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 advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 192 170
Rank change year-on-year +25 -22 -3
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 517 699 1,213
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.39% 1.39% 1.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.53% 4.14% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 392 786
10th Percentile £195 £200 £250
25th Percentile £275 £395 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £526 £508
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +3.65% +12.78%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £675 £738 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 35 81
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.35 £11.75
25th Percentile £22.83 £20.22 £15.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -3.85% -15.72%
75th Percentile £66.02 £52.55 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.05 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £24.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +155.10% -14.04% -7.17%

All Generic Skills
England

Self-Motivation is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,415 16,891 24,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.77% 33.65% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,478 11,736 17,127
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 822 589 644
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.98% -15.15% +0.26%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.65 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +3.19%

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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 2024. 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 -9 199 £525 -5.11% 344
Midlands +61 102 £255 -43.26% 206
South East -33 61 £588 +9.30% 282
South West +63 55 £463 -15.91% 139
West Midlands +23 52 £450 - 117
North of England +11 52 £533 - 263
East Midlands +53 50 £248 +6.45% 89
East of England +28 45 £265 -48.92% 120
North West +9 35 £550 - 164
Yorkshire +5 16 £500 -3.38% 82
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 32 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.87%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.16%) CMS
3 6 (1.16%) IIS
4 4 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.58%) Confluence
5 3 (0.58%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.39%) Apache
6 2 (0.39%) nginx
6 2 (0.39%) WordPress
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.19%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.19%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.19%) Moodle
7 1 (0.19%) MTS
7 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 78 (15.09%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (3.29%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (2.32%) Photoshop
6 11 (2.13%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.97%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.77%) InDesign
8 4 (0.77%) Sketch
9 3 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.58%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.39%) PTC Creo
10 2 (0.39%) Windchill
11 1 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 1 (0.19%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (0.19%) InVision
Business Applications
1 7 (1.35%) Maximo
2 5 (0.97%) ION MarketView
2 5 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.58%) Shopify
4 2 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.39%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.39%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.39%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.19%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.19%) Primavera
5 1 (0.19%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 70 (13.54%) Azure
2 52 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (6.96%) AWS
4 31 (6.00%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.29%) GCP
5 17 (3.29%) IaaS
6 16 (3.09%) Azure Monitor
6 16 (3.09%) Azure Storage
6 16 (3.09%) SaaS
7 15 (2.90%) PaaS
8 14 (2.71%) Google Workspace
9 11 (2.13%) Figma
10 9 (1.74%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.55%) GitHub
12 7 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (1.35%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.97%) Google Analytics
13 5 (0.97%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 52 (10.06%) Firewall
2 29 (5.61%) Modbus
2 29 (5.61%) RS-422
2 29 (5.61%) RS-485
3 26 (5.03%) DNS
4 24 (4.64%) WAN
5 22 (4.26%) DHCP
6 20 (3.87%) LAN
7 15 (2.90%) VPN
8 11 (2.13%) Wireless
9 9 (1.74%) IPsec
10 8 (1.55%) BGP
10 8 (1.55%) MPLS
11 7 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (1.16%) Network Security
13 5 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (0.77%) SNMP
15 3 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
15 3 (0.58%) OSPF
15 3 (0.58%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (2.51%) KDB
3 10 (1.93%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.74%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.74%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.55%) Hadoop
5 8 (1.55%) Power BI
5 8 (1.55%) Tableau
6 7 (1.35%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.16%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.97%) Big Data
8 5 (0.97%) Impala
8 5 (0.97%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.58%) MySQL
10 3 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.58%) Presto
11 2 (0.39%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 16 (3.09%) Git
2 12 (2.32%) Jenkins
2 12 (2.32%) JIRA
3 3 (0.58%) GitLab
4 2 (0.39%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.39%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 1 (0.19%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.19%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.19%) Maven
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.19%) Selenium
5 1 (0.19%) TestRail
5 1 (0.19%) Valgrind
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 319 (61.70%) Social Skills
2 126 (24.37%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (16.83%) Finance
4 44 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 41 (7.93%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (7.35%) Electronics
