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 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 111 107
Rank change year-on-year +26 -4 +7
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 614 530 659
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.80% 2.67% 2.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.46% 7.58% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 300 201 486
10th Percentile £26,863 £26,250 £32,563
25th Percentile £29,438 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £54,063 £70,000 £74,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% - -1.82%

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 6,492 6,989 8,907
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 40.16% 35.24% 40.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,480 3,922 7,010
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £38,116
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -
75th Percentile £81,250 £87,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.83% -4.00% -

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 3 November 2025.

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 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.98%) IIS
3 6 (0.98%) WordPress
4 5 (0.81%) Confluence
5 4 (0.65%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.16%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.16%) Moodle
Applications
1 55 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.30%) Photoshop
5 7 (1.14%) Blender
5 7 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.65%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.65%) InDesign
7 3 (0.49%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.33%) Civil 3D
8 2 (0.33%) Final Cut Pro
8 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.33%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.33%) Revit
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.16%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 25 (4.07%) NetSuite
2 14 (2.28%) Sage 200
2 14 (2.28%) Sage CRM
3 8 (1.30%) Shopify
4 5 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.81%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.16%) Endur
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 208 (33.88%) Azure
2 164 (26.71%) AWS
3 153 (24.92%) GCP
4 49 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (6.84%) Power Platform
6 22 (3.58%) SaaS
7 17 (2.77%) Power Automate
8 16 (2.61%) GitHub
9 15 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (2.28%) Entra ID
11 13 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (2.12%) OneDrive
12 12 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 11 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (1.30%) PowerApps
15 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (0.98%) Google Analytics
17 3 (0.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 3 (0.49%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.09%) Firewall
2 16 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (2.44%) Broadband
4 13 (2.12%) VoIP
5 11 (1.79%) VPN
6 10 (1.63%) Internet
6 10 (1.63%) WAN
7 9 (1.47%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.30%) DNS
8 8 (1.30%) SSL
8 8 (1.30%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.14%) 5G
9 7 (1.14%) Ethernet
10 6 (0.98%) DHCP
11 5 (0.81%) ADSL
11 5 (0.81%) ADSL2+
11 5 (0.81%) G.fast
11 5 (0.81%) PSTN
11 5 (0.81%) VLAN
12 4 (0.65%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.00%) SQL Server
2 40 (6.51%) Power BI
3 15 (2.44%) GIS
4 13 (2.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (1.79%) Geospatial Data
7 7 (1.14%) MySQL
7 7 (1.14%) QGIS
8 6 (0.98%) MariaDB
8 6 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.81%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.81%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.65%) NonStop SQL
11 3 (0.49%) Tableau
12 2 (0.33%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.16%) FileMaker
13 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (2.93%) JIRA
1 18 (2.93%) Selenium
2 17 (2.77%) WebDriver
3 14 (2.28%) Git
4 10 (1.63%) SoapUI
5 9 (1.47%) Cypress.io
5 9 (1.47%) Postman
5 9 (1.47%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.65%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.33%) JMeter
8 2 (0.33%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.33%) Spock
8 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.16%) Bugzilla
9 1 (0.16%) JUnit
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.16%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 287 (46.74%) Social Skills
2 172 (28.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 146 (23.78%) Finance
4 125 (20.36%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (8.31%) Marketing
6 50 (8.14%) Presentation Skills
7 42 (6.84%) Manufacturing
7 42 (6.84%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (5.37%) Public Sector
9 27 (4.40%) Billing
10 22 (3.58%) Legal
11 18 (2.93%) Law
11 18 (2.93%) Telecoms
12 14 (2.28%) Retail
13 12 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.30%) Advertising
14 8 (1.30%) Banking
14 8 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.30%) Financial Institution
15 7 (1.14%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 177 (28.83%) Senior
2 150 (24.43%) Software Engineer
3 147 (23.94%) Senior Software Engineer
4 68 (11.07%) Analyst
5 47 (7.65%) Technical Support
6 37 (6.03%) IT Support
7 36 (5.86%) Support Engineer
8 34 (5.54%) Technical Engineer
8 34 (5.54%) Technical Support Engineer
9 28 (4.56%) Administrator
10 27 (4.40%) Support Technician
11 26 (4.23%) Developer
12 23 (3.75%) IT Support Technician
12 23 (3.75%) IT Technician
13 21 (3.42%) Lead
14 20 (3.26%) Support Analyst
15 18 (2.93%) Architect
15 18 (2.93%) Business Development Manager
15 18 (2.93%) Development Manager
15 18 (2.93%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (27.69%) .NET
2 153 (24.92%) Node.js
3 17 (2.77%) HTML
4 15 (2.44%) SOAP
5 12 (1.95%) XML
6 11 (1.79%) JSON
6 11 (1.79%) REST
7 8 (1.30%) Playwright
8 6 (0.98%) Web Services
9 4 (0.65%) CSS
9 4 (0.65%) Vue
10 3 (0.49%) FreeSWITCH
11 2 (0.33%) ActiveMQ
11 2 (0.33%) Kafka
11 2 (0.33%) Middleware
11 2 (0.33%) pytest
11 2 (0.33%) React
11 2 (0.33%) RESTful
11 2 (0.33%) Swagger
11 2 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 149 (24.27%) Linux Command Line
2 147 (23.94%) Cyberattack
3 52 (8.47%) Onboarding
4 27 (4.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 22 (3.58%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.61%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.28%) Driving Licence
7 14 (2.28%) Social Media
8 11 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.47%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.47%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 7 (1.14%) GNSS
10 7 (1.14%) Self-Driving Car
11 6 (0.98%) Blog
11 6 (0.98%) BYOD
11 6 (0.98%) IoT
12 4 (0.65%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.65%) Tandem
13 3 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 167 (27.20%) Linux
2 78 (12.70%) Windows
3 27 (4.40%) Windows 10
4 24 (3.91%) Apple iOS
5 13 (2.12%) Windows 7
6 9 (1.47%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.14%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.98%) Unix
9 5 (0.81%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.33%) OpenWrt
10 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (36.32%) Agile
2 221 (35.99%) Problem-Solving
3 197 (32.08%) Mentoring
4 191 (31.11%) User Experience
5 172 (28.01%) Software Engineering
6 161 (26.22%) Scrum
7 157 (25.57%) Microservices
8 150 (24.43%) Cloud Security
8 150 (24.43%) Machine Learning
9 147 (23.94%) Data Engineering
9 147 (23.94%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 100 (16.29%) Customer Service
11 78 (12.70%) CRM
12 74 (12.05%) Decision-Making
13 68 (11.07%) Analytics
14 58 (9.45%) Business Development
14 58 (9.45%) Time Management
15 57 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (9.12%) B2B
17 54 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 182 (29.64%) Java
2 177 (28.83%) Python
3 162 (26.38%) JavaScript
4 161 (26.22%) C++
5 147 (23.94%) Go
5 147 (23.94%) Rust
6 105 (17.10%) SQL
7 34 (5.54%) C#
8 13 (2.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 13 (2.12%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.47%) MATLAB
10 7 (1.14%) PHP
11 4 (0.65%) VBA
12 3 (0.49%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.33%) Bash
13 2 (0.33%) Bicep
13 2 (0.33%) C
13 2 (0.33%) Groovy
14 1 (0.16%) R
14 1 (0.16%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 183 (29.80%) Security Cleared
2 153 (24.92%) DV Cleared
3 147 (23.94%) AWS Certification
3 147 (23.94%) AWS Certified Developer
3 147 (23.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 114 (18.57%) Degree
5 25 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (3.58%) SC Cleared
7 17 (2.77%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.47%) ISTQB
9 9 (1.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 7 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.98%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.81%) MCP
12 5 (0.81%) MCSA
12 5 (0.81%) MCSE
13 4 (0.65%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.07%) QA
2 19 (3.09%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.93%) SLA
4 10 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.47%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.30%) GDPR
7 6 (0.98%) PMO
8 4 (0.65%) IFRS
9 3 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.33%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.33%) NIST
11 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.16%) EMIR
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.16%) MiFID
11 1 (0.16%) NCSC
11 1 (0.16%) P3O
11 1 (0.16%) PERC
System Software
1 37 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.63%) Docker
3 9 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.98%) Firmware
5 4 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.49%) Terraform
5 2 (0.33%) Grafana
5 2 (0.33%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.33%) SCOM
6 1 (0.16%) Ansible
6 1 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 108 (17.59%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.61%) Oracle
3 14 (2.28%) Sage
3 14 (2.28%) Salesforce
3 14 (2.28%) VMware
4 13 (2.12%) Autodesk
5 11 (1.79%) Google
6 10 (1.63%) SAP
7 9 (1.47%) Xero
8 8 (1.30%) Adobe
8 8 (1.30%) Cisco
9 7 (1.14%) Concur
9 7 (1.14%) JD Edwards
10 6 (0.98%) Trayport
11 5 (0.81%) N-able
12 4 (0.65%) Apple
12 4 (0.65%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.65%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.65%) Mercator
13 3 (0.49%) HP