Self-Motivation Contracts in the West Midlands

Self-Motivation
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Self-Motivation over the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 63 78
Rank change year-on-year -16 +15 +16
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 27 48 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.83% 2.35% 2.04%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.26% 7.49% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 9 26
10th Percentile £210 £222 £411
25th Percentile £400 £275 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £450 £515
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% -12.62% -1.90%
75th Percentile £517 £500 £634
90th Percentile £644 £545 £775
England median daily rate £487 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +2.53% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 3
10th Percentile £29.57 - £18.64
25th Percentile £29.94 £14.71 £19.24
Median hourly rate £30.55 £24.65 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +23.91% +19.05% +39.62%
75th Percentile £31.15 £26.98 £39.34
90th Percentile £31.52 £53.32 £50.24
England median hourly rate £21.39 £62.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year -65.78% +95.31% +64.10%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 513 641 721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 34.78% 31.34% 32.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 397 477
10th Percentile £202 £263 £281
25th Percentile £400 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £626
90th Percentile £650 £750 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.31% +2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 45 22
10th Percentile £18.87 £10.42 £18.43
25th Percentile £28.80 £14.71 £21.54
Median hourly rate £33.91 £22.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.71% -18.18% +61.76%
75th Percentile £50.00 £40.50 £30.00
90th Percentile - £58.75 £57.13
England median hourly rate £32.81 £37.50 £23.33
% change year-on-year -12.51% +60.77% -11.21%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in the West Midlands

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in the West Midlands

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in the West Midlands

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in the West Midlands

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Birmingham +1 15 £441 -2.04% 62
Warwickshire +3 5 £625 - 24
Shropshire - 2 £630 - 17
Coventry -1 1 - - 13
Self-Motivation
England

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (3.70%) Confluence
1 1 (3.70%) NetWeaver
1 1 (3.70%) SAP EP
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (7.41%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
2 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.70%) GitHub
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.70%) SaaS
3 1 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Internet
1 1 (3.70%) SMTP
1 1 (3.70%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Tableau
2 2 (7.41%) MongoDB
2 2 (7.41%) NoSQL
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle Database
2 2 (7.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JUnit
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Finance
3 7 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Banking
5 3 (11.11%) Legal
6 2 (7.41%) Automotive
6 2 (7.41%) Games
6 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (7.41%) Retail Banking
7 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.70%) Law
7 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Project Manager
1 8 (29.63%) Technical Manager
2 7 (25.93%) Technical Project Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (7.41%) Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Data Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) Developer
4 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Java Developer
5 1 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.70%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.70%) SAP Technical Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Security Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Technical Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Gherkin
1 2 (7.41%) Kafka
1 2 (7.41%) LDAP
2 1 (3.70%) REST
2 1 (3.70%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.70%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.70%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
1 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
1 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
1 2 (7.41%) Online Games
1 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.70%) Housing Association
2 1 (3.70%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 9 (33.33%) Time Management
3 7 (25.93%) Conflict Management
3 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (14.81%) Migration
5 3 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 3 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (11.11%) ITSM
5 3 (11.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 3 (11.11%) Project Management
6 2 (7.41%) Business Case
6 2 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.41%) Cloud Security
6 2 (7.41%) Code Quality
6 2 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (7.41%) ITIL
6 2 (7.41%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (7.41%) RBAC
6 2 (7.41%) Workflow
6 2 (7.41%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Java
2 2 (7.41%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) VBA
3 1 (3.70%) ABAP
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.70%) CISM
2 1 (3.70%) CISSP
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.70%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) GDPR
1 2 (7.41%) QA
1 2 (7.41%) SLA
1 2 (7.41%) Software Quality Assurance
2 1 (3.70%) COSHH
2 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.70%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.70%) Ansible
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
1 4 (14.81%) SAP
1 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
2 3 (11.11%) CyberArk
3 2 (7.41%) Ariba
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
4 1 (3.70%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Qualys
4 1 (3.70%) Workday