7 33 (6.38%) Telecoms
8 29 (5.61%) Legal
9 23 (4.45%) Banking
10 22 (4.26%) Marketing
11 17 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (2.71%) Retail
14 13 (2.51%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.74%) German Language
16 8 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.16%) Advertising
17 6 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (1.16%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.97%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 53 (10.25%) Developer
2 47 (9.09%) Lead
3 46 (8.90%) Architect
3 46 (8.90%) Senior
4 40 (7.74%) Analyst
5 33 (6.38%) Software Engineer
6 24 (4.64%) Java Developer
6 24 (4.64%) Network Architect
6 24 (4.64%) Project Manager
6 24 (4.64%) Systems Architect
7 21 (4.06%) C++ Software Engineer
7 21 (4.06%) Lead Architect
7 21 (4.06%) Support Engineer
8 19 (3.68%) 1st Line Engineer
8 19 (3.68%) Administrator
8 19 (3.68%) Designer
8 19 (3.68%) Test Engineer
9 15 (2.90%) Active Directory Support
9 15 (2.90%) Azure Specialist
10 14 (2.71%) Active Directory Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.87%) .NET
2 19 (3.68%) HTML
3 17 (3.29%) CSS
4 15 (2.90%) ARM Templates
5 14 (2.71%) React
6 12 (2.32%) Spring
7 10 (1.93%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.74%) .NET Framework
8 9 (1.74%) REST
9 7 (1.35%) JSON
10 6 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (1.16%) Web Services
11 5 (0.97%) Django
12 4 (0.77%) Hibernate
12 4 (0.77%) Middleware
12 4 (0.77%) OAuth
12 4 (0.77%) Rendezvous
13 3 (0.58%) HTML5
13 3 (0.58%) Node.js
13 3 (0.58%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.90%) Management Information System
2 44 (8.51%) PKI
3 22 (4.26%) Virtual Team
4 11 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 10 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (1.93%) Graphic Design
6 9 (1.74%) Data Centre
6 9 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.55%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.35%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.35%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.16%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.16%) Animation
9 6 (1.16%) iPhone
9 6 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.97%) IoT
10 5 (0.97%) iPad
10 5 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 71 (13.73%) Windows
2 44 (8.51%) Linux
3 27 (5.22%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (3.09%) Windows 10
5 16 (3.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (2.90%) Unix
7 7 (1.35%) Android
7 7 (1.35%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.58%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (35.20%) Problem-Solving
2 129 (24.95%) Agile
3 81 (15.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 79 (15.28%) Time Management
5 75 (14.51%) DevOps
6 58 (11.22%) ITIL
7 54 (10.44%) Project Management
8 53 (10.25%) Analytics
8 53 (10.25%) Computer Science
9 48 (9.28%) Customer Requirements
9 48 (9.28%) Software Engineering
10 41 (7.93%) TDD
11 39 (7.54%) Continuous Integration
12 37 (7.16%) Service Management
13 36 (6.96%) Software Testing
14 35 (6.77%) Roadmaps
15 34 (6.58%) Customer Service
15 34 (6.58%) Unit Testing
16 33 (6.38%) Conflict Management
17 32 (6.19%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 62 (11.99%) C#
2 61 (11.80%) SQL
3 41 (7.93%) C++
4 38 (7.35%) Python
5 33 (6.38%) Java
6 30 (5.80%) C
6 30 (5.80%) PowerShell
7 24 (4.64%) JavaScript
8 22 (4.26%) VB
9 16 (3.09%) VBScript
10 15 (2.90%) Bicep
11 13 (2.51%) VBA
12 11 (2.13%) VB.NET
13 7 (1.35%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.16%) Bash
14 6 (1.16%) R
15 3 (0.58%) BeanShell
15 3 (0.58%) Dart
15 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 181 (35.01%) Degree
2 91 (17.60%) Security Cleared
3 79 (15.28%) SC Cleared
4 31 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (5.42%) NVQ Level 3
6 27 (5.22%) DV Cleared
7 17 (3.29%) PMI Certification
7 17 (3.29%) PMP
8 16 (3.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 13 (2.51%) APMP
9 13 (2.51%) Master's Degree
10 12 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.55%) CCNP
11 8 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.35%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.97%) CCNA
15 4 (0.77%) HNC
15 4 (0.77%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.09%) QA
2 15 (2.90%) SLA
3 10 (1.93%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.35%) PMO
6 4 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.77%) GDPR
7 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.58%) NIST
8 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.39%) GRC
8 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.19%) COSHH
9 1 (0.19%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.19%) SEPA
9 1 (0.19%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 47 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.13%) Docker
5 6 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.97%) vSphere
7 3 (0.58%) OpenAM
7 3 (0.58%) OpenIDM
8 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.39%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (7.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (5.80%) Kubernetes
3 27 (5.22%) SCCM
4 17 (3.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 16 (3.09%) SCOM
5 16 (3.09%) WSUS
6 9 (1.74%) Ansible
6 9 (1.74%) Terraform
7 5 (0.97%) Puppet
8 3 (0.58%) Nessus
9 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.39%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.39%) QRadar
9 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.39%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.19%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.19%) vRealize
Vendors
1 110 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.77%) Oracle
3 32 (6.19%) SAP
4 23 (4.45%) Google
5 21 (4.06%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.87%) Cisco
7 17 (3.29%) CA
7 17 (3.29%) ServiceNow
8 15 (2.90%) Adobe
8 15 (2.90%) Citrix
8 15 (2.90%) VMware
9 12 (2.32%) Juniper
10 8 (1.55%) Databricks
11 7 (1.35%) Aruba
11 7 (1.35%) HP
12 6 (1.16%) Meraki
12 6 (1.16%) Solace
12 6 (1.16%) Splunk
13 5 (0.97%) CyberArk
13 5 (0.97%) Palo Alto