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 2 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 97 107
Rank change year-on-year -39 +10 +4
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 18 47 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.42% 2.44% 2.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.63% 5.80% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15 34 47
10th Percentile £34,500 £40,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,313 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% -16.36% -27.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,188 £74,375
90th Percentile £76,500 £102,300 £91,000
Central London median annual salary £42,500 £47,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% -14.55% -2.22%

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 1,104 811 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 25.69% 42.17% 35.47%
Number of salaries quoted 797 618 862
10th Percentile £44,600 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £145,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -9.09%

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 2 July 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 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) OCI
3 2 (11.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (11.11%) Network Security
3 1 (5.56%) Broadband
3 1 (5.56%) Internet
3 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 11 (61.11%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
3 7 (38.89%) Law
4 6 (33.33%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.56%) Front Office
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Senior
2 3 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Data Migration Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Product Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Migration Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Product Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Digital Product Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Product Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Field Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Information Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Quantitative Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) ADO
1 1 (5.56%) XML
1 1 (5.56%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Photography
1 6 (33.33%) Video Editing
1 6 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
2 3 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.56%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (50.00%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) Logistics
3 6 (33.33%) Post-Production
4 5 (27.78%) Coaching
4 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
5 4 (22.22%) Information Security
5 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
6 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (16.67%) Incident Response
6 3 (16.67%) Migration
6 3 (16.67%) OWASP
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (11.11%) Backlog Management
7 2 (11.11%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) C#
2 1 (5.56%) C++
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) VBA
2 1 (5.56%) VC++
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) CISSP
2 3 (16.67%) CISM
2 3 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 2 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (11.11%) CCSP
3 2 (11.11%) CEH
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.11%) SANS
4 1 (5.56%) CEPT
4 1 (5.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (16.67%) NIST
2 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.11%) GDPR
2 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.56%) EMIR
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) SAP