Onboarding Contracts in the Midlands

Onboarding
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 99 142
Rank change year-on-year +31 +43 +19
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 43 34 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.25% 1.23% 0.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.41% 3.97% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 16
10th Percentile £343 £342 £425
25th Percentile £425 £400 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £583
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -12.02% +10.95%
75th Percentile £598 £538 £678
90th Percentile £638 £627 £713
England median daily rate £513 £525 £553
% change year-on-year -2.24% -5.06% +0.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.00
Median hourly rate £12.92 - £27.00
75th Percentile - - £28.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.45 £22.98 £39.50
% change year-on-year -15.36% -41.84% +97.50%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 580 857 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.30% 31.08% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 557 737
10th Percentile £200 £220 £237
25th Percentile £375 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £594 £611 £600
90th Percentile £662 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 62 41
10th Percentile - £10.47 £16.70
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.93 £18.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -13.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £30.34 £28.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Onboarding in the Midlands

Onboarding
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Onboarding in the Midlands

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in the Midlands

Onboarding
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Onboarding in the Midlands

Onboarding
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
West Midlands +22 33 £550 +4.76% 76
East Midlands +12 10 £450 -3.23% 60
Onboarding
England

Onboarding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (4.65%) Apache
1 2 (4.65%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) Azure
1 6 (13.95%) Snowflake
2 5 (11.63%) AWS
2 5 (11.63%) Entra ID
2 5 (11.63%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.98%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (4.65%) SaaS
5 1 (2.33%) Apigee
5 1 (2.33%) Datadog
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.33%) OCI
5 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) Power BI
2 3 (6.98%) Oracle Database
3 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (2.33%) Git
2 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.91%) Finance
3 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (16.28%) Banking
4 7 (16.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (9.30%) Investment Banking
6 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.33%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (18.60%) Consultant
1 8 (18.60%) Data Engineer
2 5 (11.63%) Analyst
3 4 (9.30%) Architect
4 3 (6.98%) Lead
5 2 (4.65%) Applications Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Developer
5 2 (4.65%) Linux Consultant
5 2 (4.65%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Python Data Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Python Engineer
5 2 (4.65%) Security Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Security Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Trainer
5 2 (4.65%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (2.33%) Product Owner
6 1 (2.33%) Service Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.63%) LDAP
2 2 (4.65%) Apache Axis
2 2 (4.65%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (4.65%) PySpark
3 1 (2.33%) AWS CDK
3 1 (2.33%) OAuth
3 1 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.33%) REST
3 1 (2.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.98%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.98%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.65%) Credit Risk
3 2 (4.65%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.33%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (2.33%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.33%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.60%) Windows
2 5 (11.63%) Linux
3 2 (4.65%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (13.95%) Workflow
3 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (11.63%) Client Onboarding
3 5 (11.63%) Customer Service
3 5 (11.63%) Identity Access Management
3 5 (11.63%) ITSM
3 5 (11.63%) Migration
3 5 (11.63%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (9.30%) Agile
4 4 (9.30%) Analytics
4 4 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (9.30%) Data Analysis
4 4 (9.30%) Data Integration
4 4 (9.30%) Decision-Making
4 4 (9.30%) Privileged Access Management
4 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (9.30%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) SQL
2 9 (20.93%) Python
3 5 (11.63%) Java
4 4 (9.30%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.65%) C#
5 2 (4.65%) Ruby
6 1 (2.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (6.98%) Degree
5 2 (4.65%) CISSP
5 2 (4.65%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.33%) APMG
6 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.65%) NIST
1 2 (4.65%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (23.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.65%) Docker
3 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (13.95%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (4.65%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) CyberArk
2 4 (9.30%) Databricks
2 4 (9.30%) Oracle
2 4 (9.30%) Virgin Media
3 3 (6.98%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.65%) SAP
4 2 (4.65%) Splunk
5 1 (2.33%) IBM
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.33%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.33%) VMware
5 1 (2.33%) Workday