Self-Motivation Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Self-Motivation
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 7 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 3.63% - 3.09%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.77% - 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile £219 - -
25th Percentile £234 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.62%
75th Percentile £443 - -
90th Percentile £449 - £544
South West median daily rate £275 £275 £538
% change year-on-year - -48.88% +2.48%

All Generic Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 65 45 51
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 33.68% 22.61% 26.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 20 36
10th Percentile £225 £178 £205
25th Percentile £419 £309 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £563 £538
Median % change year-on-year +10.22% +4.55% +28.48%
75th Percentile £675 £655 £603
90th Percentile £680 £713 £682
South West median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £16.25 £32.38
25th Percentile £57.50 £21.88 £34.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% - -9.89%
75th Percentile £72.50 £52.50 -
90th Percentile - £61.50 -
South West median hourly rate £31.00 £70.00 £71.50
% change year-on-year -55.71% -2.10% +30.00%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in Somerset

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in Somerset over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in Somerset

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Bath - 4 £447 - 4
Yeovil - 2 £263 - 4
Bridgwater - 1 £225 -
Self-Motivation
South West

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) PABX
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Aerospace
3 4 (57.14%) Automotive
4 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support
2 3 (42.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Software Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Ada Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Ada Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) SPARK Ada Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Smartphone
2 1 (14.29%) iPad
2 1 (14.29%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Time Management
2 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Static Code Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Ada
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) McAfee
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 1 (14.29%) Starlink