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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 117 88
Rank change year-on-year +51 -29 +46
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 3,685 2,953 6,261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.69% 2.98% 3.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.49% 6.98% 8.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,204 1,590 2,543
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,475 £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 £86,250
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 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
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 £109,865 £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 18 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 18 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 3,399 £40,000 -23.81% 1,522
UK excluding London +47 2,732 £36,500 -23.16% 1,184
Work from Home +43 950 £47,750 -13.18% 496
South East +47 899 £37,000 -26.00% 294
London +34 773 £54,000 -17.68% 415
North of England +82 542 £35,000 -26.32% 314
Midlands +34 488 £37,500 -21.05% 261
South West +72 384 £41,500 -5.68% 128
North West +82 340 £35,000 -22.22% 172
East of England +6 271 £33,000 -37.14% 120
West Midlands +5 270 £35,000 -26.32% 147
East Midlands +68 214 £40,000 - 114
Yorkshire +75 152 £35,000 -30.00% 117
Scotland -101 75 £30,000 -34.47% 61
Wales +23 61 £50,855 +27.14% 37
North East -2 50 £32,500 -10.96% 35
Northern Ireland +13 14 £32,500 -35.00% 11
Channel Islands - 1 £50,000 - 1

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
1 121 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 94 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 75 (2.04%) IIS
4 56 (1.52%) 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 15 (0.41%) 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%) Confluence
13 11 (0.30%) nginx
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%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 677 (18.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 503 (13.65%) Microsoft Office
3 396 (10.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 45 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
5 44 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
6 21 (0.57%) MS Visio
7 17 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 16 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 15 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 14 (0.38%) AutoCAD
11 13 (0.35%) OrCAD
12 12 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
13 8 (0.22%) Adobe After Effects
13 8 (0.22%) Adobe XD
13 8 (0.22%) InDesign
14 7 (0.19%) Simulink
15 6 (0.16%) Sketch
16 5 (0.14%) Stateflow
17 4 (0.11%) Revit
17 4 (0.11%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 33 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.60%) NEC Housing
3 16 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.24%) SAP BPC
6 6 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.11%) CA PPM
8 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
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%) IBM Planning Analytics
10 2 (0.054%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.054%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.054%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 448 (12.16%) Azure
2 294 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
3 291 (7.90%) GCP
4 279 (7.57%) AWS
5 145 (3.93%) Power Platform
6 115 (3.12%) SaaS
7 79 (2.14%) Entra ID
8 65 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (0.98%) Kontent
10 34 (0.92%) Snowflake
11 32 (0.87%) Google Analytics
12 31 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 31 (0.84%) dbt
13 30 (0.81%) Matillion
14 27 (0.73%) GitHub
14 27 (0.73%) OneDrive
15 25 (0.68%) WhatsApp
16 23 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (0.57%) Amazon S3
18 19 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 127 (3.45%) DNS
2 126 (3.42%) Firewall
3 80 (2.17%) TCP/IP
