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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 220 172
Rank change year-on-year +43 -48 -3
Contract jobs citing Self-Motivation 180 265 693
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.22% 1.08% 1.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.24% 3.41% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 172 470
10th Percentile £275 £283 £275
25th Percentile £400 £374 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +3.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £600
90th Percentile £631 £773 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 6 29
10th Percentile - £23.15 £11.67
25th Percentile £25.50 £28.06 £12.02
Median hourly rate £70.00 £48.05 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.67% +182.66% +34.07%
75th Percentile £72.50 £51.60 £60.00
90th Percentile - £54.82 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year +150.00% -13.79% -5.54%

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 4,242 7,770 13,904
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.74% 31.54% 31.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 5,493 9,954
10th Percentile £325 £370 £360
25th Percentile £438 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £825 £793 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 149 225
10th Percentile £15.95 £19.00 £13.66
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.71 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +29.93%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.90
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.26 £27.50
% change year-on-year +40.98% -19.07% +4.90%

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 18 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 18 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 19 (10.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.22%) SAS
4 3 (1.67%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.56%) CMS
5 1 (0.56%) IIS
5 1 (0.56%) Moodle
Applications
1 20 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.67%) Maya
4 3 (1.67%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.11%) AutoCAD
5 2 (1.11%) ZBrush
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
Business Applications
1 3 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.67%) Azure
2 28 (15.56%) 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 10 (5.56%) AWS
9 6 (3.33%) GCP
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 3 (1.67%) Amazon Kinesis
11 3 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.67%) Matillion
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%) OSPF
3 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.56%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.11%) Power BI
2 8 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.44%) Tableau
3 7 (3.89%) Hadoop
4 4 (2.22%) Big Data
4 4 (2.22%) Impala
5 3 (1.67%) Amazon QuickSight
5 3 (1.67%) Presto
6 2 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.11%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.11%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.56%) OLAP
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database 11g
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle OLAP
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.56%) QlikView
7 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (3.89%) Git
2 2 (1.11%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.11%) JIRA
3 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.56%) GitLab
3 1 (0.56%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.56%) Maven
3 1 (0.56%) Selenium
3 1 (0.56%) Spinnaker
3 1 (0.56%) WebDriver
General
1 94 (52.22%) Social Skills
2 50 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (16.67%) Finance
4 23 (12.78%) Telecoms
5 20 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (10.56%) Legal
7 15 (8.33%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.44%) Banking
9 5 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.22%) Front Office
10 4 (2.22%) German Language
10 4 (2.22%) Marketing
10 4 (2.22%) Retail
11 3 (1.67%) Advertising
11 3 (1.67%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.67%) Games
12 2 (1.11%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.11%) Automotive
12 2 (1.11%) Investment Banking
12 2 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (16.11%) Architect
2 24 (13.33%) Lead
3 23 (12.78%) Analyst
4 22 (12.22%) Lead Architect
4 22 (12.22%) Network Architect
4 22 (12.22%) Systems Architect
5 17 (9.44%) Active Directory Support
5 17 (9.44%) Senior
6 16 (8.89%) Project Manager
7 14 (7.78%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (7.78%) Azure Specialist
7 14 (7.78%) Support Specialist
8 10 (5.56%) Data Analyst
9 8 (4.44%) Developer
10 5 (2.78%) Administrator
10 5 (2.78%) Business Analyst
10 5 (2.78%) Security Engineer
11 4 (2.22%) Designer
11 4 (2.22%) Senior Security Engineer
11 4 (2.22%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.44%) ARM Templates
2 8 (4.44%) .NET
3 4 (2.22%) Node.js
3 4 (2.22%) React
4 3 (1.67%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.67%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.67%) CSS
4 3 (1.67%) HTML
5 2 (1.11%) Django
5 2 (1.11%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (1.11%) OAuth
5 2 (1.11%) PySpark
5 2 (1.11%) RESTful
5 2 (1.11%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.11%) Visualforce
5 2 (1.11%) Vue
6 1 (0.56%) HTML5
6 1 (0.56%) OpenID
6 1 (0.56%) SAP TM
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%) 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%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.11%) Social Media
7 1 (0.56%) Derivative
7 1 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 27 (15.00%) Windows
2 24 (13.33%) Linux
3 20 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 17 (9.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (9.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.56%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Unix
5 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (38.33%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (27.78%) Agile
3 32 (17.78%) Analytics
4 27 (15.00%) ITIL
5 26 (14.44%) DevOps
6 25 (13.89%) Strategic Thinking
7 22 (12.22%) Network Management
7 22 (12.22%) Service Management
8 21 (11.67%) Computer Science
8 21 (11.67%) Systems Engineering
9 20 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 20 (11.11%) Project Management
10 19 (10.56%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (10.00%) CI/CD
11 18 (10.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 18 (10.00%) Release Management
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 33 (18.33%) SQL
2 28 (15.56%) C#
3 24 (13.33%) PowerShell
4 22 (12.22%) VB
5 20 (11.11%) Python
6 17 (9.44%) Bicep
6 17 (9.44%) VBScript
7 9 (5.00%) R
8 8 (4.44%) JavaScript
9 6 (3.33%) C++
9 6 (3.33%) Go
9 6 (3.33%) Java
10 5 (2.78%) Bash
10 5 (2.78%) VB.NET
10 5 (2.78%) VBA
11 2 (1.11%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.11%) Perl
11 2 (1.11%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 75 (41.67%) Degree
2 56 (31.11%) Security Cleared
3 54 (30.00%) 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%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.11%) CCNP
10 2 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.11%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.11%) MCSA
10 2 (1.11%) MCSE
11 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.56%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.56%) MBA
11 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.44%) Data Quality
1 8 (4.44%) 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%) Accessibility
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 44 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.00%) Oracle
3 16 (8.89%) Salesforce
4 15 (8.33%) Google
5 11 (6.11%) SAP
6 5 (2.78%) Splunk
7 4 (2.22%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.67%) Citrix
8 3 (1.67%) Teradata
9 2 (1.11%) Alteryx
9 2 (1.11%) Cadence
9 2 (1.11%) Databricks
9 2 (1.11%) Dell
9 2 (1.11%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.11%) HP
9 2 (1.11%) Instagram
9 2 (1.11%) Sybase
9 2 (1.11%) Twitter
9 2 (1.11%) VMware
10 1 (0.56%) Cisco