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 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 48 39
Rank change year-on-year -26 -9 +6
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 6 7 11
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.87% 1.31% 2.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.58% 3.68% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £259 - £469
25th Percentile £265 £291 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £552 £550
Median % change year-on-year -51.27% +0.36% +2.28%
75th Percentile £324 £577 £603
90th Percentile £422 £597 £631
North West median daily rate £425 £291 £500
% change year-on-year +46.05% -41.80% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £17.28 - -
25th Percentile £18.81 - -
Median hourly rate £22.75 - -
75th Percentile £27.81 - -
90th Percentile £30.03 - -
North West median hourly rate £55.20 - £18.68
% change year-on-year - - -4.21%

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 233 190 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 33.82% 35.65% 39.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 103 89
10th Percentile £243 £329 £360
25th Percentile £356 £407 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £490 £545
Median % change year-on-year -11.73% -10.09% +10.10%
75th Percentile £500 £551 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £625
North West median daily rate £450 £483 £500
% change year-on-year -6.78% -3.45% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 5
10th Percentile - £17.55 £14.42
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.05 £17.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +9.91% +1.01%
75th Percentile £31.50 - £50.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £62.17 £65.00
North West median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £41.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% -20.73% +88.25%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -
Crewe +1 1 - - 1
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 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Hadoop
1 3 (50.00%) Impala
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Data Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planner
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Decision Tree
1 3 (50.00%) Logistic Regression
1 3 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Entry
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (16.67%) Process Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
1 3 (50.00%) R
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce