Self-Motivation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 116 88
Rank change year-on-year +50 -28 +44
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 3,680 3,051 6,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.71% 3.01% 3.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.50% 7.04% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,214 1,648 2,507
10th Percentile £24,028 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £47,500 £44,727
% change year-on-year -23.16% +6.20% +5.24%

All Generic Skills
UK

Self-Motivation is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,043 43,311 74,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.36% 42.74% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 23,056 23,480 33,820
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,550 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation.

Salary trend for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +52 3,397 £40,000 -23.81% 1,371
UK excluding London +45 2,725 £36,500 -23.16% 1,065
Work from Home +36 947 £49,000 -10.91% 453
South East +43 900 £37,000 -26.00% 268
London +34 778 £54,000 -20.00% 358
North of England +83 538 £35,000 -26.32% 281
Midlands +36 481 £37,500 -16.67% 213
South West +74 389 £40,927 -6.98% 128
North West +77 337 £35,000 -22.22% 171
East of England +6 270 £33,000 -37.14% 124
West Midlands +9 265 £35,000 -26.32% 120
East Midlands +64 212 £40,000 -3.03% 93
Yorkshire +81 150 £35,000 -30.00% 93
Scotland -104 74 £30,000 -35.57% 60
Wales +19 62 £49,608 +24.02% 26
North East 0 51 £32,250 -11.64% 20
Northern Ireland +16 13 £37,750 -24.50% 9
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 - 3

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 125 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 75 (2.04%) IIS
4 55 (1.49%) CMS
5 42 (1.14%) Umbraco
6 38 (1.03%) Sitecore CMS
7 37 (1.01%) Headless CMS
8 36 (0.98%) Kentico
9 35 (0.95%) WordPress
10 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
10 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
10 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
10 13 (0.35%) Skype for Business
11 12 (0.33%) nginx
12 10 (0.27%) Confluence
13 9 (0.24%) Office Communications Server
14 8 (0.22%) Apache Pig
15 7 (0.19%) SAS
16 6 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2000
17 5 (0.14%) Apache
Applications
1 671 (18.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 498 (13.53%) Microsoft Office
3 397 (10.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 44 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 19 (0.52%) MS Visio
6 17 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
7 16 (0.43%) Photoshop
8 15 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 14 (0.38%) AutoCAD
10 13 (0.35%) OrCAD
11 12 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
12 8 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
12 8 (0.22%) Adobe XD
12 8 (0.22%) InDesign
13 7 (0.19%) Simulink
14 6 (0.16%) Sketch
15 5 (0.14%) Stateflow
16 4 (0.11%) Revit
16 4 (0.11%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 34 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 16 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.27%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.24%) SAP BPC
6 6 (0.16%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
9 3 (0.082%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.082%) Infor SunSystems
9 3 (0.082%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.082%) Q-Pulse
9 3 (0.082%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.082%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.054%) CiviCRM
10 2 (0.054%) Eikon
10 2 (0.054%) iTrent
10 2 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
10 2 (0.054%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 448 (12.17%) Azure
2 299 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
3 288 (7.83%) GCP
4 275 (7.47%) AWS
5 144 (3.91%) Power Platform
6 116 (3.15%) SaaS
7 80 (2.17%) Entra ID
8 64 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (0.98%) Kontent
10 34 (0.92%) Snowflake
11 31 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 31 (0.84%) dbt
11 31 (0.84%) Google Analytics
12 30 (0.82%) Matillion
13 27 (0.73%) OneDrive
14 25 (0.68%) GitHub
15 24 (0.65%) WhatsApp
16 23 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
17 20 (0.54%) Amazon S3
18 19 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 130 (3.53%) DNS
2 128 (3.48%) Firewall
