Self-Motivation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 167 123
Rank change year-on-year +34 -44 -20
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 331 369 645
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.61% 1.57% 2.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.53% 4.83% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 207 367
10th Percentile £178 £180 £174
25th Percentile £230 £353 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £480 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.94% -
75th Percentile £575 £626 £538
90th Percentile £608 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £504
% change year-on-year -3.85% +3.17% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 26 68
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.00 £11.75
25th Percentile £25.50 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £23.15 £20.52
Median % change year-on-year +169.98% +12.82% -22.42%
75th Percentile £72.50 £49.30 £44.70
90th Percentile - £54.82 £57.78
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +155.10% -9.26% -12.48%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Self-Motivation is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,981 7,647 9,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.14% 32.53% 31.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,582 5,163 6,728
10th Percentile £208 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £614 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 435 456
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.21
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.36
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £20.07
Median % change year-on-year +29.55% +9.64% -16.40%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £45.43
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £30.58 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +36.00% -18.24% +4.90%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Midlands +63 101 £253 -43.89% 208
South East -47 61 £600 +15.38% 269
South West +55 56 £444 -4.05% 131
West Midlands +29 52 £450 - 120
East Midlands +56 49 £245 +28.95% 88
North of England +4 49 £525 -1.41% 267
East of England +17 44 £265 -49.52% 122
North West +12 33 £550 - 168
Scotland +19 15 £400 -15.43% 56
Yorkshire +12 15 £488 -2.26% 82
Wales +13 3 £380 -30.91% 28
Northern Ireland 0 3 - - 10
Self-Motivation
UK

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 24 (7.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.53%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.51%) IIS
4 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.60%) CMS
4 2 (0.60%) nginx
4 2 (0.60%) SAS
4 2 (0.60%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) Confluence
5 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.30%) MTS
5 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 63 (19.03%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (10.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (6.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.11%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.51%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.91%) Maya
7 2 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
7 2 (0.60%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.60%) SPSS
7 2 (0.60%) Windchill
7 2 (0.60%) ZBrush
8 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.30%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.30%) Camtasia
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (2.11%) Maximo
2 2 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.60%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.60%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.30%) Primavera
3 1 (0.30%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 45 (13.60%) Azure
2 35 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (6.95%) Entra ID
4 16 (4.83%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (4.83%) Azure Storage
5 13 (3.93%) AWS
6 11 (3.32%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.02%) Google Workspace
7 10 (3.02%) IaaS
8 9 (2.72%) PaaS
8 9 (2.72%) SaaS
9 5 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.21%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.21%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.91%) GCP
12 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.60%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.30%) Amazon ECS
13 1 (0.30%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 46 (13.90%) Firewall
2 28 (8.46%) Modbus
2 28 (8.46%) RS-422
2 28 (8.46%) RS-485
3 20 (6.04%) DNS
4 19 (5.74%) WAN
5 18 (5.44%) DHCP
6 13 (3.93%) LAN
7 9 (2.72%) VPN
8 8 (2.42%) BGP
8 8 (2.42%) IPsec
9 7 (2.11%) MPLS
9 7 (2.11%) Wireless
10 6 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.91%) Junos
11 3 (0.91%) Network Security
11 3 (0.91%) SAN
11 3 (0.91%) SNMP
11 3 (0.91%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.02%) Power BI
2 7 (2.11%) Hadoop
3 6 (1.81%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.51%) Impala
5 4 (1.21%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.21%) Tableau
6 3 (0.91%) Big Data
6 3 (0.91%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.91%) MySQL
7 2 (0.60%) Power Query
7 2 (0.60%) Presto
7 2 (0.60%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.30%) DB2
8 1 (0.30%) DTS
8 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (1.81%) Jenkins
1 6 (1.81%) JIRA
2 3 (0.91%) Git
2 3 (0.91%) GitLab
3 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.30%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.30%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.30%) GoogleTest
4 1 (0.30%) JMeter
4 1 (0.30%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.30%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.30%) Selenium
4 1 (0.30%) TestRail
4 1 (0.30%) Valgrind
4 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 200 (60.42%) Social Skills
2 73 (22.05%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (11.48%) Electronics
4 35 (10.57%) Finance
4 35 (10.57%) Telecoms
5 30 (9.06%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (5.44%) Legal
