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 31 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 148 91
Rank change year-on-year +27 -57 +33
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 366 305 962
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.19% 2.38% 3.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.19% 5.64% 8.45%
Number of salaries quoted 191 180 707
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,100 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,375 £37,662 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.02% -9.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,991 £72,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +31.25% -24.53%

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 5,912 5,412 11,385
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.43% 42.18% 36.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,661 3,601 9,092
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -8.38%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £78,025
90th Percentile £102,500 £118,750 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 31 March 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 15 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.73%) Apache
4 9 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (2.46%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.46%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (2.46%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.82%) Confluence
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) Moodle
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (13.39%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (8.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.37%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.37%) Shopify
3 1 (0.27%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 63 (17.21%) Azure
2 42 (11.48%) AWS
3 33 (9.02%) SaaS
4 31 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (8.20%) Power Platform
6 20 (5.46%) GCP
7 19 (5.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (3.83%) Entra ID
8 14 (3.83%) GitHub
9 12 (3.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (2.73%) OpenShift
11 9 (2.46%) Amazon Kinesis
11 9 (2.46%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.46%) Power Automate
12 8 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.91%) GitHub Copilot
13 7 (1.91%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.64%) Apigee
14 6 (1.64%) Figma
14 6 (1.64%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.10%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (3.55%) DHCP
3 12 (3.28%) Firewall
4 10 (2.73%) DNS
4 10 (2.73%) WAN
5 9 (2.46%) LAN
6 7 (1.91%) Internet
7 6 (1.64%) Broadband
7 6 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.64%) VLAN
7 6 (1.64%) VPN
8 5 (1.37%) LTE
9 4 (1.09%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.09%) WLAN
10 3 (0.82%) DOCSIS
10 3 (0.82%) DSL
10 3 (0.82%) IPv4
10 3 (0.82%) IPv6
10 3 (0.82%) PPP
10 3 (0.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.65%) Power BI
2 17 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (4.64%) SQL Server
3 15 (4.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 12 (3.28%) Tableau
5 10 (2.73%) Metadata
6 9 (2.46%) Amazon Athena
6 9 (2.46%) Amazon QuickSight
6 9 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (2.46%) Apache Iceberg
7 7 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.37%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.37%) MySQL
8 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.82%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.27%) Cloudera CDH
11 1 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (5.46%) Git
2 11 (3.01%) JIRA
3 6 (1.64%) GitLab
4 4 (1.09%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.09%) Selenium
4 4 (1.09%) WebDriver
5 3 (0.82%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.82%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.82%) JMeter
5 3 (0.82%) Oracle APEX
5 3 (0.82%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.55%) Storybook
6 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.27%) git-flow
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
7 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 209 (57.10%) Social Skills
2 114 (31.15%) Analytical Skills
3 94 (25.68%) Finance
4 50 (13.66%) Presentation Skills
5 44 (12.02%) Organisational Skills
6 41 (11.20%) Public Sector
7 38 (10.38%) Marketing
8 27 (7.38%) Law
9 22 (6.01%) Manufacturing
10 21 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (5.46%) Billing
12 18 (4.92%) Electronics
13 15 (4.10%) Retail
13 15 (4.10%) Telecoms
14 14 (3.83%) Banking
14 14 (3.83%) Financial Institution
15 10 (2.73%) Legal
16 7 (1.91%) Automotive
16 7 (1.91%) Back Office
16 7 (1.91%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 51 (13.93%) Analyst
2 47 (12.84%) Support Engineer
3 37 (10.11%) Architect
4 34 (9.29%) Technical Engineer
4 34 (9.29%) Technical Support
4 34 (9.29%) Technical Support Engineer
5 33 (9.02%) Solutions Architect
6 28 (7.65%) Senior
7 21 (5.74%) IT Support
8 20 (5.46%) Account Manager
9 18 (4.92%) Sales Executive
10 16 (4.37%) Developer
10 16 (4.37%) Lead
11 14 (3.83%) Sales Manager
12 12 (3.28%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.28%) Commercial Analyst
12 12 (3.28%) Insight Analyst
13 11 (3.01%) IT Engineer
13 11 (3.01%) IT Support Engineer
14 9 (2.46%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.83%) REST
2 11 (3.01%) XML
3 10 (2.73%) React
4 9 (2.46%) JSON
4 9 (2.46%) Kafka
4 9 (2.46%) RESTful
5 8 (2.19%) HTML
6 6 (1.64%) Jinja
6 6 (1.64%) OpenAPI
6 6 (1.64%) Swagger
6 6 (1.64%) Web Services
6 6 (1.64%) YAML
6 6 (1.64%) YANG
7 5 (1.37%) Django
7 5 (1.37%) HEVC
7 5 (1.37%) Node.js
7 5 (1.37%) Twisted
7 5 (1.37%) WebSockets
8 4 (1.09%) Playwright
9 3 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.11%) Onboarding
2 26 (7.10%) Virtual Team
3 24 (6.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 20 (5.46%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.10%) Social Media
6 14 (3.83%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.28%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.46%) Blog
8 9 (2.46%) Renewable Energy
8 9 (2.46%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.91%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.64%) Solar Energy
10 6 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
11 5 (1.37%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.37%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.37%) PMI
12 4 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 38 (10.38%) Windows
2 24 (6.56%) Linux
3 16 (4.37%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (2.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (2.19%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.91%) Unix
7 6 (1.64%) Android
8 4 (1.09%) OpenWrt
8 4 (1.09%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.55%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (39.34%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (22.40%) Analytics
3 80 (21.86%) Decision-Making
4 73 (19.95%) Business Development
5 70 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (17.49%) CRM
7 60 (16.39%) Agile
8 53 (14.48%) B2B
9 50 (13.66%) Customer Experience
10 47 (12.84%) Coaching
11 46 (12.57%) AI
12 44 (12.02%) Customer Service
13 43 (11.75%) Project Management
14 39 (10.66%) Business Intelligence
15 37 (10.11%) Collaborative Culture
15 37 (10.11%) Strategic Thinking
16 34 (9.29%) DevOps
16 34 (9.29%) Software Engineering
17 33 (9.02%) Data Analysis
18 32 (8.74%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 51 (13.93%) SQL
2 38 (10.38%) Python
3 23 (6.28%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.83%) Java
5 13 (3.55%) Bash
5 13 (3.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 13 (3.55%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.01%) C#
7 6 (1.64%) C++
8 5 (1.37%) C
8 5 (1.37%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.09%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.82%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.82%) VBA
10 3 (0.82%) VC++
11 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.27%) Go
12 1 (0.27%) PHP
12 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 94 (25.68%) Degree
2 32 (8.74%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.56%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.91%) CFA
6 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.64%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.37%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.82%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (0.82%) PhD
8 3 (0.82%) PMP
9 2 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.55%) CCNA
9 2 (0.55%) CCNP
9 2 (0.55%) CISA
9 2 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.55%) CISM
9 2 (0.55%) CISSP
9 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.20%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.92%) QA
3 14 (3.83%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.91%) GDPR
5 5 (1.37%) IFRS
6 4 (1.09%) EMIR
6 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.09%) WCAG
7 3 (0.82%) NIST
7 3 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.55%) GMP
8 2 (0.55%) GRC
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.55%) PMO
8 2 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) MiFID
9 1 (0.27%) P3O
System Software
1 27 (7.38%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.19%) Docker
3 5 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) iptables
Systems Management
1 12 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.64%) Ansible
3 5 (1.37%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.09%) Terraform
5 2 (0.55%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.37%) Oracle
3 13 (3.55%) Google
4 9 (2.46%) Cisco
4 9 (2.46%) Dell
4 9 (2.46%) HP
4 9 (2.46%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.91%) Autodesk
5 7 (1.91%) Red Hat
6 6 (1.64%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.64%) F5
6 6 (1.64%) Juniper
6 6 (1.64%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.09%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.82%) Intel
8 3 (0.82%) SAP
8 3 (0.82%) Splunk
8 3 (0.82%) Veeam
9 2 (0.55%) Adobe
9 2 (0.55%) Citrix