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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 88 106
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +30
Permanent jobs citing Self-Motivation 44 82 66
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 2.70% 2.97% 2.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.21% 7.26% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 35 37 61
10th Percentile £36,250 £48,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £63,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £80,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +49.53% -24.65%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £104,800 £111,250
Central London median annual salary £41,250 £77,750 £54,250
% change year-on-year -46.95% +43.32% -25.17%

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 709 1,130 1,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 43.55% 40.93% 35.03%
Number of salaries quoted 571 679 958
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,625 £55,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.23%
75th Percentile £105,000 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £131,250 £117,750 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 8 November 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 16 (36.36%) SharePoint
2 11 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.27%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Visualfiles
2 1 (2.27%) Endur
2 1 (2.27%) EuroRunner
2 1 (2.27%) SAP IBP
2 1 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (22.73%) OneDrive
3 3 (6.82%) Azure
3 3 (6.82%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.55%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.27%) Google Ads
5 1 (2.27%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.27%) Google Sheets
5 1 (2.27%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.73%) WebEx
2 5 (11.36%) Intranet
3 2 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.27%) Broadband
4 1 (2.27%) DHCP
4 1 (2.27%) DOCSIS
4 1 (2.27%) DSL
4 1 (2.27%) Firewall
4 1 (2.27%) GPON
4 1 (2.27%) IPv4
4 1 (2.27%) IPv6
4 1 (2.27%) PPP
4 1 (2.27%) RTP
4 1 (2.27%) SAN
4 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.27%) VoIP
4 1 (2.27%) WAN
4 1 (2.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 35 (79.55%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.09%) Finance
3 8 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (15.91%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (13.64%) Legal
6 5 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (11.36%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
8 2 (4.55%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.55%) Front Office
8 2 (4.55%) Marketing
9 1 (2.27%) Advertising
9 1 (2.27%) Automotive
9 1 (2.27%) Banking
9 1 (2.27%) Billing
9 1 (2.27%) Digital Health
9 1 (2.27%) Health Technology
9 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (15.91%) Senior
1 7 (15.91%) Senior Manager
1 7 (15.91%) Support Engineer
2 6 (13.64%) Analyst
2 6 (13.64%) Desktop Engineer
2 6 (13.64%) Desktop Support
2 6 (13.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 6 (13.64%) IT Support
3 5 (11.36%) Administrator
3 5 (11.36%) IT Administrator
3 5 (11.36%) IT Support Specialist
3 5 (11.36%) Support Specialist
4 4 (9.09%) Junior
4 4 (9.09%) Risk Manager
4 4 (9.09%) Senior Risk Manager
4 4 (9.09%) Technology Risk Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Architect
5 3 (6.82%) IT Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) XML
1 1 (2.27%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Onboarding
2 5 (11.36%) Algorithms
2 5 (11.36%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) Social Media
4 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.27%) CCTV
4 1 (2.27%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (2.27%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.27%) iPad
4 1 (2.27%) iPhone
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (25.00%) Windows
2 10 (22.73%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.27%) Linux
3 1 (2.27%) OpenWrt
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (47.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 19 (43.18%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (36.36%) ITIL
4 12 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (22.73%) Break/Fix
5 10 (22.73%) Inventory Management
5 10 (22.73%) Trend Analysis
6 9 (20.45%) Risk Management
7 8 (18.18%) AI
7 8 (18.18%) Line Management
8 7 (15.91%) Change Management
8 7 (15.91%) Data Governance
8 7 (15.91%) Decision-Making
8 7 (15.91%) Information Security
8 7 (15.91%) Service Management
9 6 (13.64%) Analytics
9 6 (13.64%) Asset Management
9 6 (13.64%) Data Analytics
9 6 (13.64%) Knowledge Transfer
10 5 (11.36%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) SQL
2 6 (13.64%) Python
3 5 (11.36%) Bash
3 5 (11.36%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.55%) C++
5 1 (2.27%) C
5 1 (2.27%) C#
5 1 (2.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.27%) VBA
5 1 (2.27%) VC++
Qualifications
1 13 (29.55%) Degree
2 4 (9.09%) CISA
2 4 (9.09%) CISM
2 4 (9.09%) CISSP
2 4 (9.09%) CRISC
3 2 (4.55%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.27%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.27%) CCNA
4 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.27%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.27%) MCSE
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.27%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.27%) PMP
4 1 (2.27%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 4 (9.09%) GDPR
2 4 (9.09%) GRC
2 4 (9.09%) NIST
2 4 (9.09%) QA
3 1 (2.27%) EMIR
3 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (38.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.00%) Apple
2 11 (25.00%) VMware
3 10 (22.73%) HP
4 5 (11.36%) Logitech
5 2 (4.55%) Google
5 2 (4.55%) Oracle
5 2 (4.55%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.55%) SAP
6 1 (2.27%) Adobe
6 1 (2.27%) Ariba
6 1 (2.27%) Checkmarx
6 1 (2.27%) Cisco
6 1 (2.27%) HubSpot
6 1 (2.27%) ION Trading
6 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.27%) Trayport