4 78 (2.12%) Wireless
5 69 (1.87%) Internet
6 63 (1.71%) WAN
7 61 (1.66%) DHCP
8 60 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
9 53 (1.44%) LAN
10 51 (1.38%) Network Security
11 42 (1.14%) SAN
12 36 (0.98%) SSL
13 34 (0.92%) VPN
14 31 (0.84%) Broadband
15 30 (0.81%) Unified Communications
16 29 (0.79%) Ethernet
16 29 (0.79%) VoIP
17 21 (0.57%) HTTP
18 20 (0.54%) SD-WAN
19 18 (0.49%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 287 (7.79%) Looker
2 279 (7.57%) BigQuery
3 233 (6.32%) SQL Server
4 165 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
5 133 (3.61%) Power BI
6 48 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 44 (1.19%) Data Lake
8 43 (1.17%) Relational Database
9 41 (1.11%) Power Query
10 39 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
11 35 (0.95%) Tableau
12 33 (0.90%) MySQL
13 31 (0.84%) Big Data
14 30 (0.81%) Star Schema
15 24 (0.65%) Oracle Database 12c
16 23 (0.62%) Oracle Database
16 23 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 22 (0.60%) RDBMS
17 22 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 21 (0.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 75 (2.04%) Git
2 62 (1.68%) GitLab
3 52 (1.41%) JIRA
4 39 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 22 (0.60%) LabVIEW
6 13 (0.35%) Selenium
7 12 (0.33%) 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 (55.63%) Social Skills
2 1,093 (29.66%) Analytical Skills
3 728 (19.76%) Finance
4 477 (12.94%) Retail
5 374 (10.15%) Organisational Skills
6 254 (6.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 253 (6.87%) Marketing
8 209 (5.67%) German Language
9 153 (4.15%) Billing
10 150 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
11 128 (3.47%) Banking
12 123 (3.34%) Manufacturing
13 120 (3.26%) Public Sector
13 120 (3.26%) Telecoms
14 115 (3.12%) Law
15 101 (2.74%) Legal
16 98 (2.66%) Investment Banking
17 83 (2.25%) Advertising
18 76 (2.06%) Local Government
19 63 (1.71%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 385 (10.45%) Analyst
2 359 (9.74%) Senior
3 284 (7.71%) Graduate
4 247 (6.70%) Developer
5 234 (6.35%) Consultant
6 222 (6.02%) Project Manager
7 215 (5.83%) Data Engineer
8 178 (4.83%) Principal Engineer
9 169 (4.59%) Principal Data Engineer
10 167 (4.53%) Architect
11 160 (4.34%) Platform Engineer
12 145 (3.93%) Administrator
13 138 (3.74%) IT Support
14 137 (3.72%) Coordinator
15 126 (3.42%) Lead
16 113 (3.07%) Data Architect
17 110 (2.99%) IT Manager
17 110 (2.99%) Software Engineer
18 95 (2.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 93 (2.52%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (3.45%) .NET
2 121 (3.28%) CSS
3 112 (3.04%) React
4 83 (2.25%) HTML
5 80 (2.17%) ASP.NET
6 73 (1.98%) 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 38 (1.03%) Next.js
14 35 (0.95%) Tailwind CSS
15 33 (0.90%) jQuery
15 33 (0.90%) JSON
16 32 (0.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 30 (0.81%) Web Services
18 27 (0.73%) WPF
19 24 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 417 (11.32%) Driving Licence
2 194 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 107 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
4 104 (2.82%) Social Media
5 94 (2.55%) Data Centre
6 92 (2.50%) Digital Signage
7 89 (2.42%) Video\Live Streaming
8 76 (2.06%) Onboarding
9 64 (1.74%) Product Ownership
10 61 (1.66%) Data Structures
11 43 (1.17%) EPoS
12 42 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
13 39 (1.06%) Mobile App
14 33 (0.90%) Algorithms
14 33 (0.90%) Public Cloud
15 30 (0.81%) CCTV
16 27 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
17 26 (0.71%) Virtual Team
18 22 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
18 22 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 435 (11.80%) Windows
2 178 (4.83%) Linux
3 155 (4.21%) Windows Server
4 96 (2.61%) Windows 10
5 76 (2.06%) Unix
6 64 (1.74%) Android
7 62 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 55 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 53 (1.44%) Apple iOS
