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

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 184 169
Rank change year-on-year +10 -15 -3
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 571 809 1,520
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.34% 1.41% 1.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.43% 4.24% 5.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 464 966
10th Percentile £200 £213 £263
25th Percentile £300 £380 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +4.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £616
90th Percentile £675 £738 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £380 £480 £433
% change year-on-year -20.83% +10.98% +1.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 40 83
10th Percentile £14.22 £18.48 £12.02
25th Percentile £22.83 £20.22 £15.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £26.25 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.10% -9.48% -6.45%
75th Percentile £67.25 £51.67 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £59.25 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £23.58 £22.20
% change year-on-year +165.11% +6.22% -11.22%

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 12,884 19,058 29,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.28% 33.27% 33.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,300 13,119 20,342
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 896 629 713
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.38 £22.41 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -18.51% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.96 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +36.36% +3.53% -11.46%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 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
England +12 511 £475 -9.52% 1,557
UK excluding London +23 323 £380 -20.83% 1,198
London -1 202 £525 -5.66% 424
Work from Home +47 180 £525 +1.35% 501
Midlands +49 98 £253 -43.89% 264
South East -37 62 £605 +21.00% 291
South West +48 55 £463 +32.14% 132
West Midlands +22 50 £450 - 148
East Midlands +51 48 £245 -38.75% 116
North of England +4 47 £525 -3.00% 319
East of England +18 42 £319 -39.29% 125
North West +2 32 £540 -1.82% 177
Yorkshire +3 14 £500 -1.96% 118
Scotland +15 13 £400 -15.43% 65
Wales +12 3 £380 -24.94% 35
Northern Ireland -5 3 - - 11

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 30 (5.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.20%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.05%) CMS
3 6 (1.05%) IIS
3 6 (1.05%) SAS
4 3 (0.53%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.53%) Confluence
5 2 (0.35%) WordPress
6 1 (0.18%) Apache
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
6 1 (0.18%) MTS
6 1 (0.18%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 77 (13.49%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (6.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (3.15%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (2.45%) Photoshop
6 11 (1.93%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (1.05%) 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
9 3 (0.53%) Maya
10 2 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.35%) PTC Creo
10 2 (0.35%) SPSS
10 2 (0.35%) Windchill
10 2 (0.35%) ZBrush
11 1 (0.18%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 7 (1.23%) Maximo
2 6 (1.05%) ION MarketView
3 5 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.70%) Endur
5 3 (0.53%) Shopify
6 2 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.35%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.35%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.18%) IntelliMatch
7 1 (0.18%) Primavera
7 1 (0.18%) SAP CX
7 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.18%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.18%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 71 (12.43%) Azure
2 47 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (7.18%) AWS
4 31 (5.43%) Entra ID
5 22 (3.85%) GCP
6 20 (3.50%) Power Platform
7 19 (3.33%) IaaS
8 17 (2.98%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (2.98%) Azure Storage
8 17 (2.98%) PaaS
9 16 (2.80%) SaaS
10 14 (2.45%) Google Workspace
11 11 (1.93%) Figma
12 10 (1.75%) GitHub
13 8 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (1.05%) Google Analytics
16 5 (0.88%) OneDrive
16 5 (0.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 50 (8.76%) Firewall
2 28 (4.90%) DNS
2 28 (4.90%) Modbus
2 28 (4.90%) RS-422
2 28 (4.90%) RS-485
3 24 (4.20%) DHCP
4 19 (3.33%) WAN
5 17 (2.98%) LAN
6 15 (2.63%) VPN
7 10 (1.75%) IPsec
7 10 (1.75%) Wireless
8 8 (1.40%) BGP
8 8 (1.40%) MPLS
9 6 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.70%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.70%) SNMP
11 3 (0.53%) Junos
11 3 (0.53%) OSPF
11 3 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.33%) Power BI
2 17 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.45%) KDB
4 11 (1.93%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.75%) Tableau
6 8 (1.40%) Hadoop
6 8 (1.40%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.23%) Oracle Database
7 7 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.88%) Big Data
8 5 (0.88%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.88%) Impala
9 4 (0.70%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.53%) Amazon QuickSight
10 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.53%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.53%) Presto
10 3 (0.53%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (2.80%) Git
2 13 (2.28%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.10%) JIRA
4 4 (0.70%) GitLab
5 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.35%) Selenium
5 2 (0.35%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 1 (0.18%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.18%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.18%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) JMeter
6 1 (0.18%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.18%) Maven
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.18%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 357 (62.52%) Social Skills
2 141 (24.69%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (18.04%) Finance
4 45 (7.88%) Organisational Skills
4 45 (7.88%) Public Sector
5 38 (6.65%) Electronics
6 36 (6.30%) Telecoms
7 30 (5.25%) Legal
8 26 (4.55%) Marketing
9 24 (4.20%) Banking
10 16 (2.80%) Retail
11 15 (2.63%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.40%) German Language
13 8 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.23%) Financial Institution
15 6 (1.05%) Advertising
15 6 (1.05%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 58 (10.16%) Analyst
2 56 (9.81%) Developer
3 53 (9.28%) Senior
4 51 (8.93%) Lead
5 45 (7.88%) Architect
6 31 (5.43%) Software Engineer
7 28 (4.90%) Project Manager
8 26 (4.55%) Java Developer
9 25 (4.38%) Network Architect
9 25 (4.38%) Systems Architect
10 24 (4.20%) Designer
11 22 (3.85%) Lead Architect
12 19 (3.33%) Administrator
12 19 (3.33%) C++ Software Engineer
12 19 (3.33%) Support Engineer
12 19 (3.33%) Test Engineer
13 18 (3.15%) Business Analyst
14 17 (2.98%) 1st Line Engineer
14 17 (2.98%) Active Directory Support
15 15 (2.63%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.68%) .NET
2 20 (3.50%) HTML
3 19 (3.33%) CSS
4 17 (2.98%) ARM Templates
5 15 (2.63%) React
6 12 (2.10%) Spring
7 10 (1.75%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.58%) .NET Framework
9 8 (1.40%) JSON
9 8 (1.40%) REST
10 6 (1.05%) FIX Protocol
10 6 (1.05%) Web Services
11 5 (0.88%) Django
11 5 (0.88%) Node.js
11 5 (0.88%) RESTful
12 4 (0.70%) Hibernate
12 4 (0.70%) Middleware
12 4 (0.70%) OAuth
12 4 (0.70%) Rendezvous
12 4 (0.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.88%) Management Information System
1 45 (7.88%) PKI
2 23 (4.03%) Virtual Team
3 15 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 11 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (1.75%) Graphic Design
6 9 (1.58%) Data Centre
6 9 (1.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 8 (1.40%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.23%) Animation
8 7 (1.23%) iPhone
8 7 (1.23%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.05%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.05%) iPad
10 5 (0.88%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.88%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 72 (12.61%) Windows
2 46 (8.06%) Linux
3 32 (5.60%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.15%) Unix
4 18 (3.15%) Windows 10
4 18 (3.15%) Windows Server 2016
4 18 (3.15%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.88%) Android
7 4 (0.70%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.53%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.35%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.18%) CentOS
10 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (35.73%) Problem-Solving
2 139 (24.34%) Agile
3 81 (14.19%) DevOps
3 81 (14.19%) Time Management
4 79 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 61 (10.68%) Project Management
6 58 (10.16%) Analytics
6 58 (10.16%) Computer Science
7 56 (9.81%) ITIL
8 51 (8.93%) Software Engineering
9 45 (7.88%) Customer Requirements
10 41 (7.18%) Software Testing
11 40 (7.01%) TDD
12 38 (6.65%) Continuous Integration
12 38 (6.65%) Decision-Making
13 37 (6.48%) Service Management
14 36 (6.30%) Strategic Thinking
15 35 (6.13%) Customer Service
15 35 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
16 34 (5.95%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.08%) SQL
2 68 (11.91%) C#
3 47 (8.23%) Python
4 41 (7.18%) C++
5 38 (6.65%) Java
6 33 (5.78%) PowerShell
7 29 (5.08%) C
7 29 (5.08%) JavaScript
8 27 (4.73%) VB
9 18 (3.15%) Bicep
10 17 (2.98%) VBScript
11 15 (2.63%) VBA
12 13 (2.28%) VB.NET
13 12 (2.10%) R
14 8 (1.40%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.23%) Bash
16 6 (1.05%) Go
17 4 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 3 (0.53%) BeanShell
18 3 (0.53%) Dart
Qualifications
1 195 (34.15%) Degree
2 97 (16.99%) Security Cleared
3 84 (14.71%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (4.90%) DV Cleared
5 28 (4.90%) NVQ Level 3
6 17 (2.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 17 (2.98%) PMI Certification
6 17 (2.98%) PMP
7 14 (2.45%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.28%) APMP
9 11 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (1.23%) CCNP
12 7 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (1.05%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.05%) HND
14 5 (0.88%) CCNA
15 4 (0.70%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.33%) QA
2 12 (2.10%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.10%) PMO
2 12 (2.10%) SLA
3 11 (1.93%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.88%) GDPR
5 4 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.70%) CDISC
6 3 (0.53%) GRC
6 3 (0.53%) NIST
7 2 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.18%) COSHH
8 1 (0.18%) HAZOP
8 1 (0.18%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.18%) SEPA
8 1 (0.18%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
System Software
1 49 (8.58%) Active Directory
2 21 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (2.28%) Docker
5 7 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.23%) vSphere
6 3 (0.53%) OpenAM
6 3 (0.53%) OpenIDM
6 3 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.35%) Firmware
7 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.35%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.18%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.18%) NFS
Systems Management
1 39 (6.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (6.48%) Kubernetes
3 26 (4.55%) SCCM
4 19 (3.33%) WSUS
5 18 (3.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (2.98%) SCOM
7 11 (1.93%) Terraform
8 10 (1.75%) Ansible
9 6 (1.05%) Puppet
10 4 (0.70%) Nessus
11 3 (0.53%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.35%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.35%) CSIRT
12 2 (0.35%) Grafana
12 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.35%) QRadar
12 2 (0.35%) WhatsUp Gold
13 1 (0.18%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 124 (21.72%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.83%) Oracle
3 33 (5.78%) SAP
4 23 (4.03%) Google
5 21 (3.68%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.98%) CA
7 15 (2.63%) Adobe
7 15 (2.63%) Cisco
8 14 (2.45%) VMware
9 12 (2.10%) Citrix
9 12 (2.10%) Juniper
10 11 (1.93%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.40%) Databricks
12 7 (1.23%) Splunk
13 6 (1.05%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.05%) HP
13 6 (1.05%) ION Trading
13 6 (1.05%) Meraki
14 5 (0.88%) Brocade
14 5 (0.88%) Cadence