Self-Motivation Contracts with Work from Home Options

Self-Motivation
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Self-Motivation in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). 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 170 234 178
Rank change year-on-year +64 -56 0
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 180 266 697
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.18% 1.04% 1.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.14% 3.31% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 172 471
10th Percentile £358 £228 £275
25th Percentile £413 £374 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £500 £504
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -0.79% +12.00%
75th Percentile £608 £652 £600
90th Percentile £638 £749 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £508
% change year-on-year -3.85% +2.46% +12.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 32
10th Percentile - £23.15 £11.75
25th Percentile £25.50 £28.06 £11.95
Median hourly rate £70.00 £48.05 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.67% +166.96% +41.96%
75th Percentile £72.50 £51.60 £60.00
90th Percentile - £54.82 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £24.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +155.10% -20.97% +0.49%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,347 8,030 14,004
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.55% 31.45% 31.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,973 5,647 10,003
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £431 £451 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £800 £792 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 154 225
10th Percentile £15.44 £19.00 £12.42
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +23.60% +29.93%
75th Percentile £65.03 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.15
UK median hourly rate £30.12 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.96% -18.24% +4.47%

Self-Motivation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Self-Motivation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Self-Motivation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Self-Motivation.

Self-Motivation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Self-Motivation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Self-Motivation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Self-Motivation.

Self-Motivation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Self-Motivation
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Self-Motivation over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Self-Motivation hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Self-Motivation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 20 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.22%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.22%) SAS
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) CMS
4 1 (0.56%) IIS
4 1 (0.56%) Moodle
Applications
1 21 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (10.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (9.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.56%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.56%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 31 (17.22%) Azure
2 26 (14.44%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (12.22%) Entra ID
4 17 (9.44%) Azure Monitor
4 17 (9.44%) Azure Storage
5 15 (8.33%) IaaS
5 15 (8.33%) SaaS
6 14 (7.78%) Google Workspace
6 14 (7.78%) PaaS
7 11 (6.11%) Power Platform
8 9 (5.00%) AWS
9 6 (3.33%) GCP
10 4 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (2.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 4 (2.22%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.22%) Veeva
11 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.11%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.11%) DHCP
1 20 (11.11%) DNS
1 20 (11.11%) Firewall
2 2 (1.11%) SAN
2 2 (1.11%) SSL
2 2 (1.11%) VPN
2 2 (1.11%) Wireless
3 1 (0.56%) BGP
3 1 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.56%) Internet
3 1 (0.56%) Intranet
3 1 (0.56%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.56%) Network Security
3 1 (0.56%) NFC
3 1 (0.56%) OSPF
3 1 (0.56%) PPP
3 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.56%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.11%) Power BI
2 9 (5.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.89%) Hadoop
3 7 (3.89%) Tableau
4 4 (2.22%) Big Data
4 4 (2.22%) Impala
4 4 (2.22%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.67%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.67%) Presto
6 2 (1.11%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.11%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.56%) DB2
7 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.56%) OLAP
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (4.44%) Git
2 4 (2.22%) JIRA
3 3 (1.67%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.11%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.56%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.56%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.56%) GitLab
5 1 (0.56%) GoogleTest
5 1 (0.56%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.56%) Maven
5 1 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.56%) Spinnaker
5 1 (0.56%) TestRail
5 1 (0.56%) Valgrind
5 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 94 (52.22%) Social Skills
2 51 (28.33%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (18.33%) Finance
4 22 (12.22%) Telecoms
5 20 (11.11%) Legal
6 18 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (8.89%) Public Sector
8 9 (5.00%) Banking
9 4 (2.22%) Front Office
9 4 (2.22%) German Language
9 4 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.67%) Advertising
10 3 (1.67%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.67%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.67%) Marketing
10 3 (1.67%) Retail
11 2 (1.11%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.11%) Automotive
11 2 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (16.67%) Architect
2 23 (12.78%) Analyst
2 23 (12.78%) Lead
3 21 (11.67%) Lead Architect
3 21 (11.67%) Network Architect
3 21 (11.67%) Systems Architect
4 18 (10.00%) Senior
5 16 (8.89%) Active Directory Support
5 16 (8.89%) Project Manager
6 15 (8.33%) Azure Specialist
7 14 (7.78%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (7.78%) Support Specialist
8 10 (5.56%) Data Analyst
9 8 (4.44%) Developer
10 5 (2.78%) Business Analyst
10 5 (2.78%) Designer
10 5 (2.78%) Security Engineer
11 4 (2.22%) Platform Engineer
11 4 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (2.22%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.89%) ARM Templates
2 9 (5.00%) .NET
3 4 (2.22%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.22%) HTML
3 4 (2.22%) Node.js
3 4 (2.22%) React
4 3 (1.67%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.67%) CSS
5 2 (1.11%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.11%) Django
5 2 (1.11%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.11%) HTML5
5 2 (1.11%) JSON
5 2 (1.11%) OAuth
5 2 (1.11%) REST
5 2 (1.11%) RESTful
5 2 (1.11%) Spring
5 2 (1.11%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.11%) Visualforce
5 2 (1.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.00%) PKI
2 15 (8.33%) Virtual Team
3 6 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.22%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.22%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.67%) Blockchain
5 3 (1.67%) Distributed Applications
5 3 (1.67%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.67%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.67%) Video Editing
6 2 (1.11%) Clustering
6 2 (1.11%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.11%) Equities
6 2 (1.11%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.11%) IoT
6 2 (1.11%) Social Media
7 1 (0.56%) Biopharmaceutical
7 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 29 (16.11%) Windows
2 24 (13.33%) Linux
3 19 (10.56%) Windows Server
4 16 (8.89%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (8.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.11%) Android
5 2 (1.11%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.56%) Unix
6 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (28.33%) Agile
3 32 (17.78%) Analytics
4 27 (15.00%) ITIL
5 26 (14.44%) DevOps
6 24 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
7 23 (12.78%) Service Management
8 21 (11.67%) Computer Science
8 21 (11.67%) Network Management
9 20 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
10 19 (10.56%) Business Intelligence
10 19 (10.56%) Project Management
11 18 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (10.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 18 (10.00%) Release Management
12 17 (9.44%) CI/CD
12 17 (9.44%) Identity Management
12 17 (9.44%) Log Analytics
12 17 (9.44%) Privileged Identity Management
12 17 (9.44%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 35 (19.44%) SQL
2 29 (16.11%) C#
3 24 (13.33%) PowerShell
4 23 (12.78%) VB
5 21 (11.67%) Python
6 17 (9.44%) VBScript
7 16 (8.89%) Bicep
8 9 (5.00%) JavaScript
8 9 (5.00%) R
9 7 (3.89%) C++
9 7 (3.89%) Java
10 6 (3.33%) Go
10 6 (3.33%) VBA
11 5 (2.78%) VB.NET
12 4 (2.22%) Bash
13 2 (1.11%) Apex Code
13 2 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (1.11%) Perl
13 2 (1.11%) PL/SQL
13 2 (1.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 74 (41.11%) Degree
2 55 (30.56%) Security Cleared
3 53 (29.44%) SC Cleared
4 17 (9.44%) DV Cleared
4 17 (9.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 16 (8.89%) PMI Certification
5 16 (8.89%) PMP
6 13 (7.22%) APMP
7 11 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.67%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.11%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.11%) CCNP
10 2 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.11%) MCSA
10 2 (1.11%) MCSE
11 1 (0.56%) CCNA
11 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.89%) Data Quality
1 7 (3.89%) QA
2 4 (2.22%) CDISC
2 4 (2.22%) PMO
3 2 (1.11%) GDPR
3 2 (1.11%) GRC
3 2 (1.11%) SLA
4 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 22 (12.22%) Active Directory
2 17 (9.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 17 (9.44%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.11%) Docker
3 2 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.56%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.56%) OpenIDM
4 1 (0.56%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 24 (13.33%) Kubernetes
1 24 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 17 (9.44%) SCCM
3 17 (9.44%) SCOM
3 17 (9.44%) WSUS
4 3 (1.67%) Ansible
5 2 (1.11%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (1.11%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.56%) Grafana
6 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.56%) Puppet
6 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (25.56%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.00%) Oracle
3 16 (8.89%) Google
3 16 (8.89%) Salesforce
4 11 (6.11%) SAP
5 6 (3.33%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.78%) Splunk
7 3 (1.67%) Citrix
7 3 (1.67%) Databricks
7 3 (1.67%) Teradata
8 2 (1.11%) Alteryx
8 2 (1.11%) Cadence
8 2 (1.11%) Dell
8 2 (1.11%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.11%) HP
8 2 (1.11%) Instagram
8 2 (1.11%) Sybase
8 2 (1.11%) Twitter
8 2 (1.11%) VMware
9 1 (0.56%) CyberArk