Self-Motivation Contracts in the South East

Self-Motivation
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 139 98
Rank change year-on-year +59 -41 -12
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 73 59 127
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.42% 1.06% 2.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.26% 3.73% 6.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 36 73
10th Percentile £207 £263 £185
25th Percentile £450 £430 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% +6.82% +30.95%
75th Percentile £500 £608 £675
90th Percentile £613 - £678
England median daily rate £500 £475 £533
% change year-on-year +5.26% -10.80% +5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 10
10th Percentile - £13.20 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.00 £17.94
Median hourly rate £18.82 £15.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.47% -31.82% -32.31%
75th Percentile £50.00 £77.50 £44.38
90th Percentile £54.00 £90.80 £52.74
England median hourly rate £27.72 £62.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -55.65% +155.10% -5.77%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,006 1,581 1,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.39% 28.49% 33.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 940 1,317
10th Percentile £210 £205 £213
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.08
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £19.25
Median hourly rate £47.90 £47.19 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -5.63% +132.56%
75th Percentile £63.94 £61.30 £66.61
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.91 £30.16 £22.49
% change year-on-year +12.43% +34.13% -16.72%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the South East

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in the South East

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the South East

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in the South East

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Self-Motivation in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the South East

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
Thames Valley +45 43 £450 -25.62% 145
Berkshire +38 38 £450 -25.62% 66
West Sussex +25 14 £623 - 30
Hampshire +19 8 - - 89
Oxfordshire +6 4 £195 -62.86% 53
East Sussex - 4 £475 - 23
Surrey +17 3 £205 -59.00% 62
Buckinghamshire +15 1 - - 40
Kent +9 1 - - 35
Self-Motivation
England

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (8.22%) NetWeaver
1 6 (8.22%) SAP EP
2 5 (6.85%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.74%) CMS
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.37%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (8.22%) SAP CRM
2 3 (4.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (2.74%) Maximo
3 2 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.44%) AWS
1 12 (16.44%) Azure
2 7 (9.59%) Power Platform
3 6 (8.22%) Google Workspace
3 6 (8.22%) SuccessFactors
4 5 (6.85%) GCP
5 4 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (5.48%) GitHub
6 3 (4.11%) CloudFront
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Storage
7 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (28.77%) MPLS
2 16 (21.92%) ATM
2 16 (21.92%) Ethernet
2 16 (21.92%) Frame Relay
2 16 (21.92%) GPRS
2 16 (21.92%) GSM
2 16 (21.92%) LAN
2 16 (21.92%) LTE
2 16 (21.92%) SAN
2 16 (21.92%) SDH
2 16 (21.92%) UMTS
2 16 (21.92%) VPN
2 16 (21.92%) WAN
2 16 (21.92%) Wireshark
3 5 (6.85%) BGP
3 5 (6.85%) TCP/IP
3 5 (6.85%) VLAN
4 3 (4.11%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (2.74%) Broadband
5 2 (2.74%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.59%) Power BI
2 4 (5.48%) Big Data
3 3 (4.11%) Power Query
4 2 (2.74%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (1.37%) Cloudera CDH
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (9.59%) Git
2 6 (8.22%) Jenkins
2 6 (8.22%) JIRA
3 5 (6.85%) Robot Framework
4 2 (2.74%) SoapUI
5 1 (1.37%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.37%) Postman
5 1 (1.37%) Selenium
5 1 (1.37%) WebDriver
General
1 48 (65.75%) Social Skills
2 27 (36.99%) Telecoms
3 16 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (13.70%) Finance
5 8 (10.96%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (6.85%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.74%) Local Government
8 2 (2.74%) Marketing
8 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.37%) Automotive
9 1 (1.37%) Banking
9 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Legal
9 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (20.55%) IP Engineer
1 15 (20.55%) Test Engineer
2 7 (9.59%) Architect
2 7 (9.59%) Senior
2 7 (9.59%) Tester
3 6 (8.22%) 1st Line Support
3 6 (8.22%) Developer
3 6 (8.22%) SAP Architect
3 6 (8.22%) SAP Technical Architect
3 6 (8.22%) Technical Architect
4 5 (6.85%) Automation Tester
4 5 (6.85%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (6.85%) Network Engineer
4 5 (6.85%) Telecoms Tester
5 4 (5.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 4 (5.48%) Lead
5 4 (5.48%) Platform Engineer
6 3 (4.11%) AWS Platform Engineer
6 3 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (4.11%) Report Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.22%) SAP Fiori
1 6 (8.22%) SAP PI
1 6 (8.22%) SAPUI5
2 3 (4.11%) REST
3 2 (2.74%) Hibernate
3 2 (2.74%) RESTful
3 2 (2.74%) SOAP
3 2 (2.74%) Spring
3 2 (2.74%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.74%) Web Services
3 2 (2.74%) XML
4 1 (1.37%) .NET
4 1 (1.37%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.37%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) iPad
1 6 (8.22%) iPhone
2 5 (6.85%) Cloud Native
2 5 (6.85%) Life Science
2 5 (6.85%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (4.11%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.74%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.37%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 21 (28.77%) Linux
2 16 (21.92%) Unix
3 12 (16.44%) Windows
4 6 (8.22%) Apple iOS
5 5 (6.85%) Windows Server
6 4 (5.48%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (46.58%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (31.51%) Test Strategy
3 22 (30.14%) Project Management
4 16 (21.92%) Fault Management
4 16 (21.92%) Regression Testing
5 15 (20.55%) Agile
6 13 (17.81%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (15.07%) Strategic Thinking
8 10 (13.70%) Test Automation
9 9 (12.33%) Customer Service
10 8 (10.96%) DevOps
11 7 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (9.59%) Continuous Delivery
11 7 (9.59%) CRM
11 7 (9.59%) ERP
11 7 (9.59%) Time Management
12 6 (8.22%) Change Management
12 6 (8.22%) ITSM
12 6 (8.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (8.22%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (34.25%) Java
2 9 (12.33%) Python
3 6 (8.22%) ABAP
4 5 (6.85%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.11%) SQL
5 3 (4.11%) VBA
6 2 (2.74%) C#
7 1 (1.37%) Bicep
7 1 (1.37%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.37%) VB
7 1 (1.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (21.92%) CCNP
1 16 (21.92%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (21.92%) ISEB
1 16 (21.92%) ISTQB
1 16 (21.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 8 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 6 (8.22%) Degree
3 6 (8.22%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.11%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.37%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Docker
2 3 (4.11%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (12.33%) Ansible
2 7 (9.59%) Terraform
3 6 (8.22%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.37%) SCCM
4 1 (1.37%) SCOM
4 1 (1.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (39.73%) Microsoft
2 16 (21.92%) Cisco
2 16 (21.92%) Juniper
3 9 (12.33%) SAP
4 6 (8.22%) Ariba
4 6 (8.22%) Google
4 6 (8.22%) MobileIron
4 6 (8.22%) Nexthink
4 6 (8.22%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.48%) Databricks
6 3 (4.11%) Oracle
7 2 (2.74%) Alteryx
8 1 (1.37%) Cloudera
8 1 (1.37%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.37%) Teradata