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 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 88 102
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 +42
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 36 83 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.81% 3.06% 2.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.97% 7.30% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 25 40 58
10th Percentile - £35,000 £31,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £71,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.86% +23.91% -20.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £93,438
90th Percentile £106,500 £108,500 £108,250
Central London median annual salary £66,250 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% +16.67% -17.24%

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 724 1,137 965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 36.42% 41.91% 33.03%
Number of salaries quoted 569 709 868
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £115,250 £120,750
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -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 18 December 2025.

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 11 (30.56%) SharePoint
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Visualfiles
2 1 (2.78%) Endur
2 1 (2.78%) EuroRunner
2 1 (2.78%) SAP IBP
2 1 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (16.67%) OneDrive
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) Azure
4 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.78%) SaaS
4 1 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) WebEx
2 5 (13.89%) Intranet
3 2 (5.56%) Broadband
3 2 (5.56%) DHCP
3 2 (5.56%) DOCSIS
3 2 (5.56%) DSL
3 2 (5.56%) GPON
3 2 (5.56%) IPv4
3 2 (5.56%) IPv6
3 2 (5.56%) PPP
3 2 (5.56%) RTP
3 2 (5.56%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.56%) VoIP
3 2 (5.56%) WAN
3 2 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 27 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (36.11%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (36.11%) Finance
3 7 (19.44%) Legal
4 5 (13.89%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 3 (8.33%) Front Office
6 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.78%) Automotive
7 1 (2.78%) Digital Health
7 1 (2.78%) Health Technology
7 1 (2.78%) Marketing
7 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Senior
1 7 (19.44%) Senior Manager
2 6 (16.67%) IT Support
2 6 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Desktop Support
3 5 (13.89%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) IT Support Specialist
3 5 (13.89%) Support Specialist
4 4 (11.11%) Risk Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Senior Risk Manager
4 4 (11.11%) Technology Risk Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Architect
5 3 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 3 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Legal Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Software Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) XML
1 2 (5.56%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) Onboarding
2 6 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 3 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (5.56%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (2.78%) Social Media
6 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (19.44%) Windows
2 6 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.56%) Linux
3 2 (5.56%) OpenWrt
4 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (25.00%) AI
3 9 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 9 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (22.22%) ITIL
4 8 (22.22%) Line Management
5 7 (19.44%) Change Management
5 7 (19.44%) Data Protection
5 7 (19.44%) Decision-Making
5 7 (19.44%) Information Security
6 6 (16.67%) Agile
6 6 (16.67%) Break/Fix
6 6 (16.67%) Data Governance
6 6 (16.67%) Inventory Management
6 6 (16.67%) Trend Analysis
7 5 (13.89%) Analytics
7 5 (13.89%) Data Analytics
7 5 (13.89%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) SQL
2 4 (11.11%) C++
3 3 (8.33%) Python
4 2 (5.56%) C
4 2 (5.56%) C#
4 2 (5.56%) VBA
4 2 (5.56%) VC++
5 1 (2.78%) Bash
5 1 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) CISM
1 7 (19.44%) CISSP
1 7 (19.44%) CRISC
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 4 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.78%) MCSE
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.78%) PMP
3 1 (2.78%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (19.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 4 (11.11%) QA
4 3 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (5.56%) EMIR
6 1 (2.78%) GDPR
6 1 (2.78%) GRC
6 1 (2.78%) NIST
6 1 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 7 (19.44%) VMware
3 6 (16.67%) Apple
3 6 (16.67%) HP
4 5 (13.89%) Logitech
5 3 (8.33%) Oracle
6 2 (5.56%) SAP
7 1 (2.78%) Ariba
7 1 (2.78%) Google
7 1 (2.78%) ION Trading
7 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.78%) Trayport