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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 131 157
Rank change year-on-year -15 +26 -33
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 228 322 375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.76% 1.58% 1.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.26% 5.47% 5.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 148 213
10th Percentile £195 £179 £200
25th Percentile £288 £230 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £390 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -22.00% +15.47%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £631
90th Percentile £638 £608 £688
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 106 27
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.00 £18.05
25th Percentile £16.95 £23.12 £20.22
Median hourly rate £28.50 £62.50 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year -54.40% +169.98% +8.23%
75th Percentile £60.73 £72.50 £49.19
90th Percentile £75.00 - £54.28
UK median hourly rate £26.12 £62.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year -58.21% +138.10% -9.48%

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 4,331 5,882 7,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.34% 28.95% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,622 3,533 5,007
10th Percentile £205 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £613
90th Percentile £656 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 722 422
10th Percentile £16.58 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.97 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.53 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% +36.36% +3.53%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £83.26 £70.00 £74.90
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £31.50 £22.49
% change year-on-year +0.83% +40.09% -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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +52 76 £475 -21.49% 459
East of England +25 43 £525 +64.71% 147
North of England +8 33 £600 +14.29% 406
Midlands -38 33 £458 +81.35% 255
West Midlands -23 22 £441 -2.04% 155
South West +4 20 £225 -51.35% 180
Yorkshire +22 19 £600 +20.00% 134
Scotland +11 19 £448 +11.88% 119
North West -9 11 £500 -7.41% 226
East Midlands -21 11 £500 +104.08% 94
Wales +5 5 £147 -61.39% 40
North East - 3 - - 50
Northern Ireland -9 2 £432 - 45
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 (12.72%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.82%) Confluence
3 7 (3.07%) NetWeaver
3 7 (3.07%) SAP EP
4 4 (1.75%) CMS
5 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) IIS
6 1 (0.44%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (8.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (4.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.19%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.88%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.88%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.44%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.44%) Simulink
6 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (4.82%) Teamcenter
2 7 (3.07%) SAP CRM
3 5 (2.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (1.32%) SAP LE
4 3 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.32%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.88%) Maximo
5 2 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.88%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.44%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.44%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.91%) Azure
2 13 (5.70%) AWS
2 13 (5.70%) Power Platform
3 11 (4.82%) Google Workspace
4 10 (4.39%) GitHub
5 9 (3.95%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.07%) SuccessFactors
7 5 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.75%) GCP
8 4 (1.75%) SaaS
9 3 (1.32%) CloudFront
10 2 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.88%) PaaS
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.44%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.44%) Serverless
11 1 (0.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (13.16%) VPN
2 21 (9.21%) LAN
2 21 (9.21%) WAN
3 19 (8.33%) MPLS
4 18 (7.89%) Ethernet
5 16 (7.02%) ATM
5 16 (7.02%) Frame Relay
5 16 (7.02%) GPRS
5 16 (7.02%) GSM
5 16 (7.02%) LTE
5 16 (7.02%) SAN
5 16 (7.02%) SDH
5 16 (7.02%) UMTS
5 16 (7.02%) Wireshark
6 6 (2.63%) SMTP
6 6 (2.63%) VLAN
7 5 (2.19%) Firewall
7 5 (2.19%) Internet
8 4 (1.75%) DNS
8 4 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.70%) Power BI
2 5 (2.19%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.75%) Big Data
3 4 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.32%) Power Query
5 2 (0.88%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.44%) Cloudera CDH
6 1 (0.44%) Metadata
6 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.44%) Tableau
6 1 (0.44%) UniData
Development Applications
1 13 (5.70%) JIRA
2 9 (3.95%) Git
2 9 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.75%) Selenium
3 4 (1.75%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.32%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.32%) Postman
4 3 (1.32%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.88%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.88%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.44%) Appium
6 1 (0.44%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.44%) CANoe
6 1 (0.44%) GitLab
6 1 (0.44%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 151 (66.23%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.49%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (14.04%) Finance
4 30 (13.16%) Telecoms
5 21 (9.21%) Public Sector
6 17 (7.46%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (7.46%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.82%) Retail
8 10 (4.39%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.07%) Banking
9 7 (3.07%) Marketing
10 6 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.19%) Aerospace
11 5 (2.19%) Automotive
11 5 (2.19%) Military
12 4 (1.75%) Billing
13 3 (1.32%) Electronics
13 3 (1.32%) Legal
13 3 (1.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (8.33%) Senior
1 19 (8.33%) Test Engineer
2 17 (7.46%) Architect
3 16 (7.02%) Lead
4 15 (6.58%) IP Engineer
4 15 (6.58%) Support Engineer
5 13 (5.70%) Developer
5 13 (5.70%) Project Manager
6 12 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (4.82%) 1st Line Support
7 11 (4.82%) Analyst
8 9 (3.95%) IT Engineer
9 8 (3.51%) Consultant
9 8 (3.51%) Network Engineer
10 7 (3.07%) Desktop Engineer
10 7 (3.07%) Desktop Support
10 7 (3.07%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 7 (3.07%) IT Support
10 7 (3.07%) SAP Technical Architect
10 7 (3.07%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.82%) SAP PI
2 10 (4.39%) REST
3 7 (3.07%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (3.07%) SAPUI5
4 5 (2.19%) LDAP
5 4 (1.75%) SOAP
5 4 (1.75%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.75%) XML
6 3 (1.32%) CSS
6 3 (1.32%) RESTful
6 3 (1.32%) Spring
7 2 (0.88%) .NET
7 2 (0.88%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.88%) Web Services
8 1 (0.44%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.44%) Django
8 1 (0.44%) HTML
8 1 (0.44%) MDX
8 1 (0.44%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.21%) iPad
1 21 (9.21%) iPhone
2 15 (6.58%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.07%) Life Science
4 7 (3.07%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.19%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.19%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.19%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.19%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.75%) CMDB
8 3 (1.32%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.32%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.32%) EPoS
8 3 (1.32%) IVR
8 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.88%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 48 (21.05%) Windows
2 26 (11.40%) Linux
3 21 (9.21%) Unix
4 16 (7.02%) Windows 10
5 11 (4.82%) Apple iOS
5 11 (4.82%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.75%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.44%) Android
8 1 (0.44%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.44%) Solaris
8 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.44%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (44.30%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (21.49%) Agile
3 42 (18.42%) Project Management
4 37 (16.23%) Time Management
5 36 (15.79%) Customer Service
6 33 (14.47%) ITSM
7 30 (13.16%) ITIL
8 23 (10.09%) Change Management
8 23 (10.09%) Test Strategy
9 18 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
10 17 (7.46%) Data Management
10 17 (7.46%) Test Automation
11 16 (7.02%) Fault Management
11 16 (7.02%) Migration
11 16 (7.02%) Regression Testing
11 16 (7.02%) Root Cause Analysis
11 16 (7.02%) Strategic Thinking
12 15 (6.58%) DevOps
12 15 (6.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (14.47%) Java
2 14 (6.14%) Python
3 12 (5.26%) PowerShell
3 12 (5.26%) SQL
4 7 (3.07%) ABAP
5 4 (1.75%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.32%) C#
6 3 (1.32%) VBA
7 2 (0.88%) Rust
8 1 (0.44%) Bash
8 1 (0.44%) Bicep
8 1 (0.44%) C++
8 1 (0.44%) JCL
8 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.44%) Swift
8 1 (0.44%) UniBasic
8 1 (0.44%) VB
8 1 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (20.61%) Security Cleared
2 38 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.96%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (10.53%) Degree
5 20 (8.77%) CCNP
6 16 (7.02%) ISEB
6 16 (7.02%) ISTQB
6 16 (7.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 14 (6.14%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.51%) CCNA
9 6 (2.63%) CISM
10 5 (2.19%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.75%) CISSP
12 3 (1.32%) CCENT
12 3 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.88%) CCA
13 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.88%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.51%) GDPR
2 5 (2.19%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.19%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (2.19%) PMO
3 4 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.75%) QA
4 3 (1.32%) GRC
5 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.88%) NIST
5 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.88%) SLA
5 2 (0.88%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.44%) COSHH
6 1 (0.44%) NCSC
6 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (14.91%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.75%) Docker
2 4 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.88%) RACF
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (6.14%) Ansible
3 7 (3.07%) Terraform
4 5 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.75%) Kubernetes
6 3 (1.32%) SCCM
7 1 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.44%) SCOM
7 1 (0.44%) Tivoli NetView
7 1 (0.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (26.75%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 23 (10.09%) Cisco
4 20 (8.77%) SAP
5 17 (7.46%) Juniper
6 14 (6.14%) Google
7 12 (5.26%) Oracle
8 11 (4.82%) McAfee
9 10 (4.39%) MobileIron
9 10 (4.39%) Nexthink
10 8 (3.51%) Ariba
10 8 (3.51%) CyberArk
11 6 (2.63%) Databricks
12 2 (0.88%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.88%) Facebook
12 2 (0.88%) HP
12 2 (0.88%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.88%) Remedy
12 2 (0.88%) Siemens
12 2 (0.88%) Workday