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 27 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 55 34
Rank change year-on-year -4 -21 +9
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 19 11 34
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 2.41% 1.72% 4.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.27% 6.32% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 9
10th Percentile £126 - £216
25th Percentile £129 £158 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £400 £440
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -9.09% +41.48%
75th Percentile £516 £444 £675
90th Percentile £575 £519 £686
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.33
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.98
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.21 £23.60 £24.65
% change year-on-year +15.30% -4.26% +32.51%

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 303 174 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 38.35% 27.23% 35.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 116 151
10th Percentile £206 £156 £270
25th Percentile £400 £397 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £540 £650 £575
90th Percentile £625 £700 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.29% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 18
10th Percentile £17.20 £18.80 £19.87
25th Percentile £18.70 £22.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.45 £52.75
Median % change year-on-year -38.03% -42.27% +199.04%
75th Percentile £23.50 £55.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £23.57 £57.80 £67.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.03 £23.60 £23.00
% change year-on-year +1.80% +2.61% +25.24%

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 27 January 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 1 (5.26%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.26%) CANalyzer
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) VPN
2 5 (26.32%) DHCP
2 5 (26.32%) DNS
2 5 (26.32%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.53%) BGP
3 2 (10.53%) IPsec
3 2 (10.53%) Junos
3 2 (10.53%) MPLS
3 2 (10.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) NoSQL
2 2 (10.53%) MongoDB
3 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.26%) Metadata
3 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JUnit
2 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 9 (47.37%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Banking
4 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Legal
5 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.26%) Law
6 1 (5.26%) Marketing
6 1 (5.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Analyst
2 6 (31.58%) Project Manager
3 5 (26.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 5 (26.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (26.32%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) IT Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) IT Support
3 5 (26.32%) IT Support Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Java Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Gherkin
1 2 (10.53%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.53%) Educational Technology
3 2 (10.53%) Learning Management System
3 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) PKI
4 1 (5.26%) Credit Risk
4 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.26%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
1 6 (31.58%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (31.58%) Customer Service
3 6 (31.58%) ITIL
3 6 (31.58%) Problem Management
3 6 (31.58%) Service Delivery
4 5 (26.32%) Change Management
4 5 (26.32%) CRM
4 5 (26.32%) Disk Encryption
4 5 (26.32%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (21.05%) Conflict Management
5 4 (21.05%) Time Management
6 3 (15.79%) Agile
6 3 (15.79%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (10.53%) Contract Negotiation
7 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
7 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
7 2 (10.53%) Project Management
7 2 (10.53%) TDD
7 2 (10.53%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) MATLAB
2 1 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) MCDST
1 5 (26.32%) MCP
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
2 2 (10.53%) PMP
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) SCCM
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) iManage
2 5 (26.32%) Mitel
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Juniper
3 2 (10.53%) Progress
4 1 (5.26%) Teradata