3 80 (2.17%) TCP/IP
3 80 (2.17%) Wireless
4 70 (1.90%) Internet
5 65 (1.77%) WAN
6 64 (1.74%) DHCP
7 60 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
8 53 (1.44%) LAN
9 51 (1.39%) Network Security
10 44 (1.20%) SAN
11 36 (0.98%) SSL
12 35 (0.95%) VPN
13 31 (0.84%) Broadband
14 30 (0.82%) Unified Communications
15 29 (0.79%) Ethernet
16 28 (0.76%) VoIP
17 22 (0.60%) HTTP
18 21 (0.57%) SD-WAN
19 19 (0.52%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 287 (7.80%) Looker
2 279 (7.58%) BigQuery
3 231 (6.28%) SQL Server
4 164 (4.46%) Data Warehouse
5 134 (3.64%) Power BI
6 44 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 43 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 43 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 41 (1.11%) Power Query
9 39 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (0.95%) MySQL
11 34 (0.92%) Tableau
12 31 (0.84%) Big Data
13 30 (0.82%) Star Schema
14 23 (0.63%) RDBMS
14 23 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 23 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 21 (0.57%) Metadata
15 21 (0.57%) Oracle Database 12c
16 20 (0.54%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 74 (2.01%) Git
2 59 (1.60%) GitLab
3 51 (1.39%) JIRA
4 38 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 23 (0.63%) LabVIEW
6 13 (0.35%) Selenium
7 11 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 10 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
9 9 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 9 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 8 (0.22%) Checkstyle
10 8 (0.22%) JUnit
10 8 (0.22%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.22%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.19%) MSI
11 7 (0.19%) SpecFlow
12 6 (0.16%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.16%) JBehave
12 6 (0.16%) Postman
12 6 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 2,039 (55.41%) Social Skills
2 1,093 (29.70%) Analytical Skills
3 738 (20.05%) Finance
4 479 (13.02%) Retail
5 364 (9.89%) Organisational Skills
6 252 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 250 (6.79%) Marketing
8 210 (5.71%) German Language
9 154 (4.18%) Billing
10 152 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
11 129 (3.51%) Banking
12 124 (3.37%) Manufacturing
13 120 (3.26%) Telecoms
14 119 (3.23%) Public Sector
15 109 (2.96%) Law
16 102 (2.77%) Investment Banking
17 100 (2.72%) Legal
18 84 (2.28%) Advertising
19 73 (1.98%) Local Government
20 64 (1.74%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 397 (10.79%) Analyst
2 357 (9.70%) Senior
3 286 (7.77%) Graduate
4 249 (6.77%) Developer
5 233 (6.33%) Consultant
6 224 (6.09%) Project Manager
7 214 (5.82%) Data Engineer
8 178 (4.84%) Principal Engineer
9 169 (4.59%) Architect
9 169 (4.59%) Principal Data Engineer
10 160 (4.35%) Platform Engineer
11 142 (3.86%) Administrator
12 139 (3.78%) IT Support
13 131 (3.56%) Coordinator
14 122 (3.32%) Lead
15 113 (3.07%) Data Architect
16 112 (3.04%) IT Manager
17 106 (2.88%) Software Engineer
18 96 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 92 (2.50%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (3.37%) .NET
2 122 (3.32%) CSS
3 114 (3.10%) React
4 84 (2.28%) HTML
5 80 (2.17%) ASP.NET
6 69 (1.88%) REST
7 57 (1.55%) ASP.NET MVC
8 50 (1.36%) .NET Framework
9 49 (1.33%) .NET Core
10 47 (1.28%) AngularJS
11 46 (1.25%) RESTful
12 43 (1.17%) Vue
13 39 (1.06%) Next.js
14 35 (0.95%) Tailwind CSS
15 34 (0.92%) JSON
16 32 (0.87%) jQuery
16 32 (0.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 27 (0.73%) WPF
18 26 (0.71%) Web Services
19 23 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 416 (11.30%) Driving Licence
2 194 (5.27%) Management Information System
3 105 (2.85%) Video Conferencing
4 104 (2.83%) Social Media
5 93 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 92 (2.50%) Digital Signage
7 89 (2.42%) Video\Live Streaming
8 75 (2.04%) Onboarding
9 64 (1.74%) Product Ownership
10 60 (1.63%) Data Structures
11 44 (1.20%) EPoS
12 42 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
13 38 (1.03%) Mobile App
14 33 (0.90%) Algorithms
15 31 (0.84%) CCTV
16 30 (0.82%) Public Cloud
17 27 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
18 24 (0.65%) Virtual Team
19 21 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
19 21 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 438 (11.90%) Windows
2 177 (4.81%) Linux
3 158 (4.29%) Windows Server
4 95 (2.58%) Windows 10
