Self-Motivation Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Self-Motivation
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.55% - 0.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.29% - 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £535 £600 £420
% change year-on-year -10.83% +42.86% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £17.30
25th Percentile - - £25.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £38.50
75th Percentile - - £51.75
90th Percentile - - £59.70
Hampshire median hourly rate £50.00 - £15.00
% change year-on-year - - -76.92%

All Generic Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 28 37 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 17.83% 34.58% 28.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 16 41
10th Percentile £280 £360 £413
25th Percentile £476 £381 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +2.38% +9.38%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £582
90th Percentile £680 £675 £600
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £514
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.10% -6.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 16
10th Percentile - - £24.00
25th Percentile - £31.25 £46.88
Median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -41.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile - £50.00 -
90th Percentile - £71.25 £65.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.75 £35.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -32.14% -33.33% +31.25%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Self-Motivation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Self-Motivation job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Self-Motivation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Self-Motivation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Postman
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
1 1 (25.00%) WebDriver
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Planner
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Project Planner
2 1 (25.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (75.00%) Change Control
1 3 (75.00%) Cost Management
1 3 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Earned Value Management
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) PRINCE
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (75.00%) Resource Allocation
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Implementation
1 3 (75.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) SAP