Self-Motivation Contract Job Trends in Chester

Self-Motivation
Cheshire > Chester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 18 12
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 -1
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 1.55% 2.53% 5.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.00% 10.00% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.66%
75th Percentile - - £638
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £291 £588
% change year-on-year +63.23% -50.47% -2.08%

All Generic Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25 20 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 19.38% 25.32% 45.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 1 3
10th Percentile £192 - £533
25th Percentile £413 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +12.00% +92.31%
75th Percentile £588 - £638
90th Percentile £750 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £474 £525
% change year-on-year -5.65% -9.76% +11.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £29.25
25th Percentile £25.75 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £26.50 - £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +83.59%
75th Percentile £27.25 - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.00 £29.23 £36.50
% change year-on-year -45.26% -19.92% +57.67%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in Chester

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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 1 (50.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Insight Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Insight Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Insight Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 1 (50.00%) API Design
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) KYC
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (50.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Teradata