8 14 (4.23%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.11%) Marketing
11 6 (1.81%) German Language
11 6 (1.81%) Retail
12 5 (1.51%) Banking
12 5 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.51%) Police
13 4 (1.21%) Automotive
13 4 (1.21%) Avionics
13 4 (1.21%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 40 (12.08%) Lead
2 35 (10.57%) Architect
3 31 (9.37%) Software Engineer
4 27 (8.16%) Analyst
5 25 (7.55%) Network Architect
5 25 (7.55%) Systems Architect
6 22 (6.65%) Lead Architect
7 20 (6.04%) C++ Software Engineer
8 19 (5.74%) 1st Line Engineer
8 19 (5.74%) Test Engineer
9 18 (5.44%) Support Engineer
10 16 (4.83%) Active Directory Support
10 16 (4.83%) Administrator
10 16 (4.83%) Senior
11 14 (4.23%) Active Directory Specialist
11 14 (4.23%) Azure Specialist
11 14 (4.23%) Support Specialist
12 13 (3.93%) Developer
12 13 (3.93%) Project Manager
13 10 (3.02%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.83%) ARM Templates
2 9 (2.72%) JSON
3 7 (2.11%) REST
3 7 (2.11%) Spring
4 6 (1.81%) HTML
5 5 (1.51%) .NET
5 5 (1.51%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.21%) CSS
6 4 (1.21%) OAuth
7 3 (0.91%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.91%) OAuth2
7 3 (0.91%) OpenID
7 3 (0.91%) React
7 3 (0.91%) SAML
7 3 (0.91%) XHTML
7 3 (0.91%) XML
8 2 (0.60%) HTML5
8 2 (0.60%) Java EE
8 2 (0.60%) RESTful
8 2 (0.60%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.08%) PKI
2 26 (7.85%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.93%) Virtual Team
4 7 (2.11%) Product Ownership
5 6 (1.81%) iPhone
6 5 (1.51%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (1.51%) IoT
6 5 (1.51%) iPad
6 5 (1.51%) Smartphone
7 4 (1.21%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.91%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.91%) Blog
8 3 (0.91%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.91%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.91%) Solar Power
9 2 (0.60%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 43 (12.99%) Windows
2 34 (10.27%) Linux
3 23 (6.95%) Windows Server
4 18 (5.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (4.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (3.02%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.51%) Android
7 5 (1.51%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.21%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.21%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.91%) Unix
9 3 (0.91%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.60%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.30%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (30.21%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (24.17%) Agile
3 66 (19.94%) Continuous Improvement
4 58 (17.52%) DevOps
5 57 (17.22%) Time Management
6 48 (14.50%) ITIL
7 42 (12.69%) Customer Requirements
8 38 (11.48%) Software Engineering
9 36 (10.88%) TDD
10 35 (10.57%) Analytics
11 32 (9.67%) Conflict Management
11 32 (9.67%) Project Management
12 31 (9.37%) Continuous Integration
13 30 (9.06%) Software Testing
14 29 (8.76%) Unit Testing
15 28 (8.46%) Pair Programming
16 27 (8.16%) Service Management
16 27 (8.16%) Systems Engineering
17 25 (7.55%) Customer Service
17 25 (7.55%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (14.80%) C#
2 31 (9.37%) C++
3 29 (8.76%) C
4 25 (7.55%) Python
5 23 (6.95%) SQL
6 20 (6.04%) PowerShell
7 18 (5.44%) Java
8 16 (4.83%) Bicep
8 16 (4.83%) VB
8 16 (4.83%) VBScript
9 10 (3.02%) JavaScript
10 8 (2.42%) R
11 3 (0.91%) BeanShell
12 2 (0.60%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.60%) Bash
12 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.30%) PHP
13 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 133 (40.18%) Degree
2 82 (24.77%) Security Cleared
3 70 (21.15%) SC Cleared
4 28 (8.46%) NVQ Level 3
5 27 (8.16%) DV Cleared
6 16 (4.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 14 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (3.02%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.72%) APMP
9 9 (2.72%) PMI Certification
9 9 (2.72%) PMP
10 8 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.81%) HND
11 6 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.21%) HNC
13 3 (0.91%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.60%) CCNP
14 2 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.60%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.42%) QA
2 6 (1.81%) PMO
3 5 (1.51%) SLA
4 4 (1.21%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.60%) GDPR
5 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) HAZOP
6 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 33 (9.97%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.14%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (4.83%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.51%) Docker
5 4 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.21%) vSphere
6 3 (0.91%) OpenAM
6 3 (0.91%) OpenIDM
7 2 (0.60%) Firmware
7 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.30%) NFS
8 1 (0.30%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (8.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.34%) SCCM
3 20 (6.04%) Kubernetes
4 16 (4.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (4.83%) SCOM
4 16 (4.83%) WSUS
5 3 (0.91%) Ansible
5 3 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.91%) Terraform
6 2 (0.60%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.30%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.30%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.30%) Puppet
7 1 (0.30%) vRealize
Vendors
1 81 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.74%) SAP
3 17 (5.14%) CA
4 16 (4.83%) Cisco
5 14 (4.23%) Oracle
6 13 (3.93%) Google
7 12 (3.63%) Juniper
7 12 (3.63%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.63%) VMware
8 8 (2.42%) Citrix
9 7 (2.11%) Aruba
10 6 (1.81%) HP
10 6 (1.81%) Meraki
11 5 (1.51%) 3Com
11 5 (1.51%) Brocade
11 5 (1.51%) Progress
12 4 (1.21%) Databricks
12 4 (1.21%) ForgeRock
13 3 (0.91%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.91%) Splunk