Self-Motivation Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Self-Motivation
North West > Cheshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 42 47
Rank change year-on-year -23 +5 +1
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 7 13 9
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 1.10% 2.85% 2.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.32% 7.18% 5.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile £259 £291 £533
25th Percentile £265 £334 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £514 £575
Median % change year-on-year -47.61% -10.70% +2.40%
75th Percentile £324 £571 £619
90th Percentile £422 £594 £638
North West median daily rate £425 £400 £531
% change year-on-year +6.25% -24.71% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £17.28 - -
25th Percentile £18.81 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.75 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - -
75th Percentile £27.81 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £30.03 - -
North West median hourly rate £21.46 £28.63 -
% change year-on-year -25.04% - -

All Generic Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 211 181 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 33.18% 39.69% 41.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 96 113
10th Percentile £252 £306 £433
25th Percentile £358 £363 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% -6.08% +7.14%
75th Percentile £507 £550 £567
90th Percentile £638 £638 £611
North West median daily rate £450 £487 £513
% change year-on-year -7.55% -5.02% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 5
10th Percentile - £20.46 £14.42
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.83 £17.25
Median hourly rate £16.25 £26.71 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -39.15% +50.71% +2.10%
75th Percentile £30.44 £33.75 £23.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £78.50 £54.20
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £30.12 £41.87
% change year-on-year +50.95% -28.07% +19.61%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Self-Motivation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Self-Motivation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in Cheshire

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Self-Motivation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Knutsford - 3 £268 - 1
Crewe -6 1 - -
Chester -10 1 - - 15
Macclesfield - 1 - -
Self-Motivation
North West

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Hadoop
1 3 (42.86%) Impala
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planner
4 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
1 1 (14.29%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Business Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Data Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Decision Tree
2 3 (42.86%) Logistic Regression
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 1 (14.29%) API Design
4 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
4 1 (14.29%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) KYC
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) R
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 20022
1 1 (14.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce