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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 37 41
Rank change year-on-year -35 +4 +11
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 5 20 19
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.54% 3.64% 2.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.92% 11.17% 9.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 20 6
10th Percentile £406 £393 £201
25th Percentile £546 £401 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 £445 £345
Median % change year-on-year +75.12% +29.11% -50.71%
75th Percentile £805 £500 £450
90th Percentile £820 £578 £475
West Midlands median daily rate £520 £445 £450
% change year-on-year +16.75% -1.02% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £13.10 £29.33 £56.25
% change year-on-year -55.34% -47.86% +204.05%

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 261 179 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 28.22% 32.60% 28.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 127 120
10th Percentile £309 £180 £298
25th Percentile £413 £305 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £603 £538 £650
90th Percentile £706 £600 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 6
10th Percentile £16.98 - £29.25
25th Percentile £22.17 - £40.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -58.30% +57.39%
75th Percentile £51.25 - £54.69
90th Percentile £75.00 £44.00 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £33.91 £26.47
% change year-on-year +0.24% +28.13% -3.76%

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 31 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 (60.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (40.00%) Metadata
1 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Data Insight Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Insight Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Insight Data Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Lead Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Extraction
2 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Pricing Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Stress Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Teradata