Onboarding Contract Job Trends in the South East

Onboarding
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Onboarding in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Onboarding over the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 96 161
Rank change year-on-year +17 +65 +16
Contract jobs citing Onboarding 121 75 48
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 2.77% 2.04% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.22% 6.38% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 52 27
10th Percentile £200 £334 £260
25th Percentile £350 £400 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £638
90th Percentile £688 £774 £685
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £12.18 - -
25th Percentile £36.71 - £60.63
Median hourly rate £71.00 - £61.25
75th Percentile £97.50 - £61.88
90th Percentile £102.20 - -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year - -15.38% -34.18%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,313 1,176 1,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.04% 32.02% 31.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 873 687 972
10th Percentile £204 £242 £205
25th Percentile £363 £381 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £675 £693 £688
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.68% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 46 91
10th Percentile £12.50 £19.06 £19.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £24.57 £26.13
Median hourly rate £24.00 £35.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% -34.58% +55.07%
75th Percentile £69.65 £56.56 £63.29
90th Percentile £83.00 £69.14 £77.50
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.59% +25.24%

Onboarding
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Onboarding job vacancy trend in the South East

Onboarding
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Onboarding.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Onboarding in the South East over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Onboarding in the South East

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Onboarding.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Onboarding

Onboarding
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Onboarding in the South East over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Onboarding in the South East

Onboarding
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Onboarding within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 December 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
Thames Valley +24 83 £550 +11.11% 41
Berkshire +24 62 £550 - 27
Hampshire -4 27 £505 +0.50% 21
Oxfordshire -3 12 £200 -58.00% 7
Buckinghamshire +6 9 £508 +26.88% 7
Surrey -4 6 £200 -63.64% 20
West Sussex -11 5 £500 -20.00% 7
Kent - 4 £355 - 11
Onboarding
England

Onboarding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.65%) Confluence
2 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.83%) Ethereum
3 1 (0.83%) Hyperledger
3 1 (0.83%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.65%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.65%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.83%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.83%) Maximo
3 1 (0.83%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.83%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.83%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.49%) Azure
2 24 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (14.05%) AWS
4 10 (8.26%) GCP
5 9 (7.44%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (2.48%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.48%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.48%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.48%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.48%) SaaS
8 2 (1.65%) Apple Pay
8 2 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.65%) Google Pay
9 1 (0.83%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.83%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.83%) Serverless
9 1 (0.83%) ShareGate
9 1 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.31%) DNS
1 4 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.48%) VLAN
2 3 (2.48%) VPN
3 2 (1.65%) DHCP
3 2 (1.65%) Firewall
3 2 (1.65%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.65%) Network Security
3 2 (1.65%) SNMP
4 1 (0.83%) BGP
4 1 (0.83%) DMVPN
4 1 (0.83%) LAN
4 1 (0.83%) MPLS
4 1 (0.83%) OSPF
4 1 (0.83%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.83%) TETRA
4 1 (0.83%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.65%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.65%) SAP HANA
1 2 (1.65%) Tableau
2 1 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (7.44%) JIRA
2 1 (0.83%) SoapUI
General
1 39 (32.23%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.36%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (14.05%) Finance
4 8 (6.61%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.79%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.96%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.65%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.65%) Marketing
9 2 (1.65%) Retail
10 1 (0.83%) Banking
10 1 (0.83%) Electronics
10 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Police
Job Titles
1 27 (22.31%) Architect
2 14 (11.57%) Analyst
2 14 (11.57%) Senior
3 10 (8.26%) Support Engineer
4 8 (6.61%) IT Support
5 7 (5.79%) Developer
5 7 (5.79%) Salesforce Architect
5 7 (5.79%) Salesforce Solution Architect
5 7 (5.79%) Security Architect
5 7 (5.79%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (4.13%) Azure Architect
6 5 (4.13%) Consultant
6 5 (4.13%) SIEM Engineer
7 4 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.31%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (3.31%) Senior Manager
7 4 (3.31%) Service Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.31%) Service Manager
7 4 (3.31%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.31%) REST
2 3 (2.48%) SOAP
3 2 (1.65%) BAPI
3 2 (1.65%) FastAPI
3 2 (1.65%) React
3 2 (1.65%) SAP Smart Forms
3 2 (1.65%) Web Services
4 1 (0.83%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.83%) LDAP
4 1 (0.83%) NestJS
4 1 (0.83%) Node.js
4 1 (0.83%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.83%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.83%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (0.83%) XML
4 1 (0.83%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.96%) Driving Licence
1 6 (4.96%) Operational Technology
2 4 (3.31%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.48%) PKI
3 3 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.65%) PMI
5 1 (0.83%) AI Agents
5 1 (0.83%) Blockchain
5 1 (0.83%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.83%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.83%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.83%) NHS
5 1 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 24 (19.83%) Windows
2 7 (5.79%) Windows 10
3 6 (4.96%) Linux
4 5 (4.13%) Unix
5 2 (1.65%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (19.01%) Agile
1 23 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
1 23 (19.01%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (12.40%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (12.40%) Migration
3 14 (11.57%) Customer Service
3 14 (11.57%) Data Modelling
3 14 (11.57%) SIEM
4 13 (10.74%) DevOps
5 12 (9.92%) AI
5 12 (9.92%) CI/CD
5 12 (9.92%) ITIL
6 11 (9.09%) Change Management
6 11 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
7 10 (8.26%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (8.26%) Roadmaps
7 10 (8.26%) Service Management
8 9 (7.44%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.88%) Python
2 16 (13.22%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.31%) Bash
3 4 (3.31%) Search Processing Language
3 4 (3.31%) SQL
4 3 (2.48%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.65%) ABAP
5 2 (1.65%) Java
5 2 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.83%) Go
Qualifications
1 33 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 24 (19.83%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.31%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.48%) Degree
5 3 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.65%) CBAP
6 2 (1.65%) CCNP
6 2 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.65%) OCP
6 2 (1.65%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (1.65%) PgMP
6 2 (1.65%) PMP
7 1 (0.83%) CCNA
7 1 (0.83%) CISM
7 1 (0.83%) CISSP
7 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.83%) ISEB
7 1 (0.83%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.44%) QA
2 4 (3.31%) HIPAA
2 4 (3.31%) SOC 2
3 3 (2.48%) SLA
4 2 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.65%) ISO 8583
4 2 (1.65%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.65%) PSD2
5 1 (0.83%) GDPR
5 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.83%) NIST
5 1 (0.83%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (12.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (4.13%) Terraform
2 4 (3.31%) Ansible
3 2 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.65%) SCCM
4 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 33 (27.27%) Virgin Media
2 30 (24.79%) Microsoft
3 17 (14.05%) ServiceNow
4 11 (9.09%) Salesforce
5 10 (8.26%) SAP
6 4 (3.31%) Cisco
6 4 (3.31%) Splunk
7 3 (2.48%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.48%) Databricks
7 3 (2.48%) Google
7 3 (2.48%) JDA
7 3 (2.48%) Palantir
7 3 (2.48%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.65%) BMC
8 2 (1.65%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.65%) LogRhythm
8 2 (1.65%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.65%) Samsung
8 2 (1.65%) Sparx
8 2 (1.65%) Workday