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 2 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 41 32
Rank change year-on-year -26 -9 +22
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 9 11 37
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.03% 2.13% 4.87%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.11% 7.28% 15.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 11
10th Percentile £305 £158 £225
25th Percentile £460 £281 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.00% -11.11% -35.71%
75th Percentile £531 £503 £494
90th Percentile £780 £651 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £470 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +7.43% -2.78% -
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 £22.36 £31.76 £24.65
% change year-on-year -29.61% +28.84% +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 289 151 236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 33.18% 29.26% 31.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 109 156
10th Percentile £261 £160 £269
25th Percentile £413 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £521 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +15.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £540 £605 £575
90th Percentile £625 £680 £703
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -8.57% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 12
10th Percentile £17.09 £16.00 £18.88
25th Percentile £17.15 £22.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £18.40 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.67% +15.38% +26.88%
75th Percentile £22.52 £30.68 £40.81
90th Percentile £25.00 - £54.80
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £18.76 £22.50
% change year-on-year +34.10% -16.64% +4.37%

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 2 April 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 2 (22.22%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) CANalyzer
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (22.22%) Metadata
1 2 (22.22%) NoSQL
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Marketing
5 1 (11.11%) Law
5 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Data Insight Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Insight Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Insight Data Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Data Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Systems Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Legal Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Credit Risk
3 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
3 1 (11.11%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (33.33%) Conflict Management
2 3 (33.33%) Time Management
2 3 (33.33%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Data Extraction
3 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
3 2 (22.22%) Pricing Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Stress Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Teradata