Self-Motivation Contracts in England

Self-Motivation
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 177 164
Rank change year-on-year +17 -13 -4
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 542 682 1,207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.45% 1.45% 1.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.77% 4.31% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 403 789
10th Percentile £200 £235 £250
25th Percentile £275 £374 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -13.10% +1.94% +8.76%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £618
90th Percentile £675 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £518 £510
% change year-on-year -8.30% +1.57% +10.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 42 62
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.28 £12.02
25th Percentile £22.33 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £33.50 £20.70
Median % change year-on-year +86.57% +61.87% -20.33%
75th Percentile £67.13 £53.75 £45.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.25 £62.93
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £32.00 £22.13
% change year-on-year +95.31% +44.63% -28.28%

All Generic Skills
England

Self-Motivation falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,369 15,810 23,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.34% 33.60% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,353 11,018 17,100
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 846 550 599
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.28 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £22.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +61.36% -18.52% +8.00%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation in England.

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation in England.

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Self-Motivation in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the England region over the 6 months to 11 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -13 219 £508 -7.64% 366
Midlands +50 95 £253 -50.97% 246
South East -41 69 £605 +42.35% 288
South West +42 57 £469 -10.71% 114
North of England +7 49 £525 +1.20% 305
East Midlands +45 48 £245 -53.51% 112
East of England +11 47 £339 -35.48% 127
West Midlands +10 47 £450 -10.89% 132
North West +3 34 £540 -0.23% 178
Yorkshire -8 14 £488 -2.26% 100
Self-Motivation
UK

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (6.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.06%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.66%) IIS
4 5 (0.92%) CMS
5 3 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.55%) Confluence
5 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.37%) Apache
6 2 (0.37%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) MTS
7 1 (0.18%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 73 (13.47%) Microsoft Office
2 58 (10.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (5.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (3.32%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (2.77%) Photoshop
6 11 (2.03%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.74%) InDesign
8 4 (0.74%) Maya
8 4 (0.74%) Sketch
9 3 (0.55%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.55%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.55%) PTC Creo
9 3 (0.55%) Windchill
10 2 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.37%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (0.18%) InVision
Business Applications
1 7 (1.29%) ION MarketView
1 7 (1.29%) Maximo
2 5 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.55%) Shopify
4 2 (0.37%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.37%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.37%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.18%) Primavera
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 75 (13.84%) Azure
2 52 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (7.38%) AWS
4 36 (6.64%) Entra ID
5 20 (3.69%) Azure Monitor
5 20 (3.69%) Azure Storage
6 19 (3.51%) GCP
7 17 (3.14%) IaaS
8 15 (2.77%) PaaS
8 15 (2.77%) SaaS
9 13 (2.40%) Google Workspace
10 11 (2.03%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.85%) Figma
12 9 (1.66%) GitHub
13 6 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
13 6 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.11%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.11%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 52 (9.59%) Firewall
2 29 (5.35%) RS-485
3 28 (5.17%) DNS
3 28 (5.17%) Modbus
3 28 (5.17%) RS-422
4 27 (4.98%) DHCP
5 16 (2.95%) WAN
6 15 (2.77%) LAN
7 11 (2.03%) VPN
8 9 (1.66%) Wireless
9 8 (1.48%) IPsec
9 8 (1.48%) MPLS
10 7 (1.29%) BGP
11 6 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.92%) Network Security
13 4 (0.74%) SNMP
13 4 (0.74%) TCP/IP
14 3 (0.55%) SSH
15 2 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
15 2 (0.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (3.32%) KDB
3 15 (2.77%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.58%) Oracle Database
5 11 (2.03%) Tableau
6 10 (1.85%) MongoDB
6 10 (1.85%) Power BI
7 8 (1.48%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.92%) Big Data
8 5 (0.92%) Impala
8 5 (0.92%) NoSQL
8 5 (0.92%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.74%) Amazon QuickSight
9 4 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.74%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.55%) Presto
11 2 (0.37%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 19 (3.51%) Git
2 14 (2.58%) JIRA
3 13 (2.40%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.74%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Selenium
6 2 (0.37%) ClearCase
6 2 (0.37%) ClearQuest
6 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.37%) Maven
6 2 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.37%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 1 (0.18%) Ant
7 1 (0.18%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) GoogleTest
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 336 (61.99%) Social Skills
2 130 (23.99%) Analytical Skills
3 102 (18.82%) Finance
4 38 (7.01%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.46%) Electronics
5 35 (6.46%) Organisational Skills
6 32 (5.90%) Telecoms
7 26 (4.80%) Banking
7 26 (4.80%) Marketing
8 24 (4.43%) Legal
9 16 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (2.95%) Retail
10 13 (2.40%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.48%) Financial Institution
13 8 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.29%) Advertising
15 6 (1.11%) Games
15 6 (1.11%) German Language
Job Titles
1 62 (11.44%) Developer
2 53 (9.78%) Lead
3 51 (9.41%) Senior
4 47 (8.67%) Analyst
5 45 (8.30%) Architect
6 31 (5.72%) Software Engineer
7 25 (4.61%) Java Developer
7 25 (4.61%) Network Architect
7 25 (4.61%) Systems Architect
8 24 (4.43%) Project Manager
9 23 (4.24%) Lead Architect
10 22 (4.06%) Support Engineer
11 21 (3.87%) Administrator
12 20 (3.69%) Active Directory Support
13 19 (3.51%) C++ Software Engineer
13 19 (3.51%) Designer
13 19 (3.51%) Test Engineer
14 18 (3.32%) Consultant
15 17 (3.14%) 1st Line Engineer
15 17 (3.14%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.17%) .NET
2 20 (3.69%) ARM Templates
3 18 (3.32%) HTML
4 17 (3.14%) CSS
5 15 (2.77%) .NET Framework
6 12 (2.21%) React
6 12 (2.21%) Spring
7 9 (1.66%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.48%) Middleware
8 8 (1.48%) REST
8 8 (1.48%) Web Services
9 7 (1.29%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (1.11%) JSON
11 5 (0.92%) Django
11 5 (0.92%) Rendezvous
12 4 (0.74%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.74%) Hibernate
12 4 (0.74%) LDAP
12 4 (0.74%) OAuth
13 3 (0.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 45 (8.30%) PKI
2 43 (7.93%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.06%) Virtual Team
4 15 (2.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 12 (2.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 11 (2.03%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.85%) Graphic Design
8 9 (1.66%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.48%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.29%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.29%) Animation
11 6 (1.11%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.11%) iPhone
11 6 (1.11%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.92%) iPad
12 5 (0.92%) Mainframe
13 4 (0.74%) Derivative
13 4 (0.74%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 79 (14.58%) Windows
2 53 (9.78%) Linux
3 34 (6.27%) Windows Server
4 22 (4.06%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (4.06%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (3.51%) Windows 10
6 14 (2.58%) Unix
7 7 (1.29%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.92%) Android
9 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.37%) VMS
10 1 (0.18%) CentOS
10 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.18%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (32.66%) Problem-Solving
2 130 (23.99%) Agile
3 89 (16.42%) DevOps
4 77 (14.21%) Time Management
5 70 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 62 (11.44%) Analytics
7 51 (9.41%) Computer Science
8 48 (8.86%) ITIL
9 47 (8.67%) Software Engineering
10 45 (8.30%) Project Management
11 43 (7.93%) Customer Requirements
12 40 (7.38%) Continuous Integration
12 40 (7.38%) TDD
13 36 (6.64%) Software Testing
13 36 (6.64%) Strategic Thinking
14 35 (6.46%) Customer Service
15 33 (6.09%) Conflict Management
15 33 (6.09%) Unit Testing
16 31 (5.72%) Roadmaps
16 31 (5.72%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (13.65%) C#
2 71 (13.10%) SQL
3 42 (7.75%) C++
3 42 (7.75%) Python
4 38 (7.01%) Java
5 37 (6.83%) PowerShell
6 33 (6.09%) VB
7 30 (5.54%) C
8 25 (4.61%) JavaScript
9 20 (3.69%) Bicep
9 20 (3.69%) VBA
9 20 (3.69%) VBScript
10 15 (2.77%) VB.NET
11 11 (2.03%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.85%) Bash
13 7 (1.29%) R
14 3 (0.55%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.55%) Dart
14 3 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 181 (33.39%) Degree
2 98 (18.08%) Security Cleared
3 86 (15.87%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.09%) DV Cleared
5 28 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (5.17%) NVQ Level 3
6 20 (3.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 15 (2.77%) PMI Certification
7 15 (2.77%) PMP
8 13 (2.40%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.21%) APMP
10 11 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.48%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.92%) CISSP
13 5 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.74%) CCNP
14 4 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.74%) HNC
14 4 (0.74%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.14%) Data Quality
1 17 (3.14%) QA
2 12 (2.21%) SLA
3 10 (1.85%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.11%) PMO
5 5 (0.92%) GDPR
6 4 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.74%) NIST
7 3 (0.55%) GRC
8 2 (0.37%) HAZOP
8 2 (0.37%) SEPA
9 1 (0.18%) COSHH
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.18%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 56 (10.33%) Active Directory
2 28 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
3 21 (3.87%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.21%) Docker
5 7 (1.29%) vSphere
6 6 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.55%) OpenAM
8 3 (0.55%) OpenIDM
9 2 (0.37%) NFS
9 2 (0.37%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 44 (8.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (6.46%) Kubernetes
3 29 (5.35%) SCCM
4 22 (4.06%) WSUS
5 21 (3.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 20 (3.69%) SCOM
7 14 (2.58%) Terraform
8 9 (1.66%) Ansible
9 7 (1.29%) Nessus
10 5 (0.92%) Puppet
11 4 (0.74%) CSIRT
11 4 (0.74%) QRadar
12 3 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
13 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.37%) Grafana
13 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
14 1 (0.18%) AirWatch
14 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
14 1 (0.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 116 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 43 (7.93%) Oracle
3 31 (5.72%) SAP
4 22 (4.06%) Google
5 21 (3.87%) Salesforce
6 18 (3.32%) CA
7 15 (2.77%) Adobe
7 15 (2.77%) Cisco
8 14 (2.58%) VMware
9 12 (2.21%) Citrix
10 10 (1.85%) Juniper
11 9 (1.66%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.66%) Splunk
12 8 (1.48%) Databricks
13 7 (1.29%) ION Trading
14 6 (1.11%) IBM
14 6 (1.11%) Meraki
14 6 (1.11%) Solace
15 5 (0.92%) Aruba
15 5 (0.92%) CyberArk