Self-Motivation Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Self-Motivation
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 63 51
Rank change year-on-year -27 -12 +53
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 15 23 58
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.94% 2.03% 3.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.90% 6.04% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 16
10th Percentile - £195 £190
25th Percentile £213 £232 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £369 £388 £516
90th Percentile £470 £481 £613
England median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 18
10th Percentile £12.36 - -
25th Percentile £12.48 £12.25 -
Median hourly rate £12.75 £29.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.03% -55.38% +78.08%
75th Percentile - £68.75 -
90th Percentile £13.81 £72.65 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% +17.65% -29.17%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 517 381 569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.35% 33.69% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 178 306
10th Percentile £190 £249 £200
25th Percentile £335 £337 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.55% -3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £567
90th Percentile £700 £697 £688
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.68% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 49 90
10th Percentile £12.97 £27.80 £19.80
25th Percentile £16.07 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £66.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67.75 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.59% +25.24%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in the East of England

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Self-Motivation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the East of England over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the East of England

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Self-Motivation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 22 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
Suffolk +1 4 £225 -23.08% 11
Essex 0 4 £525 - 23
Hertfordshire -30 3 - - 43
Cambridgeshire - 3 £363 - 16
Bedfordshire -11 1 - - 13
Self-Motivation
England

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (13.33%) Apache
2 2 (13.33%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Shopify
2 1 (6.67%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (13.33%) Mimecast
2 2 (13.33%) Nutanix
3 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) VPN
2 2 (13.33%) DHCP
2 2 (13.33%) DNS
2 2 (13.33%) Firewall
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Marketing
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Administrator
2 3 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 3 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Web Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Configuration Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) IT Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Switch Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Business Data Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Configuration Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) iPad
1 3 (20.00%) iPhone
2 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows Server
3 3 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) ITIL
1 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) Logistics
2 4 (26.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) AI
3 3 (20.00%) Antivirus Management
3 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 3 (20.00%) Time Management
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (13.33%) Server Building
4 2 (13.33%) Validation
4 2 (13.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) GAMP
2 1 (6.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (6.67%) GxP
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (13.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) McAfee
2 3 (20.00%) Starlink
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco
3 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto
3 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds