Self-Motivation Job Trends in the City of London

Self-Motivation
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 90 100
Rank change year-on-year -44 +10 +15
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 17 50 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.41% 2.50% 2.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.57% 6.07% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11 37 48
10th Percentile - £39,000 £34,100
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% -14.55% -29.03%
75th Percentile £85,000 £52,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £101,500 £67,750 £96,625
Central London median annual salary £42,500 £47,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% -14.55% -18.52%

All Generic Skills
City of London

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 requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,080 824 1,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 25.92% 41.16% 34.90%
Number of salaries quoted 787 619 872
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,592
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £51,143
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% - -6.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £138,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.90% - -6.45%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Self-Motivation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in the City of London

Self-Motivation
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Self-Motivation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Self-Motivation in the City of London

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
1 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) Broadband
2 1 (5.88%) Internet
2 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 12 (70.59%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Law
4 2 (11.76%) Financial Institution
4 2 (11.76%) Front Office
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Analyst
1 3 (17.65%) Digital Product Manager
1 3 (17.65%) Product Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Qualitative Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Quantitative Analyst
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Digital Product Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Business Information Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Field Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Information Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Information Risk Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Platform Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) XML
1 2 (11.76%) XSLT
2 1 (5.88%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Photography
1 5 (29.41%) Video Editing
1 5 (29.41%) Web Conferencing
2 3 (17.65%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
3 2 (11.76%) Algorithms
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.76%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Agile
2 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (41.18%) Coaching
4 6 (35.29%) Creative Thinking
4 6 (35.29%) Mentoring
5 5 (29.41%) Information Security
5 5 (29.41%) Logistics
5 5 (29.41%) Post-Production
6 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
6 4 (23.53%) OWASP
6 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
7 3 (17.65%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 3 (17.65%) Backlog Refinement
7 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (17.65%) Data Protection
7 3 (17.65%) DevOps
7 3 (17.65%) Product Backlog
7 3 (17.65%) Product Management
7 3 (17.65%) User Experience
7 3 (17.65%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C#
1 2 (11.76%) C++
1 2 (11.76%) Python
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
1 2 (11.76%) VBA
1 2 (11.76%) VC++
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) CISSP
2 4 (23.53%) CISM
3 3 (17.65%) CRISC
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (11.76%) Degree
4 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (5.88%) CCSP
5 1 (5.88%) CEH
5 1 (5.88%) CEPT
5 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (11.76%) EMIR
3 2 (11.76%) NIST
4 1 (5.88%) GDPR
4 1 (5.88%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle