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 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 55 99
Rank change year-on-year -36 +44 +4
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 40 88 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.81% 2.97% 1.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.33% 9.75% 5.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 43 31
10th Percentile £227 £167 £400
25th Percentile £400 £195 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £250 £525
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -52.38% +2.44%
75th Percentile £511 £373 £656
90th Percentile £644 £498 £750
England median daily rate £487 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +2.53% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 5
10th Percentile - - £19.04
25th Percentile - £14.71 £20.22
Median hourly rate £21.39 £24.65 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -13.23% +19.05% +21.42%
75th Percentile £30.55 £26.98 £21.67
90th Percentile £45.06 £44.54 £43.17
England median hourly rate £21.39 £62.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year -65.78% +95.31% +62.03%

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 750 903 1,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.92% 30.46% 32.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 571 690
10th Percentile £230 £220 £263
25th Percentile £367 £359 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £624 £600
90th Percentile £649 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 61 38
10th Percentile £13.81 £10.42 £18.78
25th Percentile £18.60 £13.91 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.67 £19.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.34% -30.91% +46.67%
75th Percentile £43.12 £33.93 £52.19
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.85 £37.50 £23.65
% change year-on-year -12.40% +58.60% -10.77%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 29 June 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 -12 27 £458 +1.76% 242
East Midlands -21 13 £500 +104.08% 175
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 (2.50%) Confluence
1 1 (2.50%) NetWeaver
1 1 (2.50%) SAP EP
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.00%) Azure
3 2 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.00%) GitHub
3 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) AWS
4 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.50%) SaaS
4 1 (2.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.50%) LAN
1 3 (7.50%) VLAN
2 1 (2.50%) Internet
2 1 (2.50%) SMTP
2 1 (2.50%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Tableau
2 2 (5.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (5.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (5.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (5.00%) Power BI
3 1 (2.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JUnit
2 1 (2.50%) Git
2 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.50%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Forms
General
1 25 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 11 (27.50%) Finance
3 10 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Banking
5 3 (7.50%) Legal
6 2 (5.00%) Automotive
6 2 (5.00%) Games
6 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.00%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 8 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 7 (17.50%) IT Support
2 7 (17.50%) Technical Project Manager
3 4 (10.00%) Support Officer
4 3 (7.50%) Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Developer
4 3 (7.50%) Field Support Technician
4 3 (7.50%) IT Support Technician
4 3 (7.50%) IT Technician
4 3 (7.50%) Java Developer
4 3 (7.50%) Lead
4 3 (7.50%) Support Technician
5 2 (5.00%) Administrator
5 2 (5.00%) Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Data Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Administrator
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Gherkin
1 2 (5.00%) Kafka
1 2 (5.00%) LDAP
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.50%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.50%) SAPUI5
2 1 (2.50%) Spring
2 1 (2.50%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (5.00%) Online Games
1 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.50%) Housing Association
2 1 (2.50%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Windows
2 2 (5.00%) Linux
3 1 (2.50%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (22.50%) Time Management
3 8 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 7 (17.50%) Conflict Management
4 7 (17.50%) Project Management
5 5 (12.50%) Agile
6 4 (10.00%) Coaching
6 4 (10.00%) Migration
7 3 (7.50%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (7.50%) ITSM
7 3 (7.50%) Microservices
7 3 (7.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 2 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (5.00%) Change Management
8 2 (5.00%) ERP
8 2 (5.00%) ITIL
8 2 (5.00%) Service Management
8 2 (5.00%) TDD
8 2 (5.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) Java
2 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.00%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) VBA
3 1 (2.50%) ABAP
3 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.50%) CCENT
2 3 (7.50%) CCNA
2 3 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (7.50%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.50%) CISM
3 1 (2.50%) CISSP
3 1 (2.50%) Degree
3 1 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.50%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) GDPR
1 2 (5.00%) QA
1 2 (5.00%) SLA
1 2 (5.00%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (2.50%) COSHH
2 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.50%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (17.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.00%) Ansible
2 2 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) SAP
2 4 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.50%) CyberArk
4 2 (5.00%) Ariba
4 2 (5.00%) Oracle
5 1 (2.50%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.50%) Databricks
5 1 (2.50%) Google
5 1 (2.50%) Qualys
5 1 (2.50%) Workday