Self-Motivation Contracts

Self-Motivation
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 196 172
Rank change year-on-year +14 -24 -11
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 569 821 1,515
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.31% 1.37% 1.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.33% 4.12% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 457 954
10th Percentile £197 £204 £252
25th Percentile £300 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £599 £650 £613
90th Percentile £675 £738 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 39 89
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.15 £11.75
25th Percentile £22.33 £20.22 £15.50
Median hourly rate £56.25 £24.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +134.38% -14.29% -8.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.83 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £62.35 £67.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £23.15 £20.00
% change year-on-year +169.98% +15.75% -22.25%

All Generic Skills
UK

Self-Motivation is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the UK

Self-Motivation
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +22 500 £500 -5.62% 1,329
UK excluding London +33 330 £438 -12.50% 1,038
London -25 190 £525 -5.66% 355
Work from Home +50 170 £550 +6.18% 454
Midlands +53 100 £255 -43.33% 189
South East -34 59 £588 +6.82% 292
West Midlands +34 55 £450 - 114
North of England +7 53 £533 +0.71% 262
South West +53 51 £450 -18.18% 129
East Midlands +49 45 £245 +5.38% 75
East of England +30 44 £265 -48.92% 109
North West +4 36 £550 - 155
Scotland +14 19 £438 -7.51% 66
Yorkshire +5 16 £500 +0.25% 84
Wales +9 3 £380 -12.64% 21
Northern Ireland +2 3 - - 12

