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 4 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 89 103
Rank change year-on-year -55 +14 +2
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 17 48 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.41% 2.49% 2.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.58% 6.09% 6.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13 35 49
10th Percentile - £40,000 £34,400
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 £77,500 £53,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £99,700 £87,100 £96,500
Central London median annual salary £42,500 £47,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% -14.55% -16.98%

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 1,073 788 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 25.82% 40.94% 35.36%
Number of salaries quoted 772 593 872
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £53,750 £51,143
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 £103,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £145,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% -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 4 June 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 5 (29.41%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (11.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) Network Security
3 1 (5.88%) Broadband
3 1 (5.88%) Internet
3 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 11 (64.71%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Finance
3 6 (35.29%) 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%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (17.65%) Digital Product Manager
1 3 (17.65%) Product Manager
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 6 (35.29%) Photography
1 6 (35.29%) Video Editing
1 6 (35.29%) Web Conferencing
2 3 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (17.65%) Product Ownership
3 2 (11.76%) Algorithms
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (11.76%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Agile
1 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (35.29%) Logistics
2 6 (35.29%) Post-Production
3 5 (29.41%) Coaching
3 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
4 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (23.53%) Creative Thinking
4 4 (23.53%) Information Security
4 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
5 3 (17.65%) AI
5 3 (17.65%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 3 (17.65%) Backlog Refinement
5 3 (17.65%) Cloud Security
5 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
5 3 (17.65%) E-Commerce
5 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
5 3 (17.65%) OWASP
5 3 (17.65%) Product Backlog
5 3 (17.65%) Product Management
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 4 (23.53%) CISSP
2 3 (17.65%) CISM
2 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) Master's Degree
3 2 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (11.76%) CCSP
3 2 (11.76%) CEH
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.76%) SANS
4 1 (5.88%) CEPT
4 1 (5.88%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (17.65%) NIST
2 2 (11.76%) EMIR
2 2 (11.76%) GDPR
2 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle