Self-Motivation Contracts in England

Self-Motivation
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in England. 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 193 171 189
Rank change year-on-year -22 +18 -19
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 341 511 704
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.40% 1.37% 1.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.10% 4.46% 4.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 261 396
10th Percentile £210 £190 £202
25th Percentile £369 £263 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -6.15% +5.50%
75th Percentile £629 £605 £650
90th Percentile £680 £675 £738
UK median daily rate £493 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.40% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 110 35
10th Percentile £15.84 £14.00 £18.35
25th Percentile £16.95 £22.33 £20.22
Median hourly rate £26.81 £62.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.10% +150.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £63.58 £65.02 £52.55
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £63.05
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -56.00% +155.10% -14.04%

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Self-Motivation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London -10 140 £540 +2.86% 1,132
South East +58 72 £475 -19.15% 732
East of England +27 41 £538 +102.83% 380
North of England +3 36 £538 +0.94% 681
Midlands -36 31 £422 +65.36% 523
West Midlands -18 23 £403 -10.56% 284
Yorkshire +10 18 £600 +20.00% 256
South West +8 18 £223 -51.89% 363
North West -1 17 £475 -13.64% 348
East Midlands -21 8 £500 +104.08% 204
North East - 1 - - 81
Self-Motivation
UK

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 37 (10.85%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.52%) Confluence
3 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.05%) NetWeaver
3 7 (2.05%) SAP EP
4 5 (1.47%) IIS
5 3 (0.88%) CMS
5 3 (0.88%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (0.59%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) nginx
7 1 (0.29%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (13.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.05%) Photoshop
5 4 (1.17%) Adobe After Effects
5 4 (1.17%) Maya
6 3 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.88%) InfoPath
6 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.88%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.59%) CANalyzer
7 2 (0.59%) Siemens NX
7 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.29%) Blender
8 1 (0.29%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.29%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.29%) Simulink
8 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (3.23%) Teamcenter
2 7 (2.05%) SAP CRM
3 4 (1.17%) SAP MM
3 4 (1.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 4 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.88%) SAP LE
4 3 (0.88%) SAP WM
4 3 (0.88%) Shopify
5 2 (0.59%) Maximo
5 2 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.29%) Endur
6 1 (0.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.29%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.29%) SAP VC
6 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 61 (17.89%) Azure
2 33 (9.68%) AWS
3 24 (7.04%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.69%) Entra ID
4 16 (4.69%) GitHub
5 11 (3.23%) Google Workspace
6 10 (2.93%) GCP
6 10 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.35%) SuccessFactors
8 7 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.47%) Figma
9 5 (1.47%) SaaS
9 5 (1.47%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.17%) Dropbox
10 4 (1.17%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.17%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.88%) CloudFront
11 3 (0.88%) dbt
11 3 (0.88%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.88%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.97%) VPN
2 24 (7.04%) WAN
3 23 (6.74%) LAN
4 21 (6.16%) MPLS
5 18 (5.28%) Ethernet
6 16 (4.69%) ATM
6 16 (4.69%) Frame Relay
6 16 (4.69%) GPRS
6 16 (4.69%) GSM
6 16 (4.69%) LTE
6 16 (4.69%) SAN
6 16 (4.69%) SDH
6 16 (4.69%) UMTS
6 16 (4.69%) Wireshark
7 10 (2.93%) TCP/IP
8 9 (2.64%) DNS
8 9 (2.64%) Firewall
9 8 (2.35%) VLAN
10 7 (2.05%) DHCP
10 7 (2.05%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.16%) Power BI
2 9 (2.64%) Big Data
3 7 (2.05%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.76%) Qlik Sense
5 5 (1.47%) Metadata
5 5 (1.47%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.17%) Power Query
6 4 (1.17%) Spotfire
7 3 (0.88%) MySQL
7 3 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.88%) Tableau
8 2 (0.59%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.59%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.59%) GIS
8 2 (0.59%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.59%) Impala
8 2 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (4.40%) Git
2 13 (3.81%) JIRA
3 8 (2.35%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.47%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.17%) Postman
6 3 (0.88%) ERwin
6 3 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.59%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.59%) Grunt
7 2 (0.59%) Selenium
7 2 (0.59%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.59%) webpack
7 2 (0.59%) Xcode
8 1 (0.29%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.29%) GitLab
8 1 (0.29%) Mockito
8 1 (0.29%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 227 (66.57%) Social Skills
2 78 (22.87%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (19.94%) Finance
4 33 (9.68%) Telecoms
5 29 (8.50%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (7.33%) Marketing
7 22 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
7 22 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (6.45%) Public Sector
8 21 (6.16%) Banking
9 13 (3.81%) Retail
10 11 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (3.23%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.64%) Automotive
11 9 (2.64%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.05%) Games
12 7 (2.05%) Legal
13 6 (1.76%) Billing
14 5 (1.47%) Local Government
14 5 (1.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 37 (10.85%) Senior
2 29 (8.50%) Developer
3 25 (7.33%) Analyst
3 25 (7.33%) Architect
4 24 (7.04%) Lead
5 18 (5.28%) Project Manager
5 18 (5.28%) Test Engineer
6 15 (4.40%) IP Engineer
7 13 (3.81%) Support Engineer
7 13 (3.81%) Systems Engineer
8 11 (3.23%) 1st Line Support
8 11 (3.23%) Senior Developer
9 9 (2.64%) Technical Architect
9 9 (2.64%) Tester
10 8 (2.35%) Administrator
10 8 (2.35%) Business Analyst
10 8 (2.35%) Consultant
10 8 (2.35%) Network Engineer
11 7 (2.05%) Desktop Engineer
11 7 (2.05%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.11%) REST
2 11 (3.23%) SAP PI
3 10 (2.93%) CSS
4 9 (2.64%) .NET
4 9 (2.64%) RESTful
5 7 (2.05%) .NET Framework
5 7 (2.05%) HTML
5 7 (2.05%) SAP Fiori
5 7 (2.05%) SAPUI5
5 7 (2.05%) Smart Contracts
6 5 (1.47%) LDAP
6 5 (1.47%) React
6 5 (1.47%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.17%) ASP.NET
7 4 (1.17%) Node.js
7 4 (1.17%) Spring
7 4 (1.17%) Unreal Engine
8 3 (0.88%) Entity Framework
8 3 (0.88%) VML
8 3 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.45%) iPad
1 22 (6.45%) iPhone
2 17 (4.99%) Management Information System
3 14 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.52%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.64%) Equities
6 7 (2.05%) Blockchain
6 7 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.05%) e-Learning
6 7 (2.05%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.76%) Life Science
7 6 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (1.76%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.47%) Augmented Reality
8 5 (1.47%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.47%) Podcast
8 5 (1.47%) Virtual Reality
9 4 (1.17%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 56 (16.42%) Windows
2 34 (9.97%) Linux
3 16 (4.69%) Unix
3 16 (4.69%) Windows 10
4 15 (4.40%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.81%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.47%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.59%) Android
9 1 (0.29%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (39.59%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (19.94%) Agile
3 61 (17.89%) Project Management
4 54 (15.84%) Time Management
5 44 (12.90%) Customer Service
6 32 (9.38%) Analytics
7 30 (8.80%) Collaborative Working
8 29 (8.50%) Change Management
9 28 (8.21%) ITSM
10 27 (7.92%) ITIL
11 26 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (7.33%) Roadmaps
13 23 (6.74%) DevOps
13 23 (6.74%) Test Strategy
14 22 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (6.16%) Cybersecurity
16 20 (5.87%) User Experience
17 19 (5.57%) Stakeholder Management
18 18 (5.28%) Migration
18 18 (5.28%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.73%) Java
2 38 (11.14%) Python
3 30 (8.80%) SQL
4 19 (5.57%) PowerShell
5 17 (4.99%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.23%) C#
7 7 (2.05%) ABAP
8 6 (1.76%) VBA
9 5 (1.47%) VB
10 4 (1.17%) DAML
10 4 (1.17%) MATLAB
10 4 (1.17%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.88%) Bash
11 3 (0.88%) PHP
11 3 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.88%) Solidity
12 2 (0.59%) Dart
13 1 (0.29%) Bicep
13 1 (0.29%) Scala
13 1 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 49 (14.37%) Security Cleared
2 42 (12.32%) Degree
3 41 (12.02%) SC Cleared
4 29 (8.50%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (6.74%) CCNP
6 16 (4.69%) ISEB
6 16 (4.69%) ISTQB
6 16 (4.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 13 (3.81%) ITIL Certification
8 11 (3.23%) CCNA
9 9 (2.64%) CISSP
10 7 (2.05%) CISM
11 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.17%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.88%) CCENT
13 3 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.88%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.59%) CCA
14 2 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.23%) QA
2 9 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.35%) GDPR
3 8 (2.35%) NIST
4 6 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.47%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.47%) PMO
6 4 (1.17%) GRC
6 4 (1.17%) SLA
7 3 (0.88%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (0.88%) NCSC
8 2 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.29%) COSHH
9 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 43 (12.61%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.23%) Docker
3 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (6.16%) Ansible
2 15 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.52%) Terraform
4 8 (2.35%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.17%) SCCM
7 3 (0.88%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.29%) Argo
8 1 (0.29%) Grafana
8 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.29%) PTC Integrity
8 1 (0.29%) QRadar
8 1 (0.29%) SCOM
8 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 89 (26.10%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.92%) SAP
3 24 (7.04%) Cisco
4 19 (5.57%) ServiceNow
5 17 (4.99%) Juniper
6 15 (4.40%) Google
7 11 (3.23%) Databricks
7 11 (3.23%) McAfee
7 11 (3.23%) Oracle
8 10 (2.93%) MobileIron
8 10 (2.93%) Nexthink
8 10 (2.93%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.64%) Adobe
9 9 (2.64%) Ariba
10 6 (1.76%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.47%) Facebook
11 5 (1.47%) Workday
12 4 (1.17%) Instagram
12 4 (1.17%) Sparx
13 3 (0.88%) Palo Alto