Self-Motivation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 133 172
Rank change year-on-year -8 +39 -42
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 223 337 367
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.75% 1.63% 1.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.26% 5.53% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 158 203
10th Percentile £193 £180 £176
25th Percentile £302 £251 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £572 £577 £632
90th Percentile £637 £610 £688
UK median daily rate £479 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.20% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 104 26
10th Percentile - £14.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £24.71 £20.22
Median hourly rate £31.91 £62.50 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year -48.95% +169.98% +12.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £49.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £54.82
UK median hourly rate £27.72 £62.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -55.65% +155.10% -14.04%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,236 6,091 7,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.16% 29.43% 32.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,601 3,645 5,256
10th Percentile £208 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 724 436
10th Percentile £16.87 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.99 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £30.78 £28.38 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.48% +28.98% +10.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.78 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.16 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.27% +34.13% -18.24%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK excluding London

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +45 72 £475 -19.15% 455
East of England +33 42 £525 +98.11% 177
North of England -6 35 £538 +0.94% 424
Midlands -41 32 £422 +65.15% 267
West Midlands -14 23 £403 -10.56% 146
Scotland +14 21 £448 +5.29% 118
Yorkshire +10 18 £600 +20.00% 146
South West -7 18 £223 -51.89% 207
North West -9 16 £475 -13.64% 235
East Midlands -23 9 £500 +102.02% 104
Wales +9 5 £147 -61.39% 54
Northern Ireland -8 1 £492 - 36
North East - 1 - - 47
Self-Motivation
UK

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 29 (13.00%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.48%) Confluence
3 7 (3.14%) NetWeaver
3 7 (3.14%) SAP EP
4 3 (1.35%) CMS
4 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.45%) Apache
5 1 (0.45%) IIS
5 1 (0.45%) Umbraco
Applications
1 16 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.28%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.24%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.90%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.90%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.45%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.45%) Simulink
6 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (4.93%) Teamcenter
2 7 (3.14%) SAP CRM
3 3 (1.35%) SAP LE
3 3 (1.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.35%) SAP WM
4 2 (0.90%) Maximo
4 2 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.90%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (16.59%) Azure
2 16 (7.17%) AWS
3 14 (6.28%) Power Platform
4 11 (4.93%) Google Workspace
5 10 (4.48%) GitHub
6 9 (4.04%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.14%) GCP
7 7 (3.14%) SuccessFactors
8 6 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.79%) SaaS
11 3 (1.35%) CloudFront
12 2 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.90%) PaaS
13 1 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.45%) Azure Storage
13 1 (0.45%) IaaS
13 1 (0.45%) Mimecast
13 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 30 (13.45%) VPN
2 21 (9.42%) LAN
2 21 (9.42%) MPLS
2 21 (9.42%) WAN
3 18 (8.07%) Ethernet
4 16 (7.17%) ATM
4 16 (7.17%) Frame Relay
4 16 (7.17%) GPRS
4 16 (7.17%) GSM
4 16 (7.17%) LTE
4 16 (7.17%) SAN
4 16 (7.17%) SDH
4 16 (7.17%) UMTS
4 16 (7.17%) Wireshark
5 8 (3.59%) VLAN
6 6 (2.69%) SMTP
6 6 (2.69%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.24%) BGP
7 5 (2.24%) Firewall
7 5 (2.24%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.28%) Power BI
2 4 (1.79%) Big Data
2 4 (1.79%) Oracle Database
2 4 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.35%) Power Query
4 2 (0.90%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.45%) Cloudera CDH
5 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau
5 1 (0.45%) UniData
Development Applications
1 9 (4.04%) JIRA
2 8 (3.59%) Git
2 8 (3.59%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.24%) Robot Framework
4 3 (1.35%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.35%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.90%) Selenium
6 1 (0.45%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.45%) CANoe
6 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.45%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.45%) MagicDraw
6 1 (0.45%) Postman
6 1 (0.45%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.45%) WebDriver
General
1 148 (66.37%) Social Skills
2 50 (22.42%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (14.35%) Telecoms
4 30 (13.45%) Finance
5 19 (8.52%) Influencing Skills
5 19 (8.52%) Public Sector
6 16 (7.17%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (6.28%) Retail
8 9 (4.04%) Automotive
8 9 (4.04%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.14%) Banking
9 7 (3.14%) Marketing
