Self-Motivation Contracts in the South West

Self-Motivation
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in the South West. 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 93 101 148
Rank change year-on-year +8 +47 -12
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 18 56 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.07% 1.75% 0.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.68% 5.30% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 19 15
10th Percentile £187 £175 £150
25th Percentile £206 £300 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £223 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year -51.89% -15.91% +16.83%
75th Percentile £335 £575 £713
90th Percentile £404 £638 £765
England median daily rate £500 £500 £533
% change year-on-year - -6.15% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 36 0
10th Percentile £43.67 £13.68 -
25th Percentile £70.00 £14.54 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
75th Percentile - £72.50 -
90th Percentile - £82.50 -
England median hourly rate £26.81 £62.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -57.10% +150.00% -3.85%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 489 1,056 1,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 29.14% 33.01% 28.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 647 702
10th Percentile £263 £300 £263
25th Percentile £400 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -0.91% +10.11%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £656
90th Percentile £676 £694 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 166 138
10th Percentile £18.51 £13.69 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.65 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +359.18% -80.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.34
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the South West

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in the South West

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the South West

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in the South West

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the South West

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol -8 10 £288 -46.51% 48
Gloucestershire +19 6 £220 -48.24% 61
Wiltshire +26 2 £326 -33.92% 24
Self-Motivation
England

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Siemens NX
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (5.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) SaaS
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (22.22%) PBX
2 4 (22.22%) VoIP
3 3 (16.67%) ISDN
3 3 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 3 (16.67%) Unified Communications
3 3 (16.67%) WAN
4 2 (11.11%) DNS
4 2 (11.11%) SSL
5 1 (5.56%) 4G
5 1 (5.56%) 5G
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 3 (16.67%) Billing
3 3 (16.67%) Military
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Local Government
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Support Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support
3 2 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Programmer
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Server Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) iPad
1 4 (22.22%) iPhone
2 3 (16.67%) IVR
3 2 (11.11%) Robotics
4 1 (5.56%) CESG
4 1 (5.56%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
1 7 (38.89%) Windows 10
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL
3 5 (27.78%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (22.22%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (22.22%) Change Management
4 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 4 (22.22%) Inventory Management
4 4 (22.22%) Time Management
5 3 (16.67%) Agile
5 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (16.67%) Programme Management
5 3 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (11.11%) Patch Management
6 2 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (11.11%) Server Building
6 2 (11.11%) Server Virtualisation
6 2 (11.11%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 10 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 4 (22.22%) Degree
3 4 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (16.67%) CCNA
4 3 (16.67%) CCNP
4 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.56%) CEH
5 1 (5.56%) CISA
5 1 (5.56%) CISM
5 1 (5.56%) CISMP
5 1 (5.56%) CISSP
5 1 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) ISACA
5 1 (5.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Cisco
2 4 (22.22%) McAfee
3 2 (11.11%) HP
3 2 (11.11%) Remedy
3 2 (11.11%) Siemens
4 1 (5.56%) Ericsson
4 1 (5.56%) F5
4 1 (5.56%) Juniper
4 1 (5.56%) Nokia
4 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto