Self-Motivation Contracts 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 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 39 57
Rank change year-on-year -1 +18 -5
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 16 26 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 3.08% 3.36% 1.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.47% 11.98% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 5
10th Percentile £379 £214 £418
25th Percentile £400 £253 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £450 £800
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -43.75% +45.45%
75th Percentile £500 £469 -
90th Percentile £587 £493 -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £450 £505
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.89% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £22.33 £18.45
25th Percentile - £23.91 £18.74
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £19.60
Median % change year-on-year - +32.64% +32.18%
75th Percentile - £41.61 £20.58
90th Percentile - £56.25 £20.94
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.55 £24.65 £20.71
% change year-on-year +23.91% +19.05% +39.62%

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 169 217 302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 32.50% 28.04% 33.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 135 185
10th Percentile £163 £263 £282
25th Percentile £350 £356 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £558 £578 £638
90th Percentile £617 £738 £708
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 12 13
10th Percentile - £18.88 £15.65
25th Percentile - £22.33 £20.22
Median hourly rate £18.87 £26.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.42% -5.45% +58.50%
75th Percentile £44.00 £40.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £49.10 £54.80 £88.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.91 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +50.71% -18.18% +58.50%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in Birmingham

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in Birmingham

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in Birmingham

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in Birmingham

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) GitHub
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) SMTP
1 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) MongoDB
1 3 (18.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JUnit
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
3 5 (31.25%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Legal
4 3 (18.75%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Project Manager
1 7 (43.75%) Technical Manager
2 6 (37.50%) Technical Project Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Java Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Field Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) ICT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.25%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Programme Director
4 1 (6.25%) Programme Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Gherkin
1 3 (18.75%) Kafka
2 1 (6.25%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
1 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 8 (50.00%) Time Management
2 7 (43.75%) Conflict Management
3 3 (18.75%) Microservices
3 3 (18.75%) SDLC
3 3 (18.75%) TDD
3 3 (18.75%) Test Automation
4 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 2 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.25%) Business Case
5 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (6.25%) Compliance Management
5 1 (6.25%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (6.25%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (6.25%) Customer Service
5 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
5 1 (6.25%) DevSecOps
5 1 (6.25%) Observability
5 1 (6.25%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.25%) CISM
1 1 (6.25%) CISSP
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
1 1 (6.25%) GRC
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Ariba
3 1 (6.25%) Qualys