Onboarding Contract Job Trends in London

Onboarding
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 89 131
Rank change year-on-year +43 +42 -23
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 971 431 319
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.80% 3.24% 1.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.50% 8.33% 5.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 278 216
10th Percentile £218 £325 £361
25th Percentile £400 £420 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -
75th Percentile £628 £675 £616
90th Percentile £738 £775 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 23 3
10th Percentile £15.13 £18.50 £35.70
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.77 £42.00
Median hourly rate £23.92 £29.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -46.36% +126.50%
75th Percentile £25.38 £35.75 £68.13
90th Percentile £44.63 £86.50 £74.50
England median hourly rate £24.75 £26.30 £50.50
% change year-on-year -5.89% -47.92% +87.04%

All Generic Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,765 5,175 5,392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.35% 38.88% 33.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,934 3,335 3,485
10th Percentile £354 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £447 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -3.48% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £725
90th Percentile £788 £825 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 121 70
10th Percentile £16.79 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.50 £24.50 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year +32.08% -19.08% +11.02%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.00 £55.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £78.75 £78.44
England median hourly rate £34.62 £30.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% -46.90% +22.35%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Onboarding relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Onboarding job vacancy trend in London

Onboarding
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Onboarding.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in London over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in London

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Onboarding.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Onboarding in London over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Onboarding in London

Onboarding
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the London region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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
Central London +27 130 £475 -13.64% 229
West London -1 24 £435 +24.29% 27
South London -12 9 £600 +4.35% 20
East London +4 3 £550 - 8
Onboarding
England

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 60 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.30%) Confluence
3 13 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.82%) CMS
5 5 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (0.51%) SAS
6 4 (0.41%) Apache
6 4 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.31%) Appian
7 3 (0.31%) WordPress
8 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.21%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.10%) CICS
9 1 (0.10%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.10%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.10%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.10%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 47 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.21%) Navisworks
7 2 (0.21%) Revit
8 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.10%) Blender
8 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.51%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
4 4 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.21%) Aladdin
6 2 (0.21%) Endur
6 2 (0.21%) Finacle
6 2 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
6 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.21%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.21%) Shopify
6 2 (0.21%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.10%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.10%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 210 (21.63%) Azure
2 146 (15.04%) AWS
3 122 (12.56%) Microsoft 365
4 108 (11.12%) Entra ID
5 84 (8.65%) SaaS
6 45 (4.63%) GCP
7 41 (4.22%) Power Platform
8 28 (2.88%) OneDrive
9 22 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (2.06%) GitHub
11 19 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (1.65%) Collibra
12 16 (1.65%) Serverless
13 15 (1.54%) Datadog
14 14 (1.44%) Amazon S3
14 14 (1.44%) Snowflake
14 14 (1.44%) SuccessFactors
15 12 (1.24%) Google Workspace
16 10 (1.03%) dbt
16 10 (1.03%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.40%) DNS
2 31 (3.19%) Firewall
2 31 (3.19%) TCP/IP
2 31 (3.19%) VPN
3 23 (2.37%) Network Security
4 21 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (1.96%) SSH
6 14 (1.44%) DHCP
7 13 (1.34%) SSL
8 10 (1.03%) HTTP
9 9 (0.93%) HTTPS
9 9 (0.93%) WAN
10 8 (0.82%) LAN
11 7 (0.72%) Wireless
12 6 (0.62%) Kerberos
13 4 (0.41%) 4G
13 4 (0.41%) OpenLDAP
13 4 (0.41%) SMS
14 3 (0.31%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.31%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (5.25%) Metadata
2 33 (3.40%) Power BI
3 21 (2.16%) SQL Server
4 20 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.65%) Delta Lake
6 15 (1.54%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.93%) Big Data
9 8 (0.82%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.82%) Tableau
10 7 (0.72%) Parquet
11 6 (0.62%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.62%) Neo4j
11 6 (0.62%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.62%) Snowflake Schema
12 5 (0.51%) DTS
13 4 (0.41%) Ataccama
13 4 (0.41%) MySQL
13 4 (0.41%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 71 (7.31%) JIRA
2 20 (2.06%) Git
3 18 (1.85%) GitLab
4 8 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.41%) RStudio
5 4 (0.41%) Selenium
6 2 (0.21%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.21%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.21%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.21%) InstallShield
6 2 (0.21%) JMeter
6 2 (0.21%) MSI
6 2 (0.21%) Postman
6 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.21%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.10%) MLflow
7 1 (0.10%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 333 (34.29%) Finance
2 331 (34.09%) Social Skills
3 166 (17.10%) Banking
4 120 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (8.75%) Public Sector
6 59 (6.08%) Legal
7 58 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
8 45 (4.63%) Marketing
9 39 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (3.40%) Retail
11 30 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
12 27 (2.78%) Investment Banking
13 26 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (2.47%) Front Office
15 22 (2.27%) Financial Institution
16 21 (2.16%) Private Banking
17 15 (1.54%) Law
18 13 (1.34%) Telecoms
19 12 (1.24%) Back Office
19 12 (1.24%) Billing
Job Titles
1 120 (12.36%) Analyst
2 86 (8.86%) Architect
2 86 (8.86%) Lead
3 71 (7.31%) Senior
4 63 (6.49%) Consultant
5 57 (5.87%) Support Engineer
6 55 (5.66%) Business Analyst
7 45 (4.63%) Project Manager
8 43 (4.43%) IT Support
9 34 (3.50%) Data Engineer
10 31 (3.19%) IT Engineer
11 30 (3.09%) Desktop Support
11 30 (3.09%) IT Support Engineer
12 26 (2.68%) Developer
13 25 (2.57%) Administrator
14 22 (2.27%) Security Engineer
15 21 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
16 17 (1.75%) Desktop Engineer
17 16 (1.65%) CyberArk Engineer
17 16 (1.65%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (5.87%) Terraform
2 40 (4.12%) REST
3 24 (2.47%) LDAP
4 22 (2.27%) Middleware
4 22 (2.27%) SailPoint
5 19 (1.96%) JSON
6 15 (1.54%) PySpark
7 14 (1.44%) OAuth
8 13 (1.34%) Kafka
8 13 (1.34%) SAML
9 11 (1.13%) OpenID
9 11 (1.13%) RESTful
10 10 (1.03%) .NET
10 10 (1.03%) HTML
11 9 (0.93%) CSS
11 9 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
11 9 (0.93%) SOAP
12 8 (0.82%) XML
13 7 (0.72%) React
13 7 (0.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 45 (4.63%) Cloud Native
2 43 (4.43%) Product Ownership
3 39 (4.02%) Management Information System
4 29 (2.99%) Video Conferencing
5 26 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (1.54%) CMDB
8 14 (1.44%) Hedge funds
8 14 (1.44%) IoT
9 13 (1.34%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.24%) AI Agents
11 11 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (1.13%) Derivative
11 11 (1.13%) PKI
11 11 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (0.93%) Equities
13 9 (0.93%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 168 (17.30%) Windows
2 72 (7.42%) Linux
3 37 (3.81%) Mac OS
4 26 (2.68%) Windows 10
5 22 (2.27%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.75%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.54%) Unix
8 14 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.03%) Android
10 7 (0.72%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.31%) Solaris
11 3 (0.31%) VMS
12 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.10%) CentOS
13 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (25.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 152 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (14.62%) Agile
4 138 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 133 (13.70%) AI
6 119 (12.26%) CI/CD
7 114 (11.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 111 (11.43%) Roadmaps
9 97 (9.99%) ITIL
10 96 (9.89%) Analytics
11 93 (9.58%) Migration
12 92 (9.47%) DevOps
13 90 (9.27%) ITSM
14 82 (8.44%) Client Onboarding
15 79 (8.14%) Cybersecurity
15 79 (8.14%) Service Management
15 79 (8.14%) Validation
16 78 (8.03%) Change Management
17 77 (7.93%) Data Modelling
18 70 (7.21%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 129 (13.29%) Python
2 81 (8.34%) SQL
3 70 (7.21%) PowerShell
4 31 (3.19%) Java
5 20 (2.06%) Bash
6 10 (1.03%) TypeScript
7 8 (0.82%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.82%) R
8 7 (0.72%) C#
8 7 (0.72%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.51%) C++
9 5 (0.51%) Go
9 5 (0.51%) Korn
10 4 (0.41%) BeanShell
10 4 (0.41%) Bicep
10 4 (0.41%) Groovy
10 4 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.31%) Perl
11 3 (0.31%) VBA
12 2 (0.21%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 139 (14.32%) Security Cleared
2 107 (11.02%) SC Cleared
3 70 (7.21%) Degree
4 34 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (2.27%) DV Cleared
6 21 (2.16%) CISSP
7 20 (2.06%) PMP
8 19 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.85%) DBS Check
10 15 (1.54%) PMI Certification
11 14 (1.44%) Azure Certification
12 13 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (1.34%) CISM
13 12 (1.24%) A+ Certification
14 11 (1.13%) AWS Certification
14 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (0.93%) CRISC
16 8 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
17 7 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
18 6 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (8.65%) Data Quality
2 35 (3.60%) QA
3 34 (3.50%) NIST
4 30 (3.09%) SLA
5 28 (2.88%) GRC
6 27 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (2.06%) GDPR
8 15 (1.54%) PMO
9 13 (1.34%) NCSC
10 11 (1.13%) Accessibility
11 8 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.62%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.31%) IFRS
14 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
15 2 (0.21%) Basel III
15 2 (0.21%) ISO 19650
15 2 (0.21%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 132 (13.59%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.37%) Docker
3 15 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.51%) IAG
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.21%) Ceph
6 2 (0.21%) KVM
6 2 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.21%) NFS
7 1 (0.10%) Firmware
7 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (5.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (4.02%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
4 20 (2.06%) Ansible
4 20 (2.06%) SCCM
5 14 (1.44%) Grafana
5 14 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.41%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.41%) WSUS
8 3 (0.31%) Kustomize
8 3 (0.31%) QRadar
9 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.21%) Argo
9 2 (0.21%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.21%) Karpenter
9 2 (0.21%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.21%) SELinux
10 1 (0.10%) Istio
10 1 (0.10%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 256 (26.36%) Microsoft
2 109 (11.23%) ServiceNow
3 64 (6.59%) CyberArk
4 36 (3.71%) SAP
5 33 (3.40%) Splunk
6 29 (2.99%) Databricks
7 27 (2.78%) Google
8 23 (2.37%) Oracle
9 22 (2.27%) Cisco
10 18 (1.85%) VMware
11 17 (1.75%) Apple
11 17 (1.75%) Okta
12 16 (1.65%) Salesforce
13 14 (1.44%) Citrix
14 11 (1.13%) BeyondTrust
14 11 (1.13%) Bloomberg
14 11 (1.13%) Dynatrace
14 11 (1.13%) Meraki
15 10 (1.03%) Adobe
15 10 (1.03%) Zscaler