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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 95 120
Rank change year-on-year -4 +25 +7
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Self-Motivation 16 48 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.83% 1.74% 1.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.57% 5.91% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 27
10th Percentile £210 £153 £313
25th Percentile £213 £175 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £425 £538
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% -21.00% +1.03%
75th Percentile £275 £500 £619
90th Percentile £436 £575 £682
England median daily rate £470 £475 £534
% change year-on-year -1.16% -11.05% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 28 0
10th Percentile - £66.00 -
25th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% - -
75th Percentile £95.00 £72.81 -
90th Percentile - £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £21.39 £65.00 £48.98
% change year-on-year -67.09% +32.72% +49.54%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 622 812 870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.18% 29.37% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 507 640
10th Percentile £225 £293 £300
25th Percentile £375 £461 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £655
90th Percentile £700 £700 £738
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 117 50
10th Percentile £6.00 £13.69 £17.85
25th Percentile £15.48 £43.75 £39.38
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £71.49
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% -2.08% +70.21%
75th Percentile £61.25 £72.50 £83.38
90th Percentile £77.22 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £32.05 £50.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -35.90% +16.28% +65.38%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Self-Motivation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Self-Motivation

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 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the South West

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Self-Motivation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Self-Motivation

Self-Motivation
DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -24 9 £463 +42.31% 40
Wiltshire +22 3 £225 -54.43% 10
Gloucestershire +19 3 £225 -50.00% 32
Somerset - 1 £225 - 17
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 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (6.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
2 2 (12.50%) SaaS
3 1 (6.25%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) VPN
2 1 (6.25%) 4G
2 1 (6.25%) 5G
2 1 (6.25%) PBX
2 1 (6.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
2 3 (18.75%) Telecoms
3 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support
1 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (18.75%) PMO Officer
1 3 (18.75%) Project Officer
1 3 (18.75%) Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) FPGA Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Lead
2 2 (12.50%) Project Leader
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 1 (6.25%) Senior
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Service Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) RESTful
1 2 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) iPad
1 3 (18.75%) iPhone
1 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) FPGA
2 2 (12.50%) Verilog
2 2 (12.50%) VHDL
3 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.25%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 6 (37.50%) Agile
2 6 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Antivirus Management
4 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
4 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Information Management
4 3 (18.75%) Inventory Management
4 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 3 (18.75%) Records Management
4 3 (18.75%) Time Management
5 2 (12.50%) Coaching
5 2 (12.50%) DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) ERP
5 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 2 (12.50%) Migration
5 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) C
1 2 (12.50%) C#
1 2 (12.50%) C++
1 2 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 7 (43.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (6.25%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) GDPR
1 3 (18.75%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) McAfee
3 2 (12.50%) IFS
3 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) Ericsson
4 1 (6.25%) F5
4 1 (6.25%) Juniper
4 1 (6.25%) Nokia
4 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto