 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 28 (5.05%) SharePoint
2 22 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.62%) CMS
4 7 (1.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (1.26%) WordPress
5 5 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.90%) IIS
6 2 (0.36%) Confluence
7 1 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 42 (7.58%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (1.08%) Chatbot
5 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (1.08%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.90%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.90%) InDesign
7 4 (0.72%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.72%) Revit
7 4 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.18%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.18%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 10 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (0.90%) Primavera
3 3 (0.54%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.36%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) JDE World
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 77 (13.90%) Azure
2 53 (9.57%) AWS
3 48 (8.66%) SaaS
4 36 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (4.33%) GCP
6 23 (4.15%) Entra ID
7 21 (3.79%) Figma
8 20 (3.61%) Power Platform
9 16 (2.89%) GitHub
10 14 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.62%) Serverless
12 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
13 7 (1.26%) IaaS
13 7 (1.26%) PaaS
13 7 (1.26%) Snowflake
14 6 (1.08%) Azure Functions
14 6 (1.08%) Azure Key Vault
14 6 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (1.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.25%) Firewall
2 16 (2.89%) VPN
3 15 (2.71%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (2.17%) Broadband
4 12 (2.17%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.99%) DNS
6 10 (1.81%) Internet
7 9 (1.62%) DHCP
8 7 (1.26%) LAN
8 7 (1.26%) LTE
8 7 (1.26%) WAN
9 5 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (0.90%) Network Security
9 5 (0.90%) WPA
10 3 (0.54%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.54%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.36%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.36%) VoIP
12 1 (0.18%) HTTP
12 1 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.89%) Power BI
2 13 (2.35%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.44%) Tableau
6 6 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (0.90%) Data Mining
7 5 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.90%) Metadata
7 5 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.72%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.72%) MySQL
8 4 (0.72%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.54%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.54%) Looker
10 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 40 (7.22%) Git
2 11 (1.99%) JIRA
3 8 (1.44%) JUnit
4 7 (1.26%) Maven
4 7 (1.26%) Mockito
5 6 (1.08%) GitLab
6 5 (0.90%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.90%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.36%) Mercurial
8 2 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.36%) Postman
8 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.18%) git-flow
9 1 (0.18%) Mocha
9 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 265 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 118 (21.30%) Analytical Skills
3 115 (20.76%) Marketing
4 113 (20.40%) Finance
5 78 (14.08%) Organisational Skills
6 53 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 49 (8.84%) Public Sector
8 39 (7.04%) Retail
9 35 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (5.60%) Law
11 29 (5.23%) Automotive
12 24 (4.33%) Telecoms
13 23 (4.15%) Games
14 22 (3.97%) Legal
15 21 (3.79%) Banking
16 20 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
17 16 (2.89%) Manufacturing
18 13 (2.35%) Electronics
19 11 (1.99%) French Language
19 11 (1.99%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 62 (11.19%) Developer
2 54 (9.75%) Analyst
3 53 (9.57%) Business Manager
4 51 (9.21%) Business Development Manager
4 51 (9.21%) Development Manager
5 49 (8.84%) Senior
6 31 (5.60%) Full-Stack Developer
7 23 (4.15%) Support Engineer
8 22 (3.97%) IT Support
9 21 (3.79%) Consultant
10 18 (3.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 18 (3.25%) Lead
10 18 (3.25%) Sales Executive
11 15 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
12 14 (2.53%) Business Development Executive
12 14 (2.53%) Support Analyst
13 13 (2.35%) Recruitment Consultant
13 13 (2.35%) Technical Engineer
14 12 (2.17%) Technical Support
14 12 (2.17%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (10.11%) React
2 21 (3.79%) REST
3 12 (2.17%) .NET
4 9 (1.62%) JSON
4 9 (1.62%) Web Services
5 8 (1.44%) Spring
6 7 (1.26%) HEVC
