Self-Motivation Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Self-Motivation
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 40 39
Rank change year-on-year -33 -1 +18
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 7 16 26
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.75% 3.08% 3.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.61% 9.47% 11.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 7
10th Percentile £240 £379 £214
25th Percentile £331 £400 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £464 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.05% +3.09% -43.75%
75th Percentile £640 £500 £469
90th Percentile £780 £587 £493
West Midlands median daily rate £420 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -11.58% +5.56% -10.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £22.33
25th Percentile - - £23.91
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £41.61
90th Percentile - - £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £13.10 £30.55 £24.65
% change year-on-year -57.11% +23.91% +19.05%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 268 169 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 28.76% 32.50% 28.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 125 135
10th Percentile £301 £163 £263
25th Percentile £413 £350 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £613 £558 £578
90th Percentile £696 £617 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 12
10th Percentile £16.79 - £18.88
25th Percentile £17.81 - £22.33
Median hourly rate £34.48 £18.87 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.72% -27.42% -5.45%
75th Percentile £51.25 £44.00 £40.81
90th Percentile £75.00 £49.10 £54.80
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £33.91 £22.50
% change year-on-year +0.22% +50.71% -18.18%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Self-Motivation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in Birmingham

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 3 (42.86%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) CANalyzer
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (28.57%) Metadata
1 2 (28.57%) NoSQL
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Data Insight Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Insight Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Insight Data Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Lead Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Credit Risk
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Data Extraction
1 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
2 2 (28.57%) Pricing Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Stress Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Conflict Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Teradata