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 33 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (4.75%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.41%) IIS
4 6 (1.05%) CMS
4 6 (1.05%) SAS
5 5 (0.88%) Confluence
6 4 (0.70%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.53%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.35%) Apache
8 2 (0.35%) nginx
8 2 (0.35%) WordPress
9 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.18%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.18%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.18%) Moodle
9 1 (0.18%) MTS
9 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 84 (14.76%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (5.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (3.16%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (2.11%) Photoshop
6 11 (1.93%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.88%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.70%) InDesign
8 4 (0.70%) Sketch
9 3 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.53%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.35%) PTC Creo
10 2 (0.35%) SPSS
10 2 (0.35%) Windchill
11 1 (0.18%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.18%) InVision
Business Applications
1 7 (1.23%) Maximo
2 5 (0.88%) ION MarketView
3 4 (0.70%) Endur
3 4 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.53%) Shopify
5 2 (0.35%) Sage X3
5 2 (0.35%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.18%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.18%) Primavera
6 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 76 (13.36%) Azure
2 53 (9.31%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (7.03%) AWS
4 29 (5.10%) Entra ID
5 20 (3.51%) GCP
5 20 (3.51%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.34%) IaaS
7 17 (2.99%) PaaS
8 16 (2.81%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (2.81%) Azure Storage
8 16 (2.81%) SaaS
9 14 (2.46%) Google Workspace
10 12 (2.11%) Figma
11 10 (1.76%) GitHub
12 9 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.23%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.05%) Google Analytics
15 6 (1.05%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 54 (9.49%) Firewall
2 30 (5.27%) DNS
3 28 (4.92%) Modbus
3 28 (4.92%) RS-422
3 28 (4.92%) RS-485
4 27 (4.75%) WAN
5 24 (4.22%) DHCP
6 21 (3.69%) LAN
7 16 (2.81%) VPN
8 12 (2.11%) BGP
8 12 (2.11%) IPsec
9 11 (1.93%) MPLS
9 11 (1.93%) Wireless
10 7 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.05%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (1.05%) Network Security
12 4 (0.70%) OSPF
12 4 (0.70%) SAN
12 4 (0.70%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.70%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.34%) Power BI
2 15 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (2.64%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.28%) KDB
4 10 (1.76%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.41%) Tableau
6 7 (1.23%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.05%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.05%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.88%) Big Data
8 5 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.53%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.53%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.53%) Hazelcast
9 3 (0.53%) MySQL
9 3 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.53%) Presto
Development Applications
1 19 (3.34%) Git
2 16 (2.81%) JIRA
3 13 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.53%) GitLab
5 2 (0.35%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.35%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 1 (0.18%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.18%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.18%) Maven
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.18%) Selenium
6 1 (0.18%) TestRail
6 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
General
1 359 (63.09%) Social Skills
2 141 (24.78%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (16.70%) Finance
4 48 (8.44%) Public Sector
5 47 (8.26%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (6.68%) Electronics
7 31 (5.45%) Legal
7 31 (5.45%) Telecoms
8 22 (3.87%) Banking
8 22 (3.87%) Marketing
9 19 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (2.64%) Manufacturing
12 14 (2.46%) Retail
13 10 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.58%) German Language
15 8 (1.41%) Investment Banking
16 7 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 6 (1.05%) Advertising
17 6 (1.05%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 56 (9.84%) Developer
2 53 (9.31%) Senior
3 49 (8.61%) Analyst
4 46 (8.08%) Lead
5 43 (7.56%) Architect
6 32 (5.62%) Software Engineer
7 29 (5.10%) Project Manager
8 26 (4.57%) Java Developer
9 24 (4.22%) Designer
10 22 (3.87%) Support Engineer
11 20 (3.51%) C++ Software Engineer
11 20 (3.51%) Network Architect
11 20 (3.51%) Systems Architect
12 19 (3.34%) 1st Line Engineer
12 19 (3.34%) Administrator
12 19 (3.34%) Test Engineer
13 17 (2.99%) Business Analyst
13 17 (2.99%) Lead Architect
14 15 (2.64%) Active Directory Support
14 15 (2.64%) Azure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.04%) HTML
2 20 (3.51%) .NET
3 19 (3.34%) CSS
4 17 (2.99%) React
5 15 (2.64%) ARM Templates
6 13 (2.28%) Spring
7 10 (1.76%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.76%) JSON
7 10 (1.76%) REST
8 8 (1.41%) .NET Framework
9 6 (1.05%) Web Services
10 5 (0.88%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (0.88%) Hibernate
10 5 (0.88%) HTML5
10 5 (0.88%) RESTful
11 4 (0.70%) Django
11 4 (0.70%) Node.js
11 4 (0.70%) OAuth
11 4 (0.70%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.08%) Management Information System
1 46 (8.08%) PKI
2 22 (3.87%) Virtual Team
3 16 (2.81%) Product Ownership
4 10 (1.76%) Graphic Design
5 9 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (1.41%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.41%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (1.23%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.23%) iPhone
7 7 (1.23%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.05%) Animation
8 6 (1.05%) iPad
8 6 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.88%) Industry 4.0
9 5 (0.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 79 (13.88%) Windows
2 48 (8.44%) Linux
3 33 (5.80%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.34%) Unix
4 19 (3.34%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (2.99%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (1.76%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.58%) Android
8 5 (0.88%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.53%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.53%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.35%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.18%) CentOS
12 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (37.43%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (25.31%) Agile
3 83 (14.59%) Time Management
4 81 (14.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 79 (13.88%) DevOps
6 62 (10.90%) ITIL
6 62 (10.90%) Project Management
7 59 (10.37%) Computer Science
8 53 (9.31%) Analytics
9 52 (9.14%) Software Engineering
10 48 (8.44%) Customer Requirements
11 42 (7.38%) Service Management
12 41 (7.21%) Decision-Making
13 40 (7.03%) Software Testing
13 40 (7.03%) TDD
14 38 (6.68%) Continuous Integration
15 37 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
16 35 (6.15%) Customer Service
17 34 (5.98%) Roadmaps
18 33 (5.80%) Conflict Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (11.95%) SQL
2 65 (11.42%) C#
3 44 (7.73%) Python
4 40 (7.03%) C++
5 38 (6.68%) Java
6 34 (5.98%) PowerShell
7 33 (5.80%) JavaScript
8 29 (5.10%) C
9 25 (4.39%) VB
10 16 (2.81%) Bicep
10 16 (2.81%) VBScript
11 13 (2.28%) VBA
12 11 (1.93%) VB.NET
13 7 (1.23%) R
14 6 (1.05%) Bash
14 6 (1.05%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.88%) Go
16 4 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.53%) BeanShell
17 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 191 (33.57%) Degree
2 95 (16.70%) Security Cleared
3 81 (14.24%) SC Cleared
4 35 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (4.92%) DV Cleared
5 28 (4.92%) NVQ Level 3
6 17 (2.99%) PMI Certification
6 17 (2.99%) PMP
7 16 (2.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (2.28%) APMP
9 12 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.11%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.58%) CCNP
11 9 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.23%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.05%) HND
14 5 (0.88%) CCNA
15 4 (0.70%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.99%) QA
2 15 (2.64%) SLA
3 12 (2.11%) PMO
4 11 (1.93%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.58%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.70%) CDISC
7 3 (0.53%) GDPR
7 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.35%) NIST
9 1 (0.18%) COSHH
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.18%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.18%) SEPA
9 1 (0.18%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 50 (8.79%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (2.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.11%) Docker
5 8 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (1.23%) vSphere
7 3 (0.53%) OpenAM
7 3 (0.53%) OpenIDM
8 2 (0.35%) Firmware
8 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.35%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.35%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 39 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (6.15%) Kubernetes
3 27 (4.75%) SCCM
4 17 (2.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (2.99%) WSUS
5 16 (2.81%) SCOM
6 10 (1.76%) Ansible
6 10 (1.76%) Terraform
7 6 (1.05%) Puppet
8 3 (0.53%) Nessus
8 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.35%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.35%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.35%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.35%) QRadar
9 2 (0.35%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.18%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.18%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 124 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.15%) Oracle
3 31 (5.45%) SAP
4 25 (4.39%) Google
5 21 (3.69%) Cisco
5 21 (3.69%) Salesforce
6 18 (3.16%) ServiceNow
6 18 (3.16%) VMware
7 17 (2.99%) CA
8 15 (2.64%) Adobe
8 15 (2.64%) Citrix
8 15 (2.64%) Juniper
9 9 (1.58%) Databricks
9 9 (1.58%) HP
10 7 (1.23%) Aruba
11 6 (1.05%) Meraki
11 6 (1.05%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.05%) Solace
11 6 (1.05%) Splunk
12 5 (0.88%) CyberArk