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 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 92 91
Rank change year-on-year -36 -1 +41
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 24 54 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.75% 2.50% 2.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.43% 6.06% 7.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10 33 55
10th Percentile £33,300 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £46,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -31.25%
75th Percentile £99,250 £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £102,100 £84,500 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% -9.09% -29.03%

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 987 891 1,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.78% 41.27% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 710 631 872
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,300
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £123,750 £122,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £71,700 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.40% -3.23%

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 22 March 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Visualfiles
2 1 (4.17%) SAP IBP
2 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (12.50%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.33%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Broadband
2 2 (8.33%) DHCP
2 2 (8.33%) DOCSIS
2 2 (8.33%) DSL
2 2 (8.33%) GPON
2 2 (8.33%) IPv4
2 2 (8.33%) IPv6
2 2 (8.33%) PPP
2 2 (8.33%) RTP
2 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.33%) VoIP
2 2 (8.33%) WAN
2 2 (8.33%) WebEx
2 2 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
General
1 18 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (62.50%) Finance
3 11 (45.83%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (29.17%) Legal
5 4 (16.67%) Financial Institution
5 4 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Front Office
7 1 (4.17%) Automotive
7 1 (4.17%) Retail
7 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Senior
2 5 (20.83%) Senior Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Digital Product Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Product Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Qualitative Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Quantitative Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Risk Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Risk Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Technology Risk Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support
4 2 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Legal Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Digital Product Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Product Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Software Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Support Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) XML
1 3 (12.50%) XSLT
2 1 (4.17%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 4 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 3 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (12.50%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
1 2 (8.33%) OpenWrt
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
1 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 11 (45.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (37.50%) Agile
4 9 (37.50%) AI
5 8 (33.33%) Coaching
5 8 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 7 (29.17%) Data Protection
6 7 (29.17%) Information Security
6 7 (29.17%) Mentoring
7 6 (25.00%) Decision-Making
8 5 (20.83%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
8 5 (20.83%) User Stories
9 4 (16.67%) Analytics
9 4 (16.67%) Data Analytics
9 4 (16.67%) Data Governance
9 4 (16.67%) OWASP
9 4 (16.67%) People Management
9 4 (16.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) C++
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) C#
2 3 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (12.50%) VBA
2 3 (12.50%) VC++
3 2 (8.33%) C
4 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) CISM
1 7 (29.17%) CISSP
1 7 (29.17%) CRISC
2 3 (12.50%) CISA
3 2 (8.33%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) CEPT
4 1 (4.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (29.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 3 (12.50%) EMIR
4 1 (4.17%) QA
4 1 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (8.33%) Apple
3 2 (8.33%) HP
3 2 (8.33%) VMware
4 1 (4.17%) Ariba
4 1 (4.17%) SAP