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 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 90 105
Rank change year-on-year -27 +15 -3
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 23 47 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.67% 2.62% 2.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.53% 6.25% 5.99%
Number of salaries quoted 14 39 33
10th Percentile - £36,250 £38,195
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -41.38% +45.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £73,500 £105,250 £98,900
Central London median annual salary £42,500 £43,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -35.19% +42.11%

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 910 752 1,035
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 26.58% 41.89% 37.36%
Number of salaries quoted 646 592 740
10th Percentile £46,000 £40,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £119,375 £134,750 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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 27 August 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) OCI
2 2 (8.70%) Serverless
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Firewall
2 2 (8.70%) Network Security
3 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle Discoverer
General
1 17 (73.91%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (69.57%) Social Skills
3 15 (65.22%) Law
4 7 (30.43%) French Language
4 7 (30.43%) Games
5 3 (13.04%) Finance
6 1 (4.35%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Post-Production Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Data Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Data Migration Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Development Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Migration Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Business Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (4.35%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Recruitment Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Business Development Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Business Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Development Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Photography
1 7 (30.43%) Video Editing
1 7 (30.43%) Web Conferencing
2 3 (13.04%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (60.87%) Post-Production
3 8 (34.78%) Agile
3 8 (34.78%) Customer Service
3 8 (34.78%) Technology Transformation
4 7 (30.43%) Change Management
4 7 (30.43%) IT Strategy
4 7 (30.43%) Line Management
4 7 (30.43%) Logistics
4 7 (30.43%) Microservices
4 7 (30.43%) Storytelling
4 7 (30.43%) Technology Strategy
4 7 (30.43%) Workflow
5 3 (13.04%) Business Development
5 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security
5 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
5 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (13.04%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (13.04%) Information Security
5 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) CISSP
2 3 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (8.70%) CCSP
3 2 (8.70%) CEH
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.70%) CISM
3 2 (8.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) Accessibility
2 3 (13.04%) NIST
3 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (8.70%) Data Quality
3 2 (8.70%) GDPR
3 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) SAP
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) Oracle
4 1 (4.35%) Salesforce