Self-Motivation Contracts in the Midlands

Self-Motivation
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 80 44 107
Rank change year-on-year -36 +63 +18
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 31 100 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.62% 3.63% 1.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.34% 11.67% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 49 39
10th Percentile £188 £168 £145
25th Percentile £388 £200 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £255 £450
Median % change year-on-year +65.36% -43.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £638 £440 £544
90th Percentile £651 £508 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £533
% change year-on-year - -6.15% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 5
10th Percentile - - £19.04
25th Percentile - £14.71 £20.22
Median hourly rate £31.76 £24.65 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +28.84% +19.05% +21.05%
75th Percentile £48.38 £26.98 £21.67
90th Percentile £58.35 £44.54 £43.17
England median hourly rate £26.81 £62.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -57.10% +150.00% -3.85%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 580 857 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.30% 31.08% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 557 737
10th Percentile £200 £220 £237
25th Percentile £375 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £594 £611 £600
90th Percentile £662 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 62 41
10th Percentile - £10.47 £16.70
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.93 £18.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -13.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £30.34 £28.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the Midlands

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in the Midlands

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the Midlands

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in the Midlands

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the Midlands

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands -18 23 £403 -10.56% 156
East Midlands -21 8 £500 +104.08% 106
Self-Motivation
England

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (3.23%) NetWeaver
1 1 (3.23%) SAP EP
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) Entra ID
2 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.45%) AWS
3 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (6.45%) GitHub
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.23%) SaaS
4 1 (3.23%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) LAN
1 3 (9.68%) VLAN
2 1 (3.23%) 4G
2 1 (3.23%) Internet
2 1 (3.23%) SMTP
2 1 (3.23%) Unified Communications
2 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Oracle Database
1 4 (12.90%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) Big Data
2 1 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (3.23%) Git
2 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.23%) LabVIEW
General
1 18 (58.06%) Social Skills
2 9 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (25.81%) Finance
4 4 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.68%) Aerospace
6 2 (6.45%) Games
6 2 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Electronics
7 1 (3.23%) Law
7 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Lead
2 5 (16.13%) Project Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Technical Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Field Support Technician
4 3 (9.68%) IT Support
4 3 (9.68%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (9.68%) IT Technician
4 3 (9.68%) Support Technician
5 2 (6.45%) Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Field Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Field Service Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) ICT Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Project Officer
5 2 (6.45%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) ERP Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) LDAP
2 1 (3.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (3.23%) Django
2 1 (3.23%) Entity Framework
2 1 (3.23%) Flask
2 1 (3.23%) REST
2 1 (3.23%) RESTful
2 1 (3.23%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.23%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.23%) SAPUI5
2 1 (3.23%) Spring
2 1 (3.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Data Centre
1 4 (12.90%) Onboarding
1 4 (12.90%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.68%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (9.68%) Driving Licence
3 2 (6.45%) Online Games
4 1 (3.23%) Housing Association
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Smart Meter
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 4 (12.90%) Linux
3 1 (3.23%) Ubuntu
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (25.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (16.13%) Customer Service
3 5 (16.13%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (16.13%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (12.90%) Agile
4 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (12.90%) Cloud Security
4 4 (12.90%) ITSM
4 4 (12.90%) Migration
4 4 (12.90%) Project Management
4 4 (12.90%) RBAC
4 4 (12.90%) Time Management
4 4 (12.90%) Zero Trust
5 3 (9.68%) Change Management
5 3 (9.68%) Conflict Management
5 3 (9.68%) Data Protection
5 3 (9.68%) DevOps
5 3 (9.68%) Security Operations
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) SQL
2 3 (9.68%) Java
2 3 (9.68%) Python
3 2 (6.45%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.23%) ABAP
4 1 (3.23%) C#
4 1 (3.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) CCENT
1 3 (9.68%) CCNA
1 3 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
1 3 (9.68%) Network+ Certification
1 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.23%) CISM
2 1 (3.23%) CISSP
2 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.23%) HND
2 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.23%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) GDPR
2 2 (6.45%) SLA
2 2 (6.45%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (3.23%) COSHH
3 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.23%) GRC
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Docker
2 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (6.45%) Ansible
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) CyberArk
2 5 (16.13%) ServiceNow
3 4 (12.90%) Oracle
4 3 (9.68%) SAP
5 2 (6.45%) Ariba
5 2 (6.45%) Google
5 2 (6.45%) Workday
6 1 (3.23%) Cisco
6 1 (3.23%) Databricks
6 1 (3.23%) Qualys
6 1 (3.23%) Siemens
6 1 (3.23%) VMware