10 48 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 24 (0.65%) Windows 7
12 16 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
12 16 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
13 14 (0.38%) VMS
14 13 (0.35%) Windows 8
15 12 (0.33%) Mac OS
16 8 (0.22%) AIX
16 8 (0.22%) Solaris
17 6 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 5 (0.14%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,350 (36.64%) Problem-Solving
2 580 (15.74%) Agile
3 547 (14.84%) Customer Service
4 523 (14.19%) Mentoring
5 483 (13.11%) Project Management
6 324 (8.79%) DevOps
7 315 (8.55%) Data Engineering
8 303 (8.22%) Change Management
9 280 (7.60%) Platform Engineering
10 271 (7.35%) Time Management
11 259 (7.03%) Computer Science
12 239 (6.49%) Project Delivery
13 232 (6.30%) CRM
13 232 (6.30%) Decision-Making
14 227 (6.16%) Continuous Improvement
14 227 (6.16%) Data Science
15 222 (6.02%) Business Development
16 213 (5.78%) Data Pipeline
17 205 (5.56%) Innovative Thinking
18 203 (5.51%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 374 (10.15%) SQL
2 192 (5.21%) Python
3 160 (4.34%) C#
4 136 (3.69%) JavaScript
5 98 (2.66%) PowerShell
6 91 (2.47%) Java
7 80 (2.17%) C++
8 61 (1.66%) C
9 35 (0.95%) Scala
9 35 (0.95%) TypeScript
10 34 (0.92%) Bash
11 29 (0.79%) PHP
12 24 (0.65%) VB
12 24 (0.65%) XAML
13 22 (0.60%) MATLAB
14 21 (0.57%) R
15 19 (0.52%) VBScript
16 18 (0.49%) T-SQL
17 17 (0.46%) Perl
18 15 (0.41%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 844 (22.90%) Degree
2 326 (8.85%) DBS Check
3 210 (5.70%) Security Cleared
4 143 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 98 (2.66%) SC Cleared
6 51 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 50 (1.36%) Master's Degree
8 45 (1.22%) CIMA
9 44 (1.19%) ACCA
10 43 (1.17%) DV Cleared
11 34 (0.92%) HNC
12 32 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
13 31 (0.84%) CISSP
14 29 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
15 26 (0.71%) HND
16 25 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 22 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
18 20 (0.54%) AWS Certification
18 20 (0.54%) GIAC
19 17 (0.46%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 357 (9.69%) GDPR
2 208 (5.64%) SLA
3 182 (4.94%) Data Quality
4 94 (2.55%) PMO
4 94 (2.55%) QA
5 72 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 44 (1.19%) Accessibility
8 20 (0.54%) ISO 9001
9 18 (0.49%) GRC
10 14 (0.38%) 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%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.16%) ISO 26262
13 6 (0.16%) JTAG
13 6 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 256 (6.95%) Active Directory
2 101 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (1.41%) Firmware
3 52 (1.41%) Hyper-V
4 38 (1.03%) 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%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (0.14%) DFS Replication
11 2 (0.054%) NFS
11 2 (0.054%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 55 (1.49%) SCCM
2 52 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 46 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 43 (1.17%) WSUS
5 38 (1.03%) Terraform
6 37 (1.00%) Ansible
7 20 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (0.54%) Puppet
8 15 (0.41%) SCOM
8 15 (0.41%) vCenter Server
9 14 (0.38%) FortiGate
10 13 (0.35%) Progress Chef
11 11 (0.30%) Prometheus
12 7 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 6 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.16%) Nessus
13 6 (0.16%) Rundeck
14 5 (0.14%) NetBackup
14 5 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 954 (25.89%) Microsoft
2 366 (9.93%) Google
3 136 (3.69%) VMware
4 109 (2.96%) Oracle
5 73 (1.98%) Cisco
6 70 (1.90%) NEC
7 67 (1.82%) SAP
8 56 (1.52%) Salesforce
9 52 (1.41%) Adobe
9 52 (1.41%) HP
10 46 (1.25%) Apple
11 41 (1.11%) NetApp
11 41 (1.11%) Virgin Media
12 40 (1.09%) IBM
13 39 (1.06%) Sitecore
14 38 (1.03%) Citrix
15 37 (1.00%) Optimizely
16 35 (0.95%) Dell
17 27 (0.73%) Veeam
18 25 (0.68%) IFS