5 75 (2.04%) Unix
6 64 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 63 (1.71%) Android
8 58 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 54 (1.47%) Apple iOS
10 50 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 24 (0.65%) Windows 7
12 17 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
13 15 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
14 14 (0.38%) VMS
15 13 (0.35%) Mac OS
15 13 (0.35%) Windows 8
16 8 (0.22%) AIX
16 8 (0.22%) Solaris
17 7 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 5 (0.14%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,353 (36.77%) Problem-Solving
2 573 (15.57%) Agile
3 548 (14.89%) Customer Service
4 523 (14.21%) Mentoring
5 486 (13.21%) Project Management
6 322 (8.75%) DevOps
7 315 (8.56%) Data Engineering
8 303 (8.23%) Change Management
9 280 (7.61%) Platform Engineering
10 267 (7.26%) Time Management
11 257 (6.98%) Computer Science
12 241 (6.55%) Project Delivery
13 235 (6.39%) CRM
14 228 (6.20%) Decision-Making
15 226 (6.14%) Data Science
16 225 (6.11%) Continuous Improvement
17 218 (5.92%) Business Development
18 213 (5.79%) Data Pipeline
19 205 (5.57%) Innovative Thinking
20 202 (5.49%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 374 (10.16%) SQL
2 192 (5.22%) Python
3 161 (4.38%) C#
4 137 (3.72%) JavaScript
5 100 (2.72%) PowerShell
6 88 (2.39%) Java
7 80 (2.17%) C++
8 61 (1.66%) C
9 34 (0.92%) Bash
9 34 (0.92%) TypeScript
10 32 (0.87%) Scala
11 29 (0.79%) PHP
12 24 (0.65%) VB
12 24 (0.65%) XAML
13 23 (0.63%) MATLAB
14 21 (0.57%) R
15 19 (0.52%) VBScript
16 17 (0.46%) Perl
16 17 (0.46%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 844 (22.93%) Degree
2 326 (8.86%) DBS Check
3 207 (5.63%) Security Cleared
4 143 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 98 (2.66%) SC Cleared
6 52 (1.41%) Master's Degree
7 48 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 45 (1.22%) CIMA
9 44 (1.20%) ACCA
10 43 (1.17%) DV Cleared
11 34 (0.92%) HNC
12 33 (0.90%) CISSP
12 33 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
13 29 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
14 27 (0.73%) HND
15 25 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 20 (0.54%) AWS Certification
16 20 (0.54%) GIAC
17 19 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
18 18 (0.49%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 357 (9.70%) GDPR
2 208 (5.65%) SLA
3 182 (4.95%) Data Quality
4 94 (2.55%) PMO
4 94 (2.55%) QA
5 74 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 41 (1.11%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.54%) ISO 9001
9 18 (0.49%) GRC
10 15 (0.41%) NIST
11 9 (0.24%) COSHH
11 9 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.24%) NCSC
12 7 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (0.19%) ISO 26262
12 7 (0.19%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.16%) JTAG
13 6 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 263 (7.15%) Active Directory
2 104 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (1.44%) Hyper-V
4 48 (1.30%) Firmware
5 35 (0.95%) Docker
5 35 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 20 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (0.46%) vSphere
8 8 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
8 8 (0.22%) HDFS
9 6 (0.16%) DFS Replication
9 6 (0.16%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.054%) NFS
10 2 (0.054%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 58 (1.58%) SCCM
2 56 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (1.20%) Kubernetes
4 43 (1.17%) WSUS
5 38 (1.03%) Terraform
6 37 (1.01%) Ansible
7 21 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 20 (0.54%) Puppet
9 15 (0.41%) SCOM
9 15 (0.41%) vCenter Server
10 14 (0.38%) FortiGate
11 12 (0.33%) Progress Chef
12 10 (0.27%) Prometheus
13 6 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 6 (0.16%) Nessus
13 6 (0.16%) NetBackup
13 6 (0.16%) Rundeck
13 6 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.16%) vRealize Orchestrator
14 5 (0.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 953 (25.90%) Microsoft
2 364 (9.89%) Google
3 140 (3.80%) VMware
4 103 (2.80%) Oracle
5 74 (2.01%) Cisco
6 70 (1.90%) SAP
7 67 (1.82%) NEC
8 56 (1.52%) Salesforce
9 54 (1.47%) HP
10 52 (1.41%) Adobe
11 47 (1.28%) Apple
12 41 (1.11%) Virgin Media
13 40 (1.09%) IBM
14 39 (1.06%) Citrix
14 39 (1.06%) Sitecore
15 38 (1.03%) NetApp
16 37 (1.01%) Optimizely
17 34 (0.92%) Dell
18 29 (0.79%) Veeam
19 25 (0.68%) IFS