10 6 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.24%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.79%) Billing
12 4 (1.79%) Military
13 3 (1.35%) Electronics
13 3 (1.35%) Legal
13 3 (1.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (9.42%) Senior
2 19 (8.52%) Architect
3 18 (8.07%) Test Engineer
4 16 (7.17%) Lead
5 15 (6.73%) IP Engineer
6 13 (5.83%) Developer
6 13 (5.83%) Project Manager
6 13 (5.83%) Support Engineer
6 13 (5.83%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (4.93%) 1st Line Support
7 11 (4.93%) Analyst
8 8 (3.59%) IT Engineer
8 8 (3.59%) Network Engineer
9 7 (3.14%) Consultant
9 7 (3.14%) Desktop Engineer
9 7 (3.14%) Principal Engineer
9 7 (3.14%) Principal Systems Engineer
9 7 (3.14%) SAP Architect
9 7 (3.14%) SAP Technical Architect
9 7 (3.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.93%) SAP PI
2 9 (4.04%) REST
3 7 (3.14%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (3.14%) SAPUI5
4 5 (2.24%) LDAP
5 4 (1.79%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.35%) CSS
6 3 (1.35%) RESTful
6 3 (1.35%) SOAP
6 3 (1.35%) Spring
6 3 (1.35%) XML
7 2 (0.90%) .NET
7 2 (0.90%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.90%) Web Services
8 1 (0.45%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.45%) Django
8 1 (0.45%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.45%) Kafka
8 1 (0.45%) MDX
8 1 (0.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.42%) iPad
1 21 (9.42%) iPhone
2 15 (6.73%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.69%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.24%) Augmented Reality
5 5 (2.24%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.24%) e-Learning
5 5 (2.24%) Life Science
5 5 (2.24%) Podcast
5 5 (2.24%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.24%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.24%) Virtual Reality
6 4 (1.79%) CMDB
6 4 (1.79%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.35%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.35%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 44 (19.73%) Windows
2 26 (11.66%) Linux
3 21 (9.42%) Unix
4 15 (6.73%) Windows 10
5 11 (4.93%) Apple iOS
5 11 (4.93%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.79%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.45%) Android
8 1 (0.45%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.45%) Solaris
8 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (45.29%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (19.28%) Agile
3 41 (18.39%) Project Management
4 36 (16.14%) Customer Service
5 35 (15.70%) Time Management
6 33 (14.80%) ITSM
7 28 (12.56%) ITIL
8 23 (10.31%) Test Strategy
9 21 (9.42%) Change Management
10 19 (8.52%) Collaborative Working
11 17 (7.62%) Data Management
12 16 (7.17%) Fault Management
12 16 (7.17%) Regression Testing
12 16 (7.17%) Test Automation
13 15 (6.73%) Root Cause Analysis
14 14 (6.28%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (6.28%) DevOps
14 14 (6.28%) Service Management
14 14 (6.28%) Strategic Thinking
15 13 (5.83%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (13.90%) Java
2 16 (7.17%) Python
3 12 (5.38%) PowerShell
3 12 (5.38%) SQL
4 7 (3.14%) ABAP
5 4 (1.79%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.35%) C#
6 3 (1.35%) VBA
7 2 (0.90%) Rust
8 1 (0.45%) Bash
8 1 (0.45%) Bicep
8 1 (0.45%) C++
8 1 (0.45%) Go
8 1 (0.45%) JCL
8 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.45%) Swift
8 1 (0.45%) UniBasic
8 1 (0.45%) VB
8 1 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (19.28%) Security Cleared
2 36 (16.14%) SC Cleared
3 25 (11.21%) Cisco Certification
3 25 (11.21%) Degree
4 20 (8.97%) CCNP
5 16 (7.17%) ISEB
5 16 (7.17%) ISTQB
5 16 (7.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 13 (5.83%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (3.59%) CCNA
8 7 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.69%) CISM
10 5 (2.24%) CISSP
11 4 (1.79%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.35%) CCENT
12 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.90%) CCA
13 2 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.14%) GDPR
2 5 (2.24%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.24%) Disclosure Scotland
3 4 (1.79%) QA
4 3 (1.35%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.35%) GRC
4 3 (1.35%) NIST
4 3 (1.35%) PMO
5 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.90%) SLA
5 2 (0.90%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.45%) COSHH
6 1 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.45%) NCSC
6 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (15.25%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.69%) Docker
3 4 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.90%) RACF
6 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (7.17%) Ansible
3 7 (3.14%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.14%) Terraform
4 5 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.35%) SCCM
6 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.45%) PTC Integrity
6 1 (0.45%) SCOM
6 1 (0.45%) Tivoli NetView
6 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (26.91%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.31%) Cisco
3 21 (9.42%) ServiceNow
4 17 (7.62%) Juniper
4 17 (7.62%) SAP
5 13 (5.83%) Google
6 11 (4.93%) McAfee
6 11 (4.93%) Oracle
7 10 (4.48%) MobileIron
7 10 (4.48%) Nexthink
8 8 (3.59%) Ariba
8 8 (3.59%) CyberArk
9 6 (2.69%) Databricks
10 3 (1.35%) Siemens
11 2 (0.90%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.90%) HP
11 2 (0.90%) IBM
11 2 (0.90%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.90%) Qualys
11 2 (0.90%) Remedy