Onboarding Contracts

Onboarding
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Onboarding over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 166 238
Rank change year-on-year -7 +72 +23
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 611 937 1,116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 1.57% 1.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.65% 4.71% 3.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 661 734
10th Percentile £255 £331 £347
25th Percentile £413 £463 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £729 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 13
10th Percentile £12.70 £20.95 £13.91
25th Percentile £14.00 £25.63 -
Median hourly rate £18.00 £44.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.09% +120.00% +19.78%
75th Percentile £28.75 £51.25 £28.00
90th Percentile £30.25 £60.70 £46.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.00 £22.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.27% +13.75% +51.49%

All Generic Skills
UK

Onboarding 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 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Onboarding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Onboarding.

Daily rate trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Onboarding.

Hourly rate trend for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Onboarding over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Onboarding in the UK

Onboarding
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +7 532 £525 -4.55% 649
London +4 304 £525 -8.70% 296
UK excluding London +31 227 £525 -2.78% 388
Work from Home +14 211 £525 -4.55% 285
South East -2 56 £574 +4.32% 87
South West +24 48 £525 -4.55% 60
North of England -7 48 £525 -2.78% 106
Midlands +31 33 £513 -12.02% 57
North West -2 31 £538 -2.27% 59
West Midlands +35 25 £525 -16.00% 38
Scotland +37 24 £500 +16.55% 43
East of England +26 19 £400 -23.81% 26
Yorkshire -13 9 £538 -0.46% 37
North East +25 8 £175 -75.00% 12
East Midlands +20 7 £465 +3.33% 19
Wales +13 2 £356 -8.65% 15
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6

