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 30 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 40 52
Rank change year-on-year -25 +12 -8
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 9 20 13
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.99% 3.40% 1.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.64% 8.89% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 4
10th Percentile £369 £400 £167
25th Percentile £428 £404 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £212
Median % change year-on-year - +112.26% -66.88%
75th Percentile £830 £500 £241
90th Percentile - £575 £246
West Midlands median daily rate £533 £450 £350
% change year-on-year +18.33% +28.57% -34.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
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 247 225 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.05% 38.20% 26.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 152 112
10th Percentile £299 £243 £191
25th Percentile £413 £363 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £506
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -8.89% +6.58%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £675
90th Percentile £710 £600 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -1.55% -9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 6
10th Percentile £16.13 - £19.50
25th Percentile £25.44 - £27.88
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -63.54% +66.72%
75th Percentile £49.43 - £56.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £35.83 £56.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £31.96 £30.88
% change year-on-year +6.37% +3.50% +12.27%

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 30 August 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 4 (44.44%) SAS
2 1 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (11.11%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) n8n
2 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
2 1 (11.11%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (33.33%) Metadata
1 3 (33.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 3 (33.33%) Marketing
4 2 (22.22%) Legal
5 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Retail
5 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Data Insight Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Insight Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Insight Data Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Lead Data Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 2 (22.22%) Security Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Data Extraction
2 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) DevOps
2 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 3 (33.33%) Pricing Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Stress Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
3 2 (22.22%) Offensive Security
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Red Team
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (22.22%) SOAR
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Python
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) Bicep
3 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) GDPR
1 2 (22.22%) NIST
1 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Teradata
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Proofpoint