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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 116 87
Rank change year-on-year +50 -29 +47
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 3,690 3,038 6,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.72% 3.01% 3.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.52% 7.04% 8.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,216 1,645 2,515
10th Percentile £24,046 £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 £45,000
% change year-on-year -23.16% +5.56% +5.88%

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 35,065 43,146 75,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.71% 47.68%
Number of salaries quoted 23,057 23,446 33,908
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,014 £34,513
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,000 £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 10 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 10 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 3,407 £40,000 -23.81% 1,390
UK excluding London +42 2,730 £36,500 -23.16% 1,093
Work from Home +38 948 £49,000 -10.91% 453
South East +45 904 £37,000 -26.00% 275
London +39 781 £54,000 -20.00% 348
North of England +87 539 £35,000 -26.32% 290
Midlands +30 482 £37,500 -21.05% 217
South West +74 387 £41,214 -6.33% 135
North West +70 337 £35,000 -22.22% 174
East of England +7 271 £33,000 -37.14% 128
West Midlands +7 266 £35,000 -26.32% 123
East Midlands +60 212 £40,000 -3.03% 94
Yorkshire +85 151 £35,000 -30.00% 98
Scotland -95 75 £30,000 -34.47% 57
Wales +22 61 £50,855 +27.14% 27
North East +1 51 £32,250 -11.64% 23
Northern Ireland +11 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 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 96 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 75 (2.03%) IIS
4 55 (1.49%) CMS
5 42 (1.14%) Umbraco
6 38 (1.03%) Sitecore CMS
7 37 (1.00%) Headless CMS
8 36 (0.98%) Kentico
9 35 (0.95%) WordPress
10 14 (0.38%) Skype for Business
11 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2007
11 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
11 13 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
12 12 (0.33%) nginx
13 10 (0.27%) Confluence
14 9 (0.24%) Office Communications Server
15 8 (0.22%) Apache Pig
16 7 (0.19%) SAS
17 6 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2000
18 5 (0.14%) Apache
Applications
1 679 (18.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 507 (13.74%) Microsoft Office
3 398 (10.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 44 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 44 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
5 19 (0.51%) 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 (0.51%) 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 (0.081%) CA PPM
9 3 (0.081%) Dynamics AX
9 3 (0.081%) Infor SunSystems
9 3 (0.081%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 3 (0.081%) Q-Pulse
9 3 (0.081%) Sage 200
9 3 (0.081%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.054%) CiviCRM
10 2 (0.054%) Eikon
10 2 (0.054%) iTrent
10 2 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 447 (12.11%) Azure
2 299 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
3 289 (7.83%) GCP
4 276 (7.48%) AWS
5 144 (3.90%) Power Platform
6 115 (3.12%) SaaS
7 80 (2.17%) Entra ID
8 63 (1.71%) 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 (0.81%) Matillion
13 27 (0.73%) OneDrive
14 25 (0.68%) GitHub
15 24 (0.65%) WhatsApp
16 23 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
17 20 (0.54%) Amazon S3
18 19 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 129 (3.50%) DNS
2 128 (3.47%) Firewall
3 80 (2.17%) Wireless
4 79 (2.14%) TCP/IP
5 70 (1.90%) Internet
6 65 (1.76%) WAN
7 63 (1.71%) DHCP
8 60 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
9 53 (1.44%) LAN
10 51 (1.38%) Network Security
11 44 (1.19%) SAN
12 36 (0.98%) SSL
13 35 (0.95%) VPN
14 31 (0.84%) Broadband
15 30 (0.81%) Unified Communications
16 29 (0.79%) Ethernet
16 29 (0.79%) VoIP
17 22 (0.60%) HTTP
18 21 (0.57%) SD-WAN
19 19 (0.51%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 287 (7.78%) Looker
2 279 (7.56%) BigQuery
3 230 (6.23%) SQL Server
4 164 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
5 134 (3.63%) Power BI
6 44 (1.19%) 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 34 (0.92%) MySQL
10 34 (0.92%) Tableau
11 31 (0.84%) Big Data
12 30 (0.81%) Star Schema
13 23 (0.62%) RDBMS
13 23 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 23 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 21 (0.57%) Metadata
14 21 (0.57%) Oracle Database 12c
15 20 (0.54%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 74 (2.01%) Git
2 59 (1.60%) GitLab
3 52 (1.41%) JIRA
4 38 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 23 (0.62%) 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 2,050 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1,093 (29.62%) Analytical Skills
3 738 (20.00%) Finance
4 479 (12.98%) Retail
5 372 (10.08%) Organisational Skills
6 253 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 249 (6.75%) Marketing
