Self-Motivation Contracts in Central London

Self-Motivation
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 117 136
Rank change year-on-year +11 +19 -8
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 18 18 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.90% 0.74% 1.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.65% 2.41% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 28
10th Percentile £228 £187 £150
25th Percentile £377 £297 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +44.29% -2.78% -14.29%
75th Percentile £675 £538 £622
90th Percentile £680 £624 £650
London median daily rate £540 £525 £557
% change year-on-year +2.86% -5.66% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.22
Median hourly rate £31.00 - £20.71
75th Percentile - - £21.19
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £15.84 £26.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -39.08% -25.71% -8.50%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 678 746 1,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 33.93% 30.56% 36.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 522 954
10th Percentile £361 £264 £313
25th Percentile £474 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -6.12% +6.52%
75th Percentile £696 £700 £750
90th Percentile £800 £850 £850
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 16
10th Percentile £23.78 £12.75 £18.42
25th Percentile £26.45 £16.73 £24.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.39% -34.29% -27.08%
75th Percentile £31.00 £26.25 £84.89
90th Percentile £72.40 £29.78 £88.30
London median hourly rate £34.50 £26.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.69% -25.71% -21.35%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in Central London

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in Central London

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in Central London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in Central London

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in Central London

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Self-Motivation within the Central London region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +7 17 £625 +42.86% 34
City of Westminster - 1 £650 - 3
Self-Motivation
London

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (27.78%) Azure
3 3 (16.67%) GCP
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.56%) Google Docs
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) VPN
1 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (5.56%) Metadata
1 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
1 1 (5.56%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) MSI
General
1 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (61.11%) Finance
3 8 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (16.67%) Banking
6 2 (11.11%) Billing
6 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 2 (11.11%) Legal
7 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
7 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (5.56%) Local Government
7 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (16.67%) Developer
1 3 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (11.11%) Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Architect
2 2 (11.11%) Java Developer
3 1 (5.56%) .NET Developer
3 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Coordinator
3 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (5.56%) Junior
3 1 (5.56%) Network Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Security Specialist
3 1 (5.56%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (5.56%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) Smart Contracts
2 2 (11.11%) REST
3 1 (5.56%) .NET
3 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.56%) Entity Framework
3 1 (5.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Blockchain
1 3 (16.67%) Equities
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.56%) CSOC
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.56%) iPad
2 1 (5.56%) iPhone
2 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.56%) Linux
2 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (22.22%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (16.67%) DevOps
3 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 3 (16.67%) SDLC
3 3 (16.67%) TDD
3 3 (16.67%) Time Management
4 2 (11.11%) Agile
4 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) Logistics
4 2 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 2 (11.11%) Service Management
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 2 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) DAML
2 3 (16.67%) Java
2 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (5.56%) C#
4 1 (5.56%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.56%) CCNA
2 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.56%) CISM
2 1 (5.56%) CISSP
2 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) PMP
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) SCCM
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Google
2 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Apple
3 1 (5.56%) Ariba
3 1 (5.56%) Citrix
3 1 (5.56%) Civica
3 1 (5.56%) Databricks
3 1 (5.56%) Informatica
3 1 (5.56%) Marketo
3 1 (5.56%) Qualys
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 1 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) Symantec