6 7 (1.26%) XML
7 6 (1.08%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.08%) Django
7 6 (1.08%) HTML
7 6 (1.08%) WebSockets
8 5 (0.90%) CSS
8 5 (0.90%) Jinja
8 5 (0.90%) Middleware
8 5 (0.90%) Twisted
8 5 (0.90%) YAML
8 5 (0.90%) YANG
9 4 (0.72%) COM
9 4 (0.72%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.86%) Management Information System
2 32 (5.78%) Onboarding
3 31 (5.60%) Driving Licence
4 26 (4.69%) Social Media
5 18 (3.25%) Blog
5 18 (3.25%) Web Conferencing
6 15 (2.71%) Product Ownership
7 13 (2.35%) FMCG
8 12 (2.17%) e-Learning
8 12 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (1.44%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.44%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.26%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.26%) Freedom of Information Act
12 6 (1.08%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.08%) Podcast
12 6 (1.08%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.08%) Replication
12 6 (1.08%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 47 (8.48%) Windows
2 22 (3.97%) Linux
3 16 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.26%) Unix
5 6 (1.08%) VMS
6 5 (0.90%) Android
6 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.36%) AIX
9 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.18%) Solaris
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (25.45%) Business Development
2 139 (25.09%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (22.56%) CRM
4 93 (16.79%) AI
5 88 (15.88%) Agile
5 88 (15.88%) Decision-Making
6 78 (14.08%) B2B
7 61 (11.01%) Mentoring
8 58 (10.47%) Customer Service
8 58 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
9 57 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 54 (9.75%) Full-Stack Development
11 49 (8.84%) Collaborative Culture
12 43 (7.76%) Business Strategy
13 41 (7.40%) CI/CD
13 41 (7.40%) Coaching
13 41 (7.40%) Time Management
14 39 (7.04%) Lead Generation
15 38 (6.86%) Customer Experience
15 38 (6.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 67 (12.09%) JavaScript
2 57 (10.29%) SQL
3 48 (8.66%) TypeScript
4 39 (7.04%) Python
5 14 (2.53%) Bash
5 14 (2.53%) Java
6 10 (1.81%) C#
7 9 (1.62%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.44%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.26%) PL/SQL
10 6 (1.08%) Bicep
10 6 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.54%) C++
11 3 (0.54%) Perl
11 3 (0.54%) R
12 1 (0.18%) Delphi
12 1 (0.18%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.18%) Pascal
12 1 (0.18%) VBA
12 1 (0.18%) VC++
Qualifications
1 90 (16.25%) Degree
2 57 (10.29%) Security Cleared
3 27 (4.87%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.79%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (3.07%) CISSP
7 14 (2.53%) CISM
8 12 (2.17%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.44%) CISA
11 7 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.26%) CRISC
11 7 (1.26%) ISACA
12 6 (1.08%) Azure Certification
12 6 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (1.08%) PMP
13 5 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
14 4 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.72%) CCSP
14 4 (0.72%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.58%) Accessibility
2 30 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (5.05%) GDPR
4 27 (4.87%) QA
5 21 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 21 (3.79%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.89%) NIST
7 10 (1.81%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.62%) GRC
8 9 (1.62%) SOC 2
9 8 (1.44%) COBIT
9 8 (1.44%) ISO 9001
10 7 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 7 (1.26%) SOC 1
11 5 (0.90%) NCSC
11 5 (0.90%) SLA
12 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.72%) ISO 19650
13 3 (0.54%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 32 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.61%) Docker
3 9 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.26%) Firmware
5 6 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.08%) vSphere
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.26%) Terraform
4 3 (0.54%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.36%) Ansible
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Flashback
Vendors
1 117 (21.12%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.33%) SAP
3 20 (3.61%) Oracle
4 18 (3.25%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.89%) Cisco
5 16 (2.89%) HubSpot
6 11 (1.99%) Adobe
6 11 (1.99%) Google
7 6 (1.08%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.08%) ScienceLogic
7 6 (1.08%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.08%) VMware
8 5 (0.90%) Dell
8 5 (0.90%) F5
8 5 (0.90%) HP
8 5 (0.90%) Juniper
8 5 (0.90%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.90%) Sage
9 3 (0.54%) Apple
9 3 (0.54%) Citrix