Self-Motivation Contracts in England

Self-Motivation
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 188 176
Rank change year-on-year +17 -12 -18
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 517 702 1,207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.39% 1.41% 1.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.54% 4.18% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 399 782
10th Percentile £198 £204 £250
25th Percentile £275 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +13.33%
75th Percentile £605 £650 £618
90th Percentile £678 £738 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £508
% change year-on-year -3.85% +2.46% +12.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 35 80
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.35 £11.99
25th Percentile £22.83 £20.22 £15.88
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -12.28% -7.62%
75th Percentile £67.25 £52.55 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.05 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £24.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +155.10% -20.97% +0.49%

All Generic Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,389 16,804 24,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.72% 33.64% 33.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,486 11,666 17,145
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 819 591 637
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.63
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.09% -15.15% +1.09%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £66.69
UK median hourly rate £30.12 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.96% -18.24% +4.47%

Self-Motivation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Self-Motivation in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Self-Motivation in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Self-Motivation in England

Self-Motivation
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
London -5 201 £525 -5.96% 394
Midlands +63 100 £255 -43.33% 223
South East -35 63 £600 +15.38% 299
South West +57 54 £463 - 146
North of England +4 52 £525 -1.41% 287
West Midlands +24 51 £450 - 130
East Midlands +54 49 £245 +5.38% 93
East of England +21 44 £265 -49.52% 128
North West +16 35 £550 - 175
Yorkshire +7 16 £500 +0.25% 93
Self-Motivation
UK

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (3.87%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.16%) CMS
3 6 (1.16%) IIS
4 4 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.58%) Confluence
6 2 (0.39%) Apache
6 2 (0.39%) nginx
6 2 (0.39%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.39%) WordPress
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.19%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.19%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.19%) Moodle
7 1 (0.19%) MTS
7 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 77 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (3.29%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (2.32%) Photoshop
6 11 (2.13%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.97%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.77%) InDesign
8 4 (0.77%) Sketch
9 3 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.58%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.39%) PTC Creo
10 2 (0.39%) Windchill
11 1 (0.19%) Autodesk Inventor
11 1 (0.19%) Camtasia
11 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (0.19%) InVision
Business Applications
1 7 (1.35%) Maximo
2 5 (0.97%) ION MarketView
2 5 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.58%) Shopify
4 2 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.39%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.39%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.39%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.19%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.19%) Primavera
5 1 (0.19%) SAP CX
5 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 71 (13.73%) Azure
2 53 (10.25%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (6.96%) AWS
4 32 (6.19%) Entra ID
5 18 (3.48%) GCP
6 17 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (3.29%) Azure Storage
6 17 (3.29%) IaaS
7 16 (3.09%) SaaS
8 15 (2.90%) PaaS
9 14 (2.71%) Google Workspace
10 11 (2.13%) Figma
11 10 (1.93%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.55%) GitHub
13 7 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (1.16%) OneDrive
15 5 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
15 5 (0.97%) Google Analytics
15 5 (0.97%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 52 (10.06%) Firewall
2 28 (5.42%) DNS
2 28 (5.42%) Modbus
2 28 (5.42%) RS-422
2 28 (5.42%) RS-485
3 23 (4.45%) DHCP
3 23 (4.45%) WAN
4 19 (3.68%) LAN
5 15 (2.90%) VPN
6 11 (2.13%) Wireless
7 10 (1.93%) IPsec
8 8 (1.55%) BGP
8 8 (1.55%) MPLS
9 7 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.16%) Network Security
11 5 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.97%) SNMP
12 3 (0.58%) Junos
12 3 (0.58%) OSPF
12 3 (0.58%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (2.51%) KDB
3 10 (1.93%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.74%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.74%) Power BI
4 9 (1.74%) Relational Database
4 9 (1.74%) Tableau
5 8 (1.55%) Hadoop
6 7 (1.35%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.16%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.97%) Big Data
8 5 (0.97%) Impala
8 5 (0.97%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.77%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.58%) MySQL
10 3 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.58%) Presto
11 2 (0.39%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 16 (3.09%) Git
2 12 (2.32%) Jenkins
2 12 (2.32%) JIRA
3 3 (0.58%) GitLab
4 2 (0.39%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.39%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 1 (0.19%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.19%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.19%) Maven
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.19%) Selenium
5 1 (0.19%) TestRail
5 1 (0.19%) Valgrind
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 321 (62.09%) Social Skills
2 125 (24.18%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (17.02%) Finance
4 44 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 39 (7.54%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (7.16%) Electronics
7 33 (6.38%) Telecoms
8 28 (5.42%) Legal
9 24 (4.64%) Banking
10 23 (4.45%) Marketing
11 16 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.90%) Retail
13 13 (2.51%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.74%) German Language
15 8 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.16%) Advertising
16 6 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 6 (1.16%) Investment Banking
17 5 (0.97%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 52 (10.06%) Developer
2 47 (9.09%) Architect
2 47 (9.09%) Lead
3 46 (8.90%) Senior
4 42 (8.12%) Analyst
5 32 (6.19%) Software Engineer
6 24 (4.64%) Java Developer
6 24 (4.64%) Network Architect
6 24 (4.64%) Systems Architect
7 22 (4.26%) Project Manager
8 21 (4.06%) Lead Architect
8 21 (4.06%) Support Engineer
9 20 (3.87%) C++ Software Engineer
10 19 (3.68%) 1st Line Engineer
10 19 (3.68%) Administrator
10 19 (3.68%) Designer
10 19 (3.68%) Test Engineer
11 16 (3.09%) Active Directory Support
12 15 (2.90%) Azure Specialist
13 14 (2.71%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.87%) .NET
2 19 (3.68%) HTML
3 17 (3.29%) CSS
4 16 (3.09%) ARM Templates
5 14 (2.71%) React
6 12 (2.32%) Spring
7 10 (1.93%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.74%) .NET Framework
8 9 (1.74%) REST
9 7 (1.35%) JSON
10 6 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (1.16%) Web Services
11 5 (0.97%) Django
12 4 (0.77%) Hibernate
12 4 (0.77%) Middleware
12 4 (0.77%) OAuth
12 4 (0.77%) Rendezvous
12 4 (0.77%) XML
13 3 (0.58%) HTML5
13 3 (0.58%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.90%) Management Information System
2 45 (8.70%) PKI
3 22 (4.26%) Virtual Team
4 11 (2.13%) Product Ownership
5 10 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (1.93%) Graphic Design
6 9 (1.74%) Data Centre
6 9 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.55%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.35%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.35%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.35%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.16%) Animation
9 6 (1.16%) iPhone
9 6 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.97%) IoT
10 5 (0.97%) iPad
10 5 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 72 (13.93%) Windows
2 46 (8.90%) Linux
3 28 (5.42%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (3.29%) Windows 10
5 17 (3.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (2.90%) Unix
7 7 (1.35%) Android
7 7 (1.35%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.77%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.19%) CentOS
11 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (34.82%) Problem-Solving
2 128 (24.76%) Agile
3 80 (15.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 76 (14.70%) Time Management
5 75 (14.51%) DevOps
6 58 (11.22%) ITIL
7 54 (10.44%) Analytics
7 54 (10.44%) Computer Science
8 52 (10.06%) Project Management
9 47 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
9 47 (9.09%) Software Engineering
10 40 (7.74%) TDD
11 38 (7.35%) Continuous Integration
12 37 (7.16%) Service Management
13 36 (6.96%) Roadmaps
14 35 (6.77%) Software Testing
15 34 (6.58%) Customer Service
16 33 (6.38%) Conflict Management
16 33 (6.38%) Unit Testing
17 32 (6.19%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 63 (12.19%) C#
2 62 (11.99%) SQL
3 41 (7.93%) C++
4 38 (7.35%) Python
5 33 (6.38%) Java
6 31 (6.00%) PowerShell
7 29 (5.61%) C
8 24 (4.64%) JavaScript
9 23 (4.45%) VB
10 17 (3.29%) VBScript
11 16 (3.09%) Bicep
12 14 (2.71%) VBA
13 11 (2.13%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.35%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.16%) Bash
15 6 (1.16%) R
16 3 (0.58%) BeanShell
16 3 (0.58%) Dart
16 3 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 2 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 184 (35.59%) Degree
2 92 (17.79%) Security Cleared
3 80 (15.47%) SC Cleared
4 32 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (5.42%) DV Cleared
5 28 (5.42%) NVQ Level 3
6 17 (3.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 17 (3.29%) PMI Certification
6 17 (3.29%) PMP
7 15 (2.90%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.51%) APMP
9 12 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.55%) CCNP
10 8 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.97%) CCNA
14 4 (0.77%) HNC
14 4 (0.77%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.09%) QA
2 14 (2.71%) SLA
3 10 (1.93%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.55%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.35%) PMO
6 6 (1.16%) GDPR
7 4 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.58%) GRC
8 3 (0.58%) NIST
9 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.19%) COSHH
10 1 (0.19%) HAZOP
10 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.19%) SEPA
10 1 (0.19%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 48 (9.28%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (3.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.13%) Docker
5 5 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.97%) vSphere
6 3 (0.58%) OpenAM
6 3 (0.58%) OpenIDM
7 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.39%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.19%) NFS
8 1 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (8.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (6.00%) Kubernetes
3 27 (5.22%) SCCM
4 18 (3.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (3.29%) SCOM
5 17 (3.29%) WSUS
6 9 (1.74%) Ansible
6 9 (1.74%) Terraform
7 5 (0.97%) Puppet
8 3 (0.58%) Nessus
9 2 (0.39%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.39%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.39%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.39%) QRadar
9 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.39%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.19%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.19%) vRealize
Vendors
1 111 (21.47%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.96%) Oracle
3 32 (6.19%) SAP
4 24 (4.64%) Google
5 21 (4.06%) Salesforce
6 20 (3.87%) Cisco
7 17 (3.29%) CA
8 16 (3.09%) ServiceNow
9 15 (2.90%) Adobe
10 14 (2.71%) Citrix
10 14 (2.71%) VMware
11 12 (2.32%) Juniper
12 8 (1.55%) Databricks
13 7 (1.35%) Aruba
13 7 (1.35%) HP
14 6 (1.16%) Meraki
14 6 (1.16%) Solace
14 6 (1.16%) Splunk
15 5 (0.97%) CyberArk
15 5 (0.97%) Palo Alto