Onboarding Contracts in the City of London

Onboarding
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 102 117
Rank change year-on-year +23 +15 -3
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 40 24 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.28% 1.09% 1.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.55% 3.57% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 16 31
10th Percentile £300 £180 £336
25th Percentile £456 £281 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £507 £650
Median % change year-on-year +1.18% -22.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £709
90th Percentile £713 £806 £790
Central London median daily rate £513 £507 £563
% change year-on-year +1.18% -9.96% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 -
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - -28.57% -
75th Percentile - £27.50 £43.88
90th Percentile - - £49.20
Central London median hourly rate - £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -28.57% -

All Generic Skills
City of London

Onboarding falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 611 673 1,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 34.78% 30.63% 35.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 460 882
10th Percentile £363 £274 £350
25th Percentile £475 £423 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.04% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £750
90th Percentile £806 £850 £856
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £613
% change year-on-year - -6.12% +6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 12
10th Percentile £23.80 £12.75 £16.97
25th Percentile £26.50 £14.38 £31.31
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -46.82% -9.90%
75th Percentile £65.50 £27.25 £88.30
90th Percentile £86.20 £36.60 -
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +26.39% -34.29% -27.08%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Onboarding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Onboarding in the City of London

Onboarding
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Onboarding in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Onboarding in the City of London

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in the City of London

Onboarding
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Onboarding in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Onboarding in the City of London

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 5 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.00%) Skype for Business
3 1 (2.50%) Drupal
3 1 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (5.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.50%) CiviCRM
2 1 (2.50%) Fidessa
2 1 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.50%) SAP MDG
2 1 (2.50%) SAP MM
2 1 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.50%) SAP SRM
2 1 (2.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (10.00%) Azure
3 3 (7.50%) Entra ID
3 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.50%) WhatsApp
4 2 (5.00%) AWS
4 2 (5.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.00%) SaaS
4 2 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.50%) GitHub
5 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Firewall
1 2 (5.00%) Skype
1 2 (5.00%) VoIP
2 1 (2.50%) DHCP
2 1 (2.50%) DNS
2 1 (2.50%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Power BI
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.50%) Data Hub
2 1 (2.50%) Essbase
2 1 (2.50%) Power Query
2 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.50%) Artifactory
2 1 (2.50%) Git
2 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.50%) Subversion
2 1 (2.50%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (50.00%) Finance
2 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (27.50%) Banking
4 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (12.50%) Investment Banking
6 4 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
6 4 (10.00%) Retail
7 3 (7.50%) Legal
7 3 (7.50%) Retail Banking
8 2 (5.00%) Financial Institution
8 2 (5.00%) Marketing
9 1 (2.50%) Back Office
9 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.50%) Front Office
9 1 (2.50%) General Ledger
9 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.50%) International Banking
9 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (17.50%) Analyst
2 5 (12.50%) Developer
2 5 (12.50%) Lead
3 4 (10.00%) Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 3 (7.50%) IT Support
5 2 (5.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Designer
5 2 (5.00%) IT Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) KYC Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Lead Designer
5 2 (5.00%) Lead Service Designer
5 2 (5.00%) Programme Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Service Designer
5 2 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) .NET
2 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (2.50%) CSS
2 1 (2.50%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) Kafka
2 1 (2.50%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (2.50%) REST
2 1 (2.50%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.50%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (5.00%) BYOD
2 2 (5.00%) Derivative
2 2 (5.00%) Fixed Income
2 2 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.50%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.50%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.50%) Equities
3 1 (2.50%) FMCG
3 1 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.50%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.50%) Mobile Banking
3 1 (2.50%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.50%) Social Media
3 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
2 2 (5.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.50%) Linux
3 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.00%) CRM
2 7 (17.50%) Project Management
3 6 (15.00%) Client Onboarding
3 6 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.50%) Agile
4 5 (12.50%) Analytics
4 5 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.00%) Data Management
5 4 (10.00%) KYC
5 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.50%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 3 (7.50%) DevOps
6 3 (7.50%) Information Security
6 3 (7.50%) Migration
6 3 (7.50%) Service Design
6 3 (7.50%) Service Management
6 3 (7.50%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) C#
2 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.50%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.50%) Python
3 1 (2.50%) Ruby
3 1 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) Degree
3 4 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.50%) CCSP
5 1 (2.50%) CISA
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.50%) CISM
5 1 (2.50%) CISSP
5 1 (2.50%) MCSE
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.50%) PMP
5 1 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) QA
2 2 (5.00%) EMIR
2 2 (5.00%) GDPR
2 2 (5.00%) HIPAA
2 2 (5.00%) PMO
2 2 (5.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.50%) Basel II
3 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.50%) GRC
3 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.50%) MiFID
3 1 (2.50%) NIST
3 1 (2.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (5.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (5.00%) CASB
2 2 (5.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.00%) Cisco
3 2 (5.00%) Citrix
3 2 (5.00%) Google
3 2 (5.00%) SAP
4 1 (2.50%) Ariba
4 1 (2.50%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.50%) BMC
4 1 (2.50%) CQG
4 1 (2.50%) ForgeRock
4 1 (2.50%) ION Trading
4 1 (2.50%) Oracle
4 1 (2.50%) Remedy
4 1 (2.50%) Reuters
4 1 (2.50%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.50%) VMware
4 1 (2.50%) Workday