8 210 (5.69%) German Language
9 154 (4.17%) Billing
10 152 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
11 130 (3.52%) Banking
12 124 (3.36%) Manufacturing
13 120 (3.25%) Telecoms
14 119 (3.22%) Public Sector
15 112 (3.04%) Law
16 102 (2.76%) Investment Banking
17 100 (2.71%) Legal
18 84 (2.28%) Advertising
19 73 (1.98%) Local Government
20 64 (1.73%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 396 (10.73%) Analyst
2 359 (9.73%) Senior
3 286 (7.75%) Graduate
4 249 (6.75%) Developer
5 234 (6.34%) Consultant
6 224 (6.07%) Project Manager
7 214 (5.80%) Data Engineer
8 178 (4.82%) Principal Engineer
9 169 (4.58%) Principal Data Engineer
10 168 (4.55%) Architect
11 160 (4.34%) Platform Engineer
12 142 (3.85%) Administrator
13 139 (3.77%) IT Support
14 138 (3.74%) Coordinator
15 123 (3.33%) Lead
16 113 (3.06%) Data Architect
17 112 (3.04%) IT Manager
18 107 (2.90%) Software Engineer
19 96 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 92 (2.49%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (3.36%) .NET
2 122 (3.31%) CSS
3 114 (3.09%) React
4 84 (2.28%) HTML
5 80 (2.17%) ASP.NET
6 69 (1.87%) REST
7 57 (1.54%) ASP.NET MVC
8 50 (1.36%) .NET Framework
9 49 (1.33%) .NET Core
10 47 (1.27%) 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 (0.70%) Web Services
19 23 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 414 (11.22%) Driving Licence
2 195 (5.28%) Management Information System
3 106 (2.87%) Video Conferencing
4 104 (2.82%) Social Media
5 93 (2.52%) Data Centre
6 92 (2.49%) Digital Signage
7 89 (2.41%) Video\Live Streaming
8 76 (2.06%) Onboarding
9 64 (1.73%) Product Ownership
10 60 (1.63%) Data Structures
11 44 (1.19%) EPoS
12 42 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
13 38 (1.03%) Mobile App
14 33 (0.89%) Algorithms
15 31 (0.84%) CCTV
15 31 (0.84%) Public Cloud
16 27 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
17 24 (0.65%) Virtual Team
18 21 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
18 21 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 438 (11.87%) Windows
2 177 (4.80%) Linux
3 157 (4.25%) Windows Server
4 96 (2.60%) Windows 10
5 75 (2.03%) Unix
6 64 (1.73%) Android
7 63 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 57 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 55 (1.49%) Apple iOS
10 49 (1.33%) 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 1,359 (36.83%) Problem-Solving
2 573 (15.53%) Agile
3 549 (14.88%) Customer Service
4 522 (14.15%) Mentoring
5 486 (13.17%) Project Management
6 321 (8.70%) DevOps
7 315 (8.54%) Data Engineering
8 303 (8.21%) Change Management
9 280 (7.59%) Platform Engineering
10 267 (7.24%) Time Management
11 258 (6.99%) Computer Science
12 241 (6.53%) Project Delivery
13 234 (6.34%) CRM
14 227 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
14 227 (6.15%) Decision-Making
15 226 (6.12%) Data Science
16 220 (5.96%) Business Development
17 213 (5.77%) Data Pipeline
18 205 (5.56%) Innovative Thinking
19 202 (5.47%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 375 (10.16%) SQL
2 193 (5.23%) Python
3 160 (4.34%) C#
4 137 (3.71%) JavaScript
5 100 (2.71%) PowerShell
6 88 (2.38%) Java
7 80 (2.17%) C++
8 61 (1.65%) 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 (0.62%) MATLAB
14 21 (0.57%) R
15 19 (0.51%) VBScript
16 17 (0.46%) Perl
16 17 (0.46%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.38%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 843 (22.85%) Degree
2 325 (8.81%) DBS Check
3 207 (5.61%) Security Cleared
4 143 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 98 (2.66%) SC Cleared
6 51 (1.38%) Master's Degree
7 48 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 45 (1.22%) CIMA
9 44 (1.19%) ACCA
10 43 (1.17%) DV Cleared
11 34 (0.92%) HNC
12 33 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 32 (0.87%) CISSP
14 29 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
15 27 (0.73%) HND
16 25 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 20 (0.54%) AWS Certification
17 20 (0.54%) GIAC
18 19 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
19 18 (0.49%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 357 (9.67%) GDPR
2 208 (5.64%) SLA
3 182 (4.93%) Data Quality
4 94 (2.55%) PMO
4 94 (2.55%) QA
5 73 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.27%) 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
1 262 (7.10%) Active Directory
2 104 (2.82%) 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 (1.57%) SCCM
2 56 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 43 (1.17%) WSUS
5 38 (1.03%) Terraform
6 37 (1.00%) 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%) EMC NetWorker
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
Vendors
1 961 (26.04%) Microsoft
2 365 (9.89%) Google
3 140 (3.79%) VMware
4 103 (2.79%) Oracle
5 74 (2.01%) Cisco
6 70 (1.90%) SAP
7 67 (1.82%) NEC
8 56 (1.52%) Salesforce
9 53 (1.44%) HP
10 52 (1.41%) Adobe
11 47 (1.27%) Apple
12 41 (1.11%) Virgin Media
13 40 (1.08%) IBM
14 39 (1.06%) Citrix
14 39 (1.06%) Sitecore
15 38 (1.03%) NetApp
16 37 (1.00%) Optimizely
17 35 (0.95%) Dell
18 30 (0.81%) Veeam
19 25 (0.68%) IFS