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

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 187 165
Rank change year-on-year +5 -22 -5
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 568 825 1,509
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.38% 1.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.29% 4.13% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 457 949
10th Percentile £197 £204 £248
25th Percentile £300 £400 £375
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 £505 £425
% change year-on-year -13.37% +18.82% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 39 89
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.15 £11.75
25th Percentile £22.33 £20.22 £15.50
Median hourly rate £55.63 £24.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +131.77% -14.29% -9.24%
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% -27.21%

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 13,235 19,964 29,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.39% 33.29% 32.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,477 13,730 20,414
10th Percentile £263 £306 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £650
90th Percentile £788 £800 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 910 654 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £13.89
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.75 £16.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.42% -16.72% +2.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.50 £49.88
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% +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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +4 499 £500 -5.62% 1,347
UK excluding London +30 329 £438 -13.37% 1,052
London -23 190 £525 -5.11% 361
Work from Home +43 169 £538 +3.76% 453
Midlands +55 100 £255 -43.33% 188
South East -36 59 £588 +9.30% 298
West Midlands +32 55 £450 - 111
North of England +2 53 £533 - 277
South West +54 49 £450 -21.74% 133
East Midlands +54 45 £245 +5.38% 77
East of England +28 45 £265 -49.52% 107
North West +9 36 £550 - 164
Scotland +13 19 £438 -7.51% 59
Yorkshire +5 16 £500 +0.25% 90
Wales +9 3 £380 -12.64% 20
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 (5.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (4.75%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.41%) IIS
4 6 (1.06%) CMS
4 6 (1.06%) 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 (14.79%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (10.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 34 (5.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (3.17%) Spreadsheet
5 12 (2.11%) Photoshop
6 11 (1.94%) 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%) Final Cut Pro
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 (13.38%) Azure
2 53 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (7.04%) AWS
4 29 (5.11%) Entra ID
5 20 (3.52%) GCP
5 20 (3.52%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.35%) IaaS
7 17 (2.99%) PaaS
8 16 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (2.82%) Azure Storage
8 16 (2.82%) 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 (1.06%) Google Analytics
15 6 (1.06%) Power Automate
16 5 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 54 (9.51%) Firewall
2 30 (5.28%) DNS
3 29 (5.11%) Modbus
3 29 (5.11%) RS-422
3 29 (5.11%) RS-485
4 27 (4.75%) WAN
5 24 (4.23%) DHCP
6 21 (3.70%) LAN
7 16 (2.82%) VPN
8 12 (2.11%) BGP
8 12 (2.11%) IPsec
9 11 (1.94%) MPLS
9 11 (1.94%) Wireless
10 7 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (1.06%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (1.06%) 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 (3.35%) Power BI
2 15 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (2.64%) SQL Server
3 13 (2.29%) KDB
4 10 (1.76%) MongoDB
5 8 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.41%) Tableau
6 7 (1.23%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.06%) Oracle Database
7 6 (1.06%) 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%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.53%) Hazelcast
9 3 (0.53%) MySQL
9 3 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (3.35%) Git
2 16 (2.82%) JIRA
3 13 (2.29%) 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%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.18%) GoogleTest
6 1 (0.18%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.18%) Selenium
6 1 (0.18%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.18%) TestRail
6 1 (0.18%) Valgrind
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 359 (63.20%) Social Skills
2 140 (24.65%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (16.73%) Finance
4 48 (8.45%) Organisational Skills
4 48 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 39 (6.87%) Electronics
6 32 (5.63%) Legal
7 29 (5.11%) Telecoms
8 22 (3.87%) Banking
8 22 (3.87%) Marketing
9 20 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.82%) 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 (1.06%) Advertising
17 6 (1.06%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 56 (9.86%) Developer
2 53 (9.33%) Senior
3 49 (8.63%) Analyst
4 44 (7.75%) Lead
5 41 (7.22%) Architect
6 33 (5.81%) Software Engineer
7 29 (5.11%) Project Manager
8 26 (4.58%) Java Developer
9 24 (4.23%) Designer
10 22 (3.87%) Support Engineer
11 21 (3.70%) C++ Software Engineer
12 19 (3.35%) 1st Line Engineer
12 19 (3.35%) Administrator
12 19 (3.35%) Test Engineer
13 18 (3.17%) Network Architect
13 18 (3.17%) Systems Architect
14 16 (2.82%) Business Analyst
15 15 (2.64%) Active Directory Support
15 15 (2.64%) Azure Specialist
15 15 (2.64%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.05%) HTML
2 20 (3.52%) .NET
3 19 (3.35%) CSS
4 17 (2.99%) React
5 15 (2.64%) ARM Templates
6 13 (2.29%) Spring
7 10 (1.76%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.76%) JSON
7 10 (1.76%) REST
8 8 (1.41%) .NET Framework
9 6 (1.06%) 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 (8.10%) Management Information System
1 46 (8.10%) PKI
2 22 (3.87%) Virtual Team
3 16 (2.82%) 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 (1.06%) Animation
8 6 (1.06%) iPad
8 6 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (0.88%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 79 (13.91%) Windows
2 48 (8.45%) Linux
3 33 (5.81%) Windows Server
4 19 (3.35%) Unix
4 19 (3.35%) 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
1 212 (37.32%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (25.35%) Agile
3 83 (14.61%) Time Management
4 82 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 80 (14.08%) DevOps
6 63 (11.09%) ITIL
7 62 (10.92%) Project Management
8 59 (10.39%) Computer Science
9 53 (9.33%) Analytics
9 53 (9.33%) Software Engineering
10 49 (8.63%) Customer Requirements
11 42 (7.39%) Service Management
12 41 (7.22%) Decision-Making
12 41 (7.22%) Software Testing
12 41 (7.22%) TDD
13 39 (6.87%) Continuous Integration
14 37 (6.51%) Stakeholder Management
15 35 (6.16%) Customer Service
16 34 (5.99%) Roadmaps
17 33 (5.81%) Conflict Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (11.97%) SQL
2 66 (11.62%) C#
3 44 (7.75%) Python
4 41 (7.22%) C++
5 38 (6.69%) Java
6 34 (5.99%) PowerShell
7 33 (5.81%) JavaScript
8 30 (5.28%) C
9 25 (4.40%) VB
10 16 (2.82%) Bicep
10 16 (2.82%) VBScript
11 13 (2.29%) VBA
12 11 (1.94%) VB.NET
13 7 (1.23%) R
14 6 (1.06%) Bash
14 6 (1.06%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.88%) Go
16 4 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.53%) Dart
17 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 189 (33.27%) Degree
2 93 (16.37%) Security Cleared
3 79 (13.91%) SC Cleared
4 35 (6.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (4.93%) DV Cleared
5 28 (4.93%) NVQ Level 3
6 17 (2.99%) PMI Certification
6 17 (2.99%) PMP
7 16 (2.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 13 (2.29%) 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 (1.06%) 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%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.11%) PMO
4 9 (1.58%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.70%) CDISC
6 3 (0.53%) GDPR
6 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.35%) NIST
8 1 (0.18%) COSHH
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) HAZOP
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.18%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.18%) SEPA
8 1 (0.18%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 50 (8.80%) Active Directory
2 20 (3.52%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (2.82%) 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 (6.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (6.16%) Kubernetes
3 27 (4.75%) SCCM
4 17 (2.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (2.99%) WSUS
5 16 (2.82%) SCOM
6 10 (1.76%) Ansible
6 10 (1.76%) Terraform
7 6 (1.06%) 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%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 124 (21.83%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.16%) Oracle
3 31 (5.46%) SAP
4 25 (4.40%) Google
5 21 (3.70%) Cisco
5 21 (3.70%) Salesforce
6 18 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 18 (3.17%) 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 (1.06%) Meraki
11 6 (1.06%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.06%) Solace
11 6 (1.06%) Splunk
12 5 (0.88%) ION Trading