Self-Motivation Contracts in Berkshire

Self-Motivation
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 65 71
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 -20
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Self-Motivation 20 45 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.69% 2.66% 2.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.62% 9.38% 6.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 19
10th Percentile £390 £340 £304
25th Percentile - £500 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £605 £600
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +0.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £608 £615
90th Percentile £545 - £678
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -5.00% +14.29% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.50
Median hourly rate £32.05 - £19.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £91.00 £24.28
% change year-on-year -79.32% +274.87% -59.54%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 433 480 584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.69% 28.37% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 257 390
10th Percentile £305 £229 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £688 £719
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 26 22
10th Percentile £32.05 £11.87 £18.75
25th Percentile £51.00 £19.72 £40.47
Median hourly rate £62.50 £41.50 £64.90
Median % change year-on-year +50.60% -36.06% +5.53%
75th Percentile £87.50 £60.44 £73.59
90th Percentile £88.87 £69.93 £78.70
South East median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £51.25
% change year-on-year -42.37% +11.90% +124.39%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in Berkshire

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Self-Motivation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in Berkshire

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Self-Motivation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough +6 11 £450 -25.00% 26
Bracknell +4 4 £400 - 4
Reading -7 3 £525 -13.22% 32
Windsor -7 1 - - 9
Self-Motivation
South East

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.00%) CMS
3 1 (5.00%) Confluence
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (5.00%) Azure Storage
2 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) ATM
1 11 (55.00%) Ethernet
1 11 (55.00%) Frame Relay
1 11 (55.00%) GPRS
1 11 (55.00%) GSM
1 11 (55.00%) LAN
1 11 (55.00%) LTE
1 11 (55.00%) MPLS
1 11 (55.00%) SAN
1 11 (55.00%) SDH
1 11 (55.00%) UMTS
1 11 (55.00%) VPN
1 11 (55.00%) WAN
1 11 (55.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (5.00%) DHCP
2 1 (5.00%) DNS
2 1 (5.00%) Firewall
2 1 (5.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 16 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (65.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Automotive
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) IP Engineer
2 9 (45.00%) Test Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Development Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) IP Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) IP Network Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Network Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Active Directory Support
5 1 (5.00%) Active Directory Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Junior
5 1 (5.00%) Procurement Officer
5 1 (5.00%) Report Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Learning Management System
1 2 (10.00%) Life Science
1 2 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (60.00%) Linux
2 11 (55.00%) Unix
3 1 (5.00%) Windows
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Project Management
2 12 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (55.00%) Fault Management
3 11 (55.00%) Regression Testing
3 11 (55.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (25.00%) Change Management
5 4 (20.00%) Agile
6 3 (15.00%) Analytics
6 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (15.00%) Time Management
7 2 (10.00%) Business Analytics
7 2 (10.00%) Content Management
7 2 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.00%) Workflow
8 1 (5.00%) Business Case
8 1 (5.00%) Conflict Resolution
8 1 (5.00%) Project Delivery
8 1 (5.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) Bicep
2 1 (5.00%) C#
2 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) VB
2 1 (5.00%) VBA
2 1 (5.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) CCNP
1 11 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (55.00%) ISEB
1 11 (55.00%) ISTQB
1 11 (55.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (15.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
1 1 (5.00%) SCOM
1 1 (5.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (55.00%) Cisco
2 11 (55.00%) Juniper
3 3 (15.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Remedy