Self-Motivation Contracts in Edinburgh

Self-Motivation
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 70 104
Rank change year-on-year +9 +34 -7
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 6 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.96% 0.25% 0.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.51% 0.73% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £225 - £614
25th Percentile £263 £513 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £525 £626
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -16.13% +29.07%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £635
90th Percentile £555 - £636
Scotland median daily rate £463 £438 £473
% change year-on-year +5.89% -7.51% +30.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.30
25th Percentile - - £21.36
Median hourly rate - - £21.47
75th Percentile - - £21.57
90th Percentile - - £21.63
Scotland median hourly rate £13.90 - £21.67
% change year-on-year - - +33.35%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 239 273 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.24% 33.50% 35.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 147 327
10th Percentile £208 £334 £242
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £510 £479
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +6.47% -4.20%
75th Percentile £554 £600 £538
90th Percentile £638 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £467 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 3
10th Percentile - £14.88 £21.34
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £21.47
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.57 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -5.08% -54.38%
75th Percentile £24.38 £60.19 £37.71
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.75 £47.33
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
% change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in Edinburgh

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in Edinburgh

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in Edinburgh

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in Edinburgh

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) Intranet
2 1 (16.67%) SNA
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Administrator
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Data Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) iOS Android Developer
2 1 (16.67%) iOS Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Java Android Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Java Mobile Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Platform Architect
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) PMO Lead
2 1 (16.67%) React Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Architect
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) CMDB
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Mainframe
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (16.67%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Android Development
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Data Design
3 1 (16.67%) Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Process Management
3 1 (16.67%) Security Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (16.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Go
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) JCL
1 1 (16.67%) Swift
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow