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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 182 169
Rank change year-on-year +14 -13 -8
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 534 693 1,202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.45% 1.45% 1.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.75% 4.30% 5.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 408 791
10th Percentile £200 £213 £250
25th Percentile £266 £374 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +13.51%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £620
90th Percentile £675 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £513
% change year-on-year -3.47% +1.07% +13.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 40 67
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.20 £11.91
25th Percentile £22.33 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £35.00 £21.40
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% +63.55% -30.63%
75th Percentile £67.13 £53.91 £44.03
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £61.30
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £35.00 £22.38
% change year-on-year +78.57% +56.42% -28.97%

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 11,251 16,100 23,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.47% 33.72% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,318 11,239 17,150
10th Percentile £270 £313 £313
25th Percentile £415 £450 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £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 835 556 608
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.21 £10.63 £17.38
Median hourly rate £36.00 £22.49 £26.39
Median % change year-on-year +60.11% -14.78% +3.47%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.27 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +59.09% -18.46% +5.80%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +5 214 £525 -4.55% 385
Midlands +55 99 £253 -49.75% 217
South East -45 67 £605 +38.29% 279
South West +46 56 £463 -2.63% 112
West Midlands +16 51 £450 -10.45% 115
East Midlands +43 48 £245 -47.14% 102
North of England +5 47 £525 -1.41% 312
East of England +13 45 £338 -35.71% 112
North West +5 32 £545 -0.91% 191
Yorkshire +6 14 £488 -2.26% 95
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 (6.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.93%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.69%) IIS
4 5 (0.94%) CMS
5 3 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.56%) Confluence
5 3 (0.56%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.37%) Apache
6 2 (0.37%) WordPress
7 1 (0.19%) MTS
7 1 (0.19%) nginx
7 1 (0.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 73 (13.67%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (10.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (5.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (3.00%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (2.81%) Photoshop
6 11 (2.06%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.12%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 4 (0.75%) InDesign
8 4 (0.75%) Maya
8 4 (0.75%) Sketch
9 3 (0.56%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.56%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.56%) PTC Creo
9 3 (0.56%) Windchill
10 2 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.37%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (0.19%) InVision
Business Applications
1 7 (1.31%) ION MarketView
1 7 (1.31%) Maximo
2 5 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.56%) Shopify
4 2 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.37%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.37%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.19%) IBM Planning Analytics
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
Cloud Services
1 71 (13.30%) Azure
2 50 (9.36%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (7.68%) AWS
4 34 (6.37%) Entra ID
5 20 (3.75%) Azure Monitor
5 20 (3.75%) Azure Storage
5 20 (3.75%) GCP
6 17 (3.18%) IaaS
7 16 (3.00%) SaaS
8 15 (2.81%) PaaS
9 14 (2.62%) Google Workspace
10 10 (1.87%) Figma
10 10 (1.87%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.50%) GitHub
12 6 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.94%) Google Analytics
13 5 (0.94%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.94%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 52 (9.74%) Firewall
2 29 (5.43%) DNS
2 29 (5.43%) RS-485
3 28 (5.24%) Modbus
3 28 (5.24%) RS-422
4 27 (5.06%) DHCP
5 20 (3.75%) WAN
6 16 (3.00%) LAN
7 15 (2.81%) VPN
8 11 (2.06%) IPsec
8 11 (2.06%) MPLS
9 10 (1.87%) BGP
9 10 (1.87%) Wireless
10 6 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.75%) Junos
11 4 (0.75%) Network Security
11 4 (0.75%) SNMP
12 3 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.56%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
1 17 (3.18%) KDB
2 12 (2.25%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.87%) Oracle Database
3 10 (1.87%) Tableau
4 9 (1.69%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.69%) Power BI
5 8 (1.50%) Hadoop
6 5 (0.94%) Big Data
6 5 (0.94%) Impala
7 4 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.56%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.56%) Presto
9 2 (0.37%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.37%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (3.37%) Git
2 13 (2.43%) Jenkins
2 13 (2.43%) JIRA
3 4 (0.75%) GitLab
4 3 (0.56%) Selenium
5 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.37%) Maven
5 2 (0.37%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 1 (0.19%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.19%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.19%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.19%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 330 (61.80%) Social Skills
2 126 (23.60%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (17.79%) Finance
4 38 (7.12%) Organisational Skills
4 38 (7.12%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.55%) Electronics
6 32 (5.99%) Telecoms
7 28 (5.24%) Legal
8 25 (4.68%) Banking
8 25 (4.68%) Marketing
9 16 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (3.00%) Retail
10 13 (2.43%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.50%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.31%) Advertising
13 7 (1.31%) German Language
14 6 (1.12%) Games
Job Titles
1 58 (10.86%) Developer
2 50 (9.36%) Lead
3 47 (8.80%) Senior
4 43 (8.05%) Analyst
4 43 (8.05%) Architect
5 31 (5.81%) Software Engineer
6 25 (4.68%) Java Developer
6 25 (4.68%) Network Architect
6 25 (4.68%) Systems Architect
7 23 (4.31%) Support Engineer
8 22 (4.12%) Lead Architect
8 22 (4.12%) Project Manager
9 20 (3.75%) Active Directory Support
9 20 (3.75%) Administrator
10 19 (3.56%) C++ Software Engineer
10 19 (3.56%) Designer
10 19 (3.56%) Test Engineer
11 17 (3.18%) 1st Line Engineer
12 16 (3.00%) Consultant
13 15 (2.81%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.31%) .NET
2 20 (3.75%) ARM Templates
3 18 (3.37%) HTML
4 17 (3.18%) CSS
5 12 (2.25%) React
5 12 (2.25%) Spring
6 11 (2.06%) .NET Framework
7 9 (1.69%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.50%) Middleware
8 8 (1.50%) REST
8 8 (1.50%) Web Services
9 7 (1.31%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (1.12%) JSON
11 5 (0.94%) Django
11 5 (0.94%) Rendezvous
12 4 (0.75%) Hibernate
12 4 (0.75%) OAuth
13 3 (0.56%) ASP.NET
13 3 (0.56%) SAML
13 3 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.18%) PKI
2 42 (7.87%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.12%) Virtual Team
4 14 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 11 (2.06%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 10 (1.87%) Graphic Design
7 9 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 9 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.31%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.31%) Animation
9 7 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.12%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.12%) iPhone
10 6 (1.12%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.94%) iPad
11 5 (0.94%) Mainframe
12 4 (0.75%) Derivative
12 4 (0.75%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 73 (13.67%) Windows
2 50 (9.36%) Linux
3 34 (6.37%) Windows Server
4 22 (4.12%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (4.12%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (3.37%) Windows 10
6 15 (2.81%) Unix
7 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.56%) Android
9 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.37%) VMS
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (32.96%) Problem-Solving
2 129 (24.16%) Agile
3 86 (16.10%) DevOps
4 74 (13.86%) Time Management
5 72 (13.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (11.05%) Analytics
7 52 (9.74%) Computer Science
7 52 (9.74%) ITIL
8 47 (8.80%) Project Management
9 46 (8.61%) Software Engineering
10 44 (8.24%) Customer Requirements
11 40 (7.49%) Continuous Integration
11 40 (7.49%) TDD
12 36 (6.74%) Software Testing
13 35 (6.55%) Strategic Thinking
14 34 (6.37%) Customer Service
15 33 (6.18%) Conflict Management
15 33 (6.18%) Unit Testing
16 31 (5.81%) Roadmaps
16 31 (5.81%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.92%) C#
2 65 (12.17%) SQL
3 43 (8.05%) Python
4 41 (7.68%) C++
5 38 (7.12%) Java
6 37 (6.93%) PowerShell
7 29 (5.43%) C
7 29 (5.43%) VB
8 24 (4.49%) JavaScript
9 20 (3.75%) Bicep
9 20 (3.75%) VBScript
10 16 (3.00%) VBA
11 13 (2.43%) VB.NET
12 9 (1.69%) Bash
12 9 (1.69%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.31%) R
14 3 (0.56%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.56%) Dart
14 3 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 183 (34.27%) Degree
2 96 (17.98%) Security Cleared
3 83 (15.54%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.18%) DV Cleared
5 31 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (5.24%) NVQ Level 3
7 20 (3.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 17 (3.18%) PMI Certification
8 17 (3.18%) PMP
9 13 (2.43%) APMP
10 12 (2.25%) Master's Degree
11 11 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (1.50%) CCNP
12 8 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.31%) CCNA
13 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (1.12%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.94%) JNCIA
16 4 (0.75%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.18%) QA
2 15 (2.81%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.62%) SLA
4 10 (1.87%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.12%) PMO
6 5 (0.94%) GDPR
7 4 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.56%) GRC
8 3 (0.56%) NIST
9 2 (0.37%) HAZOP
10 1 (0.19%) COSHH
10 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.19%) SEPA
10 1 (0.19%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 54 (10.11%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (3.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (2.25%) Docker
5 7 (1.31%) vSphere
6 6 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.56%) OpenAM
8 3 (0.56%) OpenIDM
9 2 (0.37%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.19%) NFS
Systems Management
1 42 (7.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (6.55%) Kubernetes
3 29 (5.43%) SCCM
4 22 (4.12%) WSUS
5 21 (3.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 20 (3.75%) SCOM
7 13 (2.43%) Terraform
8 9 (1.69%) Ansible
9 6 (1.12%) Nessus
10 5 (0.94%) Puppet
11 3 (0.56%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.56%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.56%) QRadar
12 2 (0.37%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.37%) Grafana
12 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
13 1 (0.19%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 114 (21.35%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.12%) Oracle
3 31 (5.81%) SAP
4 23 (4.31%) Google
5 20 (3.75%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.18%) CA
7 15 (2.81%) Adobe
7 15 (2.81%) Cisco
8 14 (2.62%) VMware
9 13 (2.43%) Juniper
10 12 (2.25%) Citrix
11 9 (1.69%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.69%) Splunk
12 7 (1.31%) Databricks
12 7 (1.31%) ION Trading
13 6 (1.12%) IBM
13 6 (1.12%) Meraki
13 6 (1.12%) Solace
14 5 (0.94%) Aruba
14 5 (0.94%) CyberArk