Onboarding
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 34 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.62%) OpenStack
3 14 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.98%) Confluence
5 3 (0.49%) Apache
5 3 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.33%) CMS
6 2 (0.33%) nginx
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.33%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.33%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.33%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.33%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.33%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.16%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 104 (17.02%) Azure
2 77 (12.60%) AWS
3 45 (7.36%) GitHub
4 44 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (4.09%) SuccessFactors
6 24 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (3.93%) SaaS
7 22 (3.60%) Power Platform
7 22 (3.60%) Slack
8 13 (2.13%) PaaS
9 12 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (1.96%) Entra ID
9 12 (1.96%) IaaS
9 12 (1.96%) OCI
10 11 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (1.47%) Akamai
12 8 (1.31%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.15%) Google Workspace
13 7 (1.15%) Serverless
14 6 (0.98%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.45%) Firewall
2 12 (1.96%) VPN
3 9 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.15%) InfiniBand
4 7 (1.15%) LAN
5 6 (0.98%) Wireless
6 5 (0.82%) DHCP
6 5 (0.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (0.82%) NetScaler
7 4 (0.65%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (0.65%) WAN
8 3 (0.49%) HTTP
8 3 (0.49%) Network Security
8 3 (0.49%) WLAN
9 2 (0.33%) DNS
9 2 (0.33%) Internet
9 2 (0.33%) Intranet
9 2 (0.33%) SMS
9 2 (0.33%) SSH
10 1 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (9.82%) SQL Server
2 42 (6.87%) MySQL
3 41 (6.71%) Oracle Reports
4 22 (3.60%) Power BI
5 19 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (2.29%) NoSQL
6 14 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (2.29%) Tableau
7 13 (2.13%) Metadata
8 12 (1.96%) Data Vault
9 10 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.31%) Pentaho
10 8 (1.31%) Qlik Sense
10 8 (1.31%) QlikView
10 8 (1.31%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.98%) Big Data
11 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 6 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (4.75%) Jenkins
2 23 (3.76%) JIRA
3 10 (1.64%) SonarQube
4 8 (1.31%) Git
5 7 (1.15%) GitLab
5 7 (1.15%) JUnit
6 4 (0.65%) Ant
6 4 (0.65%) Mockito
7 3 (0.49%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.49%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.49%) Hamcrest
7 3 (0.49%) ScalaTest
7 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.33%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.33%) Selenium
8 2 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.33%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 147 (24.06%) Social Skills
2 135 (22.09%) Finance
3 71 (11.62%) Public Sector
4 45 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (5.56%) Banking
6 32 (5.24%) Marketing
7 28 (4.58%) Telecoms
8 25 (4.09%) Financial Institution
9 17 (2.78%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.45%) Electronics
11 11 (1.80%) Legal
11 11 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.64%) Retail
13 8 (1.31%) German Language
13 8 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.31%) Publishing
14 6 (0.98%) Automotive
14 6 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (12.60%) Developer
2 63 (10.31%) Senior
3 59 (9.66%) Analyst
3 59 (9.66%) Lead
4 54 (8.84%) Project Manager
5 47 (7.69%) Architect
6 43 (7.04%) Consultant
7 31 (5.07%) Business Analyst
8 25 (4.09%) IT Support
9 23 (3.76%) Senior Developer
10 21 (3.44%) Support Engineer
11 19 (3.11%) Administrator
11 19 (3.11%) IT Engineer
11 19 (3.11%) SailPoint Developer
12 18 (2.95%) Data Architect
13 17 (2.78%) Data Engineer
14 15 (2.45%) SailPoint Engineer
15 14 (2.29%) IT Support Engineer
16 12 (1.96%) Java Developer
16 12 (1.96%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (6.71%) SailPoint
2 38 (6.22%) HTML
3 36 (5.89%) XML
4 35 (5.73%) LDAP
5 33 (5.40%) Web Services
6 32 (5.24%) JSP
6 32 (5.24%) Servlets
6 32 (5.24%) SOAP
6 32 (5.24%) SPML
7 31 (5.07%) JDBC
8 19 (3.11%) Elastic Stack
9 12 (1.96%) Spring
9 12 (1.96%) Spring Boot
10 11 (1.80%) .NET
11 10 (1.64%) ARM Templates
11 10 (1.64%) Azure Blueprints
12 8 (1.31%) JSON
12 8 (1.31%) Kafka
13 7 (1.15%) REST
14 6 (0.98%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.22%) Management Information System
2 15 (2.45%) Data Centre
3 13 (2.13%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.47%) Reference Data
4 9 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (0.98%) Cloud Native
6 6 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (0.98%) NHS
6 6 (0.98%) Public Cloud
7 5 (0.82%) Derivative
7 5 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.65%) Credit Derivative
8 4 (0.65%) Fat Client
8 4 (0.65%) Fixed Income
8 4 (0.65%) FMCG
8 4 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (0.65%) Thin Client
8 4 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.02%) Windows
2 33 (5.40%) Linux
3 17 (2.78%) CentOS
3 17 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.62%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.96%) Unix
5 12 (1.96%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.80%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.33%) Android
8 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (21.44%) Agile
2 74 (12.11%) Project Management
3 60 (9.82%) DevOps
4 54 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (6.55%) Migration
6 39 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (6.22%) Technology Transformation
8 37 (6.06%) Analytics
9 36 (5.89%) RBAC
10 35 (5.73%) Data Modelling
10 35 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
11 34 (5.56%) CI/CD
12 30 (4.91%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (4.75%) Project Delivery
14 28 (4.58%) Client Onboarding
15 27 (4.42%) Programme Management
16 25 (4.09%) ETL
16 25 (4.09%) Infrastructure as Code
16 25 (4.09%) Service Delivery
17 24 (3.93%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 80 (13.09%) SQL
2 56 (9.17%) Java
3 52 (8.51%) Python
4 36 (5.89%) JavaScript
5 24 (3.93%) Shell Script
6 19 (3.11%) PowerShell
7 14 (2.29%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.80%) C#
8 11 (1.80%) Ruby
9 9 (1.47%) Bash
10 8 (1.31%) Scala
11 7 (1.15%) MATLAB
11 7 (1.15%) Search Processing Language
12 6 (0.98%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.82%) Bourne shell
13 5 (0.82%) Korn
13 5 (0.82%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.65%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.65%) Go
15 3 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 115 (18.82%) Security Cleared
2 97 (15.88%) SC Cleared
3 58 (9.49%) BPSS Clearance
4 44 (7.20%) Degree
5 12 (1.96%) PMP
6 11 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.64%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.31%) CISSP
8 8 (1.31%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.82%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.65%) CEH
11 3 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.33%) APMG
12 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.33%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.16%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.91%) QA
2 17 (2.78%) PMO
3 13 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.96%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.64%) NCSC
6 8 (1.31%) SLA
7 6 (0.98%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.65%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.49%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.33%) GDPR
10 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.33%) P3O
11 1 (0.16%) GAAP
11 1 (0.16%) GxP
11 1 (0.16%) NIST
11 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.16%) WCAG
System Software
1 77 (12.60%) Active Directory
2 34 (5.56%) IAG
3 28 (4.58%) ACF2
3 28 (4.58%) RACF
4 20 (3.27%) Docker
5 10 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.15%) Firmware
7 5 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (4.58%) Ansible
2 27 (4.42%) Kubernetes
3 23 (3.76%) Terraform
4 19 (3.11%) Grafana
4 19 (3.11%) Kibana
4 19 (3.11%) logstash
5 16 (2.62%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.15%) Dell DRAC
9 4 (0.65%) SCCM
10 2 (0.33%) IBM BigFix
10 2 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.33%) Nagios
10 2 (0.33%) Puppet
10 2 (0.33%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.16%) Matomo
11 1 (0.16%) Opsview
11 1 (0.16%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 79 (12.93%) ServiceNow
2 78 (12.77%) Microsoft
3 76 (12.44%) Oracle
4 59 (9.66%) SAP
5 42 (6.87%) Virgin Media
6 33 (5.40%) Sybase
7 28 (4.58%) Red Hat
8 21 (3.44%) Splunk
9 15 (2.45%) Amdocs
10 13 (2.13%) Sparx
11 12 (1.96%) Salesforce
11 12 (1.96%) VMware
11 12 (1.96%) Workday
12 10 (1.64%) Ariba
12 10 (1.64%) BT
13 9 (1.47%) Dell
13 9 (1.47%) Informatica
14 8 (1.31%) F5
14 8 (1.31%) Google
15 7 (1.15%) Isilon